![]() As annoying as I find him, he doesn't deserve this fate. No, this is something else altogether: it constitutes a writer's contempt for his or her protagonist on a quantum level. And for what? Some vague commentary on the evils of nuclear arms? Jesus, give the guy radiation poisoning if that's your angle. The breaking of his glasses is quite literally a death sentence. He's not going to make it off those library steps without falling and cracking his skull and, even if he does, he'll never find his way back to the food supply he's squirreled away. We've already seen how bad his eyesight is without them, thanks to a clever POV shot earlier. ![]() ![]() The tragedy isn't limited to the loss of a lifetime of literary joy. He discovers the ruins of the local library, gathers up enough books to last him for years, and then…. ![]() After all that (as if "all that" weren't enough), my single biggest problem with the episode is the cruelty with which the protagonist is ultimately dispatched. ![]()
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