


Ringleader Victoria never misses an opportunity to take a shot at Max, or indeed anyone who happens to happen by. Mucking up her plans is the expected clique of rich bitches that no school drama can be without. Max really just wants to settle in at her new school, the prestigious Blackwell Academy, where she can follow her passion for analog photography and maybe admire her super-dreamy photography teacher while she’s at it. In part because the people around her use words like “hella” without a blink of irony, but also because she’s just returned to her home town of Arcadia Bay after moving away to Seattle for five years. Life isn’t just strange for Max, the young protagonist of Life is Strange, it’s also hella awkward. We’ll deliver a full review of all the episodes together once the story is fully told. It’s a good idea to play through the episode first, then come back here to take a deeper dive into what happened by reading and interacting in the comments below. It’s not a review, so beware of spoilers.

This is the first episode recap for Dontnod’s episodic series, Life is Strange.
