Nick's Behavior in Ep 3
Nick's demeanor in episode 3 was all around kind of bizarre to me. Did anyone else feel that way?
He didn't seem light-hearted, per se, but I expected him to be FAR more pessimistic than he actually ended up being. Instead I get him gushing to me about Luke every chance he gets. This just came off as very odd to me because he's quick to cuss Luke out on the bridge in episode 2, but the man seemingly abandons him, and then he's shipped back to the prison-like compound he tried to escape, and all he can say is, "Luke is so great, Luke will come back for us, etc etc etc"?
It feels like Breckon wrote down "Nick thinks Luke is better than he is", passed it on to Shorette, and Shorette interpreted it as "Nick thinks the sun shines out of Luke's asshole." When the episode goes on all of his dialogue is just agreeing with what Luke has to say. They just really amped up his emotional dependence on Luke to an almost concerning degree, if you paid enough attention to it.
I can't tell if this is lazy characterization, or something that's actually intentional. Like... what kind of epiphany did Nick have in truck on the way to Howe's?
He didn't seem light-hearted, per se, but I expected him to be FAR more pessimistic than he actually ended up being. Instead I get him gushing to me about Luke every chance he gets. This just came off as very odd to me because he's quick to cuss Luke out on the bridge in episode 2, but the man seemingly abandons him, and then he's shipped back to the prison-like compound he tried to escape, and all he can say is, "Luke is so great, Luke will come back for us, etc etc etc"?
It feels like Breckon wrote down "Nick thinks Luke is better than he is", passed it on to Shorette, and Shorette interpreted it as "Nick thinks the sun shines out of Luke's asshole." When the episode goes on all of his dialogue is just agreeing with what Luke has to say. They just really amped up his emotional dependence on Luke to an almost concerning degree, if you paid enough attention to it.
I can't tell if this is lazy characterization, or something that's actually intentional. Like... what kind of epiphany did Nick have in truck on the way to Howe's?
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Hence..."Luke Luke Luke...yeah. I'm still here guys. Luke."
The way Nick was tossed to the backburner this whole episode was disappointing and quite frankly, lazy. He literally did nothing useful, I didn't notice he was there half the time. I'm glad he survived the episode, but I have a sad feeling they're going to quickly dispose of him in the next episode by saying he didn't make it through the horde. And the fact that Luke hardly notices he's gone if Nick got offed in the ski lodge is almost shameful.
I'm hoping he's got a bigger role next episode. He was built up a lot and if they're just going to lazily squash him out of the plot I'll be immensely disappointed.
I forgot to mention in my original post it's really odd that when Reggie brings up Uncle Pete, Nick doesn't say anything. At all. Not even a solemn look on his face, he just stands there. Rebecca was the one who showed the most emotion about it. smh
Come to think of it, that might be a good angle Telltale could use for Nick's "arc": While everyone else becomes increasingly gloomy, Nick goes through an opposite transformation. By the time he ultimately dies, he's one of the only characters left who still believes things will work out for the best.
I hope he gets to shine again on 204 and 205