Chapter 31 Family Ties Part 2

**PuddleWhite** · Jul 9th, 2012, 02:32 PM

True, i live in a way that lets me train my shooting only 1 month of the year, but still, i know that the trigger finger is waaaay important to your accuracy.
Will Burt be able to shoot? Yeah. Will he be able to shoot the shotgun out of a man's hand without hurting him? Certainly not. And as i said, thats what Burt was, a shooter, along with being the husband of Shirley, who was also destroyed... Don't try and make it less of a thing than it was, the cut finger was something life altering for Burt.

**7oddisdead** · Jul 9th, 2012, 02:37 PM

So

A: glad to see ray back, while I may not agree with his opinions, its always fun to have somebody around with a different viewpoint....especially when they can defend that point pretty well. Good on ya ray...no hate here.

B:this episode to me felt like the setup episode to crown all setup...episodes. We basically listened to the seeds of all the things we have been predicting laid right in front of our eyes/ears

Why bricks switches teams
Why cj makes the colony mission happen
Why Burt is still alive.

Good stuff, and damn....shits gonna hit the fan here reeeal soon

**Cabbage Patch** · Jul 9th, 2012, 02:50 PM

RIP Shirley

**PuddleWhite** · Jul 9th, 2012, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Cabbage Patch

A pic of Shirley one a tombstone

Its funny because its true.

**kairon00** · Jul 9th, 2012, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Cabbage Patch

RIP Shirley

Agreed, Damn you KC now Burt no longer has his signature weapon to kill scratch with. I will be sorely disappointed if Burt does not get any retribution for this travesty.

**Ray** · Jul 9th, 2012, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by yarri

I'm curious and this question is meant seriously not as a nag or to be rude. What part of the show do you like?

Everything but Scratch, I swear!

I'm only voicing my opinion on CJ and Scratch because I feel they are being done a slight injustice. I absolutely LOVE We're Alive and I don't KC is doing anything wrong with either character, or the entire show for that matter. I'm only commenting on what I feel those two characters are doing versus how I feel they should be doing. I don't think I'm right by any means, I love to hear contrary opinion to what I have to say. I'm no writer, but I hate to see Scratch become the token crazy angry villain, and CJ turning into some ego driven idiot that can't see the forest for the trees. I haven't really liked Scratch from the beginning to be honest, but not because I didn't think she had a place in the story. I just don't like psychotic murderers. I just don't want to see her fall into the normal character arc and be some blind rage fool where there could be so much more to her than that. Same with CJ. She's such a weak character simply because she treats everyone like dogshit on the bottom of her shoe once they stop kissing her feet and doing what they are told. I wouldn't stick around with that chick for another second, even after she agreed to go with them.

Who knows though, KC is pretty good at throwing curve balls so he may turn them around next episode. I've never and probably will never feel anything but disdain for Scratch though. Don't really care about people that murder others to get what they want.

**Vlarken** · Jul 9th, 2012, 03:31 PM

That was too much... The first time in the show that I've almost truly cried. When Samantha is killed, that came close, but Burt has been one of my favorite characters (if not my favorite) from the moment Saul and Angel found him. To have to imagine him there, still unbroken and strong, and then having Scratch basically dismember and murder his wife in front of him, when he already had to lose her once; and then cutting off his trigger finger, which probably gives him his most feelings of strength and identity... It's too much. I want to see Saul, Victor and CJ break him out, and then have him kill Scratch slowly and painfully.

The only bright light at the end of tunnel: he could possibly train his left hand to wield a gun to some degree of being as effective as his right. Sort of like in the Dark Tower, when Roland has his fingers bitten off by the lobstrosities, and has to use his left hand for the rest of the series. Of course, that's a fantasy series, and Roland already knew how to shoot just as well with his left hand, but I'll keep up hope.

**werewolf** · Jul 9th, 2012, 03:38 PM

This episode kept me at the edge of my seat. When Scratch took her knife out. Hell,I thought she was going to cut off Burt's hand at first. However it just ended up being his trigger finger. (that sucks)
I think Scratch has finally hit a point where the other prisoners are going to stop taken orders from her. (like Bricks, I still believe that he will in the end help Lizzie and Burt escape.)
fantastic episode.