Chapter 33-1 Red Winter

[HardKor]

Kudos to all those who predicted the shift to Irwin. I gotta say I thought the story would stay with The Colony but its great to hear from Michael, Tanya, and Riley again.

I'm not sure what to say about this episode. We got helicopters crashing (maybe) and the Colonel's niece missing. Possible infected hitchhiker's on the helicopter. It's gonna be interesting to see where this all goes.

What I wanna know is what does title "Red Winter" mean. Either things are about to get real bad real fast...or the zombies are secretly communists! Either way I'm intrigued.

On a final note. The line of the episode: "Does this look like a duck to you?" I don't know why, but the way that came out of nowhere absolutely cracked me up.

[Kc]

Just to clean up the bad interpretation of Acronym...
K.O.D.I. Killing ordinance deployment initiative.

[nikvoodoo]

Disappointed we didn't reach some conclusion with the Colony. Very happy to hear Michael et al again. Especially since I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've heard Michael and Puck interact since I met the real life inspiration for Puck.

Riley will get her chance in combat. And she should have been through basic already so she should have the very basics of military combat at least. She may suck at it, but she learned it. She is now better equipped to take out Scratch.

Red Winter...hmmmm.....Boulder is about to get straight fucked up........

[Robzombie]

In this episode its Dec 3rd...so the events at the colony that we know of are yet to happen. The story from Michaels and Fort Irwins perspective is catching up to a head which I'm sure will be at the finale of this season.
Maybe Riley does get her chance to do something other than cook...I'm still saying that its her going to meet up at the colony and while not necesarily a combat mission, its Kimmet giving her an opportunity to prove herself, especially since she knows Saul etc...
The helicopter with the captain has obviously gone down. We see that Kimmet loses some ability in "doing the right thing" for the sake of it being his daughter. Now that its gone down there will be a rescue team going out for them...who will go, what will they find?
I think a difference between zombie and human will be found in the bone, or bone marrow.

[awkwardalex]

In this episode its Dec 3rd...so the events at the colony that we know of are yet to happen. The story from Michaels and Fort Irwins perspective is catching up to a head which I'm sure will be at the finale of this season.
Maybe Riley does get her chance to do something other than cook...I'm still saying that its her going to meet up at the colony and while not necesarily a combat mission, its Kimmet giving her an opportunity to prove herself, especially since she knows Saul etc...
The helicopter with the captain has obviously gone down. We see that Kimmet loses some ability in "doing the right thing" for the sake of it being his daughter. Now that its gone down there will be a rescue team going out for them...who will go, what will they find?
I think a difference between zombie and human will be found in the bone, or bone marrow.

Good point to make, that we did actually go back in time a bit.

As i pointed out (somewhere) the way things are being written ("But let me go back to Nov...that's when shit really started going crazy"-Saul [Worst paraphrase ever]) something makes Saul start writing in his journal again, he has not made any indication that he is caught up with present day (" Which brings me to now"..."and now i'm here").

It's my thought that saul is reporting this all because he is being told to write down everything he knows. Which leads me to believe that he is alive and not captured, maybe with michael.

[Robzombie]

It's my thought that saul is reporting this all because he is being told to write down everything he knows. Which leads me to believe that he is alive and not captured, maybe with michael.

but this is precisely why i think he's dead, or dies that is. His actions, or story come from his journal, and from Victors recollection (we have solo Victor scenes but I'm sure none of Saul if not obviously from his journal).

[LiamKerrington]

Wild guess #1:
The female soldier on the chopper (Kimmet) is wounded by a big little one - not a bite, 'only' it's claws with the 'endless number of fingers'.
In chapter #30 we learn about Roman having turned into a little one after having been attacked by little one #9 (or #6)- and that went pretty fast according to Glenn. But we don't know exactly, how Roman was wounded.
Questions would be: Is Kimmet actually infected? What, if the 'endless number of fingers' of the little ones serve the same purpose as the bites of regulars?

Wild guess #2:
Michael foretells 'it': The Chinook is a giant beast of a chopper; what if during the combat a smart one or even pinstripes was able to attach itself to the chinook and maybe even get into the heli during the flight? It was dark; and very likely there were many great opportunities to do something like this - covered by darkness, the noise of combat and the chopper ...

prediction for #33-2
The emergency cruise from boulder is ordered to fly into the direction of the Chinook in case it has to make an emergency landing.
Also and more importantly: Michael (and Puck and Riley and some others) might be allowed to start a rescue mission starting in Fort Irwin in order to 'intercept' the Chinook ...

Thoughts?

[wh33t]

Red winter...haha just got it.

Please explain

[Osiris]

Chopper crashed because the engine overheated.

[wh33t]

I tried to stay away from the forums, I managed to do so for the entire last chapter but my life is better when I'm actively thinking and discussing We're Alive, so I'm back.

I'm very happy at the thought that we'll get to see the last few weeks/months played back from Michaels perspective. We're Alive for me is very much centered around Michael and all of the personal/emotional challenges that he surpasses. I'm also really digging Puck. That "fucking origami" line made me laugh out loud. My family gave me weird looks.

Keep up the great work KC.