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A little bit about the term “The Lost Generation.”
The generations of the 20th Century are, in order, The Lost Generation, G.I. Generation, Silent Generation, Baby boomers, Generation X, & Millennials. While it’s true that The Lost Generation’s moniker was popularized by Hemingway, he attributed it to his great friend and mentor, Gertrude Stein.
Notable persons born in that time period (1883-1900) are F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Isadora Duncan, Ezra Pound, Henry Miller, Aldous Huxley, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis and the composers Sergei Prokofiev, George Gershwin and Aaron Copland.
In America, this Generation died out completely on May 12, 2016 with the passing of Susannah Mushatt Jones, who was born July 6, 1899. It is believed that there are still two living members of The Lost Generation – one in Italy and one in Japan.
The same term (The Lost Generation) means something slightly different in Britain. They use it to refer to those who died in “The Great War,” but specifically to the upper-class casualties who died – believing that it caused an unwelcome shift in their class structure. (for example such notable casualties as the poets Isaac Rosenberg, Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas and Wilfred Owen, composer George Butterworth and physicist Henry Moseley.)
Legacy Virus
We’re thrown right back into the dialogue between Lucy and R-Dad, and it’s not going well. What she’s hearing is an anathema to her sensibilities – and everything that she’s learned about Rittenhouse. It’s reinforced for us later in the episode when she tries to convince Lindbergh that he can choose his own future. That he’s not destined to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Teacher, Driver, Soldier, Spy
That would be Lucy, Rufus, poor poor Dave, and Hemingway. I’m classifying the lovely and talented Josephine Baker as a spy as well, since that seems to be the niche she fell into. Where she stays behind in the club, Hemingway joins our time-team – with mixed results – in order to find Flynn, Emma, and Lindbergh.
Free Agent
Meanwhile, back at the Lab, Agent Christopher has been released from duty by the NSA. (read: Rittenhouse) She’s free to visit Wyatt wherever he’s being held, and after some conversation, she slips him a paper clip in order for him to get free. Which of course – he does. I’m classifying both Wyatt and Christopher as “Free Agents,” thus the storyline title.
Rittenhouse has since fully infiltrated Mason industries, and things are very different upon Lucy and Rufus’ return. At first, they think the timeline has drastically changed, but soon figure out that it’s just home base that was shuffled.
On May 21
1758 – Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
1881 – The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
1904 – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
1927 – Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932 – Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
1946 – Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1979 – White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
1980 – Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released in theaters.
1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
1992 – After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show.
2005 – The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
2014 – The National September 11 Museum opens to the public
Notable Births:
1898 – Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum
1898 – Carl Johnson, American long jumper
1904 – Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1917 – Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director
1924 – Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist
1944 – Janet Dailey, American author and entrepreneur
1945 – Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut
1951 – Al Franken, American actor, screenwriter, and politician
1952 – Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
1957 – Judge Reinhold, American actor and producer
1960 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer
1966 – Lisa Edelstein, American actress and playwright
1972 – The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper
Notable Deaths:
1894 – Émile Henry, French anarchist
1894 – August Kundt, German physicist and academic
1952 – John Garfield, American actor
1988 – Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer
1991 – Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (see above)
2000 – Barbara Cartland, English author
2000 – John Gielgud, English actor
Next Week’s Summary & Promo
PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 (TV-PG)
FLYNN ESCALATES HIS AGENDA IN MOB-RULED CHICAGO AND OUR REUNITED TRIO GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE. Lucy (Abigail Spencer), Wyatt (Matt Lanter), and Rufus (Malcolm Barrett) decide to take matters into their own hands, but are caught off guard when Flynn (Goran Višnjic) lands in 1931 Chicago to call in a favor from notorious gangster Al Capone (guest star Cameron Gharaee). Hot on Flynn’s trail, our heroes try to enlist the help of famed lawman, Elliot Ness (guest star Misha Collins), in pursuit of Al Capone after Flynn aids him in avoiding justice. A clue leads the team to a crucial revelation about Rittenhouse. Also starring Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit. Also starring John Getz, Jim Beaver, Mather Zickel and Paul Moniz de Sa.
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