Past Max doesn't count to me. I'm not going to like him. He's not the same. I WON't ACCEPT THIS!
In The Penal Zone, Sam promises to not let anything too deadly happen to Max, and he cheerfully answers that player characters can't die. Ever since then, I was positive that they were going to kill him off just for the hell of it, JUST because he said that.
But I didn't think they'd really do it...and I was so, so sure that they could just clone him again...
I refuse to accept
Past Max, AND THAT'S FINAL. Damn you, Telltale! You broke my young maiden heart!