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Ep. 7: The Pen and the Watch

By: Nicky Woolf
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As Q stops posting after the election, a previously private figure steps out of the shadows.

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A fabulous and curious insight into the psychology of this moment in history, and our human need to find reason in the chaos.
And arseholes- there are some arseholes too.
Brilliant journalism, balanced exploration of a movement it’s growth and its fall out.

Brilliant! Inquisitive, unnerving, of our time

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Perfectly told with both live recordings and a retrospective narrative. Really suspenseful at times, incredibly insightful. I have been obsessively following the evolution of the cult of trump (with morbid fascination and absolute disbelief) Nicky brilliantly tells a compelling story from the darker corners of the internet and the subsequent evolution of the cult of Q. This whole story explains how the cult of Q feeds the cult of trump that feeds the cult of Q. Difficult to see how this will end.

Incredibly engaging, thought provoking journalism

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Here to finish my review from last episode, which I accidentally posted before completing.

I've been enjoying this series but can't help but feel the reporting is sub-par. This reached its pinnacle in the episode "You'll Meet My Friends" Wolf sits down with Watkins, where he spends an hour asking if Watkins is curious about Q. I was left feeling like an opportunity was missed to extract more information from The guy who could be Q, but regardless is a key figure within the whole insane movement. This failure is then compounded when Wolf follows the interview by speaking with his tech guru, a lovely Irish woman, who immediately presented interesting avenues of detail that could and should have been

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