Earth Abides
This article contains spoilers for Earth Abides episode 5.
This article contains mentions of sexual assault and murder.
However, Emma brushed off his suspicions by claiming that he is always distrustful towards new guests.
Unfortunately, Ish’s intuition about him turns out to be accurate when Charlie sexually assaults Evie.
Instead, they discuss what they can do to ensure the situation does not escalate.
Therefore, they collectively decide to get him out of the way.
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Jorge is the only one who initially shows some resistancetowards killing a fellow human.
With what follows, Ish visits Charlie’s container and confronts him.
He takes his hammer with him, determined to use it to kill Charlie.
In this post-apocalyptic series, survivor Isherwood “Ish” Williams navigates the desolate remnants of civilization after a mysterious illness decimates humanity. Despite his initial instincts for seclusion, Ish faces the challenge of rebuilding society and fostering community in a world that has drastically changed.
Charlie shows no fear and takes out his knife.
However, he eventually finds himself cornered when Ish’s people arrive with guns.
They first approach Charlie’s partner and give her the opportunity to stay with them.
His anger towards Charlie’s death convinces him he does not need Ish and his crew.
However, moments after he leaves, he changes his mind and attempts to return.
Silas attempts to show that he means no harm to anyone by surrendering his knife.
However, Ish still does not allow him to enter and even returns his knife.
With this, Silas leaves and does not return.
To encourage him to embrace his curiosity, the community even celebrates his wins.
However, while he appreciates Joey, his other son gradually grows more and more distant.
However, the next morning, Joey shows up in his room and falls to the ground.
She suspects that, despite initially being immune, many people are finally getting infected.
She also says she regrets leaving and fears losing her brother, Joey, to the illness.
Ish realizes that he did not have an option and had to kill Charlie to protect his people.
However, a part of him cannot help but believe what he did was wrong.
