History Recap / LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStormBonusEpFarewell

* WheresTheKaboom: In the opening, there's a brief pause before the firework goes off, causing Max and Chloe to stare in confusion for a moment before it goes off and surprises them.

* SolveTheSoupCans: While not being able to reach the hatch leading to the attic is a sensible enough obstacle, the game forces you to go to somewhat absurd lengths to accomplish it: Rather than, say, going downstairs to get a chair to stand on, the game will force you to gather up specific items from the hallway and stack them to form a makeshift ladder for Max to use. In order to ensure that you have to use this method, the game has Chloe leave Max to get into the attic herself, despite the fact that A) Chloe should realize Max isn't tall enough to reach the hatch on her own and B) it would only take a few minutes for Chloe to stay and help Max up before going to do her half of the mission. This is clearly a puzzle that the devs wanted the player to do regardless of whether it made any sense.

After Chloe refuses to throw anything away except for an old, torn hoodie, and they decide to give up, the player can decide whether or not to try and break the news to Chloe. Regardless, Max is interrupted by Chloe finding an old tape which they recorded three years before. Their 8-year-old selves (with a guest appearance from William) remind them of some "buried treasure" they hid during their "pirate phase". Chloe enthusiastically digs out their old sketchbook, and Max decides the news can wait. The map in the sketchbook is missing, allowing the player to further explore the room (possibly playing an old {{Gamebook|s}} Chloe and Max made). The map turns up in an old textbook (apparently to prevent their teacher from confiscating it).

** The message on the phone (which Max stops Chloe from deleting, as her parents already heard it and her father defended her) is reminiscent of a choice in episode 3 of season 1 whether or not to delete a message to David from the police about Chloe (and Max's) shenanigans at Blackwell earlier in the episode (which it is best not to delete, since her step-father will give her an alibi if he hears it).

After Chloe refuses to throw anything away except for an old, torn hoodie, and they decide to give up, the player can decide whether or not to try and break the news to Chloe. Regardless, Max is interrupted by Chloe finding an old tape which they recorded three years before. Their 8-year-old selves (with a guest appearance from William) remind them of some "buried treasure" they hid during their "pirate phase". Chloe enthusiastically digs out their old sketchbook, and Max decides the news can wait. The map in the sketchbook is missing, allowing the player to further explore the room (possibly playing an old ChooseYourOwnAdventure book Chloe and Max made). The map turns up in an old textbook (apparently to prevent their teacher from confiscating it).

* ShowWithinAShow: Just before finding the map, the player can "play" a ChooseYourOwnAdventure book Chloe made for Max, about recovering her book report from an evil squirrel (with many gruesome deaths and one GoldenEnding).

* SolveTheSoupCans: While not being able to reach the hatch leading to the attic is a sensible enough obstacle, the game forces you to go to somewhat absurd lengths to accomplish it: Rather than, say, going downstairs to get a chair to stand on, the game will force you to gather up specific items from the hallway and stack then to form a makeshift ladder for Max to use. In order to ensure that you have to use this method, the game has Chloe leave Max to get into the attic herself, despite the fact that A) Chloe should realize Max isn't tall enough to reach the hatch on her own and B) it would only take a few minutes for Chloe to stay and help Max up before going to do her half of the mission. This is clearly a puzzle that the devs wanted the player to do regardless of whether it made any sense.

After Chloe refuses to throw anything away except for an old, torn hoodie, and they decide to give up, the player can decide whether or not to try and break the news to Chloe. Regardless, Max is interrupted by Chloe finding an old tape which they recorded 3 years before. Their 8-year-old selves (with a guest appearance from William) remind them of some "buried treasure" they hid during their "pirate phase". Chloe enthusiastically digs out their old sketchbook, and Max decides the news can wait. The map in the sketchbook is missing, allowing the player to further explore the room (possibly playing an old ChooseYourOwnAdventure book Chloe and Max made). The map turns up in an old textbook (apparently the prevent their teacher from confiscating it).

The key to recovering this "treasure" is an old "amulet", which is hidden in a "dark cavern" (AKA the attic), which Chloe tasks Max with recovering while she finds her old telescope. Finding herself too short to reach the attic door, Max gathers various objects to create a step, allowing the player to explore the upstairs of the Price household. If the player explores, they can find that Chloe is already in trouble at Blackwell, Joyce is quitting smoking and considering training as a teacher and William is planning a family trip to the Grand Canyon. After getting into the attic, Max makes her way through a maze of furniture to reach the amulet. She spots Chloe through the window, fencing with a trowel and with her old pirate hat on. She spots Max, and tells her to hurry back down.

It turns out to be William "Bloody Bill" Price's doing, as he left their time capsule in a sturdier container, along with a taped message. Chloe finds a scratch art pad and starts drawing, leaving the player free to explore the lower floor of the Price house and look at the contents of the time capsule. If the player checks the answer machine, they can find a message from the mother of a girl who was bullying Chloe, learning that Chloe decided to throw away her hoodie after being teased for being poor.

Max then has another chance to tell Chloe, which is, again, the player's choice. If Max tells her, she'll reveal that she already knew after overhearing their parents talking (having stopped Max from telling her before deliberately). Either way, Joyce returns home and (if the player hadn't already guessed) it turns out to be the day of William's fatal car accident.

** The amulet scene is reminiscent of a scene in episode 2 of season 1 where Max helps Chloe aim her gun to shoot some bottles.
** In a further nod, this scene is preceded by Chloe sending Max off to retrieve something which is found by searching a maze-like area and using nearby objects as steps, much in the same way she'll send Max to find some bottles hidden around the junkyard (which is also alluded to by Chloe mentioning she dug a rum bottle she's been playing with out of the trash).
** Before Max tells Chloe about the move, she can sit on the couch, causing Chloe to lie over her in the same way she does with Rachel during the "therapy" scene of the second episode of Before the Storm.
** In a darker example, there's a moment when Max and Chloe start hastily digging something up and are shocked by what they find. Not helped by the fact that [[spoiler: both the things in question were interfered with by someone who's already dead without them knowing at that point.]]

** In another dark example, Chloe clutches the tape recorder in the final shot and curls up [[spoiler: in the same pose as when she's dying from a gunshot wound in the first episode and the "Sacrifice Chloe" ending of the first game, which also happens to be the moment she and Max are reunited (if only briefly in the latter case).]]
** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, a drawing of a butterfly briefly appears and then disappears at the bottom corner of the fireplace, same as the one Max can choose to draw when travelling to this day in episode 3 of the original Life Is Strange.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Despite the fact it's a forgone conclusion, you don't find out that William (who's only heard via his taped voice) has already died until the very end of the episode.]]
* {{Flynning}}: Chloe, sorry Captain Bluebeard, can be seen doing this with a trowel.

** The only thing Chloe tries to throw away is her favourite worn, old, hoodie. [[spoiler: Later, it turns out that there was an incident that came about from another student bullying her for being poor, which made her feel self conscious about it.]]
** Around the kitchen there's [[spoiler: the photo that Max uses/will use to MentalTimeTravel to the day of William's death on the counter (and a pile of clothes in Chloe's room which causes Max to comment she and Chloe had been trying them on, explaining the different outfits), there's unwashed dishes and a note mentioning that they've had waffles for breakfast every morning (which Max was helping William and Chloe cook during the flashback), and the same manga magazine that could be seen in the same sequence. All of which might clue the player in that it's later on that very day.]]
** In Chloe's room, there's a four part comic with the final panel missing. Max notes that they've never been able to find that last part. [[spoiler: Turns out it's in their time capsule.]]

** Chloe's favourite animal is an otter, which she playfully calls Max a few times in episode 3 of the first game.

** When Chloe and Max listen to the voice message, Chloe will fearfully say that she's never gotten in trouble for "anything like that" before. By the events of Before the Storm and especially the main game, she'll blasé about doing much worse.

* WhamLine: "I thought they'd be home by now". This is the part where many players realize the episode takes place on the day of William's car accident.
* WheresTheKaboom: In the opening, there's a brief pause before the firework goes off, causing Max & Chloe to stare in confusion for a moment before it goes off and surprises them.

* WhereIsTheKaboom: In the opening, there's a brief pause before the firework goes off, causing Max & Chloe to stare in confusion for a moment before it goes off and surprises them.

* ShoutOut:
** Twice to ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'': when looking at the wardrobe in Joyce and William's room, and an old Halloween photo showing Max, Chloe and William dressed up as a lion, a witch and a wardrobe.
** One of the posters in Chloe's room appears to show Alex from ''VideoGame/{{Oxenfree}}'', another blue haired teenage girl, with a dead relative (and replacement step-relative) from an adventure game with supernatural elements.

** One of the posters in Chloe's room appears to show Alex from ''VideoGame/{{Oxenfree}}'', another adventure game staring a blue haired teenage girl, with supernatural elements.

After Chloe refuses to throw anything away, and they decide to give up, the player can decide whether or not to try and break the news to Chloe. Regardless, Max is interrupted by Chloe finding an old tape which they recorded 3 years before. Their 8-year-old selves (with a guest appearance from William) remind them of some "buried treasure" they hid during their "pirate phase". Chloe enthusiastically digs out their old sketchbook, and Max decides the news can wait. The map in the sketchbook is missing, allowing the player to further explore the room (possibly playing an old ChooseYourOwnAdventure book Chloe and Max made). The map turns up in an old textbook (apparently the prevent their teacher from confiscating it).

* SchrodingersGun: If Max tells Chloe that she's leaving for Seattle, then Chloe reveals she already knew. If the player chooses not to tell Chloe, Max tells her only over a tape recording at the end of the episode, giving the player the impression that Chloe ''didn't'' know and only found out by listening to the tape.

The episode opens with Max and Chloe gleefully blowing up some old dolls with a firework in the process of clearing out some of the clutter from Chloe's room. After the player has Max either call Chloe crazy or awesome, she agrees to help Chloe find some items to trash. The player is then free to explore the room and relive the memories attached to the various artefacts scattered about, as Max angsts over how to tell Chloe that she and her family are moving to Seattle in a few days. While searching, Max finds William's old camera, and accidentally takes her first selfie.

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* BottleEpisode: The episode is only about 1.5 hours long, takes place entirely in the Price household, and features Max and Chloe as the only characters for most of the episode.

* ShoutOut: Twice to ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'': when looking at the wardrobe in Joyce and William's room, and an old Halloween photo showing Max, Chloe and William dressed up as a lion, a witch and a wardrobe.
* WhamLine: "I thought they'd be home by now". This is the part where many players realize the episode takes place on the day of William's car accident.

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* SchrodingersGun: If Max tells Chloe that she's leaving for Seattle, then Chloe reveals she knows already. If the player chooses not to tell Chloe, Max tells her only over a tape recording at the end of the episode, giving the player the impression that Chloe ''didn't'' know and only found out by listening to the tape.