The title's nod to the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub" highlights the theme of formative influences—specifically the "makers" who built the monsters we see on screen.
: It follows a seemingly ordinary man, Tommy Peterson, as he descends into a spiral of paranoia fueled by right-wing media and Stormfront's xenophobic rhetoric. [S2E7] Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
: Misinterpreting a "glimmer" in a local grocery clerk's eye as a sign of a "supe terrorist," Tommy shoots the innocent man point-blank. The title's nod to the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub"
: Reviewers at AIPT and Film Speak noted how this vignette serves as a stark commentary on real-world domestic radicalization and the danger of 24-hour news cycles. Legacy and Abusive Fathers [S2E7] Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker