I agree that this is outstanding late Saturday viewing, but I had to laugh at one thing - Charles throwing a pinkish liquid on Gideon/Micah before setting him on fire. Where would someone in the mid-1800s find gasoline? It's not like there was a Shell station down the road.
"Quit whining. I evaded your vital organs." --Motoko Aoyama
Gasoline existed before internal-combustion engines, although it wasn't called gasoline. Before 1865 it was known as PETROL. It was used for the treatment of lice, and as a cleaning fluid to remove grease stains.
shareWell, it could always have been high-proof liquor. When it is over 100 proof, I think it is flammable.
shareMy guess would be kerosene.
shareWhen you said pink the first thing I thought of was whale fat with some blood not completly removed.
I like waking up in the morning not knowing who I'll meet or where I'll end up: The Titanic
I was thinking kerosene or paraffin if liquid paraffin was available back then, or whatever was used in lamps before kerosene.
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