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Slow Burn
The fire follows Cora out of North Carolina. In an ash-worn field, fire and smoke covering the ground, we watch a procession: Cora, walking alongside Ridgeway’s wagon, hands and ankles cuffed and chained; horses steered by Homer and Boseman; runaway Jasper (Calvin Leon Smith) in back. Ridgeway, on his own horse, circles and surveils the group, making sure no one tries to run.
This scene takes its time, much like most of “Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus”; it tells us that what’s to come will be an exercise in endurance. Through the length of this episode, we learn a bit more about each character as they talk, traveling alongside them as they crawl their way across a burning Tennessee.
Underground Railroad Premiere Recap: Cora and Caesar Lovingly Risk It All and Catch a Train to Freedom Grade It! TVLine 3 hrs ago
Yet while this does include the survival-driven courtship between enslaved heroine Cora and Caesar (the tall and handsome man who asks her to run away to freedom with him), their love is secondary. Instead, the biggest love story is that of Cora loving herself. And this is the journey that Oscar winner Barry Jenkins’ limited series takes viewers on, beginning with the first of 10 episodes that premiered this Friday on Amazon Prime.
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