Chapter 44-1: Life and Death

[UndeadSweeper]

The Art Deco style reminded me of the Super Friends for some reason.

Hall_of_Doom.jpg
Meanwhile at the Hall of Doom, Scratch and Tar-dust receive incoming distress message from the super friends

[aids]

Why does the behemoth keep going back to Cain thats the big question for me right now and since Michael and his group left their gun truck outside the church all that's left for heavy weapons is the Mata gun right?

[Merlin1274]

So does Datu Run into Zombie Samantha while he is there.. Man that is gonna be interesting.. But I think the Arena is abandoned since the Mallers semi blew it up....

I guess Saul leads the behemoth away and dies in the process.. I hope not. But still only 2 voice overs this episode is Tanya and Michael..

I got used to them longer episodes over the past 2 chapters or so.

[Witch_Doctor]

I'm guessing that the other tunnel is where the zombies went. Looks like they're using the tunnels to avoid detection and/or as a means of traveling safely. Kind of like Zombie zip lines.

[HardKor]

So yeah... It looks like this chapter is gonna be intense.

Life and Death...

With a title like that, I gotta guess that someone is gonna die. And it looks like the prime candidates are: Datu, Saul, Kelly, and Lizzy.
Either Lizzy dies in childbirth, Saul or Kelly die trying to distract the behemoth. Or we end up with two separate storylines: One involving birth and one about the death of Datu.

Tunnels

I had thought that maybe the tunnels were gonna end up being some natural phenomenon, connected to the haze and ground zero. But it does look like we've got zombie work crews, strapping on hard hats and digging out these things. The whole ant theory people have been putting together around here is really starting to look like a winner.

Zombie glyphs

...I still got nothing on what is up with the special zombie writing that only infected can "read." I'm just along for the ride at this point.

Final Thoughts

I've got this strange feeling in my gut that all this talk about how secure the radios are is gonna be important. And I think it gonna end up with Scratch and Tardust riding in as the unlikely heroes to save Lizzy. I mean Scratch and Lizzy did have a kind of bond. Maybe Scratch will feel compelled to help her. Or maybe she'll try and help Lizzy as a means of getting at Pegs... I don't know how it would work. I just got a feeling is all

[Witch_Doctor]

So does Datu Run into Zombie Samantha while he is there.. Man that is gonna be interesting.. But I think the Arena is abandoned since the Mallers semi blew it up....

I guess Saul leads the behemoth away and dies in the process.. I hope not. But still only 2 voice overs this episode is Tanya and Michael..

I got used to them longer episodes over the past 2 chapters or so.

They may be underground at the arena, hiding from view. Or perhaps, the zombie survivors dug their way out from there.

Good point about the voice overs. I really hope you're wrong!

[LiamKerrington]

Life and Death will be important in the relation of Scratch vs Pegs. There is a reason why Scratch and Tardust showed up last chapter; I expect them to have a bigger chunk of air-time in this chapter.
But yes: Life and Death will be very close in Cain Hospital as well as the Arena.

The Tunnels freak me out. When and how did they do shit like this? And since the church and the arena are connected, how likely there will be more connections to Radon Labs facilities and/ or Inglewood?

R2Da2 and Michael are closing in for the situation that either R2Da2 transforms / turns, or Michael (or Victor) will have to down him while he is a human being still ...

This episode is very calm and makes the whole story so much more tense. On at least three different ends (if we consider Burt and Riley as another one, then even four) there is being announced a lot of trouble. But it is very hard to anticipate what exactly's gonna happen. Right now I am everything else but certain what's gonna happen next.

One week to go. Enjoy your time!
Best wishes!
Liam

[Witch_Doctor]

As for the zombieglyphs, I'm beginning to think that there are two kinds of markings. One is the occult & chemical symbols from the chapter art and the other being some sort of esoteric marking that only mean something to zombies. When Micheal asked Dtau to read some of the other markings, he mentions that they don't mean anything. Then he looks a different marking and he has a reaction. Some mean something other don't.

[MrRedBeard]

Good episode. I'm looking forward to doing the review tonight. I'm still in for the glyphs being something that the parasitic host can read. Glad to have more insight to how the zombies have been moving around without being spotted but with every answer comes more questions.

[Gooer]

Just got home, glad to see i'm welcomed by a new episode!