But, based on what we saw in episode four, with Kathleen (Melanie Lynskey) shooting someone she viewed as a collaborator and the rest of the militia hunting down a teenager and his kid brother, you might say the new order wasn’t exactly a bowl of cherries, either. If the Kansas QZ was anything like the Boston one, it will have been rotten with corruption, extreme violence and ruthless control. This bloody take-back of the city was gruesome, but perhaps no more so than the fragile peace established by Fedra.
Something about the Fedra soldiers being executed and their tortured bodies being dragged through the streets made me think a fair trial wasn’t going to be in anyone’s future … Collaborators, surrender now and you will receive a fair trial,” said the person riding on a truck with a megaphone. Maybe Fedra weren’t so bad …Īfter the gun-toting alarm clock cliffhanger of last week, we opened with a flashback sequence in Kansas City. Then, after two virtually infected-free weeks, more of the pesky things than you could shake a big stick at. We saw more brutality, more moral ambiguity and Joel and Ellie’s bond becoming tighter.