Unfortunately, in this world, almost all end up being killers though. There are plenty of people who lose jobs, have rough dating lives, grow up with bigoted Dads, and are cut off in traffic that don’t go on to be psychopaths. He is a product of his circumstances, but just as he believes Penny should be accountable for her actions so should he. Yes, he was wronged and yes it is very easy to connect the dots. Even after all the world had thrown at him he was still a man of decency, or so we thought. He was a man on a mission to rescue others. Prior to the end of episode eight, Joe was a savior. Case in point, the passively racist and sexist comments to Jane about getting into Warton School of Business are so repugnant because of Jane’s ability to maintain her dignity and our predilection to see Joe as a sympathetic character. Joe is so miserable he can’t see his own actions contribute to his problems. Just ask the countless followers of the multitude of extremist propagandites that are working Social Media like a tool. People who have been bullied and marginalized to such an extreme they become susceptible to the rhetoric of Pro-Purger Bobby Sheridan.

Joe is a killer, but it is also very easy to see how he got where he is and there are thousands of people out there just like him. We are looking at a snapshot of what our country could easily become. He has dressed it all up as his right to heal himself of the poison that others have inflicted on him, but in reality, he is no better than those who have wronged him. Joe is a man on a mission to get revenge. Finally, after eight episodes of dead ends, misdirection and far too much simpering Jenna and condescending Rick the details have been fleshed out. More than any other episode this week’s The Purge was terrifying and mesmerizing in its portrayal of a man gone to the Darkside.

Lunchbox Joe took center stage as his completed his transformation from hardworking factory supervisor to disenfranchised ‘Merican on The Purge Episode 9.

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