>>124589428I agree the work is doing good at making the tragedy of the situation relevant.
I was more saying melodrama in that most of the townies were given these arcs later on that degraded to "I don't know, and I'm scared, and I'm just doing my best to survive." At least James, Tommy, and that cop had agency -- reading the chief whine like a wet blanket about his powerlessness every time he appeared got annoying.