‘The Terror’ Broached One of Humanity’s Biggest Taboos in a Thoughtful, Chilling Way

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “The Terror” Episode 9, “The C, the C, the Open C.”]What does it sound like to lose a connection to your own humanity?For “The Terror,” the answer came in the form of a sunlit meal around a dining table that was ordinary in every way but one.

A faction of expedition survivors, thrust under the murky leadership of the enigmatic Cornelius Hickey, gather to survive by consuming one of their deceased mates.“The scene where they’re all around the table for the first time eating human flesh, we didn’t score it,” executive producer and co-showrunner David Kajganich told IndieWire.

“And when we got to the mix stage and saw that there were quite a lot of emphatic chewing sounds in the temp mix, we were like, ‘No, no, no, no, no.

Take all of that out.

We’re not fetishizing this moment.

We’re just observing it.

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