Part 10/14:
Moral Philosophy, Morality, and the Episode’s Message: Sadness as Depth
Perhaps the most contentious critique concerns the episode’s philosophy: the idea that sadness or depression grants characters “depth.” The narrator ridicules the notion that feeling miserable or being suicidal is a mark of complexity, character development, or seriousness. This perspective is said to reflect Russell T. Davis’s flawed understanding of storytelling, equating emotional suffering with meaningful character arcs.