Below is a draft exploring the episode’s themes of Victorian paranoia, the subversion of detective tropes, and its use of anachronistic humor.
This paper analyzes "Brick Man," the second episode of the 2019 sitcom Year of the Rabbit . It examines how the show utilizes Victorian-era "urban legends" to satirize the sensationalist nature of 19th-century crime reporting and the incompetence of early police investigative techniques. "Year of the Rabbit" Brick Man(2019)
Folklore and Fear: Deconstructing the "Brick Man" in Year of the Rabbit (2019) Below is a draft exploring the episode’s themes