The Passage

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Thats bad for logical storytelling, but good for the overall story.

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This could really blow up Project Noah, unless the vampire apocalypse or the bird flu hits first.

Thats not a frivolous consideration, either.

But there are more than a few signs that the series is determined to be its own thing.

See, for instance, its reconceptualization of Lacey.

Not a misdemeanor: murder.

We also learn that Babcock ended up on death row for killing her mother.

(Or dies again.

Will he regret this?

They pass notes back and forth, even as the specter of Fanning draws closer to both of them.

and warns Brad himself, in a super-creepy final shot that suggests the series is heating up fast.

That doesnt mean that Brad and Amy dont still have plans to leave.

Theyre counting steps and memorizing the PIN code to leave.

But how far theyll get, if they escape at all, remains an open question.

And it looks like that chaos will arrive sooner rather than later.

Stakes and Mirrors

Babcocks28 Weeks Laterposter is a nice touch, and maybe a clue?

It doesnt go well.

But testing on death-row inmates is one kind of dubious.

Testing on a little girl they cant know will be okay at the end of it is something else.

Im not sure the series has dealt with this in any depth yet.

Will it get to it before things spiral out of control?

Brad, on the other hand, is attempting to reckon with his actions.