It was in the image of the miles-long border fence, in the cartoonish (yet frighteningly real) depiction of the crazed white vigilantes, or the multitude of police with their guns drawn. While the past few episodes seemed to ease off on the idea of immigration and Mexican-Americans feeling persecuted in their own country, those images of American bigotry were front and center in this final episode. And indeed, brotherhood remains the central, critical theme in Life is Strange 2. The more the plot unfolded, the more the anger subsided and the more that Life is Strange 2 presented a story that, at its core, is about brotherhood. The plot of Sean and Daniel watching their father get gunned down by a trigger-happy cop only for strange events to leave them both running to Mexico is something that struck a raw nerve in the first episode. There are parts of Life is Strange 2 that are downright hard to watch as a Mexican person who's aware of the current political climate. I certainly wasn't expecting to get through this review without addressing a major plot element that I've harped on over the course of four different impressions pieces. But like many exhausting and arduous expeditions, Life is Strange 2 is something where I look back at in hindsight and am ultimately glad it's one I experienced. The longer the final episode went on, the more I wondered why the whole saga went down the way it did. Has anyone ever experienced going on a long journey, one that proves to be so draining that by the end, everyone's asking why they ever went on the journey in the first place? As much as I enjoyed elements of Life is Strange 2, I started to feel like Daniel by the end of "Wolves," the season's fifth and final episode. There will be minor spoilers ahead, so read on at your own risk. This follows our individual impressions pieces for each of the season's first four episodes and contains our impressions for both the final episode on its own and for the full season as a whole. The following concludes our review of Life is Strange 2.
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