Crank Dat Killer

"Crank Dat Killer" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy-drama television series Atlanta.

According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.253 million household viewers and gained a 0.08 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.

While talking with Earn (Donald Glover) and Darius (Lakeith Stanfield), Alfred (Brian Tyree Henry) is informed about the "Crank Dat Killer": a number of black people have been killed after performing a dance video to Soulja Boy's "Crank That", deducing that a serial killer might be angry at the song.

After finishing a record session, Alfred is told that a young rapper known as "Some Guy Named Doug" (Wisdom Allah) who has been bothering him has arrived at the building.

Meanwhile, a Hispanic rapper named Roberto (Adrian Mauro) asks his girlfriend for support in his career before leaving for work at a mall.

Realizing he is dead, Earn and Darius quickly flee with the sneakers, citing their already established implication as a reason to take the shoes.

They inform him that the police arrested the Crank Dat Killer, an entirely different man they never met while the mall shooter was a high school enemy.

I thought it was funny, this idea people have that guns are gonna make situations better, but here's a shootout in the mall and it just turns into chaos.

The themes take on another layer of meaning when placing the events within the trio's come-up, especially when it's bookmarked by Al's gorgeous new house.

Yes, Al spends a good chunk of the episode running for his life, and Earn and Darius' new acquaintance Shoe Man suffers a violent and graphic on-camera death.

But 'Crank Dat Killer' once again demonstrates the series' complete mastery of tone, in a way that makes the threat to Al seem real at the same time that the entire sequence is way more slapstick than thriller.

"[7] Ile-Ife Okantah of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Now that we're past the midseason mark, I can confidently say this final season of Atlanta is outpacing the previous one by a mile.

The critiques of modern-day culture are sharper, the comedy is increasingly on point, and Brian Tyree Henry's acting is such a pleasure to watch.

"[8] Christian Hubbard of Full Circle Cinema gave the episode a perfect 10 out of 10 rating and wrote, "As it turns out, the Crank Dat Killer is some random person and none of the suspects above.

However, the forty minutes of pure speculation and anxiety just prove why this series will stand the test of time when season four concludes its historic run.