Some slight differences in how she carries herself around Gabe can be noticed, but they're also potentially troubling given Telltale's history of unhappy endings.Sometime after the outbreak, the group was officially formed by former soldier David García, along with two others, Joan and Clinton Barnes. We already know she's been showcasing more of her maternal side during her quest to reunite with AJ, and that she's still a rather stubborn lone-wolf, even when others are often offering up help. As to Tripp and Eleanor, there are some shifts there, but the uneasy alliance between the family and those from Prescott doesn't change that drastically when all is said and done.Įven the additional backstory elements given to Clementine in another flashback don't stretch her character in any new directions. The same can be said of Javi's relationships with Clementine and Kate. Though the situations in which we learn about Javi's and Gabe's relationship may be different, not much else about their dynamic is altered. While Telltale does take time to explore Javi's patriarchal role, we don't actually learn much new about him that we didn't already know from previous episodes. The family dynamic between Javier, Kate and Gabriel takes a backseat to delivering plot points to get us to episode five, and the characterization suffers a bit for it. Javi's escape and reunion with Kate and the other friendly survivors is a rather easy affair, and Telltale seems more concerned with tying up some plot threads in this penultimate episode rather than exploring the dangers of the situation much further. It's not a bad start, and alludes that there will be more drama than there actually is throughout the rest of the episode. The two brothers are locked up in the Richmond prison, though David is soon escorted out by Joan, leaving Javi to find a way out on his own. Were it not for the final minutes, this episode may as well have been called "Treading Water."Įvents of this episode pick up directly following the fateful meeting David and Javier had with Joan at the conclusion of episode three.
As strong as this season has been, the latest episode, "Thicker Than Water," did little to change the stakes or present new angles to its cast. Where previous seasons focused on found families, A New Frontier presented us with an actual family doing their best to make their way under duress. The latest season of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead has been a tightly wound story thus far, with new characters and locales providing a new perspective on the zombie apocalypse.
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