It will punch your feels right in the guts. So this episode left me very confused because I never expected to like any of these people. He was awkward and overly nerdy, even by my standards, and every time Max received texts from him, I prepared to cringe and often followed through.īut he’s pretty great in this episode because, like Chloe, he stops acting (and talking) like a tool and is actually useful.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned Max’s weirdo-dork love interest, Warren, in previous reviews, but that’s because he annoyed me. She’s just more focused this time around. She’s less impulsive and selfish than she was in Episode 3, and I finally wanted good things to happen to her. It’s kind of like emo rock band Bright Eyes, who happen to be on the soundtrack, and I’m not sure that’s a coincidence.īut I really liked Chloe in this episode, and not just because of the heartbreaking opening sequence in which her alternate-timeline doppelgänger has suffered a paralyzing spinal cord injury. I never expected to like Chloe, and around the middle of Episode 2, I decided that I would just have to settle for understanding that Max likes her and leave their friendship as just one of those things I’m not cool enough to understand. You will actually like the characters you’re supposed to And as soon as the episode begins, Max has the small matter of an alternate reality to deal with.ĭontnod expertly manages all of these various threads, and you’re constantly thinking about the greater threat even while addressing the relatively small matters of kidnapping and death threats. But they also have to deal with slightly smaller but serious issues, like Chloe’s missing friend and the constant threat of Nathan Prescott, a spoiled, rich a-hole with a gun. Max has had time-travel visions of a massive disaster that will destroy the town of Arcadia Bay, and it’s coming soon.
It doesn’t slow down because it can’t heroine Max and her childhood friend Chloe have a lot to do, and they know that time is running out for them. It’s not that Dark Room is a nonstop thrill ride full of explosions and car chases, but this penultimate narrative chunk maintains tension and weaves in plot revelations at ideal intervals. I had some issues with the pacing in Episode 3, but this entry doesn’t have that problem.
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