The latest episode of Snowpiercer Season 4, Episode 7 titled ‘A Moth to a Flame,’ reveal the demise of the character Joseph Wilford played by Sean Bean. This episode represents the culmination of the character’s story arc while at the same time elaborating the grim outline of his character.
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The episode reveals a gripping sequence where Wilford’s fate is sealed. Wilford’s fate seems sealed after being abandoned by Anton Milius (Clark Gregg), an Admiral who intends to kill him and take over his ship, as the temperature drops dangerously low. But in rather shocking twist, he emerges from the cold unharmed after Josie gives him blood making him immune to the cold.
Wilford’s final act is both strategic and symbolic. He stands face to face with Milius, twitting the latter with turning the tables on him by using the breathing tube of the latter’s suit. This confrontation finishes with Wilford leaving Milius in the lethal cold all alone.
Wilford’s end shows his unyielding nature, as he decides to control his own death rather than be defeated by others. In his last moments, Wilford’s choice of a poisoned cigar. In the battle with Andre Layton (Daveed Diggs), Wilford demands the last pleasure he is asking them to get him a light for his tobacco stick which is a lethal one. This self-administered poison represents the last and final assertion of power that he is able to make.
Wilford’s death is the end of a big part of Snowpiercer’s lore. His going is the end, on one hand, of the character who represents the opposition as well as the beginning of the events, on the other hand. While Wilford’s death at the end of season 4 raised new conflicts and scenarios. the final series focuses on Dr Nima Rousseau’s lethal actions. With Wilford leaving the scene, power changes and audiences are all interested to know how surviving characters will cope with the effects of his death and other dangers that are looming ahead.
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