Quote Originally Posted by AdrianHD View Post
The only thing the bugs me about this is Marcus was the big-shot when we got in Chapter 19. He was the one we were waiting to see what would happen with. He came along, got some words in, locked Michael up, gone. If there had been even two more lines with Marcus, I'd be on Team Dead instead. Especially after the small scene with Marcus getting pissed at Hope (pun not intended) gave me an idea of Marcus rivaling Durai. You know, someone we heard of really little, but never heard from again because we're not sure what happened. Everyone who has a few lines is given a death scene. Marcus being the boss battle of the Catalyst would be a huge exception.

I'm not totally opposed to your theory of the Gatekeeper rolling in as the powerhouse. I can see it perfectly. It would just feel extremely off to me.

In terms of if he played his part out. I feel like the Colony gave Michael confidence rather than Marcus. Michael hit shovel dude on his own accord. Michael back-talked Gatekeeper on his own. I think after seeing how miserable the Colony was in comparison to the Tower, Michael thought he did a good job keeping everyone alive. Marcus did contribute to this though, don't get me wrong, but I'm not sure if that was his only purpose.
I may be in the minority, but it wouldn't bother me if Marcus was dead. Yes, he was the big shot when we got to the Colony but by Marcus trying to make Michael his number 2, Marcus set in motion the chain of events that caused his own downfall. Maybe I'm just used to things like this happening in tv and movies that I've seen where people die off screen and it never gets shown (see MASH).

Seeing Marcus die isn't the important point of the Catalyst chapter. The important part (if you take this all on face value) is that the Colony's command structure is now different and is being run by Gatekeeper. We don't necessarily need to see the change over happen. I agree it leaves the question open ended, which provides the speculation we're indulging in right now, but I don't feel like seeing him die is a priority.

Michael hitting Bixby in the face wasn't a leadership thing. It was protecting his girlfriend who just got zapped with a tazer. Michel back talking isn't anything new. He did that to Burt in the Tower just before he left on the Colony mission. I will grant that he might have realized the differences between the Tower and the Colony, but I feel like having another leader (albeit a poor one) remind him that people die and it happens was more key than the rest of it in my mind. Everything else Michael did inside the Colony was pretty much within his character.