“The Weak Are Meat” is the fourth episode of the second season of the TV show “The Terror”, which was named “The Terror: Infamy”, and follows “Gaman“. It’s broadcast in the USA on AMC Studios and in other nations on Amazon Prime Video.

Note. This article contains some spoilers about “The Weak Are Meat”.

Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) was sent to Guadalcanal where, he works for the US military to translate any Japanese documents they can get their hands on. His nights are practically sleepless for fear of being attacked not only by Japanese soldiers but also by some evil entity. He exchanges letters with Luz Ojeda (Cristina Rodlo), who is about to give birth and relies on Dr. Kitamura (Hiro Kanagawa).

The supernatural element becomes predominant for the first time in “The Terror: Infamy” but brings more questions than answers. Initially the characters spoke of a malignant entity of the type called bakemono while now it seems that it’s a yurei. Chester Nakayama obtained to be enlisted as a translator for the US military also in the hope that the evil entity would follow him and leave the people left behind in the internment camp but that didn’t happen. In Guadalcanal, Chester is at the center of disturbing new events but bad things are happening in the camp too.

The supernatural scenes are not particularly original since they use typical elements of horror stories, from nightmare to possession, so they’re at least partly predictable but they seemed well made and this reinforces this part of “The Weak Are Meat”. It’s not yet clear what the entity wants as some of its actions seem contradictory but it’s possible that the writers are deliberately misleading the audience to keep important revelations for the next episodes.

The historical element is still important and in “The Weak Are Meat” is developed above all in connection with the new work of Chester Nakayama, who is busy translating Japanese documents but is still considered an enemy by many American soldiers. Luz on the other hand starts getting accepted by the Japanese-Americans interned in the camp while Major Bowen (C. Thomas Howell) treats all the internees with the same pettiness.

In “The Weak Are Meat” there are crude scenes connected to both supernatural and historical elements. It’s quite splatter and for the first time we also see scenes directly related to World War II operations.

Overall, “The Weak Are Meat” gave me the impression that the season is now in full swing. So far each episode has been different from the previous ones but once again ends with a twist that will certainly have consequences.

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