But before George was gone forever, he introduced to viewers the notion that Tic may have been his own son, though Michael K. Williams’ Montrose didn’t want to hear it.
Even without George around in future episodes, that potential truth is presumably going to be an albatross around some of the characters’ necks.
(While we can consider Christina and possibly William to be major white characters, ol’ Samuel Braithwhite did not make that cut before being turned to dust.)
So yes, in a TV show where nearly all the principal actors are portrayed by Black actors, it was inevitable for Lovecraft Country’s first major death to come from that group.