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I think the contrast between Por and Great is important to examine when we're looking at the kind of characters Sammon has created a narrative justification for revenge against. Between the two characters, Por is the one who has been most ruined by money. Great may have never had to dig up couch change to pay for a dollar menu cheeseburger, but him having no idea what coins were was about half-charming. Benign at the very least.

Por, on the other hand, was a miserable little bastard who used money to manipulate, control, or torture everyone around him. You still see him engaging in that behavior by the start of the series, long after the events with Non. He's still using his money to buy a loyal crew of orbiters who won't dare oppose him when there's privilege down one path and ruination down the other.

I don't think 4 Minutes is going to have a fluffy ending, but I don't necessarily think things are going to end with either one of them dying. That scene of them in the canoe together in the trailers was giving womb/rebirth. If we're operating from the assumption Great is going back in time to fix things and get closer to Tyme, future Great is probably not onboard with what his family is doing, and helping Tyme take them down could be a goal of his in that hospital bed.

I don't think this show is going to be as simple as who lives or dies being the big question answered at the end. I think the question to be asked by thee end of the series will be if the price of subverting fate is worth it. Great and Tyme could very well walk away from the end of this series having burnt their entire worlds down to subvert fate. It's why I think the sex scene coming in episode 4 is going to be really important. Tyme's going to be the first emotional connection that Great has felt with anyone in years. The idea fate itself is using that emotional vulnerability to tie him to Tyme, to make him an instrument in tearing down his own family is much meatier than him simply being on a quest to save Tyme.

I’m coping with the current situation normally. Everything is fine.

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