'Lovecraft Country' Claims First Major Victim: "There Is No Success Without a Successor"
[This story contains spoilers for the second episode of HBO's Lovecraft Country, "Whitey's on the Moon."] With an opening scored to Ja'Net DuBois' "Movin' On Up," best known as the theme song for television's The Jeffersons, the first few minutes of Lovecraft Country's second episode suggest things are indeed moving on up for Tic (Jonathan Majors), Leti (Jurnee Smollett) and George (Courtney B. Vance) — but the old Hermetic rule that has guided alchemists and astronomers remains true: "As above, so below." "Whitey's on the Moon," directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Misha Green, introduces several new characters, leans heavily on new plot elements and mythology, and concludes with a tragic loss of life.