Hmmm, hadn't thought about the connection between Randy appearances and Zed attacks. Good one. I'll have to go back and listen to see exactly when/where the attack was after the attempted Tanya abduction....

Re-reading the last couple of pages of this thread got me thinking about the Randy v TOWTM idea (instead of Randy and TOWTM). Without going all metaphysical (see the Buddhist thread for that), what if Randy and TOWTM represent Good and Evil fighting each other for dominion over humanity?
Evil got out to a huge lead with a direct assault and superior muscle power. But now Good is "assisting" humanity (instead of directly intervening all the time) behind the scenes. This gels with some religious beliefs throughout the world (e.g., some denominations of Christianity).

It doesn't necessarily explain everything, which is ok since we have Season 4 to do most of that work.... But, the markings (tattoos) could be "spiritual" in nature and designate the power/possession level of the one marked and we may see a few more with markings as Our Heroes start taking it to the streets....

Of course, this could all be a bunch of hooey but that's part of what makes this fun. Right?