In fact, this episode is a perfect jumping in point for anybody who has somehow let this weird and wonderful show pass you by. Gravity Falls is known for its rich mythology and huge cast of warm, wonderful characters, and the episode really plays up both of those elements.īut if you’re a Gravity Falls newcomer, you won’t be totally lost, out in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. There are some amazing reveals, too, like how Stan got his weird tattoo, his history as a hustler and how Lazy Susan’s eye got to be lazy.
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Grunkle Stan’s brother is revealed to be the six-fingered author of the journals that Dipper has been obsessing over in nearly every episode of the series (chronicling all the bizarre happenings around Gravity Falls) and the episode does a great job of illuminating their relationship. Gravity Falls has never really done an episode like this one, before, told almost exclusively as a narrated flashback, which speaks to the series’ infectious creative restlessness. Tonight’s episode, entitled “A Tale of Two Stans,” does a deep dive into the relationship of Stan and his twin brother (also named Stan, hence the title), played by recent Academy Award-winner J.K. This was a shocking conclusion, indeed, and one that made us positively itchy for the series’ return. In the closing moments of the episode, the machine Stan had been building finally worked and the portal opened and out stepped … Stan’s twin brother. The machine made Stan a target for government agents and played havoc with the town’s gravity (there would be periods of prolonged weightlessness that were insanely striking). And what’s more, he’s been building some kind of teleportation device in the basement of the Mystery Shack. In the electrifying midseason finale back in March (!), Stan was revealed to know everything that has been going on in Gravity Falls. Stan owns and operations a roadside tourist trap called the Mystery Shack, but unbeknownst to him, real mysteries are flooding the small town around him (everything from giant robotic sea monsters to kleptomaniac gnomes and everything in between). It’s here that young twins Dipper (Jason Ritter) and Mabel (Kristen Schaal) are sent to spend the summer under the supervision of their shifty great uncle (grunkle) Stan (Hirsch). It takes place in the fictional hamlet of Gravity Falls, Oregon. Thankfully, tonight’s episodes will satisfy long-term fans and provide a fresh point for those just beginning their journey with this fiendishly clever series.įirst, some background: Gravity Falls is the brainchild of animator Alex Hirsch and is best described as being like Twin Peaks but for kids. (This includes, but is not limited to, the guy who does sock puppet shows at your local library, the kid who never seems to be outside of the community pool and the spooky abandoned convenience store.) But nothing could have prepared fans of the series for the midseason finale on March 9 not only did it re-contextualize the entire series in some pretty fundamental ways but it was also a cliffhanger that was so shocking that it has made the time in between episodes incredibly difficult. In the world of Gravity Falls, Disney XD’s deliriously entertaining animated series (returning tonight at 8:30 p.m.), virtually everything is a tantalizing mystery.
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