Warning! This article contains major spoilers for From Season 3, Episode 1!The city is rocked by yet another tragedy in ofSeason 3 premiere, as the episode ends with Boyd is forced to watch as the monsters brutally kill Tian-Chen Liu. This is the first major death of Season 3, following a series of​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ more-more again again the first major death of the first major death of Season 2’s ending that included a variety of supporting characters. As the operator of the diner and Kenny’s mother, Tian-chen has been one of the most important characters since the beginning of the show, so her death will have major consequences on the city’s society.
at the end of of season 3 episode 1 The monsters leave the town’s farm animals at night, using them as bait to draw the townspeople out of the safety of their homes. The town is desperately low on food, so Boyd, Tian-Chen, and Jade try to wrestle the cows into the barn as the monsters gradually surround them. After Tian-Chen and Boyd believe themselves safe in the barn, the monsters enter and tie Boyd to a post. The creatures proceed to slowly, cruelly tear apart Tian-Chen as Harold Perrineau of Character is tragically forced to look on.
From’s monsters killed someone they knew Boyd would desperately want to protect
Tian-Chen’s death tests Boyd’s ability to protect the city
While it just so happened that Tian-Chen was the one helping Boyd get the cow back into the barn, her randomly selected presence gave the monsters a more devastating victim to torture Boyd with. in of season 2, Boyd taunted the city by telling its forces that it would not break him After seeing something unfold as his dead wife, Abby. In revenge, the monsters devised a plan to do their best to “break” Boyd, which involved forcing him to watch helplessly as someone he had a hard time protecting was torn to pieces right in front of his eyes.
Boyd maintained a strong relationship with Tian-Chen during the hit sci-fi TV show, which was further strengthened by her son Kenny joining the police force under Boyd’s guidance. He felt a great kinship to the Liu family, so being unable to help Tian-chen as she was brutally murdered a few feet in front of him would have made Boyd, as the town’s sheriff, question his ability to properly protect and Protect his fellow man. residents. Moreover, it means Boyd has to go home relatively unscathed and tragically tells Kenny why he couldn’t save his mother.
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at this point, of Also had to raise the stakes right off the bat for season 3 by killing off a major character. Many supporting and unnamed figures died throughout ofBut Tian-chen being brutally killed by the monsters means that very few of the remaining main characters are safe. Similar to when Charlie was killed in Lost To really raise the stakes, Tian-chen’s death will open the eyes of the characters and audience as they face increasingly vengeful and manipulative forces in ofs city.
Will Tian-chen’s death “break” Boyd as the monsters will?
How will it affect Boyd in Season 3?
The sadistic monsters in of Taking Boyd’s words that the city won’t break him as a threat, and Tian-chen’s death happening right in front of him is a big test. It is unlikely that Tian-chen’s death will actually be what “breaks” BoydHowever. Not being able to save her will put his confidence in protecting the city to the test and will make him feel incredibly guilty around Kenny, but it would take a much more personal death to “break” him.
Tian-Chen’s fate is apt to make Boyd more intent on taking revenge on the monsters and finding a way out of town, so their plan may actually backfire.
Watching his mentee Kenny, kids like Ethan or Julie, or Boyd’s own son Ellis dying in front of him would be more likely to give him the answer. Boyd has already survived his wife’s death and seen countless residents become victims of the monsters’ torture; At this moment, it is upset to say that it would take more than Tian-chen’s death to send Boyd to a place of no return. Tian-Chen’s fate is apt to make Boyd more intent on taking revenge on the monsters and finding a way out of town, so their plan may actually backfire.
What Tian-Chen’s death means for Kenny and the other residents in season 3
Tian-chen’s death will have far more devastating effects on the city’s dynamics and structure than if Jade, the other character helping Boyd, was the one who died in ofSeason 3 premiere – and the monsters are well aware of this. They want to introduce more chaos into the city’s relations and sense of security with each other, and murdering the mother of the sheriff’s deputy, manager of the servant, and one of the most respected members of the community will certainly accomplish this.
Kenny’s father, Bing-Kian Liu, died in of Season 1 after creatures entered the clinic and killed him.
Since Tian-chen was managing the diner, the city had to find a replacement that could be trusted with the food resources, especially at a time when their rations were running out fast. It will also be Causing another devastating time of grief, anger, and perhaps even resentment for Kenny, as he has now lost both of his parents in ofs city. It is possible that Kenny will blame Boyd for not saving his mother, which will increase the community’s problems with cachexia by creating a great tension between the sheriff and the deputy. After Tian-chen’s death, chaos will undoubtedly follow of Season 3.