Chapter 22 - "Our Doubts Are Traitors" - Part 1

[7oddisdead]

Thanks nik!
I agree about the kalani thing but it isn't beyond possibility. Jus keeping the ideas flowing. I like the idea of a drunk Riley getting revenge on one of those damn mallers better. Makes more sense. And based on the fragment if conversation we got of he and Kelly ( talking food. Rileys a chef,right?) there actually could be some kind of connection... Who knows we will learn sooner or later.....hopefully

[nikvoodoo]

HA! Maybe he lied about being a salesman and was really a Michelin reviewer who panned Riley's restaurant. She recognizes him, and just thinks "I always wanted to shoot that bastard..."

[7oddisdead]

Yep.....see? Thats what you get for panning an archer a....bullet?...(dang, that didn't work)

[cupcakezombie]

(HINT HINT: Who wants to make a theory thread about the journals?)

Done

[Adventureless_Hero]

I didn't read what everyone else posted because work has been extremely busy. Sorry to those who posted before me, I don't mean to be disrespectful of your opinions. I promise to read all the prior posts when I get an opportunity. That being said:

Holy shit! What an episode! I immediately sank into fear when I heard that final silenced shot and the proceeding footfalls as the shooter made a hasty get-away. But the lack of any other sound effects has me wondering: What the hell got shot? Was it Hope or the Radio? I didn't hear Hope react to being shot, nor did I hear electrical short-circuiting. I don't believe there would be any reason to shoot a blind girl who couldn't see the shooter. But if Victor's use of cologne has any purpose in the story, this may be it; Hope might say she smelled a very distinct cologne. And bam! Victor is the patsy to Steven's genious. (just random theories)

Although Pippin said, "It's you!" this doesn't mean that it wasn't someone he had already seen in the Tower. It could have been that Pippen knew there was a mole already in the tower but simply didn't know who. Then when, let's say, Kelly walked in with a silenced pistol, he realized she was the original mole planted by the Mallers, leading him to be suprised.

Honestly though, I'm done theorizing for this episode. Freakin KC has me biting my nails and trying to be a Sherlock about it all. Who had access to Burt's guns when Datu brought them back? If someone lifted the silenced pistol from the back, why did they need to break in to the armory and set off the alarm? Was that just a distraction to draw Angel out of the room? Has the mole truly changed sides and joined the tower giving he/she motive to kill Pippin as so to avoid being discovered? Who the fuck shot JR?!

[Jeebogs]

I think chapter 22 part 2 will be all about lizy,tar and bricks making the wait longer

I think this will most definitely be the case. I can't remember which chapter/s it was, but I'm pretty sure this has been done before, cliffhanger in the first part, total change of scene in the second, then back to the action to wrap it up in the third.

Just a thought regarding the security room and the armory.
Didn't Burt say that everything has been moved up to floor 5 and above since the fire after Tanya mentions how hard it is to find anything and that the first few floors are a complete mess. Doesn't this mean there would be people close to the armory to hear the alarm, not just Angel in the security room?

[Eitri]

Why, Why would you kill the british guy? You need at least one person with a British accent. Its a media rule! I actually began to like pippin, he kept to himself and only wanted to help, And you kill him off in the second episode that he is in. At least wait 5 to 10 episodes until killing somone.

[Grognaurd]

Ugh, did not want to quote everyones good stuff and stuff not quite right. Let me try

Burt and michael do put a pad lock on the door to his room. Burt and michael have the keys. (R&R Part2)
Later, Burt asks Angel if he remembers the combo to his office. Many people could know the combo.
I do not know if room and office are the same or different. I do not know if there is one lock or two. If one, Burt must have changed it for some reason

Angel was also reluctant to help Kalani. Kalani would have to help himself. We can argue morality, but the question was who did Angel not want to help

Michael did not put Hope on Duty. I would have to double check. But, I think teh way it worked was that Michael sent Angel to get Datu and have steven replace datu. But, datu was doing something else, so he brought back hope. I get the "feeling" that Angel was going to show her the ropes and stay with her. (Could not resist the pun). There is no way to know if the shooter is aware of the change in the schedule. For all we know, the shooter may have expected to find steven.

Is there anyone in the tower who woud want to kill Steven?
Is there anyone in the tower who would want to kill any maller, rat or not?
Is there anyone in the tower who would want to kill to protect an identity?

I am kinda left with Riley, Riley, the rat. as the answers.

And as long as I am really puffing on the crack pipe. Riley goes for tall blondes. WHo are the tall blondes? Dun Dun Dun...

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

ok well lets start with the facts.
Angel Leaves the room in a hurry to secure the arms room.
the shooter is waiting nearby maybe another room or down the hall a bit away from wherever the arms room is located. because as i listened closely you clearly hear that the shooter walks casually into the room and closes the door as pippin acknowledges that he knows the person walking in. the shooter raises the suppressed firearm and fires two into the pippins chest as you can here the gasp for air gargled by blood then one into the head as you hear him slump down cause the chain moves a little. pippin KIA.

now recap a few moments before pippin is killed while angel is explaining the audio system to hope. you clearly hear one of them moving in a desk chair cause it creeks a little bit.
now to me this would explain why you dont hear a thud of hopes body hitting the floor cause she is sitting in a chair an only slumps down when shot if she was. also before the last round is fired she begs for her life, and while she is and after her plea you can hear the shooter move around a bit before firing his last round. the thing that to me says hope is killed is that before you hear the shooter running out of the guard room. after there last shot you dont hear hopes breathing anymore.

my bet is on the first one to arrive to the armory after angel is the shooter...as long as its not michael

Snipes,

I like how you think.

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

I think this will most definitely be the case. I can't remember which chapter/s it was, but I'm pretty sure this has been done before, cliffhanger in the first part, total change of scene in the second, then back to the action to wrap it up in the third.

Just a thought regarding the security room and the armory.
Didn't Burt say that everything has been moved up to floor 5 and above since the fire after Tanya mentions how hard it is to find anything and that the first few floors are a complete mess. Doesn't this mean there would be people close to the armory to hear the alarm, not just Angel in the security room?

That's correct. There would be other people to respond and they're all armed as well. The only hole would be if it were a silent alarm, which doesn't make sense to me.
The other thing I'd like to know is how have they been communicating in the tower. From What I recall, they've just been running up and down the stairs "Getting" people when they're needed. No internal Walkie Talkies.

If there are no walkie talkies, the what good is a monitoring station if you cannot relay danger without leaving the room. If you leave the room, you loose Command and Control because you can't see what's happening outside now.