Chapter 2 Discussion

[random_highjinx]

Could Bill Roberts be "The One With The Markings"? Did he start this all?

I thought the same thing when I began listening the second time around, I think this has been posted in another thread, but yours is the newest so I'll just stick my two cents in here.

I think that Roberts is definitely The One With The Markings (when I type it like that, I keep having Harry Potter 'He Who Must Not Be Named' flashbacks lol. ) His role becomes progressively bigger as the story line continues.

They mention one thing twice, that he was being transferred to a mental health facility. So, I'm almost willing to bet money that maybe not the mental health facility itself but the hospital, Cain General Hospital where Cain Mental Hospital is located in an unmarked area has something to do with the whole outbreak, though maybe only the progression of it.

Also I wonder, since it's been mentioned that people who were smart in death were smart in life, that if in addition to be paranoid Schizo, if Roberts wasn't also extremely intelligent and he's the one creating the different types of zombies like the little ones and Behemoths. That's all I've got for right now though.

[Aerock]

Bill was weird and I agree with Datu that they should've capped him. Datu better turn into a bad ass later on... I like how the story is progressing, and Saul in charge of the motorpool was a good call. I think they've got a good dynamic so far. 2 was kind of slower... I hope 3 picks up the pace!

[Elisa]

I really love re-listening the 3rd time around. Bill Roberts is fascinating. But according to the TiVo recording riots aka breakouts started in big cities all over the world at about the same time. How could this be?

[Osiris]

I really love re-listening the 3rd time around. Bill Roberts is fascinating. But according to the TiVo recording riots aka breakouts started in big cities all over the world at about the same time. How could this be?

Because: magic.

No, seriously. There's meaning in the symbols, there's rhyme in the reason. It's all about Satan.

Hail Satan.

[Elisa]

Gosh I hope not. Too many sci fi, fantasy, horror stories of late explain things taking religious turns. Lets get more creative people b

[LiamKerrington]

Gosh I hope not. Too many sci fi, fantasy, horror stories of late explain things taking religious turns. Lets get more creative people b

Up until now we have no explanation at all why things started in so many different areas. But I remember that once we discussing the "Ring of Fire" around the pacific and that there might be some kind of connection. But except for many cities being mentioned as places where shit started to hit the fan there is no evidence that this might be true at all. Also against that theory speaks that even cities which were NOT at the Pacific-coast-line were hit hard when things started ...

I would like to assure you that there is no religious or occult idea behind this; but I don't know what Michael has up on his mind. Up until now, though, the show remains very, very solid; and many to most things follow quite scientific concepts ...

Best wishes!
Liam

[Aerock]

I re-started another We're Alive marathon at work. In Chapter 2-1, at around 7:33, Michael yells "Get over here!" Then we proceed to hear Todd's death scene. In my mind, I imagined the Mortal Kombat video game announcer saying, "FATALITY. SCORPION WINS. FLAWLESS VICTORY." I also thought it was pretty funny that Saul was busy upstairs (probably with the porn collection). If he got there in time, Todd might have lived and Lizzy would still have a boyfriend.

[Litmaster]

Funny, I thought that Saul's absence was suspicious.
The porn explanation makes a lot of sense.

[Witch_Doctor]

Only catch is that the porn wasn't discovered until after Lizzy was rescued. I originally thought Saul and Angel were possibly getting it on. Later when Angel tells Micheal to go to bed, he stutters when he says that he and Saul stayed in that particular room.

[Aerock]

Only catch is that the porn wasn't discovered until after Lizzy was rescued.

True, but after listening to the old episodes a couple of times, I think my brain is trying to make Saul sound guilty. My mind fabricated that Saul had spotted the collection during the original clearing of the building and acted like he didn't know about it when others discovered it.

p.s.
I'm glad that there are familiar "faces" still here in the forum. Nice seeing you again, Witch_Doctor!