The original post: /r/television by /u/begin111 on 2025-06-14 18:53:07.
Just watched Season 3, Episode 12 (Things Fall Apart), and I honestly can’t tell if the characters are meant to be seen as heroic or just incredibly stupid and irresponsible.
Max’s decision to go upstairs alone to fix the leak makes no sense. He’s the medical director, not a hazmat expert or engineer. He finds the leak, then wedges himself under a pipe in an isolated room filling with a toxic chemical. There’s no backup, no safety gear, no plan, no reason for anyone to come find him. The only reason he survives is because Sharpe happens to find him by total chance. That’s not leadership. That’s extremely poor judgment, in fact it is absolute stupidity.
Then there’s Bloom, who’s been exposed to the chemical and knows it. Instead of going through decontamination properly, she stays keeps treating patients. Hasn’t she been on a plane when they say put the mask on yourself before your child. Then she’s visibly deteriorating, her vision blurs, she’s struggling to function, and she does nothing. She allows a serious risk to both her and everyone around her.
It’s like the show wants us to see these moments as brave, but all I see are people ignoring basic safety and making the situation worse.
Is anyone else finding this hard to watch? I used to be drawn in by the emotional weight and idealism, but this just feels like stupid and reckless behaviour being passed off as heroism. Can the writers really be that bad?