He did say “you don’t get to decide” in his final confrontation with Marlene in the parking lot.

Screw the haters above me. Your post-show recap is the one reason I still visit AVClub

I don’t fully mind. I started a replay of FF VII on my PS4 a couple of weeks ago and the story isn’t hitting me quite the way it did as a 12 year old. It could definitely use some reworking. The dialogue is pretty cringey at moments. 

SoylentGreen’s stray observations is one of the very few reasons I still watch this mostly dogshit show.