“this isn’t the tragic suicide at the end of the play. Their demise is not violent or ugly, it is a chosen end for both of them – brilliantly subverting the “kill your gays” trope that pop culture tends to run with.
Throughout their years together, the pair confront government officials attempting to break on to their land, slowly build a friendship with Joel and his partner Tess (Anna Torv), and attempt to make it through the barren years by growing strawberries, painting, and playing the piano. Their relationship blossoms in one of the most tender queer sex scenes ever seen on TV, before the episode flashes forward several years and we see how the pair have been living and surviving, ever since. Despite Bill’s initial hesitancy, he reluctantly invites Frank inside to eat, and eventually stay the night. Bill is a survivalist, who begins by refusing to be led away to “safety” by the government, instead kitting out his home and surrounding area as a zombie-free haven, complete with traps, guns and CCTV.įrank, looking for safety, accidentally ends up caught in one of those traps.
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