If I can throw out a theory here, since I love doing that so much. I think the whole story revolves around
Bill Roberts,
Randy, and
Michael. The way the whole series starts is with Michael trying to piece it all together and figure “it” all out. To me this indicates alone. Michael is pretty driven and if he had a larger group I think he would still be driven to push on. The introduction with its slow downtrodden emotion and introspective tone really indicates he is alone.
Going deeper I think the lynch pin in understanding the whole story is with Randy. It has been hanging out like a huge matzo ball. Untouched. Additionally, based on the whole story arch, I could see the irony in Michael having some information from the randy event that could totally break open the story. If you think about who Michael is as a character, his biggest fault as a person is his inability to allow people into his emotional side, this in life and relationships results in a lack of information. To me that would be the ultimate conclusion to the story, Michael an intelligence master is so mired down in his personal pain and emotions that he misses a key piece of information.
Randy was described as a “Techy” and was smart enough to keep the water running. He also as a zombie was able to engage the humans and survive on multiple occasions. So he’s a “smart one”. He was with CJ’s group early on.
So the theory:
I think Randy was one of the people selected to explore
ground zero. During their exploration one person turned. A lot of seemingly useless information was overshadowed by this event and people walked away from the experience not fully realizing what they had witnessed. Later Randy is selected for water detail, in which he runs into Michael. Maybe he’s a slow turner or is still human, he then proceeds to communicate with Michael about what he knows. None of the information is obvious (I.E. He doesn’t out and out say they explored ground zero and found this. Michael would have realized the importance of the event and would have shared it with
the tower) But he communicates with Michael in a way that leaves Michael dumbfounded and confused. (I.E. Michael is all injured and is having a hard time thinking) Once all this information is all revealed the full story arch will be more obvious. Randy and Michael are the story.
I can’t help but think that when
victor and
saul were at ground zero and they were debating on whether firing a weapon or not, that was designed for second listeners, What would have happened? Maybe that would have been way more informative than the crack. The
episodes were the least happens are usually the ones that have the most information later on; when there is more context.
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