Lovecraft Country was an important one for Montrose Freeman (Michael K. Williams). Montrose is a man of many secrets, but one of them — his sexuality — is less burdensome than it was before, as he found a moment of happiness and acceptance at a drag ball that his lover Sammy (Jon Hudson Odom) took him to.
Since he was a boy, Montrose has been denying who he really was to himself and to others, and in that moment, he could be himself.
The scene was Michael K. Williams' favorite one of the season. "That scene wasn't about him coming out the closet, it was more about him letting that little boy out that closet and run around the room and just be free," Williams told TV Guide.
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