Riley's death in this episode was without build-up or much drama. We haven't really gotten to know him yet. For example, he's barely had any backstory (in fact, most of his backstory was revealed through his KINO confession, which was only shown to us after his death).
He's been at best a secondary character, but I believe he's only been tertiary as his appearances had been infrequent and his impact on the overall plot minimal. It's Kate Heightmeyer all over again. A random death in a random episode with almost no build-up. At least with Kate's death, there was an ongoing crisis: Something was hurting people in their sleep and very soon, someone might die. There was a somewhat dramatic build-up to the big reveal.
This, this was just "Hey, this is a quasi-filler episode with some important plot elements and a lot of filler. They fly out in the shuttle, it crashes, Riley gets pinned and then dies."
Was anyone satisfied with this quick and seemingly randomly death of a tertiary character? I mean, because of the lack of build-up, backstory and much of anything, Riley's death didn't really impact me that much. I've barely gotten to know him, there was barely any build-up to his death (no battle scene, no "We're gonna go into this really dangerous place", no foreshadowing besides "Hey, turbulence!").
IMO, this death was unnecessary. What, the PTB just wanted to show us that sometimes death strikes in unexpected places?
He's been at best a secondary character, but I believe he's only been tertiary as his appearances had been infrequent and his impact on the overall plot minimal. It's Kate Heightmeyer all over again. A random death in a random episode with almost no build-up. At least with Kate's death, there was an ongoing crisis: Something was hurting people in their sleep and very soon, someone might die. There was a somewhat dramatic build-up to the big reveal.
This, this was just "Hey, this is a quasi-filler episode with some important plot elements and a lot of filler. They fly out in the shuttle, it crashes, Riley gets pinned and then dies."
Was anyone satisfied with this quick and seemingly randomly death of a tertiary character? I mean, because of the lack of build-up, backstory and much of anything, Riley's death didn't really impact me that much. I've barely gotten to know him, there was barely any build-up to his death (no battle scene, no "We're gonna go into this really dangerous place", no foreshadowing besides "Hey, turbulence!").
IMO, this death was unnecessary. What, the PTB just wanted to show us that sometimes death strikes in unexpected places?
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