Chapter 30-Short Term Memory part 1

[7oddisdead]

Hmm. I haven't heard it mentioned yet, and if it has been..i apologize.

But how about the fact that tayna found a way to slow/cure/ whatever the hell is going on with her..could not ink the "uber" zombie, have found a way to accelerate/mutate it?...at the hospital there was mention of needles/vials..at the time I think we wrote it up as steroids....but maybe..it was something else entirely

[Cabbage Patch]

I am relistening to the episode now and I just wanted to touch on the thought some had about Saul using the new phone to contact Michael. Didn't he open up by saying something along the lines of 'I'm still looking for any sign of Michael and the others' then follow that with, 'let me go back to november just before it got crazy'?

This would tell me that he will not get ahold of Michael this chapter.

Good catch! So we know that at the time of Saul's journal entry, some time in December, that he still hasn't had contact with Michael. The problem is that we don't know when in December that Saul made the journal entry. The incident with the recon team seems to have taken place on the evening of December 3/4.

It's possible that Saul is writing as early as the next day, and doesn't even know he has the Sat Phone yet. Or that he's talkied to the operator at Fort Irwin, but they aren't willing to trust him enough to give him details yet.

There are certainly plenty of scenarios under which Saul can never use the Sat Phone to contact Michael. It could be damaged. The number for Fort Irwin could be lost. The number for the phone could have been locked out of the system when it was reported lost. My favorite scenario has Saul dialing the right number, getting the operator, but when he can't give the counter-sign they hang up on him and never answer his calls again.

[Adventureless_Hero]

Did anyone notice that Victor and Saul just inherited a satellite telephone? The RTO was the character called "Fowler". That's the same guy that was killed, whose bag our guys took. From here it could be as easy as hitting "re-dial" to get Michael on the line!

I hope so. I really want to have Saul, Victor, and CJ meet up with the Ft. Irwin crew. I'm wondering if that is what Michael means by piecing the story together; he has a bit of what the troops are experiencing, and a bit of what Saul could tell him. Perhaps something "weird" is going to go down in regards to zombie actions that is going to be witnessed by both parties and they'll have to share their intel later.

With all this time that has passed, I'm wondering if Lizzy and Burt are dead. I can't imagine any reason Scratch would keep them around. Lizzy could get lucky and still be alive. If she is indeed pregnant, I'm sure the doctors there would have been able to confirm it. I get the feeling that Scratch wouldn't kill a pregnant lady (even though she just proved she has no qualms about shooting a defenseless "family" member just because he writes "F.U."). I don't imagine Burt survived much longer than Angel did. I really hope he is still alive, but I don't know why he would be. : (

[Robzombie]

Hmm. I haven't heard it mentioned yet, and if it has been..i apologize.

But how about the fact that tayna found a way to slow/cure/ whatever the hell is going on with her..could not ink the "uber" zombie, have found a way to accelerate/mutate it?...at the hospital there was mention of needles/vials..at the time I think we wrote it up as steroids....but maybe..it was something else entirely

The needles and vials were part of the tattooing kit for the tattooing being done there, along with the clipping and filing of nails/claws. The hospital was a tattooing/pedicure spa for zombies. It's where Ink did his work.

[Hellbringer]

I laughed hard enough that my stitches hurt at the "Never Eat Shredded Wheat" line.

I love compass and land navigation references!

[Hellbringer]

I concur on the artwork. It looks like the view down the tail ramp of a cargo aircraft, totally appropriate for a Chinook. That bright spot at the top of the picture could be from the flare.

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I absolutley loved the artwork. Maybe it made me nostalgic or something. Maybe's the Ghost Recon-playing talking, who know? But I like it.

[7oddisdead]

The needles and vials were part of the tattooing kit for the tattooing being done there, along with the clipping and filing of nails/claws. The hospital was a tattooing/pedicure spa for zombies. It's where Ink did his work.

you can't definitively say that. I don't believe we ever got confirmation one way or another..

[Litmaster]

With all this time that has passed, I'm wondering if Lizzy and Burt are dead. I can't imagine any reason Scratch would keep them around. Lizzy could get lucky and still be alive. If she is indeed pregnant, I'm sure the doctors there would have been able to confirm it. I get the feeling that Scratch wouldn't kill a pregnant lady (even though she just proved she has no qualms about shooting a defenseless "family" member just because he writes "F.U."). I don't imagine Burt survived much longer than Angel did. I really hope he is still alive, but I don't know why he would be. : (

Yeah, the same thought crossed my mind, A.H. I can see Lizzy's out being pregnant, but realistically speaking, I can't see Burt hanging around--if he tells Scratch about Irwin, she says 'thanks' and shoots him in the face. If he says F.U., then Scratch says "No, fuck you!" and shoots him in the face. The only hope for him at this point is an improbable escape....

...but damn, I sure hope he lives, somehow. Kc couldn't be evil enough to do ANOTHER quick scene where all we see of Burt is him getting killed ala Angel. He couldn't do that to us.... he wouldn't do that to us... he shouldn't do that to us....


...oh, and Kc: just in case that was what you were planning, let me leave you with this little clip for your viewing pleasure....

[Hellbringer]

Fine. It's the inside of a chinook.

"the twin blade kind. chinook. military, right?"


(I like that quote)

[Hellbringer]

Ok, there's a lot about this episode I liked. But the one thing that stuck out more than the others was Saul getting happy about finding NVGs and then bad mouthing them a few seconds later and gives them to Victor. I always liked playing with Night Vision Goggles until I absolutely needed them. At that point, it was better to go without them because the reason would be something so minor. Like at Ft. Irwin for a rotation or such.
Don't lose those nods, Victor. You might need them later.