'Motherland: Fort Salem' Episode 6: Raelle's raw emotions, Abigail and Tally's grief leave fans heartbroken
Spoilers for 'Motherland: Fort Salem' Season 1 Episode 6 'Up is Down'
In the aftermath of the Spree attack, Raelle Collar (Taylor Hickson), Abigail Bellweather (Ashley Nicole Williams) and Tally Craven (Jessica Sutton) are all in different kinds of pain.
Raelle needs to find Scylla (Amalia Horn) again. Abigail is still processing the trauma from seeing her cousin's death. And Tally is just trying to hold her unit together, despite the secrets she has to keep from them.
The unit is raw and their feelings are laid out bare for all to see. This has hit fans in powerful ways. "Everyone is just suffering in this episode. It's breaking my heart" writes a fan on Twitter.
"I don’t know if I should be angry or crying my eyes out..." writes this viewer. "You playing with my heart guys. This really most emotion and heartbroken thing for me after so many years. This show is bliss," shares this fan. "These found family feels punching me right in the gut," says this fan.
Raelle Collar's grief hit the fans particularly hard. "I'M SO EMOTIONAL OVER @taylorhickson's ACTING THIS EPISODE!!! THE PAIN THAT'S PAINTED ON HER FACE! I CAN'T" shares this viewer. "THE WAY RAELLE'S VOICE IS SO DRY. SHE'S HURTING. THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT" wrote this live tweeter in a thread.
There was a lot of praise for the high quality of this week's episode. "Y’all I am so impressed with tonight's @Motherland. The portrayal of grief and PTSD was so skillful, and I was genuinely shocked by each twist. Every reveal, this was me. Well done, everyone," writes a fan.
One fan writes, "This show keeps getting better (which should be impossible because it's been fantastic since the pilot!) and this week it's absolutely destroying me. @taylorhickson
@ashleynicwill @JessLauraSutton you all are killing it. I don't know how I'll survive this episode!"
Another viewer writes. "This episode has been a full of emotions. This is definitely my favorite episode thus far. I can’t wait to see the rest of the episodes." One fan writes, "This is such a fantastic show with fantastic women are playing the hell out of their roles."
This episode is certainly one of the most powerful ones yet, and fans are wondering when the show is going to be officially renewed for a Season 2. They're eagerly awaiting the news — once they are done wiping the tears from their eyes, at least.
The next episode of 'Motherland: Fort Salem' airs on April 29 on Freeform.