Chapter 40-1 Monsters

[skankyfish]

Wait, you said something that could be the reason why the schizophrenia meds kept him sane in a way. When one turn they go in to rage mode, right? But anti-psychotic drugs keep a person calm and sedated. So when he changed he wouldn't gone in to standard zombie mode.

But when he stopped taking the meds, the effect would wear off, so unless it's those first few hours that dictate how you're affected that just doesn't quite feel right still. Anti-psychotics *have* been referred to as "a chemical cosh" - that is they can make people dopey and compliant if the dose is wrong, or the drug doesn't suit them. I'm not discounting this line of thinking, it just doesn't feel right in my gut (though my gut is often wrong).

[tonyhind86]

Anyone pick up the back & forth between Carl and Robbins? Robbins even refers to Carl by his first name, as if he's he is no longer acknowledging Carl as a soldier anymore. There is quite a bit of tension building up between these two.

I noticed this too. At first, I thought it was just a bit of banter, similar to Saul and Victor, but now it does seem like it's getting a bit more serious

[Witch_Doctor]

If Skittles were the cell mate, would he really refer to Ink as "The coloured one" though?

I thought you were making a joke about a guy named Skittles calling someone else colored.

[ZombieWildfire]

Okay, I have no idea where to start with this episode.

One thought re the zombie attacks:

-Kelly and Carl discuss how *some* of the Zs attacks appear to be in retaliation.
-Bill Roberts, possible creators of the Little Ones, attacked and killed in retaliation.
-#7 attacks the regular. for all we know in... retaliation?

Is there a nature/ nurture sort of thing going on here? some connection? goodness only knows.

I feel like we've gotten loads of information in this episode but just, just not enough to start *really* putting the pieces in place.

Wild crackpot tinfoil hat theory: Randy is the man Ink's wife was cheating with. Something about the wife was pregnant/ infertile/ Ink wanted kids or something or the other, decides to make his own in the Little Ones.

Monsters: initially I was sure this would refer to the Mallers and we would see Burt and Riley again. Are the Little Ones turning into monsters now that they have 'outgrown' Roberts or something? again, no idea.

The Inglewood haze has gone- does this give weight to the idea that it is something produced by humans?

And many other daft and ridiculous theories based on the most intangible of things. I love how the characters speak to each other in this episode and the humour.

[ZombieWildfire]

I thought you were making a joke about a guy named Skittles calling someone else colored.

Hahah no, just surely he would be more specific about referring to tattoos if he had actually done them himself. Or something. Not that Skittles, at that point, is in the most rational frame of mind of course.

[ZombieWildfire]

The description of Bill Roberts interests me too:

"...he is unstable and could succumb to outside stressors..."
In the grand scheme of outside stressors, a zombie apocalypse would probably rate as fairly stressful, I would say.

"We feel he is lucid, but could lose control, either on purpose or otherwise"
This seems a pretty odd sort of description to me. anyone else think so? It managed to be both extremely vague and weirdly specific.

[ZombieWildfire]

I don't think you missed anything. I keep listening over and over to see if they mention a street or anything that would hint to location. I got nothing. Kelly only mentions that she has an idea of which courthouse it might be. Other than that, just a google search of L.A. courthouses show that there \are two in Inglewood.

If it was the courthouse in Inglewood, wouldn't they have been a bot more suspicious about going there? They would have taken breathing equipment etc, surely, as they don't know at this point that the haze has cleared up. Michael would also surely use that as his reasoning as to why he wouldnt be expecting many zs there, given they seemed to avoid the area too.

[Witch_Doctor]

The description of Bill Roberts interests me too:

"...he is unstable and could succumb to outside stressors..."
In the grand scheme of outside stressors, a zombie apocalypse would probably rate as fairly stressful, I would say.

"We feel he is lucid, but could lose control, either on purpose or otherwise"
This seems a pretty odd sort of description to me. anyone else think so? It managed to be both extremely vague and weirdly specific.

Yep, who loses control on purpose?

[Grognaurd]

Yep, who loses control on purpose?

Doctor David Banner

[skankyfish]

Doctor David Banner

I don't think we'd like Ink when he's angry :-S