I'm not sure how to feel about the ending. I usually hold back from making an opinion of a development until I see the whole story so I'm gonna wait for the 4th episode to see whether it's for the better or not. I do feel a bit betrayed if we did end up in the Alternate timeline from now on, that would mean all the choices we made we're pointless--unless they still affect the Alternate Timeline somehow.
I want to know why Chloe's dad surviving = Max in the Vortex Club, and she didn't even contact Chloe after coming back to Arcadia Bay again (Chloe's father reaction to Max imply this is the first time in a long while she visited them).
I guess this is also why Frank was featured at the end of episode 1-2; He was also affected by Rachel's disappearance. From this I'm gonna assume he's really just a sketchy guy but won't mess with you unless you mess with him first. I put trust in people who at least love their dog.
I'm surprised Nathan is still willing to talk with Max at the diner even if we expelled him. Sure, he was rude the whole time but at least he's willing to talk? He has his own problems too based on what we found at the Principal's Office + what he said. I kinda suspect how he's too obvious as the bad guy in the game along with David. I can't really be sure that what happened to Kate was wholly Nathan's fault, there may be someone else.
Which is why I suspect Mr. Jefferson--why was he on the list to be blamed for Kate? He was barely involved with the story, but he did have a history with Rachel and was shown having an argument with the Principal at the end of episode 2. I wonder what kind of part he'll play--I'm guessing he's not as good as he seems to be.
As for David, I kinda felt sorry for him in this episode. I think deep down he has good intentions, he just did it the wrong way. I hope the event in this episode will give him some time to think about his actions. Stalking is definitely not okay.
As for the red files, I don't think it belongs to David, we would've discovered it when Max snooped his garage otherwise. While he did stalk students that he thinks are problematic, he didn't go as deep as those red files we saw, which seem to involve the missing people in Arcadia (need to make match the names with the missing persons list in this episode tho)
On a less serious note, I LOVE HOW MAX FINALLY GET TO KISS CHLOE IN THIS EPISODE. I'm a bit disappointed on how it happened though, I'd like it better if they did it at the pool (I was waiting for them to kiss at that scene lol). I'm not sure if they'd really see each other that way but I'm rooting for more queer couples!
Regarding the next episode, I wonder what this Dark Room is. Is it the same room Kate was taken to?