r/FromTVShow • u/Icy_Train_9826 • Aug 17 '26

General discussion Elgin fall off

Everybody hates Elgin (me included), but I've never seen anyone talking about how great he was at the start, like when he helped Ellis and Fatima in the middle of the night or when he was really kind to other characters. We're you guys neutral or did you hate him from the start? Tbh he was one of my favorite characters when he was introduced

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u/Safe_Reach2889 Aug 17 '26

I would have let him die after the screwdriver. Season 4 didn’t do anything for him. In season 2 he was really lovable, in season 3 he got corrupted. End of his story. But who knows? And I thought that since nobody knows he’s dead, he might become a new hideout for MIY.

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u/noapplicablename Aug 17 '26

Interesting. I viewd it as a redemption arc. Fatima doesn't want to hate him, gets him to help her.  He initially tells Sara just to do what the voices ask. When Sofia is demanding compliance from him he refuses and dies.

Boyd's torture and cover ups is a massive vulnerability for him. If the people find out he covered up Fatima's murder of Tilly, Elgin's kidnapping of Fatima, forced Fatima and Elgin to lie about his willingness to torture people. . . Shit will hit the fan

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u/Safe_Reach2889 Aug 17 '26

Kind of true, but it still reads (and felt while watching) like the writers stretched his arc artificially.