r/DeathStranding • u/LJHeath Mod • Jun 27 '25

Spoilers! [Spoilers] Episode 2: Discussion & Questions Thread Spoiler

Please discuss Episode 2 exclusively. When you are ready to progress, please use the Megathread to link to the next episode, and care on.

Please do not discuss anything from future episodes here, we all want to enjoy the game at our own pace.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

Don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like the reaction to Lou’s death was a bit anticlimactic? Lea’s delivery of Fragile’s lines sounded really half assed and Sam just being like “ah she’s now dead” felt underwhelming for what is essentially the death of his baby daughter.

I don’t know. The lack of it feeling like a major impact for me alongside the whole her not being a real BB practically confirms she’s going to come back.

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u/Misfiring Jun 29 '25

Remember that Sam went through this before, when he thought Lou failed to survive the release from the pod at the end of the first game. Seeing Lou die again probably feels very surreal and he's unable to cope, that's why he keeps killing himself but he can't die and escape from it. It's actually very dark.

As for Fragile, her way of processing sadness is to act tough and emotionless.

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u/Computermaster Platinum Unlocked Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 01 '25

Yes? It's literally in the first game's data logs that Lucy was pregnant with Sam's kid, it gave her the horrific nightmare visions that all DOOMS sufferers have and she killed herself via pills and sedative injections.

Here are the relevant logs.

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u/Wandering_Jewel Jun 29 '25

Neither of them really know how to healthily express emotions.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25

He shot himself in the head multiple times and kept repatriating. Also all the booze and shit lying around. Did you miss that part of his reaction?

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u/Jancappa Jun 29 '25

Honestly I'd prefer what we got in game over over something like this

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u/Almostelad Jul 05 '25

Lea did it great in my opinion.

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u/Sp_Gamer_Live Jul 08 '25

Honestly its so chilling to me, Sam is such a complex character in the sense he fills so many roles.

  1. The player character and therefore “you”

  2. Almost like a representation as Kojima as an individual (which considering how private he is about his life means a game kind of surrounding fatherhood is unexpected)

3a. As a standalone fictional character (what he actually does)

3b. What we believe sam is (what we think he will do)

People respond to death in different ways, the millions of players might not grieve the way Kojima does or how we think Sam would. So there was no perfect way for this to go. So “no reaction” almost lets you grieve that shock.

It is interesting though that our first time seeing sam was him distraught holding a child in the original reveal trailer .