the hospital (spoilers)


Wonder why Max's mom wasn't there? Is she so drunk/angry that she's just not there at all? Left town without Max? Or just not there that moment? Because I feel like most parents would be there 24/7, especially when it's just one parent and one kid.

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Yeah i was gonna ask this too, there was no sign of her at all, really strange, her daughter is brain dead, limbs broken and shes not there at her side. Could've shown a quick shot of her leaving the room or something to let Lucas read to her just to let us know shes there.

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Of course she's never much seemed to care, maybe that wouldn't change in the apocalypse.

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Yep. That was my question too. "Where is Max's mom?"

It was distracting. They should have mention that she is somewhere in the hall. But not just have there a child with broken bones and in coma and no mother around.

Or maybe they let mom kinda.... die.... on that final moment. They mentioned 22 people to die and many wounded. Maybe she is wounded or dead.

I feel in general that show doesnt know how to deal with parents. They show them sometimes to let everyone know they still exist. But then we have kids wondering around unsupervised deep at night all the time. And Erica is smallest of them. Yet parents didnt care that she wonders at night when there is some cult murderers going on. Not to mention kids literally escaped from police custody at home. And it appears no one was even looking for them. No police, no parents. Next day they were wondering at that weapon store.

Maybe its easier for them to just kill off Max’s mom for next season.

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Another question is, how did the kids explain to the doctors what happened to her? Did they say this was a result of the earthquake? Otherwise, it would be very difficult for the kids to explain why she was so seriously injured. The hospital would probably call the police and the kids would be suspects in an abuse/attempted murder case.

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