Reviews like that 1 star "meltdown" should just be outright removed IMO. It's not like we tuned into an episode of the Teletubbies and a kid got shot, it's a show where at least one person gets shot or obliterated by a drone almost every episode
I do think killing Charlie is a waste of potential in a character. It feels a lot like they didn't know what to do with him once he returned after so much of the story being about getting him back. Then they got him back, clearly with some emotional "issues" but also seem real survival skills, and then all of that seemed to get swept under the rug quite quickly and he was just a "normal kid". Just... seems kind of a waste? He didn't do very much at all for a long long time.
Really good episode though, and at least Charlie got to show a hint of the skills he developed surviving in Santa Monica to give his sister a chance to escape.
I do think killing Charlie is a waste of potential in a character. It feels a lot like they didn't know what to do with him once he returned after so much of the story being about getting him back. Then they got him back, clearly with some emotional "issues" but also seem real survival skills, and then all of that seemed to get swept under the rug quite quickly and he was just a "normal kid". Just... seems kind of a waste? He didn't do very much at all for a long long time.
Really good episode though, and at least Charlie got to show a hint of the skills he developed surviving in Santa Monica to give his sister a chance to escape.