Anyone else REALLY like this episode?

Okay, I'll admit - I was skeptical. Ever since I saw the episode slide back in December, I figured this would be the best episode of the season... But after the storyboard rewrites, I wasn't entirely sure the team still had it together to make an Episode 4 that didn't serve entirely as a lead-in to No Going Back.

But here I sit, 2 hours later, still in a state of emotional shock. I had no idea how much story progression we were going to have here... And just how brutal the writers planned on being. That last scene up into that blackout... Was fucking killer. I have no idea who is going to live or who's going to die, but I do know this: I am on board. To me, Tell Tale really stepped up to the plate and delivered us a penultimate episode worth replaying in order to get the full effect of just how emotionally impacting this can be.

As a side note... I know it's all bleak and dreary, and there weren't too many redeeming moments on the bright side of things... But art is meant to make you feel. If your heart drops in your chest; if you find yourself legitimately caring for a character; if you find yourself desperately hoping that a character makes it through any given episode - then Tell Tale hasn't let you down.

Anyway, my favorite things about this episode were:

  • The new characters (Mike and Jane) and how they are so fully realized in the course of this episode.
  • Clementine and Sarah share a beautiful moment in the trailer (should you try to save her) where Clementine recalls Lee. I might even pull that for a monologue someday.

Comments

  • Yes, I loved this episode. My favorite episode this season

  • Trust me you're not the only one. There were a few flaws with it, but all-in-all I really enjoyed the episode.

  • edited July 2014

    Yes, I thought this episode was amazing. I was in shock as well and still am. This episode was very dark, very gritty and brutal, and exactly how I feel life would be in TWD universe. Sarah and Nick dying were some of the best shocks the entire season. I felt very bad after leaving Sarah to die and I tried to imagine how Clementine must feel with all the weight on her shoulders. Nick dying was another good shock, in TWD death happens alot and no one is invincible. I knew that robbing Arvo was a bad decision as soon as I did it and was hoping Jane would kill him. Then I saw him leaping out towards us and eventually coming up to us, I knew at that moment I was going to pay for my mistake. That is why this episode was the best one for me. I still feel very bad about the choices I made, and I do feel for the characters so much. That is why this game is the best, this game gives you choices and you have to pick between your moral choosing. This episode didn't hold your hand and forced you to make these very hard decisions quick and live with the consequences. Alot of people say the choices in dialogue and "they will remember" lines are meaningless. But for me, it lets me pick how I would be in that situation. Will giving Rebecca the pills and telling her the baby looks alot like Alvin mean anything down the road? I doubt it. But it was worth it to me, because Rebecca told Clementine she was her favorite person in the whole world

    . In Episode One everyone hated her, now Clementine and Rebecca formed a bond together before Rebecca's demise. One other part of the episode I liked how the writing was done on Kenny reaching his boiling point. I am worried about what will happen to the rest of the group. That's why this episode was best.

  • This episode was full with choices,developement and action...for some reason i didnt get emotional i was like :| the whole game even tho i was shocked/sad about nick and Rebecca i seriously dont know what to think about this episode or why i dont have an opinion about it

  • dojo32161dojo32161 Moderator

    Yeah, I loved it. The only thing that I didn't like was how they handled Nick. Let's just make him turn and attach him to a fence and let the player kill him! Worst sendoff of the franchise, and he's still my favorite character.

  • edited July 2014

    I have mixed feelings with this episode, but generally positive on my front.

    For me, this was the first episode this season where I felt incredibly engaged with the actions and events within. The preceding episodes spoon-fed too much, personally, and felt very passive.This was the first time I was gripping my hair and feeling like I screwed up a decision or was gripped by what was happening on the screen and to the characters. Oh, and picking the episode off with no time skip? Absolutely perfect decision, already felt like I screwed up within minutes of the episode starting and knew I was really going to be in for it.

    For the first time since Season 1, it felt like my choices were meaningful - when I got Sarah to snap out of it in the trailer, I was almost convinced I gave up Jane's life and that she would have died there because of the time delay. Literally had me on the edge of my seat. It was incredibly refreshing to see the return of hubs and puzzle gameplay. Really great additions, albeit a little stripped down, as it would have been nice to have a little more conversation with Mike, for example. Serious deja vu to the Motor Inn puzzle in this episode as well, but a little too "guided." I found myself the whole time surprised the fact that they were even there, it seemed that Telltale took the feedback seriously.

    Despite how impressed I was with the above, I can't help but feel robbed and cheaped out with the deaths of Sarah, Nick, and sad to say even Rebecca. To be able to save someone only to lose them 20 minutes later feels a little meaningless. I took it initially as a device to develop the relationship between Jane and Clementine, but to see her really displeased me and underwhelmed me with the story development. And Nick? Off-camera death? That's just pathetic, I liked Nick and to me it paints a picture that he is a meaningless person. Why have him in the story to begin with? I was aghast with Rebecca's death, but I have to give it to Telltale for the cliffhanger. I'm not sure who else was thinking this, but I feel like whoever shoots a gun will be the first target. I IMMEDIATELY felt concerned and thought, "Oh Crap, they probably Shot Kenny!"

    I really hope I don't open Episode 5 to see Kenny dead, I know Telltale isn't stupid enough to pull something as anticlimactic as that, but provided the deaths in this episode, it's all up in the air.

  • I really enjoyed it.
    Mike was hilarious. "I'd eat the shit out of that raccoon" and about why they couldn't give Rebecca the jacket. LOL.
    I liked Jane at first but by the end I was just like Seriously? She and Luke really ticked me off. Walkers all around, a woman's in labor and y'all are off taking a roll in the hay. First of all, SO not the time or place. Second, how was she gonna be all "I wouldn't bring a baby into this world" then go sleep with the next guy she's alone with? And then Luke's all talking about how Kenny's losing it and acting like he isn't a help to the group. Kenny was protecting everyone while he was getting his jollies. Come on. If there had been a Kenny vs Luke choice at the end I would have went with Kenny.
    I've never been a Sarah fan but I still tried to save her every time. I couldn't just let the girl die.
    Rebecca's death was the saddest to me even though I hated her in the beginning. I was so scared she was going to eat the baby! I had Clem shoot her. That ending was like Seriously? THAT's where you end it? haha. I really was expecting more of a "save one and let the other die" choice.

  • yes definitely the best episode this season i give it a 5000/10 for the raccoon chase alone.

  • It was great IMO. I really enjoyed just about every minute of it.

  • As Mike would say "I'd eat the shit out of this episode"

    Green613 posted: »

    yes definitely the best episode this season i give it a 5000/10 for the raccoon chase alone.

  • I LOVED IT! 11/10! Best episode so far for me!

  • I would give it 8/10.

  • dojo32161dojo32161 Moderator

    How did you feel about Nick?

    Crystalrain posted: »

    I really enjoyed it. Mike was hilarious. "I'd eat the shit out of that raccoon" and about why they couldn't give Rebecca the jacket. LOL.

  • Best of Season 2 imo

  • It's hard for me to admit because some of my favourite characters died and in such a way that made me a bit mad, but I have to admit... this episode was the best of the Season, out of all the episodes I think I've felt the most emotional in this one.

  • I get the feeling that Bonnie and Mike are going to be dead at the opening of Episode 5. Or at least Mike.

    A-113 posted: »

    I have mixed feelings with this episode, but generally positive on my front. For me, this was the first episode this season where I felt

  • Definitely my favorite episode this season and possibly the 1st. 10/10

  • I was never a big Nick fan. He was just kinda there and I expected his death since he could have died sooner so that didn't really affect me.

    dojo32161 posted: »

    How did you feel about Nick?

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