Selome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you have watched “Tarrare,” the Season 3 finale of “Atlanta.” The Season 3 finale of “Atlanta” is styled after the quirky and comforting French rom-com “Amélie,” though this version is weirder and grosser.The episode is titled “Tarrare” after the 1700s French solider who was famous for a medical condition that made him constantly hungry — he was able to eat his own body weight in meat, and was also rumored to engage in cannibalism.
In “Atlanta,” that hunger belongs to Van (Zazie Beetz), who becomes so unsure of who she is that she has a nervous breakdown, engulfing herself in a French alter ego complete with an accent, a boyfriend, an apartment and a job in a butcher shop that serves human hands.
Almost all of Season 3 takes place in Europe, focusing on Earn (series creator Donald Glover), Darius (LaKeith Stanfield) and Alfred aka Paper Boi as the latter tours the continent as a rapper.
This premise gave the writers a puzzle: how could they keep Van, Earn’s on-and-off partner and the mother of his daughter, a part of the story?“She’s a huge part of the show.
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