He asked him to take Elle after that and Tommy agreed. It just didn’t make much sense to me as Joel had already opened up to Tommy and told him how scared he was. To go from that to “see you later but you can borrow my gun”…just seemed odd. Especially knowing that Elle is perhaps the key to save civilization.

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Posted by WestSideTiger

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Posted on 2/20/23 at 3:55 pm to JesusQuintana

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He asked him to take Elle after that and Tommy agreed.

Yes but he wasn’t exactly thrilled to have to ask at that point because the stuff he was finding out was putting a wrench in his plans. That’s why he wasn’t very excited to hear about the wife and her pregnancy.

It could also be that he was a little jealous when he heard about it. He was going all that way to find his brother first, deliver Elle second. I think that switched along the way and then he found out his brother didn’t really need him like he thought. His brother was going to help him out because of that sacrifice he made maybe?. Didn’t he lie about Tess as well saying she was fine? Why would he do that? Maybe so his brother thought he still had someone to live for?

But I think the conversation with Elle finally pushed him to that decision but all the stuff before it factored in. If he didn’t bring Elle what else was he gonna do? Also remember he was having some health spells leading up to all this which had him worried as well.

This show fills in a lot of that blanks after the fact which can get confusing when trying to discuss it. Joel is a complex character and an imperfect one which really appeals to me. We need more imperfect heroes.

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