Quote Originally Posted by LiamKerrington View Post
Another thing that strikes me about this local situation is that the Colonists "thin out their attention". The more locations they keep an eye on or they use for any kind of mission, the more complicated it will be to stay focussed. In #39-1 we learned that them zombs seem to be active in areas not well known to Michael's crew; and for whatever reason them zombs seem to carry around stuff - most likely with a purpose. This allows a lot of guessing and assuming that them zombs have establish a network of locations as well. Yes, true: their number of activities and encounters with the Colonists has decreased a lot. But why? Because they die, because they are tired of them Colonists, because they have started to focus on wild as well as gone wild domesticated animals? I don't think any of these things might be true; them zombs are up to something. And with the Colonists having lost focus (in the meaning of having spread their attention to too many locations at the same time) the zombs will take the advantage they create right now.

That's it for now. Later I will provide some more thoughts on #39-2 ...

Best wishes!
Liam
Your post has me thinking back a little. Ever since Season 4 started and we got past the 1st few days after the big fight ending Season 3, I've wondered about the population of the zombies. A couple of things pop into my head.

1) I think that there are a lot fewer of the normals after the Battle of the Colony. So there are fewer zombies to encounter in general.
2) General TOWTM has taken Team Zombie into hiding. He has established a base of operations outside of the observation areas of Team Human. I think Team Z has been doing recon and surveillance on Team Human for quite a while - even before the Battle of the Colony. This realization is sort of sparked in Michael when he mentions (in Ch36) that they seem to be attacked when they gather in large numbers.

So, it doesn't seem to be too much of a stretch that the zombies have been actively avoiding detection by the humans. They have plenty of room in the greater LA area without going underground or something similar.

But the idea of them having "safe houses" or observation posts near the Colony or Dunbar is a very interesting thought. And it all plays into Michael's statement of how foolish and optimistic they were before the events of ch39. Team Human has been seriously underestimating their opposition, methinks....