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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched Episodes 8 and 9 last night. Still processing them (ish).

I feel like everything is wrapping up a bit too neatly, but they've kept it tight. I still don't like what they've done with Clark's character and how he's become a villain almost all the way through. [b]And his motivation for being the way he is is not clear to me.[/b] I get that the whole "survival is not enough" theme is running through the entire series and Clark is kind of the anti-that, but I'm not sure I guy that he had this iron grip on this place for two decades.

Interesting adaptation of the Jeevan story. I think they might have done the best job with adapting his story and rounding out his character. He and Frank may be my favorite characters, the way they take on nurturing and educating Kirsten. I didn't care for the place he ended up being kind of a wacky apocalyptic trope, but he kind of ends up where he is in the book.

All in all, two good episodes in the lead up to the finale.[/quote]

His motivation is he is an actual loser - his acting career stalled, he had a major drink problem and he watched as his friend (Arthur) had a huge career and monetary success. When he takes over as "leader" at the airport he is finally playing King Lear for real - and he rallies everyone into some kind of order. As time passes, that order is disintegrating, people are less interested in him and his ideas. He is returning to being a loser again and he cannot handle it.[/quote]

+1 he wanted to be Lear on stage, but he's become a real-life Lear[/quote]

PP here - I think this is correct. I'm having trouble with it because Clark and the airport were some of my favorite parts of the book and this is just so different.[/quote]

Oh for sure. But we see in various flashes from the past how not being Lear - i.e., not being Arthur - haunted him and made him mean. Then he got that taste of power in the airport when he stood up and commanded the crowd to see their situation how he wanted them to, and he and Elizabeth and Miles spontaneously seized control.[/quote]

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