Rooting for Mai because all the other players seemingly forgot how Ashley did Trey dirty in the glass bridge.
Granted, limiting the study to such a select group of patients isn't ethical - but in the hypothetical I'd like my partner to at least consider submitting such a study. Mind you: considering it isn't the same as actually doing it but the denials came a bit too fast for my taste.
Then we had Reynolds and the lung transplant... and he's just reimplanting it in the original donor (whom it was stolen from)? It's not clear how long the lung had been in the recipient etc. So that's a bit strange... even that they found out the donor was a bit very strange, considering the illegal methods of acquiring the organ.
The less said about Iggy the better... I mean trying to force someone to have treatment? Not even explaining the consequences of a court decision? That's pretty unethical. I mean where would we go from there? Forcing everyone to have therapy against their will? Granted, the patient might die, she might also reconsider down the line, who knows. But the way Iggy acted here would be enough to reconsider his license.
I thought this episode was a mess. It had promising storylines, Helen, the radiation leak, the retreat... but none of those were really appropriately addressed.
Helen: I'd have liked to have one last conversation with Max.
the radiation leak: What kind of radiation? Where did it come from? How were the authorities notified but no one at the hospital? Why was Max not notified?
the retreat: First of all, of course, practically everyone's just able to leave at a moment's notice - who cares about appointments etc? Then no one really knows what that group activity is about? Rappelling down 100m just for fun even though none of them had ever done that? And then of course we have the rockslide, the foot that has to be amputated (and the guide who went through a horrible experience, twice if we think about it with the cauterization, without anaesthesia or painmeds, never to be seen again at the end of the episode), Iggy's hallucination etc...
Sorry, but this was really just sloppy storytelling.
Making Sam deaf was a great example of how diversity and representation don't have to compromise a character. I'm not deaf myself, I don't know anyone who's deaf, and yet you won't hear anything negative from me about Sam being deaf, because 1) it's not my place to judge whether it's meaningful to those represented, and 2) they managed to keep everything that really mattered about him.
In fact, I'd argue Craig Mazin even elevated Sam's character and his dynamic with Henry by tying his deafness to his innocence. Sam can't hear the gunfire, explosions, screaming, and tough conversations that Henry has to deal with and protect Sam from. It ties into what Joel tells Henry about how being a kid is easier. What a great adaptation of this chapter in the story.
That moment where Sam is sitting on the edge of the bed and we don't know if he's turned was adapted brilliantly. In the show, Ellie knows he's infected, but when she calls out to him and gets no response, she doesn't know if he's okay, because he's deaf. Great example of incorporating representation into a story in an uncompromising and meaningful way.
one didn't survive, the other couldn't endure
The callings being important or not. How can’t Cal see it a big deal that Angelina set a room on fire with a baby in it ?
That judge was a jerk too. Obviously already had something against the passengers.
