Mrs Davis Episode 8 Recap and Review: How You Stick the Landing Brilliantly and Make People Cry

Mrs Davis Episode 8 is titled ‘THE FINAL INTERCUT So I’m your horse,’ and stars Betty Gilpin, Jake McDorman, Andy McQueen, Chris Diamantopoulos, Elizabeth Marvel, Tom Wlaschiha, Katja Herbers, Ely Henry, Jack Foley, Ben Chaplin, Sam Meader and Raphael Corkhill, alongside other cast members. This show is a new absurdist comedy from Peacock following a world where an algorithm is a widely beloved source of emotional support, but Simone, a nun, works to bring it down.

The episode is directed by Owen Harris and runs for 59 minutes, where Simone tries to destroy the Holy Grail while Wiley tries to figure out whether this death thing will actually happen or not.

-Mrs Davis Episode 8 Recap and Review Contain Spoilers-

Mrs Davis Episode 8 Recap

In this episode, Wiley makes his way to the centre, where he is inducted through the process of dying. He is having a hard time believing it and is being dismissive of this whole process. Simone is getting ready to figure out this whole Mrs Davis sitch. The episode starts off by showing us a woman who is pitching this app to investors and making an ambitious presentation for it. We then cut to Simone going to 1042, Sandy Springs, but since Electric Avenue was the most recent clue she got, she decided to include that too in her search for that house.

Eventually, she makes her way to this person named Joy. She is currently celebrating her Nana’s birthday, and all of them know about Joy’s involvement in the algorithm. Simone tries to explain to Joy that she is the AI’s mother, which is probably why its subconsciousness is giving a clue to this area. However, Joy explains that it is not a subconscious but a sub-routine because it is not a person; it is an algorithm. The coder then goes on to explain that the app was initially created for Buffalo Wild Wings, and the wings from the app are literal wings.

Everything in the algorithm only makes sense because a manual code was embedded in the core of it. Including the quest to find the Holy Grail. Apparently, that only happens because the first page includes the aphorism that “100% Customer Satisfaction is our Holy Grail.” At this point, Simone is so confused and angry that all this happens because of one person with impeccable power and a child’s attempt at gaining some kind of upper hand. God is fallible, and this episode proved it.

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Well, it seems like this whole quest comes with a lot of strong reasons not to be completed, but it is only Mary’s voice that guides her to the convent, calling her Mother Superior there. She comes in the car, and when Simone sees her, she is filled with an overwhelming sense of comfort as one would feel with a mother. The two of them go inside and sit opposite each other. Simone prays and goes back to Jay’s restaurant.

He is sitting there with Wiley, who is also eating falafels. Wiley is going through something intense that Simone has no idea about. Since she wants to talk to him privately, Wiley sees himself out but not before having a sweet conversation with Simone. Once she and Jay are alone, they talk about this destroying the Holy Grail business, and he is initially very against it, but she explains that he loves serving people. She notes that he never gets to eat.

After a sweet and sentimental moment between the two of them, she is back at the convent, and we see her taking the first sips of the liquid in the Grail. Mother Superior notes that her nose is bleeding, which could mean that her head could explode, but instead, they see a big whirlpool with all the debris falling back into her hands. Simone’s mother, Celeste, is there so her daughter can take her to Montgomery. Simone explains that her dad wanted to make a grand entrance at his own funeral from the piano, with a big reveal and a resurrection of some kind.

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Instead, he died at the hands of his own pride. He lived for the prestige, and he died from it inside the piano. The algorithm didn’t notify anyone about this because of the way it is constructed. We then see Celeste and Simone have a conversation about Monty. The latter then asks her mother to proxy. This is where the linchpin conversation about this show happens. Simone tells Mrs Davis that her mother didn’t approve of her, and even though she does so much good for the world, she wasn’t made to care. She was made to satisfy.

This is the reason that the AI needs to go. Wiley is taken through the chambers before this whole ordeal, and we see him go on a rollercoaster which is supposed to make his death painless. However, the rollercoaster ends, and his Transition Assistant tells him that people come to the centre because they feel worthless, but what does he feel now? She makes him say it, out loud, and it is the most wonderful end to this series.

We see him take the horse that we initially thought died because of Wiley, but it was actually the algorithm that intervened and saved the horse but left some debris in order to motivate the pair so they could do their jobs. Simone is so happy to see the horse but is also happy to see her friend Wiley. He has been through hell and back, but Simone has been through a full conversation with her mother, who asked for her child’s forgiveness and expressed that the mother has faith in her daughter.

The AI shuts off, and we see chaos ensue, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel; people have a purpose. They will be able to figure out a world where they will be able to make choices on their own, and share fear and pain with each other independently without any outside intervention.

Mrs Davis Episode 8 Review

This show could not have ended better, and they stuck the landing so well. The parallel with the mother issues algorithm’s mother, Jay’s mother and finally, Simone’s mother coming together in a trifecta that is so brilliant that it makes anyone with the ability to comprehend a sopping mess. It is fascinating how they still took the show up an ante and ended on a note that gave us closure but made sure that we would return for more if there could be something else.

There are so many moments in this episode that could be extracted and put in a bottle to preserve because the elements in this series are just enough to be a timeless piece of art. It explores modernity in all its absurdity but keeps human emotion alive throughout the series. We don’t just see a single section of people, but a variety of people with rich lives and specific aspects that make this one of the best series ever to come out.

Mrs Davis Episode 8 is currently streaming on Peacock along with all the previous episodes. What do you think of the ending? Let us know in the comments below.

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