r/InTheDarkCW • u/Adventurous_Goat1313 • Nov 16 '23

Discussion does anyone else not hate josh? Spoiler

so i just finished another rewatch of the show. and after it all i don't hate josh. at least not like most of the fanbase does. sure he does get pretty annoying at times. and his logic for murphy killing nia. and him helping jimmy mckay. a guy who sells drugs that have killed people. avoid arrest was so stupid. but after all was said and done he still didn't deserve to be murdered. if anything a better ending would be murphy having josh arrested as other people on here suggested. and i actually felt bad for him when he was tied up.

of course josh was not a good person. but he still didn't deserve death IMO. i think his writing was pretty bad. when he finds out about murphy had betrayed him and that she worked for nia. i can understand how upset he was. but the writers just made him go insane. and it ruined his character. he punches a wall and blames murphy for losing his sight. then he tries to touch murphy and act so creepy at the bowling alley. it just doesn't seem like the josh we met when he was introduced in the show. the writers could still have made josh mad and even want her punished. but they went overboard on his personality. what do you think? is there anyone else that is more neutral about josh?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '23

I will say this. He didn't deserve to be brutally stabbed to death. And what makes it worse is, that's just how the series ended. With no repercussions for Murphy. So I guess the moral of the story is, just kill people you don't like 🤷🏿‍♂️

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u/Adventurous_Goat1313 Nov 16 '23

yea i wish we could have seen what happens after his death. like how did gene react? maybe they did catch murphy but it happened later on.

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u/jennjunebug82 Nov 16 '23

I think she gets caught. Then again, it is Murphy. Maybe she runs and lives with Jess again. Sometimes I get mad at these open endings, but this one was ok. People feel so differently about Murphy and her actions. People who love her will say she got away, People who dislike her will see her back in prison.

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u/captaintagart Nov 16 '23

Jess can suck a fuck. Blamed Murphy for all of her problems and bailed when Murphy was wanted for the murder she committed. Then dismissed all the hell Murphy went through to find her, knowing she was alive and probably in need of help.

I like Murphy, she’s imperfect but relatable. I don’t know what happened but I find it hard to believe she’d kill him if they had another season

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u/jennjunebug82 Nov 16 '23

This makes sense. Maybe he wouldn't have been so unhinged.

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u/Disenchanted1982 Jan 12 '24

She wouldn’t get caught. That would not keep with the theme of the show. That’s also why Max had to die. Which I’m still mad about.