Better "death" scene for Kenny in S1E05: Saving Christa or Trying to Save Ben
Which ambiguous death for Kenny did you prefer?
Trying to Save Ben
or
Saving Christa
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Which ambiguous death for Kenny did you prefer?
Trying to Save Ben
or
Saving Christa
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Ben saving Kenny is more meaningful since he gets a chance to redeem himself for being an asshole the whole season.
edit: Kenny saving Ben
Both I think are equally a ideal sendoff to Kenny, however I prefer the Ben "death" scene more.
Ben
Ben's version was much better imo.
Ben, much more emotional and felt more meaningful. But I prefer the soundtrack playing in the Christa version.
When he tries to save Ben. It was more heart-felt, and Lee was much more sadder.
Locking himself in the alley and separating himself from the group was weird considering he could have just put Ben out of his misery and escaped.
I really like the scene where he saves Christa. It is heroic and alludes to her being pregnant.
Kenny saving Ben. He actually liked Christa, but he hated Ben, he even respected his wishes too.
I loved when Ben saved Kenny, man the memories from that scene... Action... Develpmont... Heroism... 'twas truly emotional and sad... Thank you Shitbird for saving God.
They both suffer from poor writing in opposite ways. The Ben scenario has perfectly good buildup, but the outcome is nonsensical and Kenny's motivations are so poorly explained they're practically nonexistent. The Christa scenario has insanely contrived buildup, but the outcome and motivations make way more sense than the alternative. Ultimately, I view character motivations as more important than the setup for a scene to occur, so I prefer the Christa version.
I really wish Kenny's determinant rant about Christa and Omid not being a part of their group at the beginning of episode 4 was... well, not determinant. It adds a lot to their continuous disagreements from there, and gives a little more power to the moment Kenny sacrifices himself for her. In addition, I would have liked it if they made it just a little clearer Kenny wasn't willing to let a pregnant woman die, given his strong focus on family and children. While there's something to be said about subtlety, a simple and short line of dialogue about how he's not watching another mother die would be a pretty strong note to end his Season 1 arc, I feel.
Ben.
Ben
Kenny could've mercy shot Ben and then retreated back with Lee rather than doing an irrational self-sacrifice, I honestly think that Kenny should've 'disappeared' by saving Christa, as a supposed last hurrah for his character.