I enjoy the post-apocalyptic setting. When done right, there is always a gritty aspect about it that cannot be translated well to other genres most of the time. But for all the post-apocalyptic shows and media that I enjoy, I have always been irked at the incomplete endings they so often employ in regards to the characters.
Dr. Bloodmoney suffers from this. Sure, Hoppy is dead and Dangerfield is apparently not about to be, but questions remain unresolved. Is Edie essentially an orphan, considering her real mother and father are all too willing to pretend she doesn't exist? Or does she end up being raised by someone like George? If that's the case, George must be a saint of a guy. If not, well, Edie's life sucks despite the fact she played a major hand in stopping Hoppy.
What was Dangerfield's condition? Is he really suffering from a physical ailment, or is it all in his head? Also, isn't it disturbing to think that he is destined to die alone because there seems to be no physical way of getting to him? Also, I don't want to imagine how his wife's rotting corpse has impacted the shuttle. One must think Dangerfield must be slightly insane to carry out a lively show with his wife decomposing. Not being an expert in body decomposition, it could be that maybe seven years is enough time for that to go away.
Also, despite being a main character, Bonny seems to have done nothing of consequence except abandon her child and husband at the end. I suppose hiding Bluthgeld may qualify as something, but even that seemed to have no overall impact on people's attitude toward her.
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