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Janet Howe's avatar

Perhaps in a video game the death of Joel is less of a gut punch than it was watching this TV show. Pedro Pascal has done such a great job of creating this character who lost his daughter and then gains a daughter in Ellie. Bella Ramsay is a fine actress, and perhaps the interaction between her and the Abby character will become interesting enough to compensate for the loss of Joel's story line. I'm just not sure.

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Rebekah Spicuglia's avatar

I am not a connoisseur of zombie shows, so I can’t speak to the disappointment in repeated storylines, but I was disappointed. It was shocking to me, and honestly I didn’t even really believe it til the last shot of him being dragged back to town. It is so early in the season that it feels like we’ve been cheated, frankly, and I clicked through to read your post in order to process my annoyance, wondering if I’m ever going to watch it anymore. So far, though this season has been action-packed, it hasn’t felt very deep, and though well-acted, not enough character development to give a shit about all the new folks onscreen (especially Abby, and even Dina)… The best scene so far was the therapist’s, brilliant. I had hoped for more of that. I agree with you on needing to expand the world.

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