Days Gone

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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to The Other Castle.

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The Other Castle, I'm Andrea.

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And my name is Tom.

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And we are a podcast that does the plot, lore, and more behind all your favorite video games, and maybe some video games you have a lot of feelings about, like this week, because we're doing Days Gone.

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Yes, we are.

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It's a good time.

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So much bullying.

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I don't understand why.

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It's just you that you're getting picked on.

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Like, I don't know what the drama is.

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All to get me to pick an onion.

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Did you pick the fucking onion?

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I picked the onion.

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Oh, good.

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Now are we going to the Shrek rave?

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No, we're not doing the fucking Shrek rave.

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Why aren't we going to the goddamn Shrek rave?

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We joked about the Shrek rave.

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I can't even tell you what episode, but it was like two seasons ago.

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It doesn't feel that long ago.

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It was so long ago, and now an actual Shrek rave is coming here to Vegas.

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Okay, Gen Z is doing this shit where they're having raves where you just dress as Shrek and you watch Shrek and you do Molly with other Shrek fans, which honestly, like, community is important.

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Like, you need this to bond with others.

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It's hard to make friends.

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Do you think DreamWorks is officially sponsoring this one?

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No.

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No, I don't.

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Mostly because of the Molly, and that's okay, I get it, I understand.

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I've been in licensing.

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Sometimes you can't sign off on things because of the drugs.

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Because of the drugs.

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Because of the implication, yeah.

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There are drugs in this, which is fun.

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So today we're talking about Days Gone.

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Now, are you familiar with this game even a little bit?

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Just barely, like super peripheral.

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Okay, so I know I've played it, obviously.

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You haven't played it, but you did have the experience of kind of watching over my shoulder as I was playing it.

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Because we were in our energy of Tom playing Baldur's Gate on his PC, and I'm literally sitting next to him on the couch playing the PlayStation.

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Because that's how we spend our lives, guys.

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So Days Gone is a 2019 third person zombie on a motorcycle game from Bend Studios.

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But it's so much more than that.

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Or maybe it's not.

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You know what?

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It's a varying landing zone.

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That's what it looked like to me.

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It looked like it was just zombies with motorcycles.

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I'm not gonna argue.

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Okay, that's about as much that I knew about it.

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I knew that there was like, I remember seeing something about zombie hordes being a big thing about this game where like a thousand will chase you or something.

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Yeah, that sucks.

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Oh, so that does happen.

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Yeah, I fucking hate it.

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And that was like a big revolutionary thing they were doing with the game.

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Yeah.

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But outside of that, nothing.

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Gotcha.

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Well, I'm glad you're fucking in this episode.

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You're gonna learn a whole lot about it.

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Oh, hell yeah.

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So Ben Studios has been around since 1992, and it is a PlayStation studio with some PC ports occasionally, just because that's how they roll.

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But primarily we're working on games for PlayStation equipment since the 90s.

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Siphon Filter was an original IP that they had created.

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Are you familiar with Siphon Filter?

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I've heard of it, yes.

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But again, this is another series that I've never touched.

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There are seven entries in this series.

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Holy shit.

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I understand if you're like, I'm not gonna play any of these seven, because what, are you gonna pop in at five?

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Right.

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And be like, yeah, it's not a final fantasy.

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There's an ongoing ass thing.

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Okay, so it's one continual story.

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I believe so.

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So after that franchise, Ben worked closely with Naughty Dog, which is gonna feel ironic in a second, on two uncharted titles for the PS Vita that came out in 2011 and 2012.

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PS Vita?

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Oh, I am dating myself with that, aren't I?

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Wow.

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So after the 2012 uncharted title, the studio went really quiet until Days Gone was announced at E3 2016, along with the first Insomniac Spider-Man game.

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Big year.

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Oh, shit, yeah, that's a huge year.

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It was such a good PlayStation fucking entry, and I believe I was there for that.

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I was at the E3 when Spider-Man was announced, but I did not clock Days Gone.

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And we also went to the Sea of Thieves presentation, and they had these...

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You're laughing because I know what I'm talking about.

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They had these fake tattoo sleeves that you could put on.

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They were like nylon with fake anchors and shit.

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And I actually have an anchor on my arm, so I was like, this is stupid, and I want it.

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And I came home and made you wear them for me.

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You're like, I need to see what you would look like covered in tattoos.

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It was dumb.

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Yeah, and now I actually just have them.

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Yeah, that's true.

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This is before you had tattoos.

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Also, what a funny piece of merch to have and be like, yarr.

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The first trailer for Days Gone that was showcased at E3 shows that the project was made for PlayStation 4 and prominently features this beautiful backdrop of the Pacific Northwest.

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Of course.

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We're in Oregon, though.

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We're not near Crater Lake in Washington.

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It's just always the damn Pacific Northwest.

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I'm in my Alan Wake era, but this is an American studio.

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It's not a European studio fetishizing the Pacific Northwest for whatever reason.

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It's Americans fetishizing the Pacific Northwest.

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Which we don't.

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I know.

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This buttery male voiceover talks about the fall of man and what he's lost to the apocalypse and how he just really misses his wife.

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Oh.

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We meet a heartbroken biker, a self-described drifter, a man who just wants to kiss his old lady.

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We meet Deacon St.

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John, played by Sam Witwer.

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Oh, shit, Sam Witwer, really?

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Yeah, we've encountered Sam Witwer in the 2022 horror game The Callisto Protocol, which has been covered on this show.

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And he's also Darth Maul, just straight up.

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So funny enough, he was also in the pilot episode of The Walking Dead, which is titled Days Gone By.

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Really?

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Yeah, and he plays a zombie.

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You know, it's all just connecting too much.

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There's something really kismet about that, right?

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Yeah, working with Naughty Dog first off, not him, but just like the people that are involved in this story.

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Yeah, there's a lot of cosmic connection here.

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And just to speak on that, we're saying that's funny because Naughty Dog is obviously the studio behind The Last of Us.

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Right, The Last of Us 2, which also took place in the Pacific Northwest.

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Partially, yes.

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The second one does, in Washington, not Oregon.

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Right.

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They might have taken the Oregon Trail, but like.

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Yeah, they really had to, right?

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Which we've also covered on this show.

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Look at me, I'm talking about everything.

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So Sam Witwer worked on Days Gone for four years, three of which he said were incredibly fun.

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Three of which, oh no.

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Which year was the bad one?

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I'm not gonna elaborate, cause he didn't, but holy shit.

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It'd be funny if it was like that second year was awful.

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He's like year two fucking sucked.

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And then we got our shit back together.

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Yeah.

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He did full mocap and vocal performances for Deacon St.

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John under the guidance of the game's writer and director, John Garvin.

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Okay.

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Sam Witwer has gone on the record saying that they fought occasionally, but that ultimately Garvin's vision for the game and character did work out.

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Okay, good.

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John Garvin has been in gaming since the early 90s and has been with Ben's studio since 1997.

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So he's been doing this shit since before mocap.

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Yeah.

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From the original siphon filter all the way up through Days Gone.

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That's wild.

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He really had his work cut out for him though, because working on this game, he started with a team of around 50 that grew to over a hundred through the production cycle of just this game.

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Oof.

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And we've seen that like really affect a creator in a negative way in the past.

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Yeah, it can be difficult to be a creative lead and a team lead.

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Sometimes those skill sets don't intersect.

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Yeah, we saw that with Bioshock Infinite.

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The production cycle for Days Gone was about six years, and it took that long of a time because it was the studio's first open world game.

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While this was hyper ambitious, the team worked really hard to make sure all missions and encounters added to the plot and the character development of Deacon.

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They were critical of removing filler content and keeping the focus on the core story itself.

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Unfortunately, the years of work and high attention to detail didn't necessarily work out for everyone involved.

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Oh, no.

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Days Gone came out on April 26, 2019, which is in between the releases of Last of Us 1 and Last of Us 2.

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Yeah.

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Unfortunately, for PS4, and IGN gave the game a 6.5.

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That's out of 10.

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Ouch.

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GameSpot gave it a five.

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Oh, no.

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Out of 10.

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Oh, God.

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And on Metacritic, the PS4 entry got a 71 out of 100.

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Holy shit.

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I mean, that's not a terrible score, but still.

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Yeah, I mean, that's the most glowing review we've gotten, but it's just rough.

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You know, some people felt that the story was tedious, the gameplay was repetitive in parts, and there were admittedly bugs and glitches at launch that have been fixed.

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Okay, that does really affect the score, though.

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Absolutely.

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I mean, we covered cyberpunk on this show.

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Yeah, which, like, if it came out in the way that it is today, we'd probably get solid 10s across the board.

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Oh, my God, just the way it's running now with that Idris Elba update, which I don't remember.

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The Phantom Liberty.

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It's called Phantom Liberty.

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In my head, I just see Idris Elba's beautiful face telling me everything's gonna be okay.

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But it would have been a fucking masterpiece if it came out like this.

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Right.

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I played this game on PS5, and I did run into a couple of glitches.

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I ran into a glitch where the music would not change.

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It would be like the battle music outside of a battle, and I ran into a couple audio-based glitches similar to that, which kind of sucks because I'm playing this five years after launch.

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Honestly, audio glitches being the worst of the glitches that you ran into, that's not terrible.

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It's not terrible, but those battle glitches would keep me from doing other things that I couldn't do outside of battle.

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Oh, okay.

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So the game was saying, no, no, you're in a battle.

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And I'm like, I'm literally fine.

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I've killed everyone around me.

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There is no red on my map.

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Leave me alone.

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And it's like, neer, neer, neer, fuck you.

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Oh, that really sucks.

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I'm like, stop.

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Oh, that's too bad.

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And also timing wise, having a game with a zombie-like environment enemy in a post-Last of Us world is gonna create immediate comparison.

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And ironically, this team worked so closely with Naughty Dog on their unchartered entries, but failed to capture a lot of the magic that Joel and Ellie brought to the screen and became the expected bar for narrative games to hit in today's age.

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Yeah, motorcycle isn't gonna get the same kind of emotional draw as the horse Sparkle or whatever the horse's name was.

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Shimmer, I think it was Shimmer.

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I think it was Shimmer, who we see explode.

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Explode.

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And I wanna be clear that the creatures in Days Gone are definitely not zombies, but they are Last of Us-like infected people.

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So that kind of sucks for them, too.

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So again, no word of zombie anywhere in this game.

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No.

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Oh, Jesus.

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And that also is like, you know, Last of Us 1 originally came out in 2013.

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We know that that's kind of when this started.

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So you're like, did you copy homework and change it a little?

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Yeah, right?

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What are you doing?

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But no, this is very distinctly not a Last of Us title.

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It doesn't feel like The Last of Us, doesn't handle like The Last of Us.

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And it's just, but I get it.

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I'm not going to knock you for thinking it's The Last of Us at home.

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Right.

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The original title of this game was Dead Don't Ride, which I fucking hate.

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That's so bad.

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It's so bad.

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Oh God.

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That was a working title for a while, which feels embarrassing, because that's so fucking stupid.

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Like The Last of Us is beautiful and poetic and speaks to not only whittling down people you love, but also the state of the world.

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And it feels like this big wild thing that you're trying to wrap your arms around.

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And it makes you curious.

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It makes you want to know more.

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Dead Don't Ride is fucking stupid.

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It sounds like a horrible zombie novel series.

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It sounds like a literal arcade box you see in a shitty arcade that doesn't have House of the Rising Dead or whatever.

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Like a knockoff arcade would be like, Dead Don't Ride, pew, pew.

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And the guns never work.

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No.

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So for this game, it was really hard to shake those inevitable Last of Us comparisons, especially since both studios are Sony owned and Sony backed.

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So the PlayStation crowd is like, well, if I have the option between this critically acclaimed masterpiece that is an ongoing product that is coming out with this beautiful HBO TV show and these environmental experiences of Halloween Horror Nights and comics and more games versus the game that was once called Dead Don't Ride that is essentially dead on arrival.

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Right.

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Fuck me, I'm going to play The Last of Us.

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It sucks.

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This poor game.

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I know.

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It's not fair, but it isn't not their fault.

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It is their fault.

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Anyway, with The Last of Us being an immediate classic that was genre defining and has now become a crossover pop culture phenomenon, it had some big shoes to fill, just by definition.

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Despite middling reviews and some perspectives that this game is literally just We Have the Last of Us at Home, Days Gone sold about seven and a half million copies.

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Although those are pretty good numbers, especially for a brand new IP and being a console exclusive at launch, Sony did, overall, decline Ben's proposed sequel.

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The team actually personally had the inkling that the franchise would overall be a trilogy, but obviously that's for sure shit not happening.

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Oh shit, please tell me there's not a cliffhanger at the end of this game.

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Oh, bitch.

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Oh, no.

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That's the worst when you set up for a sequel and never get your sequel.

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The game is afoot.

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But that's not even where the drama ends.

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So this came out April 2019, right?

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In December of 2022, John Garvin, the game's director and writer, that guy, went on a now deleted Twitter rampage.

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Oh, no.

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Do you love where this is going already?

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Already.

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If it's now deleted, that means it's fucking juicy.

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So he blamed two elements for the game's softer than anticipated launch, the technical issues.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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That's your fault.

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You directed it, bro.

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Yeah.

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Tell them to go back and fix it.

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And, and now I'm quoting, woke reviewers who couldn't handle a gruff white biker looking at his date's ass.

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End quote.

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Oh, my fucking God.

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You know, it's the complete opposite problem of The Last of Us Part 2.

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Entirely.

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You know, somewhere in his deleted tweets, the words Neil Cuckman.

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You know what I mean, though?

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If that's what you're hitting post on, there's some dirty shit in your drafts.

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You know, people can handle sex.

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Yes.

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People can hand sexuality.

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Grand Theft Auto isn't always great towards women.

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Neither is Leisure Suit Larry.

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And Grand Theft Auto is a huge fucking hit.

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Grand Theft Auto is a masterpiece, unlike Leisure Suit Larry.

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I don't even know why you're bringing Leisure Suit Larry into the equation here.

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I'm just angry.

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But yeah, that has nothing to do with it.

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They can handle sexuality and shit like that, and a man checking out a woman if the game's fucking good.

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Yeah, yeah, entirely.

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This is so giving.

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Remember when Battleship came out?

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The movie that was based on the fucking board game, Battleship.

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That Rihanna music video without the music?

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And he blamed Avengers for existing.

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Just the concept of Avengers?

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Just the concept of the Avengers existed, and the director's like, that's the reason why my movie failed, was the Avengers.

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Imagine being like this.

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This feels like the same kind of shit, like, oh, the woke mob came for your game.

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No, they didn't come for your game.

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It sounds like nobody came for your game, actually.

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Also, I'm gonna let you know right now, interracial lesbian couple in this game, they're fucking amazing.

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They have the strongest relationship out of everyone in this game.

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So why wouldn't the woke mob be into that?

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Yeah, if you're gonna blame, quote, unquote, like, the woke mob, why is there a genuinely perfectly described interracial lesbian couple, and you're like, fuck the woke people, and you're like, well, you know, would you have included that in your game 10 years ago if it wasn't for realizing queer people are people?

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Yeah, right?

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Like, go fuck yourself.

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He also went on another rampage where he was like, if you guys wanted a sequel, you should have bought the game at full fucking price.

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Oh my God.

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And everyone was like, well, first of all, it launched with bugs, you dipshit.

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Yeah.

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Second of all, who's gonna spend $60 on a game and they're not sure if they're gonna like it?

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It's really difficult to do that when the fucking reviews are saying, this kind of sucks.

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Oh man, somebody that can't handle criticism is such a sad thing.

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Fully.

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And you know what?

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The entire gaming community said, shut the fuck up.

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People who hated and liked the game were like, this dude fucking sucks.

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Because I feel like this game is kind of polarizing.

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It's not only people hated it.

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There are people that genuinely loved this game.

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Oh yeah, the two camps of people who have played it are like, this fucking sucks or this is the most underrated Sony property.

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There is no middle ground.

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Entirely.

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Which ironically also follows the path of Last of Us 2, of this is a masterpiece or this is a trash fire.

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That's true, yeah.

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Except one of them also sold a lot more copies.

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Facts.

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Yeah.

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One of them did get this people, John Garvin.

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Yeah.

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So John Garvin did part ways with Ben Studios in 2020, like kind of towards the end of the year, which is obviously after The Last of Us 2 came out.

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So maybe he's bitter, you know?

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I'm not saying it's okay.

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I'm saying maybe there's some alignment there.

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Anyway, after his Twitter rampage, which again is years after he left, Ben Studios issued a statement saying that his statement doesn't reflect what the studio feels as a whole.

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They said, we kicked him out two years ago.

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They still had to clean up his mess after he's gone, which really sucks.

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And you know what?

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He also claimed that he was fired in late 2020 due to his personality, which makes sense after that fucking Twitter rant.

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Yeah, right?

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If you can't handle being told you're wrong, I imagine you are not the most pleasant person to work with.

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Fully.

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And I also want to say, this did sell 7.5 million copies.

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On the other hand, Ghosts of Tsushima sold eight or nine.

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Yeah.

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And that's also a brand new IP from kind of a smaller studio.

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And I don't want to say small.

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It's obviously backed by Sony.

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Yeah, it's Sucker Punch.

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It's still a pretty big studio.

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I'd say Sucker Punch and Bend were kind of on the same level of they've got other franchises, they've got other shit they've done, but this was their new venture.

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And it's within a year or two of this coming out, right?

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Yeah, that's not wrong.

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So, man, you know, there are better ways to do this.

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But you know what?

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We also can't let one asshole ruin a property for us.

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Harry Potter still kind of slaps, even if JK fucking sucks.

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Truth.

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One asshole does not make a game a guilty pleasure.

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While yes, he speaks like an asshole and has made mistakes that should not overshadow the work that so many other people brought to the table.

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We still can enjoy things and we can still enjoy Sam Witwer.

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Sam Witwer himself has stated this very specific warning about playing Days Gone, perhaps in reaction to the reviews and the commentary on the game arising after the release, whatever.

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He said, Days Gone was always meant to be a slow burn game and story.

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For better or for worse, it was designed for you to take your time.

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The best story beats and the best gameplay happened much later in the game.

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And it's clear that the nature of the game reviews and the slow burn philosophy of game development are not compatible.

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All right, I get it, man.

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He's like, hey, you didn't play it all the way through.

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You didn't play it right.

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I can totally tell by your review that you didn't get to act three.

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Right, speed runners, you're doing it all wrong.

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And you know, the legacy of Days Gone is so split between people who see it as a huge waste of talent and some that see it as the most underrated title of all time.

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But I'm going to tell you what happens and you can figure it out for yourself.

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And if you do it this way, you're not giving John Garvin any money.

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Yeah.

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So rev up your engine, babe.

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Hop on and let's head back to the Pacific Northwest.

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This is Days Gone.

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The game opens on a billboard welcoming travelers to Farewell, Oregon.

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Farewell is based on Bend, Oregon, which was once called Farewell Bend.

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Hey, that's where Bend Studios is.

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I was going to say Bend Studios.

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Exactly.

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It's nighttime and the scene lingers on the billboard, and then the billboard is hit with a Molotov cocktail.

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Hell yeah.

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It's 2017, so maybe they were inspired by Joel Miller to throw Molotovs at shit.

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Police sirens start ringing out and over a PA system, we hear that all evacuees must remain indoors.

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In an alley, a blonde woman is hugging her stomach, bleeding.

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Sorry, they told the evacuees to remain indoors?

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You know, if you're going to have problems this early.

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Word one.

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In the first shot, I'm going to need you to take a seat.

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The woman has a work lanyard around her neck.

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A tattooed biker looks over her.

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This is where we meet Deacon St.

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John and his wife, Sarah.

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Another tattooed biker who has full skull tattoos, and not just tattoos of skulls, tattoos on his skull comes up to them.

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This is Boozer.

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We love all these people.

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Deacon looks up at Boozer and tells him she may be going septic and that the knife may have nicked a kidney.

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Boozer calls Sarah his little sister and asks how she's doing.

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Sarah is breathing heavy and is upset, saying it was just a little kid with a big knife.

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Deacon starts to move her, and the three of them make it to a roof with a Nero helicopter.

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Nero is the national emergency response organization who are currently working overtime.

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All around, there's something horrible happening in the city, and there's, like, fires, and there's some sort of rampage going on, and it's definitely not safe to be outside right now.

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So it's like a societal collapse.

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Yeah.

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Like, in the opening of The Last of Us.

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But we're actually going in, like, middle of it, so.

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Yeah, and there's a girl named Sarah.

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She's hurt.

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We have to get her to safe.

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Oh, my God, it's The Last of Us.

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Is she blonde?

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Yeah.

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Of course.

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God damn it.

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She's a woman here.

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Yeah, at least.

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Deacon brings Sarah up to the Nero copter and speaks with a guy named O'Brien, who is in a full hazmat suit.

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Deacon tells O'Brien that she's not infected, that she just got stabbed, and she needs medical attention.

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O'Brien's like, I don't have room in the fucking helicopter.

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I'm just a grad student.

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I don't know what's going on, man.

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Deacon pulls a gun on the grad student O'Brien and gives O'Brien the inspiration to invite the two of them on the helicopter, despite Deacon, Sarah, and Boozer being a party of three.

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Deacon accepts and makes O'Brien help get Sarah on the chopper.

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He tells Sarah she'll be all right.

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Deacon goes over to Boozer to tell him to get on the chopper, but Boozer declines.

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He tells Deacon to go on with Sarah and that he'll be okay.

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Deacon then clocks that Boozer has a huge gash on his leg.

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Oh no, the Boozer tells him again, he'll be okay.

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Deacon goes back to the chopper, and O'Brien tells him that they're heading to a refugee camp.

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Deacon tells Sarah that Boozer is never going to make it without him.

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Sarah, clutching her knife wound, is heartbroken, but understands.

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Deacon removes a comically large dog ring off of his hand and slips this bulky beast on her dainty finger.

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It covers her wedding band and her entire knuckle.

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The whole, like when you say comically large, it's just like the full fucking finger almost.

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Oh, it's ridiculous how big this is on her.

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He looks into her eyes, and instead of saying goodbye, says, I want this back.

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We clock that he has Sarah's name tattooed across the side of his neck.

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Which like, holy shit.

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Okay, I just got part of my neck tattooed.

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Two days ago.

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Literally.

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I had to be put into a choke hold at one point.

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That shit was wild.

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I was involuntarily kicking.

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My body was just like, what if we sent pain receptors everywhere?

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And I was like, I'm so sorry.

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I'm trying to hold still.

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I was like, chain smoking CBD cigarettes because I don't smoke tobacco.

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But I was like, I need the sensation of something like that shit sucks.

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And his is intricate.

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It takes up a big ass part of his neck.

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That shit sucks.

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And his is probably like done by like prison tat style.

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Oh, yeah.

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He's a biker biker.

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So there's no way he got that done in a clean environment.

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The helicopter takes off without Deacon.

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As it ascends into the night, Boozer limps over to join Deacon and watches as Sarah is separated from them.

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Boozer says, Oh, shit, what did you do?

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The city begins to be swallowed up by the fire, and we get the title card.

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Days Gone.

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Oh, shit.

00:25:55.053 --> 00:25:55.493
Hell yeah.

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Then another title card.

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Two years later.

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Two years later.

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Okay, so a little bit of a diversion from The Last of Us finally.

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The Last of Us was 20 years later.

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A generation later.

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This is, you know, this is not that much time.

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Yeah.

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The camera pans down from a gorgeous landscape scene from the inspirational Pacific Northwest in the year 2019.

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The tips of the mountains are snowcapped and the trees are thriving.

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The world of Days Gone is just mountainous and you can smell the pine needles in the air.

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Nature has won the war for the betterment of the environment and for the worse of its inhabitants.

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Oh, remember that time during lockdown when just the world came back?

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Yeah, that was six months after this game.

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It was cool to see, like, beaches be clean.

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Oh yeah, nature's healing.

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Yeah, rivers were clean and shit like that.

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It was beautiful.

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The scene comes down from the tops of the trees to a highway sign that's been spray-painted with the message, Freakers, all dead.

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Freakers?

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Tell me that's not what the zombies are called in this game.

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In this world, there are no zombies, and zombies never show up in the game, but the word freakers do.

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Oh, good lord, that is easily the worst word.

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I have heard for a zombie-style creature.

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Just say fucking zombie, I swear.

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Just fucking say it.

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You're so mad right now.

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Freaker?

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Oh, your eyes are so big and angry.

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Freaker is the best thing they could come up with.

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In the six years it took to produce this game, they decided to call the big bad freakers.

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I mean, this is the same group that said the dead don't ride, so fuck.

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Alright, so the freakers.

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Yeah, they're a form of infected humans who have lost all their humanity.

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This infection takes hold of mammals and makes them super feral, strong and unreasonable.

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Oh, mammals.

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So animals too?

00:28:00.193 --> 00:28:01.773
Oh, you clocked that, didn't you?

00:28:01.793 --> 00:28:02.333
Oh shit.

00:28:02.593 --> 00:28:06.393
While they're not technically nocturnal, they typically do come out more at night.

00:28:06.813 --> 00:28:14.193
You can still run into them at any point during the day, and they're attracted to noise, so if you blow shit up or you're driving your motorcycle, they'll be like, I'm gonna get you.

00:28:14.213 --> 00:28:14.793
They don't talk.

00:28:15.033 --> 00:28:16.613
But I assume that's what they'd sound like.

00:28:16.853 --> 00:28:22.713
So these people ride Harleys in a world where it's important to stay quiet.

00:28:26.393 --> 00:28:30.633
Deacon, I'm getting the feeling you're not an intelligent man.

00:28:30.653 --> 00:28:33.313
I love how upset you are.

00:28:33.993 --> 00:28:36.593
We have barely started talking about this game.

00:28:36.833 --> 00:28:40.073
I'm sorry, but the logic is not logic-ing right now.

00:28:40.693 --> 00:28:45.873
I think I know what camp you're gonna land in in terms of Masterpiece or Trash Tire.

00:28:45.893 --> 00:28:47.593
I'm gonna give it its chance, though.

00:28:47.933 --> 00:28:48.553
You're trying.

00:28:48.553 --> 00:28:49.413
I'm trying.

00:28:49.433 --> 00:28:51.093
Sam Witwer said Slow Burn.

00:28:51.413 --> 00:28:53.833
So far, we're not even into the gameplay yet.

00:28:55.713 --> 00:28:57.633
We have not picked up the stick yet.

00:28:58.933 --> 00:29:02.013
And you have found several points that you're very upset about.

00:29:03.253 --> 00:29:04.373
I guess I'm too woke.

00:29:04.453 --> 00:29:06.813
I don't know.

00:29:07.093 --> 00:29:10.353
You can't handle a white biker looking at his date's ass.

00:29:11.713 --> 00:29:13.253
We have seen no asses yet.

00:29:13.273 --> 00:29:15.813
I don't even think we've seen a bike yet.

00:29:15.833 --> 00:29:17.393
Yeah, we haven't seen any bikes yet.

00:29:17.513 --> 00:29:19.813
Wasn't he riding it towards the helicopter?

00:29:19.913 --> 00:29:20.273
No.

00:29:20.453 --> 00:29:20.933
Oh, no.

00:29:20.953 --> 00:29:21.773
They were walking.

00:29:21.793 --> 00:29:22.533
Oh, my God.

00:29:22.553 --> 00:29:23.993
That mission was on foot.

00:29:24.893 --> 00:29:25.833
It was a cut scene.

00:29:26.713 --> 00:29:30.153
All right, so the Freakers are wild, and they, like, don't talk.

00:29:30.173 --> 00:29:36.453
They're just, like, fucking feral as shit, which kind of sucks because that's basically elastomers infected also.

00:29:36.613 --> 00:29:38.093
Are these fast zombies or slow zombies?

00:29:38.113 --> 00:29:39.073
They are fast zombies.

00:29:39.373 --> 00:29:40.313
They're bipedal.

00:29:40.333 --> 00:29:41.653
They're noise sensitive.

00:29:41.713 --> 00:29:43.553
They're fucking sprinters.

00:29:45.013 --> 00:29:53.533
In this scene, we don't actually see the Freakers yet, but we do see our boys, Deacon and Boozer, riding their loud as fuck Harleys down the deserted road.

00:29:54.493 --> 00:29:58.653
The boys are as dirty as their bikes are, and they're still sporting their club cuts.

00:29:58.973 --> 00:30:04.713
Those biker gang insignia leather vests with patches claiming allegiance to their squad.

00:30:05.533 --> 00:30:07.373
Now, I've never...

00:30:07.393 --> 00:30:09.793
I don't know how to ride a bike, like a bicycle.

00:30:09.853 --> 00:30:10.193
Right.

00:30:10.193 --> 00:30:13.133
But Tom grew up in a Harley family.

00:30:13.153 --> 00:30:13.633
I did.

00:30:13.653 --> 00:30:15.153
I very much did.

00:30:15.233 --> 00:30:17.573
And like, they joined groups.

00:30:17.793 --> 00:30:21.353
I'm not going to call them gangs, but they were definitely biker groups.

00:30:22.453 --> 00:30:23.333
So that was common.

00:30:23.393 --> 00:30:23.953
That's a thing.

00:30:24.473 --> 00:30:27.473
You know, I've never seen, what was that show?

00:30:27.653 --> 00:30:28.433
Sons of Anarchy.

00:30:28.493 --> 00:30:28.833
Yeah.

00:30:29.033 --> 00:30:34.933
And I know that that show really inspired a lot of people to join biker gangs and motorcycle clubs, stuff like that.

00:30:35.353 --> 00:30:36.493
And especially this game.

00:30:36.513 --> 00:30:38.313
Like, obviously had a huge impact on it.

00:30:38.533 --> 00:30:39.033
Yeah.

00:30:39.373 --> 00:30:44.813
I never watched it mainly because I'm like, you know, they're going to get a lot wrong, things like that.

00:30:44.833 --> 00:30:49.673
And I bet it's going to become like stereotypes, like probably like biker meth, shit like that.

00:30:49.693 --> 00:30:50.893
Those kinds of biker gangs.

00:30:51.133 --> 00:30:52.013
That was not my parents.

00:30:52.313 --> 00:30:53.753
Your parents were not into the biker meth?

00:30:53.893 --> 00:31:00.393
No, they were more easy rider, like wild hogs style of fucking bikers, you know?

00:31:00.413 --> 00:31:02.293
Which honestly, a fun movie.

00:31:02.513 --> 00:31:03.573
Yeah, it really is.

00:31:03.633 --> 00:31:05.953
But, you know, I grew up on the back of a Harley entirely.

00:31:06.113 --> 00:31:11.133
And, you know, I don't ride motorcycles because the first time I ever got on one, I fucking wrecked the shit out of it.

00:31:11.673 --> 00:31:17.953
Like 12 seconds, not even 12 seconds, four seconds on a motorcycle before I wrecked that son of a bitch.

00:31:18.113 --> 00:31:20.013
And yeah, I haven't gotten on a motorcycle ever since.

00:31:20.033 --> 00:31:21.273
Gave yourself a concussion.

00:31:21.293 --> 00:31:21.473
Yep.

00:31:21.733 --> 00:31:23.033
Never the same since.

00:31:23.333 --> 00:31:24.053
No, I haven't.

00:31:25.893 --> 00:31:29.113
This whole life has just been kind of a flash from that moment, I think.

00:31:30.313 --> 00:31:31.313
The lamp is glitching.

00:31:31.613 --> 00:31:32.033
Yeah.

00:31:32.453 --> 00:31:38.813
No, but yeah, I grew up on a motorcycle, so I will lend my motorcycle knowledge as much as I can throughout this episode.

00:31:38.833 --> 00:31:43.013
I appreciate Biker Corner because I don't know anything about motorcycles, obviously.

00:31:43.033 --> 00:31:44.273
Right, and the culture behind it.

00:31:44.513 --> 00:31:48.853
Right, but this group of motorcyclers are the Mongrels from Farewell, Oregon.

00:31:49.333 --> 00:31:52.413
They both sport patches that say 1% in red.

00:31:52.613 --> 00:31:53.333
Oh, God.

00:31:53.393 --> 00:32:01.913
Which is a reference from the saying from the American Motorcycle Association that says 99% of the motorcycling public are law-abiding.

00:32:02.333 --> 00:32:04.073
There are 1% who are not.

00:32:04.973 --> 00:32:12.513
And I'll tell you this, 99% of the people who claim to be the 1% in the motorcycle culture are fucking not.

00:32:12.553 --> 00:32:13.613
They just have DUIs.

00:32:13.653 --> 00:32:14.093
Yeah.

00:32:15.533 --> 00:32:19.073
But this meant to imply here that these are some bad boys.

00:32:19.073 --> 00:32:19.473
Yeah.

00:32:19.613 --> 00:32:20.273
Oh, my God.

00:32:21.273 --> 00:32:26.513
Boozer has a special patch saying Sergeant at Arms, which means he's the right hand of their leader.

00:32:27.033 --> 00:32:30.493
And Deacon says Enforcer, which just kind of means he's down to throw down.

00:32:30.753 --> 00:32:32.033
Again, these...

00:32:32.693 --> 00:32:33.453
Oh, goodness.

00:32:33.853 --> 00:32:36.793
Yeah, this is gonna be definitely like Sons of Anarchy style, isn't it?

00:32:36.873 --> 00:32:37.353
Yeah.

00:32:38.553 --> 00:32:45.253
It's a bunch of people who are like non-conformists having a full conformity aspect to them as well.

00:32:45.573 --> 00:32:47.153
Oh, yeah.

00:32:47.393 --> 00:32:50.693
In the two years since we've last seen him, Deacon has also let his beard grow out.

00:32:50.853 --> 00:32:52.473
To show that time has passed.

00:32:52.513 --> 00:32:53.773
Exactly.

00:32:54.293 --> 00:33:01.953
They park near a cemetery saying they lost them, whoever they are, and spot a woman who is actively dying being having beaten to death.

00:33:02.293 --> 00:33:02.673
Ouch.

00:33:03.093 --> 00:33:05.613
Her eyes are swollen shut and she's coughing blood.

00:33:06.353 --> 00:33:08.873
Uzer recognizes her as Alvarez and runs to her.

00:33:09.433 --> 00:33:13.033
Alvarez outs her assailant as Leon with her dying words.

00:33:13.193 --> 00:33:14.373
Fucking Leon.

00:33:14.393 --> 00:33:16.193
Deacon says fucking Leon.

00:33:17.833 --> 00:33:23.933
A bike speeds past them and Buzzer and Deacon jump into action to chase them down because, you know, of course, it's Leon.

00:33:24.093 --> 00:33:24.453
Yeah.

00:33:24.893 --> 00:33:29.053
While chasing Leon through the woods, Buzzer and Deacon see a horde of Freakers.

00:33:29.653 --> 00:33:33.273
We get our first good look at the Freakers, these feral infected humans.

00:33:33.713 --> 00:33:37.113
They're mostly skin with the clothes and hair rotting off of them.

00:33:37.733 --> 00:33:43.313
There's a few varieties of Freakers we'll see through the game, and the most basic, the ones we see here, are swarmers.

00:33:43.973 --> 00:33:48.593
Swarmers often travel in groups and communicate through basic grunts and via pheromones.

00:33:49.253 --> 00:33:54.233
They have a hive mind and can turn to work with each other if they find an uninfected human to eat and kill.

00:33:54.953 --> 00:34:00.293
They're not particularly, like, particular about who they eat though, because sometimes you'll see them eating each other.

00:34:00.913 --> 00:34:02.013
What the fuck, really?

00:34:02.033 --> 00:34:05.993
Yeah, they're a little cannibalistic under the right circumstances, but I guess we all are.

00:34:07.293 --> 00:34:09.253
Wow, okay, they want dead rotting flesh.

00:34:10.513 --> 00:34:11.573
You know, it is what it is.

00:34:12.533 --> 00:34:18.073
A horde of Freakers is common, often being groups of at least 50 or more Swarmers who all live and move together.

00:34:18.213 --> 00:34:19.413
50 or more?

00:34:19.773 --> 00:34:30.773
Yeah, and this was a big selling point of the game of like, we've created these kind of assailant AI that will be groups of Freakers that you will have to attack while they all start to like, descend on you.

00:34:31.133 --> 00:34:34.393
To be fair, that is some technological marvels.

00:34:34.693 --> 00:34:39.693
It's really fucking cool, and there are some as big as like 500 that you encounter in the game.

00:34:39.793 --> 00:34:41.093
There are huge hordes.

00:34:42.213 --> 00:34:49.173
The thing is, I'm gonna, I'm gonna let you know right now, the first time you do it for a story mission is about 75% of the way through the game.

00:34:50.233 --> 00:34:50.693
Really?

00:34:51.113 --> 00:35:00.753
You can get them earlier, but the game does not explain that you have to go get these fucking hordes until like the 25 hour mark?

00:35:00.853 --> 00:35:01.813
Holy shit.

00:35:01.833 --> 00:35:03.853
Out of the 30, 32 hour campaign.

00:35:04.553 --> 00:35:06.453
So you have to get chased by these things every once in a while?

00:35:06.613 --> 00:35:13.413
Yeah, and like you can absolutely like jump into it early and fight the hordes and like do the whole thing.

00:35:13.433 --> 00:35:17.893
There is a horde mission line of like killing all the hordes, you know, just to hundo the whole thing.

00:35:18.353 --> 00:35:19.753
I don't love fighting the hordes.

00:35:20.093 --> 00:35:22.773
I don't think it's very fun, but you know, I'm just not wired to...

00:35:22.953 --> 00:35:24.233
That's not for me, and that's okay.

00:35:24.493 --> 00:35:27.013
Perfectly honest, I don't enjoy platinuming a good game.

00:35:27.653 --> 00:35:29.153
We're not hundo people.

00:35:29.613 --> 00:35:32.073
I have OCD like literally diagnosed.

00:35:32.073 --> 00:35:33.293
This is not part of that.

00:35:33.333 --> 00:35:34.713
Yeah, give me the main game.

00:35:34.733 --> 00:35:35.953
I'll do some side quests.

00:35:36.493 --> 00:35:40.053
If I find out later, there were some that I missed that I should absolutely do, I might do it again.

00:35:40.173 --> 00:35:40.613
Maybe.

00:35:40.633 --> 00:35:42.813
Yeah, if it seems that interesting.

00:35:43.033 --> 00:35:45.493
Otherwise, yeah, I don't need to go find all the trophies.

00:35:45.993 --> 00:35:46.613
For sure.

00:35:46.613 --> 00:35:51.953
This was a big seller for some people that were like, that's fucking cool as shit, and it's totally something some people get down on.

00:35:51.973 --> 00:35:52.753
I respect that.

00:35:52.933 --> 00:35:54.893
This is not for me, and that's okay.

00:35:55.673 --> 00:36:00.633
But going back to the whole 50 zombies, sorry, freakers on the screen at once.

00:36:00.653 --> 00:36:01.413
You can say zombies.

00:36:03.253 --> 00:36:03.473
Yeah.

00:36:03.833 --> 00:36:10.933
It reminds me though of like back in the day of early gaming, where if too many characters were on the screen, everything would slow down.

00:36:11.333 --> 00:36:20.953
Yeah, the fact that they can have 500 freakers ascending on your playable character at once, and you can kind of pivot your camera to see everyone, and it's smooth, that's fucking sick.

00:36:21.173 --> 00:36:24.333
Granted, you said there were a lot of glitches at first, so maybe it wasn't that.

00:36:24.653 --> 00:36:29.113
You can do it now is what I'm saying on the PS5.

00:36:30.493 --> 00:36:35.153
So just past this horde, Leon has collapsed after catching a bullet from the boys.

00:36:35.773 --> 00:36:44.233
As he lays dying, Deacon confronts him about skimming some drugs from a nearby camp, which is enough for Leon to have likely earned a bounty on his head.

00:36:44.973 --> 00:36:53.413
Leon gives Deacon a map leading to the stash in the promise that they'll kill him quickly, rather than leaving him to be torn apart and eaten alive from that horde.

00:36:53.693 --> 00:36:56.353
What's the bounty in the post-apocalypse?

00:36:57.173 --> 00:37:11.193
Mostly, we're gonna get there, but just to jump ahead, there are camps, and if you bring in bounties, you'll be able to exchange it for camp credits, where you can get upgrades for your bike, upgrades for ammo and your guns and shit like that.

00:37:11.453 --> 00:37:13.893
Camp credits, so like company store dollars?

00:37:14.353 --> 00:37:14.633
Yep.

00:37:14.793 --> 00:37:15.173
Okay.

00:37:15.313 --> 00:37:16.633
And fucked entirely.

00:37:17.893 --> 00:37:18.973
Exactly.

00:37:19.033 --> 00:37:19.673
Oh, God.

00:37:20.313 --> 00:37:24.293
Now, Deacon is a man of his word and shoots that scumbag right between the eyes.

00:37:25.033 --> 00:37:30.733
Uzzur grabs Leon's hat, freshly stained with Leon's blood, and hands it to Deacon so he can collect on that bounty.

00:37:31.253 --> 00:37:35.533
And Deacon puts Leon's hat on his belt loop and is like, fuck yeah, let's get this money.

00:37:35.993 --> 00:37:36.813
Fucking Leon.

00:37:37.593 --> 00:37:43.513
When Deacon and Uzzur go back to get their bikes, Deacon sees that his bike's fuel pump has been shot out.

00:37:43.673 --> 00:37:44.193
Oh, shit.

00:37:44.413 --> 00:37:49.433
Deacon hides his bike under some big ass leafs and suggests he and Uzzur go to a nearby town for supplies.

00:37:50.133 --> 00:37:53.073
Deacon hops on the back of Uzzur's bike and they head on down.

00:37:53.753 --> 00:38:01.833
They make plans to use the map from Leon to collect the drugs that Leon stole and return them to Tucker, the leader of the local camp that the drugs were stolen from.

00:38:02.153 --> 00:38:03.453
Yeah, put everything back in place.

00:38:04.033 --> 00:38:10.953
They'll make things right, cash in on the bounty, stock up on supplies, and then finally get out of this fucking town and head up north.

00:38:11.813 --> 00:38:17.493
While Deacon is skeptical about the viability of moving north, Uzzur argues that they need a change of scenery.

00:38:18.893 --> 00:38:22.793
While on the way, Deacon and Uzzur get jumped by a gang of marauders.

00:38:23.573 --> 00:38:28.513
It's just random survivors who hide out on the roads and run out and fight Deacon and Uzzur to rob them.

00:38:28.793 --> 00:38:30.253
There's entire cities.

00:38:30.273 --> 00:38:31.613
We don't need to live like this.

00:38:33.613 --> 00:38:34.893
Leave each other alone.

00:38:34.913 --> 00:38:35.373
Yeah.

00:38:36.953 --> 00:38:42.073
Thankfully, this is not unusual for Deacon and Uzzur, so they beat the shit out of these people and it's handled.

00:38:42.173 --> 00:38:44.693
They're probably equally as guilty as they are.

00:38:45.233 --> 00:38:47.813
Oh, and no one's good in the apocalypse.

00:38:47.833 --> 00:38:52.593
It's like that scene in The Last of Us where Ellie's like, Joel, did you once do this kind of shit?

00:38:52.613 --> 00:38:53.813
And Joel's like, yeah.

00:38:55.313 --> 00:38:57.953
I'm not going to lie to this child I don't give a shit about.

00:38:57.953 --> 00:38:59.893
Yeah, I totally did the same thing.

00:38:59.913 --> 00:39:01.533
That's why I knew they were going to do it to us.

00:39:01.613 --> 00:39:03.053
I could read the signs, kiddo.

00:39:04.493 --> 00:39:09.933
Boozer and Deacon don't even really talk about getting jumped before they hop back on their bike and head back down into town.

00:39:10.693 --> 00:39:13.393
They also passed by an old Nero checkpoint.

00:39:14.033 --> 00:39:20.533
Now, Nero is that national emergency response organization group that was evacuating people during the original outbreak two years ago.

00:39:21.253 --> 00:39:29.033
This checkpoint is a fenced off area with tents and portable labs where Nero was running research and emergency services for survivors.

00:39:29.513 --> 00:39:32.633
But most of these are all abandoned in the world by now.

00:39:32.833 --> 00:39:35.113
So this was Fedra in The Last of Us, right?

00:39:36.153 --> 00:39:38.333
Thank you for being our Last of Us translator.

00:39:39.273 --> 00:39:41.253
It's just honestly, I'm sorry.

00:39:41.273 --> 00:39:42.553
It is way too tight.

00:39:42.573 --> 00:39:43.973
Like the comparisons.

00:39:43.993 --> 00:39:44.753
It's real.

00:39:45.733 --> 00:39:46.733
I'm not gonna fight you on that.

00:39:46.753 --> 00:39:46.973
Yeah.

00:39:47.673 --> 00:39:55.473
These checkpoints usually do have a lot of good resources on site, so through the game, it's worth it to go out and clear these checkpoints and unlock some cool shit.

00:39:56.253 --> 00:39:59.033
We're on a mission right now, though, so Boozer and Deacon just drive by.

00:40:00.093 --> 00:40:05.333
While the boys bike through a tunnel, Deacon smells something foul, and that's a freaker nest.

00:40:06.133 --> 00:40:15.553
The freakers have created nests in cool, dark areas, often like caves or long haul truck trailers or alcoves and tunnels, shit like that.

00:40:16.253 --> 00:40:21.993
These nests are where they sleep and stay together during the day before they come out at night and are like, I'm a freaker.

00:40:22.893 --> 00:40:29.753
Nests are usually signified with a shit ton of sticks, kind of like a bird's nest, which is a very literal alignment.

00:40:29.773 --> 00:40:31.433
I was thinking like Blair Witch project.

00:40:31.993 --> 00:40:36.653
But like big, like a doorway full of sticks is basically what it looks like.

00:40:36.653 --> 00:40:37.933
Oh shit, like the three little pigs.

00:40:38.033 --> 00:40:40.773
Exactly, and you gotta blow that motherfucker down.

00:40:42.253 --> 00:40:47.553
And Deacon almost always complains out loud to himself about how bad it smells when he's near a nest.

00:40:48.273 --> 00:40:50.033
Which is kind of nice to be like, OK, I'm nearby.

00:40:50.053 --> 00:40:51.273
I just got to walk around a little more.

00:40:51.933 --> 00:40:57.273
The nests are not subtle, but it can help the community to destroy these nests and displace the Freakers.

00:40:57.273 --> 00:40:58.913
So Deacon throws a Molotov at it.

00:40:59.073 --> 00:40:59.573
Of course.

00:40:59.813 --> 00:41:04.293
This burns up the Freaker nest and a few run out of Deacon, but he's able to clear out the whole nest quickly.

00:41:04.853 --> 00:41:06.073
This will happen throughout the game.

00:41:06.553 --> 00:41:07.493
It's kind of fun, actually.

00:41:07.513 --> 00:41:09.453
I liked hunting these down and clearing them out.

00:41:09.473 --> 00:41:11.773
It felt satisfying to clear the map of those places.

00:41:11.973 --> 00:41:12.433
OK, cool.

00:41:13.213 --> 00:41:16.593
After his good deed of the day, Deacon gets back on his bike with Boozer.

00:41:17.413 --> 00:41:24.873
The boys get to a little truck stop called Crazy Willy's to grab bike parts, and unfortunately, it's fucking crawling in Freakers.

00:41:25.313 --> 00:41:30.953
Deacon tells Boozer to ride his bike around and wrangle some of them away from the area while he goes into the garage and looks for parts.

00:41:31.773 --> 00:41:35.733
These Freakers are super rabid and some of them are attacking and eating each other.

00:41:35.853 --> 00:41:36.813
It's fucking gnarly.

00:41:37.313 --> 00:41:40.833
Again, eating of each other, that is at least something unique to this game.

00:41:40.853 --> 00:41:43.033
I have never seen zombies that eat each other.

00:41:43.153 --> 00:41:43.933
I haven't either.

00:41:43.953 --> 00:41:46.993
I think that is really cool that they're just like, fuck it, we ball.

00:41:48.693 --> 00:41:53.213
Deacon goes all sneaky sneaks and makes his way to an auto garage and meets a newt.

00:41:53.753 --> 00:41:56.553
A newt is a Freaker who is an underage human.

00:41:57.513 --> 00:41:59.693
Oh, God, no.

00:41:59.913 --> 00:42:01.073
Child zombies?

00:42:01.093 --> 00:42:02.713
A child zombie.

00:42:02.833 --> 00:42:03.733
Fuck me.

00:42:03.753 --> 00:42:06.293
The fact that they have a different name is just kind of fucked up.

00:42:06.453 --> 00:42:06.933
I know.

00:42:06.953 --> 00:42:14.493
And I want to remind you in this beat that Rockstar Studios refused to make child NPCs to keep players from harming children.

00:42:14.533 --> 00:42:14.913
Right.

00:42:15.053 --> 00:42:19.913
But Bet Studios said, fuck that, that's so woke.

00:42:22.473 --> 00:42:28.213
What if we made the children creepy and you could beat the shit out of the children and you would be rewarded with XP?

00:42:28.713 --> 00:42:29.773
Oh, my Lord.

00:42:29.793 --> 00:42:32.553
I guess we did it in Bioshock, so there's your Bioshot, everybody.

00:42:33.193 --> 00:42:35.353
That one's not as bad, though.

00:42:35.373 --> 00:42:40.513
You don't watch yourself kill those children, but you're absolutely killing those kids if you're harvesting.

00:42:41.153 --> 00:42:43.733
You're not helping if you're harvesting, that's fair.

00:42:44.193 --> 00:42:48.753
I mean, it is harvest or save, so the implication is not great with the Bioshock of it all.

00:42:49.533 --> 00:42:50.933
But yeah, the newts are fucking...

00:42:50.953 --> 00:42:52.253
They're never too small.

00:42:52.273 --> 00:42:56.093
They look like they're maybe 10 to 12 years old, which I know does not make it better.

00:42:56.973 --> 00:42:59.913
But I did want to give you that solace that at least it's not a four-year-old.

00:43:00.493 --> 00:43:01.213
At least?

00:43:02.133 --> 00:43:03.113
It still sucks.

00:43:03.193 --> 00:43:04.733
It's the apocalypse and it's fiction.

00:43:04.973 --> 00:43:09.753
Yeah, I mean, it's gonna happen definitely, children being zombies.

00:43:10.773 --> 00:43:12.993
Yeah, but we never want to talk about it.

00:43:13.993 --> 00:43:18.893
You would want to take out those nests first, just so there's no suffering left.

00:43:19.213 --> 00:43:20.293
Yeah, there you go.

00:43:20.593 --> 00:43:22.373
So clearing the nest could be a good thing.

00:43:23.353 --> 00:43:23.773
Kind of.

00:43:24.253 --> 00:43:24.953
This fucking sucks.

00:43:24.973 --> 00:43:25.313
Yeah.

00:43:25.893 --> 00:43:28.213
Well, Deacon is making his way over to the bike parts.

00:43:28.253 --> 00:43:32.153
He kills a bunch of grown-up freakers and baby freakers, and he's talking to himself.

00:43:32.653 --> 00:43:33.693
It's a lot of pew pew.

00:43:33.793 --> 00:43:35.053
Yeah, that's what I thought.

00:43:35.453 --> 00:43:37.273
Oh shit, more goddamn freakers.

00:43:37.593 --> 00:43:38.373
I'm Deacon.

00:43:41.133 --> 00:43:45.633
This is why you need a sidekick, so that way these moments don't feel like a crazy person.

00:43:45.953 --> 00:43:46.713
I'm glad you say that.

00:43:46.733 --> 00:43:56.513
So while Deacon's running commentary was often lauded by players by being like, you sound fucking crazy, a very specific section of fans loved this.

00:43:56.693 --> 00:43:57.173
Really?

00:43:57.393 --> 00:44:03.053
Deacon's running commentary and paired with his fight or flight response really spoke to people with PTSD.

00:44:03.533 --> 00:44:04.173
Oh, okay.

00:44:04.233 --> 00:44:05.273
You're going to feel like an asshole.

00:44:05.993 --> 00:44:06.873
I am already.

00:44:07.133 --> 00:44:14.113
Canonically, Deacon was in the Army and did one full tour of Afghanistan in the 10th Mountain Division, which is a real division of the Army.

00:44:14.793 --> 00:44:22.913
On his right hand, he has the insignia of this division tattooed, and he says he hated every minute of service and was honorably discharged after his tour.

00:44:23.613 --> 00:44:33.393
Following his service, he joined the Mogrolls MC, the motorcycle club, but due to his military background and the immense trauma from the outbreak, it's widely believed that he does suffer from PTSD.

00:44:33.913 --> 00:44:34.433
Oh, shit.

00:44:34.553 --> 00:44:45.133
Deacon's constant running commentary to himself and his self-preservation in the face of danger are often signs of PTSD manifesting and really rang true to other people affected with PTSD.

00:44:45.713 --> 00:44:46.853
That's really kind of cool.

00:44:46.953 --> 00:44:54.313
And this didn't land for everyone, but the people who understood his pain felt like this made him so real, of like, holy shit, I've gone through this.

00:44:54.373 --> 00:45:02.873
I've had to get shipped off to fight for something, and now I talk to myself, and now I say my thoughts out loud, and I don't want to be alone in my head.

00:45:02.893 --> 00:45:11.193
Like, there were some elements that actually spoke to the character, but a lot of people were like, hey, buddy, shut the fuck up, they're attracted to noise.

00:45:11.553 --> 00:45:15.753
Then maybe they should have at least explained that, if that's gonna be his character trait.

00:45:16.413 --> 00:45:17.633
Okay, that would have been cool.

00:45:17.653 --> 00:45:19.773
Yeah, if it was intentional.

00:45:19.813 --> 00:45:21.833
It could have been completely unintentional.

00:45:22.073 --> 00:45:25.173
A certain demographic just ended up latching on to that aspect.

00:45:25.573 --> 00:45:27.733
Yeah, like when you're like, oh, that character's queer coded.

00:45:28.193 --> 00:45:28.413
Right.

00:45:28.433 --> 00:45:35.053
And you're like, well, they're not technically outwardly queer, but they're queer coded enough that we feel we can be like, you're one of us.

00:45:35.293 --> 00:45:36.133
Yeah, fully.

00:45:36.153 --> 00:45:42.433
Like the people with the conspiracy theory that I think it's in the Spider-verse that Gwen might be a trans character.

00:45:43.373 --> 00:45:44.673
I haven't heard that.

00:45:44.693 --> 00:45:50.293
Yeah, it's based on the painting colors in her scenes and stuff like that when she's in her own world.

00:45:50.613 --> 00:45:54.193
There's a lot of the trans flag colors in her scenes, stuff like that.

00:45:54.453 --> 00:45:59.213
The whole aspect of her dad not accepting her for who she is, that kind of thing.

00:45:59.233 --> 00:46:04.733
There's a lot of people that have really queer coded and trans coded to Gwen for reasons like that.

00:46:04.933 --> 00:46:05.453
Who knows?

00:46:05.493 --> 00:46:06.993
It could have been completely intentional.

00:46:07.093 --> 00:46:09.233
It could have been completely unintentional.

00:46:09.693 --> 00:46:10.253
But you know what?

00:46:10.273 --> 00:46:17.173
If it helps make someone feel more seen or more understood or less alone, who gives a shit if it's intentional or not?

00:46:17.793 --> 00:46:19.893
Exactly, yeah, 100%.

00:46:19.913 --> 00:46:26.693
So yeah, if this is a good representation of PTSD, fine, I take back any comments that this is kind of a dumb thing.

00:46:26.873 --> 00:46:27.853
They should have explained that.

00:46:29.513 --> 00:46:31.013
It's definitively unclear.

00:46:32.893 --> 00:46:34.873
If that was the intention, they should have explained it.

00:46:34.893 --> 00:46:37.633
And then, yeah, you can kind of just like go on from there.

00:46:37.873 --> 00:46:38.493
But anyway.

00:46:39.193 --> 00:46:44.953
So Deacon barrels into the garage and manages to find a fully intact motorcycle, which is wildly convenient.

00:46:45.573 --> 00:46:51.553
He grabs what he needs, and as he gets ready to leave, he hears Boozer yelling that they're being ambushed by Rippers.

00:46:52.553 --> 00:46:56.733
The Rippers are a cult that have formed in the area that worship the Freakers.

00:46:56.733 --> 00:46:59.073
A cult that worships the zombies.

00:46:59.093 --> 00:47:00.273
Of course there is.

00:47:00.293 --> 00:47:03.893
There's always a cult that worships the zombies in the end.

00:47:04.013 --> 00:47:05.173
Is there one in The Last of Us?

00:47:05.193 --> 00:47:06.373
Not in The Last of Us yet.

00:47:06.653 --> 00:47:06.973
Yet.

00:47:08.413 --> 00:47:09.593
You said give it a second.

00:47:09.713 --> 00:47:11.233
Yeah, we've had cults already.

00:47:11.253 --> 00:47:12.853
Now we just need one that worships the zombies.

00:47:13.153 --> 00:47:14.793
I'm really in a cult this season.

00:47:14.813 --> 00:47:15.033
Yep.

00:47:15.473 --> 00:47:16.913
You are in your cult mood.

00:47:18.393 --> 00:47:24.513
The rivers see the Freakers as the next natural evolution of man and that they should be revered for this.

00:47:24.693 --> 00:47:26.233
That wasn't like Dead Space, right?

00:47:26.253 --> 00:47:26.613
Yes.

00:47:27.713 --> 00:47:29.033
And the Callisto Protocol.

00:47:29.133 --> 00:47:33.153
Yeah, I think also in Dead Rising, there was an aspect of that as well.

00:47:33.173 --> 00:47:36.733
Well, I was just blaming Glensoe Field for it.

00:47:36.753 --> 00:47:37.433
Yeah, I know.

00:47:37.613 --> 00:47:42.393
Using kind of the same tropes in Dead Space and Callisto Protocol, which also brings Sam Witwer and Noah.

00:47:42.793 --> 00:47:45.173
But, you know, it's mildly different.

00:47:46.373 --> 00:47:53.733
Anyway, the Rippers hate humans that are outside of the cult because they kill freakers, because humans are like, hey, that's bad, and they're like, fuck you, they're gods.

00:47:54.313 --> 00:47:55.433
So there's tension there.

00:47:55.753 --> 00:48:00.773
They're also called Rippers as a lengthening of RIP or rest in peace.

00:48:00.793 --> 00:48:01.953
So it's like, we worship death.

00:48:02.373 --> 00:48:03.953
So they're not Vic from Cyberpunk.

00:48:04.033 --> 00:48:06.733
No, he's a mechanic, not a cultist.

00:48:07.653 --> 00:48:09.773
He's closer to being Deacon in this situation.

00:48:11.493 --> 00:48:16.093
Boozer just got jumped by a pack of Rippers while trying to steer the Freakers away from Deacon.

00:48:16.213 --> 00:48:19.713
Deacon hears him screaming and is like, oh, fuck.

00:48:19.993 --> 00:48:20.693
God damn it.

00:48:20.973 --> 00:48:28.533
So Deacon runs out of the garage to help Boozer, and he sees two Rippers that have Boozer pinned down on the ground, and one has a blow torch coming up to them.

00:48:28.633 --> 00:48:29.273
Jesus.

00:48:29.713 --> 00:48:39.973
This is the player's first look at the Rippers, and we see that they're mostly men that are shirtless and bald and have scars and cuts all over their body to resemble the Freakers as much as possible.

00:48:40.693 --> 00:48:46.093
They're hugely scarred everywhere, including their face, and usually have RIP carved into their foreheads.

00:48:46.093 --> 00:48:46.953
Holy shit.

00:48:46.973 --> 00:48:49.473
Just fucking feed these people to the fucking Freakers.

00:48:49.593 --> 00:48:52.993
You think they'd just be like, okay, I worship you, you can have me now.

00:48:53.133 --> 00:48:54.773
Yeah, just go ahead, join them.

00:48:54.873 --> 00:48:57.173
Yeah, I think that's what they do in Dead Space at one point.

00:48:57.193 --> 00:48:59.013
They're like, we fucking love the infected.

00:48:59.033 --> 00:49:00.093
I want to be a necromorph.

00:49:00.113 --> 00:49:01.533
Then he's like, I'm a necromorph now.

00:49:01.553 --> 00:49:03.613
And you're like, yeah, you are.

00:49:03.693 --> 00:49:05.253
Yeah, dive right in, buddy, go for it.

00:49:05.253 --> 00:49:06.313
Who's stopping you?

00:49:07.233 --> 00:49:13.133
The ripper with the blowtorch takes it to Boozer's arm and starts burning him through his shirt and yelling at him.

00:49:14.053 --> 00:49:18.693
The ripper says, these tats are a symbol of a dead man, dead symbols of the lost.

00:49:18.913 --> 00:49:22.333
He has obviously got biker tattoos all over him for the Mongrels MC.

00:49:23.233 --> 00:49:28.393
The rippers keep holding him down, and the blowtorch ripper says, you are lost and we are found.

00:49:29.013 --> 00:49:39.073
He brings the blowtorch back down on Boozer and holds it steady, burning into Boozer's flesh, letting it boil beneath him and cooking his biker gang tats completely off of him.

00:49:39.413 --> 00:49:43.133
Oh, there can't be anybody that still gives a shit about that alive.

00:49:43.173 --> 00:49:44.273
What the fuck?

00:49:45.813 --> 00:49:48.033
I can't believe anyone gives a shit about tattoos anymore.

00:49:48.053 --> 00:49:48.573
Right.

00:49:48.893 --> 00:49:50.033
Also, who says tats?

00:49:51.553 --> 00:49:53.053
That's me being ridiculous.

00:49:53.073 --> 00:50:01.253
But yeah, no, it's been two years since the fall of man, and they're like, how dare you rock motorcycle tattoos and Boozer's like, they closed down all the laser shops.

00:50:01.273 --> 00:50:02.113
What do you want from me?

00:50:02.573 --> 00:50:03.913
Oh my God.

00:50:03.933 --> 00:50:06.093
Laser Away has been dead for years.

00:50:07.753 --> 00:50:13.653
Boozer breathes through the pain, not giving these motherfuckers the satisfaction of him screaming through his torture.

00:50:13.673 --> 00:50:14.533
Hell yeah, Boozer.

00:50:14.793 --> 00:50:16.513
And Deacon's not going to let this shit slide.

00:50:17.033 --> 00:50:22.153
Deacon wrecks house destroying these assholes while Boozer lays on the ground holding what's left of his arm.

00:50:22.513 --> 00:50:24.613
Oh, I hope he's using a melee weapon through this.

00:50:24.713 --> 00:50:26.233
I want to use a melee weapon through this.

00:50:26.333 --> 00:50:28.593
Just to feel the haptics of beating the shit out of them?

00:50:28.613 --> 00:50:29.253
Yeah.

00:50:29.293 --> 00:50:30.013
Fuck yeah.

00:50:30.773 --> 00:50:32.073
You can do whatever you want.

00:50:33.473 --> 00:50:35.733
Deacon comes up to Boozer and he can't even hide it.

00:50:35.813 --> 00:50:39.573
This arm looks fucking awful, and Deacon is immediately scared for him.

00:50:39.713 --> 00:50:40.773
Oh, they clipped his wing.

00:50:42.613 --> 00:50:47.953
Deacon tells him not to look in his arm and to get up and to get on the bike, and they're just going to get out of here.

00:50:48.133 --> 00:50:50.173
Yeah, you don't want to see what this looks like, buddy.

00:50:50.473 --> 00:50:53.173
Boozer is in shock and he looks down at what's left of him.

00:50:53.853 --> 00:51:01.713
Then he gets on the bike, and as he does, a horde of freakers start running down towards them, attracted to all the screaming and the gunfire and everything.

00:51:01.733 --> 00:51:04.633
And the blood and the smoke and the fucking everything.

00:51:04.653 --> 00:51:05.213
Oh, my God.

00:51:05.713 --> 00:51:08.793
Deacon tears ass back to their compound, the two share.

00:51:09.213 --> 00:51:14.393
It's a watchtower that's surrounded by a chain-link fence and barbed wire where they sleep upstairs in the tower.

00:51:14.693 --> 00:51:15.873
You know, very fire watch.

00:51:16.893 --> 00:51:19.853
By the time they get home, Boozer is already starting to look pale.

00:51:20.233 --> 00:51:23.273
He's sweating, he's feeling sick as shit, but they made it.

00:51:24.253 --> 00:51:28.313
Deacon walks Boozer up to the tower and drops them off in a bunk and tells him he'll be right back.

00:51:28.433 --> 00:51:29.433
Henry, I'm home.

00:51:30.673 --> 00:51:33.533
He still has to go get his bike, you know, so he's like, all right, you stay here.

00:51:33.713 --> 00:51:35.313
No one's gonna steal my fucking Harley.

00:51:35.373 --> 00:51:35.713
Yeah.

00:51:36.173 --> 00:51:43.073
So Deacon's like, okay, cool, I'm gonna go figure out how to get some medical shit for Boozer, but I figure I can go grab some sterile supplies at Nero.

00:51:43.233 --> 00:51:43.793
That's great.

00:51:43.813 --> 00:51:45.073
There's checkpoints fucking all over.

00:51:45.873 --> 00:51:49.693
And he has to like figure this out right now because Boozer's been like, man, we're gonna ride up north.

00:51:49.713 --> 00:51:50.633
It'll be so great.

00:51:50.693 --> 00:51:53.253
And they really can if Boozer's all fucked up.

00:51:53.293 --> 00:51:54.873
So let's handle that first.

00:51:55.453 --> 00:51:57.973
Boozer's like, yeah, man, I'm gonna be here.

00:51:58.533 --> 00:52:00.773
Leaving my shotgun though, I'd feel naked without it.

00:52:01.613 --> 00:52:04.013
Deacon's like, yeah, this will be great.

00:52:04.333 --> 00:52:08.033
Sure, the recoil alone will blow your fucking arm off.

00:52:08.073 --> 00:52:10.233
You'll be down to stubs on both sides, buddy.

00:52:10.253 --> 00:52:11.153
What are we doing here?

00:52:12.093 --> 00:52:16.233
Deacon leaves on foot to go grab his bike, so you just have the one bike when you're riding around.

00:52:16.433 --> 00:52:19.813
And he spots a Marauder who is scoping out his and Boozer's hideout.

00:52:20.173 --> 00:52:22.533
And he's like, oh, absolutely the fuck not.

00:52:23.073 --> 00:52:29.433
He chases this guy down and kills him after overhearing him plan to kill Boozer and take the safe house loot for themselves.

00:52:29.533 --> 00:52:31.873
Was he planning this out loud to himself?

00:52:32.093 --> 00:52:32.553
Yeah.

00:52:33.253 --> 00:52:35.353
He's like looking, and then he like finds another guy.

00:52:35.373 --> 00:52:37.173
He's like, ah, let's go rob these guys.

00:52:37.333 --> 00:52:39.753
Deacon's like, I'm gonna fucking murder you.

00:52:39.793 --> 00:52:40.913
Absolutely not.

00:52:41.053 --> 00:52:49.193
Deacon takes out this Marauder group, and radios Boozer to let him know that, just like, you know, as a heads up, there's people trying to kill us, but I handled it.

00:52:49.313 --> 00:52:50.973
So just stay in bed, okay?

00:52:52.373 --> 00:52:56.513
Boozer just takes this as one more reason they need to get the fuck out of here and move up north.

00:52:57.313 --> 00:52:59.193
Deacon says, yes, absolutely.

00:52:59.713 --> 00:53:02.673
We need to get your arm better, and then we can go, okay?

00:53:02.753 --> 00:53:04.233
And Boozer's like, got it.

00:53:04.433 --> 00:53:05.913
Boozer's getting too old for this shit.

00:53:06.133 --> 00:53:07.073
Absolutely.

00:53:07.893 --> 00:53:11.793
Deacon makes it on foot to where they left his bike, and it's fucking gone.

00:53:12.313 --> 00:53:12.993
Oh no.

00:53:13.633 --> 00:53:17.173
He looks around, sees nothing, and then screams, fuck!

00:53:18.993 --> 00:53:19.653
I love that.

00:53:19.673 --> 00:53:20.993
Like, what a vibe.

00:53:21.913 --> 00:53:25.073
He then sees one guy that he actually recognizes nearby.

00:53:25.093 --> 00:53:29.473
This is a guy who belongs to a nearby camp, Copeland's camp.

00:53:30.253 --> 00:53:36.353
After seeing this raggedy ass biker come out of nowhere and scream, fuck, the Copeland camp guy starts running away.

00:53:36.373 --> 00:53:37.233
Yeah, right.

00:53:37.473 --> 00:53:40.053
And he's also yelling back like, hey, I didn't steal your bike.

00:53:40.513 --> 00:53:43.873
Deacon runs after him, promising, I'm not gonna fucking kill you.

00:53:44.513 --> 00:53:47.893
The guy keeps running and is like, you have to talk to Copeland.

00:53:48.133 --> 00:53:50.993
And Deacon says, fuck it, now I'm gonna kill you.

00:53:52.733 --> 00:53:58.193
Deacon doesn't actually kill this guy, but he does run after him, and he follows him all the way to Copeland's camp.

00:53:58.753 --> 00:54:05.093
This camp is huge, and it has people on patrol, it has fires and these big fences to keep everyone safe from everything.

00:54:05.113 --> 00:54:06.953
It's actually a really cool little society.

00:54:06.973 --> 00:54:09.813
This is our first camp of many in the game.

00:54:09.813 --> 00:54:12.233
The camps are small communities led by lunatics.

00:54:13.133 --> 00:54:13.713
Obviously.

00:54:14.833 --> 00:54:20.053
Copeland's, for example, has a welcome sign that says, Copeland's camp, martial law in effect.

00:54:20.293 --> 00:54:20.913
Oh god.

00:54:21.633 --> 00:54:24.113
Deacon approaches the gate, and the guard recognizes him.

00:54:24.433 --> 00:54:28.733
Deacon explains that someone stole his bike, so he's at the camp looking for it, and the guard lets him in.

00:54:29.673 --> 00:54:37.213
And we talked about camps briefly, but just for a kind of overall sense, camps are non-combative zones, and they all have little stations with resources.

00:54:37.633 --> 00:54:40.813
There's usually an ammo shop and a bike shop for parts and fuel.

00:54:41.113 --> 00:54:48.113
There are stations where Deacon can sell gathered plants or corpses of wildlife he's found in the wild, like for meat, for deers and shit.

00:54:48.693 --> 00:54:51.513
Or freaker ears that he can exchange for camp credits.

00:54:51.873 --> 00:54:52.253
Ears.

00:54:52.353 --> 00:55:01.093
So when you kill a freaker, you can collect their ear, and then you turn the ear in at camp to be like, I'm ridding the world of freakers, and they're like, absolutely, here's two dollars.

00:55:01.113 --> 00:55:02.053
Oh my gosh.

00:55:02.813 --> 00:55:06.193
Does it have to be a right ear specifically so you're not turning in both ears?

00:55:06.413 --> 00:55:07.193
No, I don't know.

00:55:09.293 --> 00:55:09.753
You know what?

00:55:09.773 --> 00:55:10.093
Yes.

00:55:10.273 --> 00:55:10.853
Yeah, sure.

00:55:10.873 --> 00:55:12.693
It can only be the right ear, Tom.

00:55:13.753 --> 00:55:21.413
Each camp has a different credit system, so it's good to diversify where you do your business so you have a nice, healthy amount of camp credits to spend anywhere you are.

00:55:22.133 --> 00:55:25.253
The more you shop and sell with each camp, the more items are unlocked.

00:55:25.833 --> 00:55:27.553
So credits transfer between camps?

00:55:27.573 --> 00:55:28.133
No, they don't.

00:55:28.353 --> 00:55:28.793
Oh, shit.

00:55:28.813 --> 00:55:30.033
That's why you have to diversify.

00:55:30.053 --> 00:55:30.573
Got it.

00:55:31.173 --> 00:55:35.013
Here, Deacon heads up to Manny, who runs the bike shop at Copeland's camp.

00:55:35.613 --> 00:55:37.153
Manny is like, Oh, shit, what's up?

00:55:37.173 --> 00:55:37.913
It's been a while.

00:55:38.093 --> 00:55:42.793
Deacon says, Yeah, yeah, I'm looking for a bike and walks over to a bike that's just been scraped up.

00:55:43.553 --> 00:55:45.193
Manny says, Well, you don't want that one.

00:55:45.213 --> 00:55:45.913
It just came in.

00:55:45.933 --> 00:55:46.653
It was rusted.

00:55:46.673 --> 00:55:47.453
It was all shitty.

00:55:47.653 --> 00:55:49.573
Whoever had it doesn't know shit about bikes.

00:55:49.853 --> 00:55:50.873
They were a fool.

00:55:51.113 --> 00:55:53.733
They just parsed it out for parts because it was such trash.

00:55:53.753 --> 00:55:55.573
Like, it didn't even have a fucking fuel pump.

00:55:55.813 --> 00:55:56.893
Tell me this is his bike.

00:55:56.973 --> 00:55:58.553
Deacon's like, Oh, a fuel pump.

00:56:00.193 --> 00:56:00.893
Like this one.

00:56:00.953 --> 00:56:04.693
And he whips out the fuel pump he just worked so fucking hard for all day.

00:56:05.633 --> 00:56:06.633
Manny isn't dumb.

00:56:06.913 --> 00:56:13.293
He catches up and he goes, Hey, when I said fool, I mean, the fools who brought it in didn't tie it up right.

00:56:13.393 --> 00:56:13.773
Right.

00:56:13.773 --> 00:56:15.053
That's why it's all banged up.

00:56:16.073 --> 00:56:23.513
He stumbles over his words until Copeland, the leader of the camp, swoops in to save Manny from talking himself into an ass whooping.

00:56:24.653 --> 00:56:28.873
Copeland is this white guy with huge, John Marsden ass scars across his face.

00:56:29.653 --> 00:56:33.413
He's a no-nonsense former prepper who ended up being right.

00:56:35.893 --> 00:56:37.193
God, I hate those types.

00:56:37.753 --> 00:56:38.973
But he was right, you know.

00:56:39.073 --> 00:56:43.353
I know the worst thing is that for a person like him to be right.

00:56:44.333 --> 00:56:53.613
In his spare time when he's not running a camp, he also runs a radio show called Radio Free Oregon where he talks about conspiracy theories.

00:56:53.733 --> 00:56:55.813
Of fucking course he does.

00:56:56.313 --> 00:57:05.433
He had that on ham radio back in the fucking day where he was just in his basement yelling into the fucking void about 5G or something.

00:57:05.453 --> 00:57:09.853
And then because he was proved right, everybody's like, well, I guess we should listen to this fucking lunatic.

00:57:09.853 --> 00:57:13.233
Yeah, he's a total nutcase, but he is thriving in this environment.

00:57:13.973 --> 00:57:15.473
He was right one time.

00:57:15.773 --> 00:57:17.893
It was the one really important time.

00:57:20.033 --> 00:57:24.193
Copeland pulls Deacon aside to talk, and they talk about how the camp got hit by rippers recently.

00:57:25.493 --> 00:57:30.593
Copeland says there are rumors that the ripper cult were looking for Deacon and Boozer specifically.

00:57:31.353 --> 00:57:33.753
Deacon's like, well, you know, people say a lot of things.

00:57:34.853 --> 00:57:41.413
Once they're alone, Copeland says he saw Leon the other day and that Leon had promised him a big stash of drugs.

00:57:41.473 --> 00:57:42.313
Fucking Leon.

00:57:42.673 --> 00:57:54.153
Deacon plays it cool and noncommittal, not coping to Copeland that he knows what happened to Leon and that those drugs were stolen from Tucker's camp, even though he does know where Leon was and he does know where they were stolen from.

00:57:54.433 --> 00:57:55.553
He knows who killed Leon.

00:57:56.073 --> 00:57:56.673
He does.

00:57:57.613 --> 00:58:02.393
Copeland blatantly is like, hey, bring me the fucking stash and I'll pay you out.

00:58:03.213 --> 00:58:06.513
Deacon pivots the conversation to his bike and that his voice chopped it up.

00:58:07.213 --> 00:58:08.593
Copeland says, you know what?

00:58:08.613 --> 00:58:09.653
Yeah, we salvaged it.

00:58:09.673 --> 00:58:14.233
And then he spots Leon's bounty hat hanging off of Deacon's hip.

00:58:14.693 --> 00:58:18.893
He snatches it off of Deacon and says, you know, Leon wore a hat like this, didn't he?

00:58:20.273 --> 00:58:24.793
There's a bit of a back and forth, and Copeland straightforwardly says, you want to work with my camp?

00:58:24.973 --> 00:58:26.113
Do some runs for me.

00:58:26.773 --> 00:58:29.313
Deacon is like, well, fucking shit, I'm already here.

00:58:29.333 --> 00:58:30.253
Fine, what do you want?

00:58:31.073 --> 00:58:38.053
Copeland asks Deacon to go take out a small group of drifters that have been harassing his people on their supply runs, and Deacon agrees to kill them all.

00:58:38.473 --> 00:58:39.113
Oh, God.

00:58:39.613 --> 00:58:45.393
On his way out of camp, Deacon heads back over to Manny, who is apologizing again for tearing apart Deacon's old bike.

00:58:45.893 --> 00:58:49.793
He offers Deacon a new bike that he just put together, and Deacon is annoyed.

00:58:50.533 --> 00:58:57.973
Manny promises to look out for parts and help Deacon out with bike upgrades, which is also a clever way to introduce the upgrading your bike system in the game.

00:58:57.993 --> 00:58:58.853
Yeah, that's pretty well done.

00:58:59.273 --> 00:59:06.473
Deacon also manages to angrily ask Manny if he can keep an eye out for the custom gas tank that was a gift from his dead ex-wife.

00:59:07.093 --> 00:59:08.173
His dead ex-wife?

00:59:08.193 --> 00:59:08.413
Yeah.

00:59:09.693 --> 00:59:13.333
Manny backs off apologizing, but at least now Deacon has a new starter bike.

00:59:14.693 --> 00:59:16.893
Before Deacon leaves, he goes to the bounty stand.

00:59:17.293 --> 00:59:22.453
At every camp, the bounty stand has someone who collects the Freaker Ears and adds camp credits to your account.

00:59:23.353 --> 00:59:26.893
At Copeland's camp, a girl named Jesse runs the bounty booth.

00:59:27.233 --> 00:59:32.893
And if you talk to her enough, she will allude to how she knows Deacon outside of Copeland's camp interactions.

00:59:32.913 --> 00:59:33.433
Oh, really?

00:59:33.733 --> 00:59:37.693
There is some fan theories that she rode with Booser and Deacon before she joined the camp.

00:59:38.213 --> 00:59:42.313
There is also some illusion that she wants to fuck the shit out of Deacon.

00:59:43.753 --> 00:59:48.353
I will admit she is flirty, and I texted my friend Amber and was like, yo, this bounty bitch wants to fuck him.

00:59:49.813 --> 00:59:51.253
And she was like, heading there now.

00:59:53.773 --> 00:59:54.393
It's cute.

00:59:54.413 --> 01:00:01.533
I just find it really charming that there are some NPCs that really allude to how small the community is, and you know what?

01:00:01.653 --> 01:00:02.893
Dick is in short supply.

01:00:03.253 --> 01:00:03.933
It's like meat.

01:00:04.993 --> 01:00:05.773
It's hard to find.

01:00:05.793 --> 01:00:07.153
It's hard to find some sausage out there.

01:00:07.153 --> 01:00:08.353
Yeah, so go off, bitch.

01:00:08.973 --> 01:00:11.433
Plus, you just established his ex-wife.

01:00:11.833 --> 01:00:12.933
Well, she's dead.

01:00:13.253 --> 01:00:14.273
Everyone's dead.

01:00:14.433 --> 01:00:14.753
Right.

01:00:14.773 --> 01:00:17.933
You know, it's kind of an ex if you're dead, because then you're just a widower.

01:00:17.953 --> 01:00:18.953
That's not your current wife.

01:00:18.973 --> 01:00:19.893
That's a late wife.

01:00:20.353 --> 01:00:20.953
Late wife.

01:00:21.013 --> 01:00:21.573
I'm sorry.

01:00:23.133 --> 01:00:23.713
My bad.

01:00:23.793 --> 01:00:24.773
Anyway, he's single.

01:00:27.133 --> 01:00:31.773
Deacon goes off to handle some rogue camps and eventually gets back to chasing down the drug stash.

01:00:32.393 --> 01:00:36.413
As he finds it, he sees a spotlight roam through the night from the sky.

01:00:36.933 --> 01:00:42.953
Deacon looks up and sees a Nero helicopter, which he hasn't seen since the evacuation days of early infection.

01:00:42.973 --> 01:00:44.573
I was gonna say a fucking helicopter?

01:00:44.953 --> 01:00:45.573
Jarring.

01:00:46.353 --> 01:00:50.193
Deacon freaks out and radios Boozer to tell him and says he's gonna go follow them.

01:00:50.553 --> 01:00:52.693
There shouldn't even be helicopters anymore.

01:00:52.713 --> 01:00:53.253
What the fuck?

01:00:53.273 --> 01:00:53.493
Right.

01:00:53.553 --> 01:00:54.913
Who can even fly one?

01:00:55.113 --> 01:00:56.553
Who can afford to fuel one?

01:00:57.413 --> 01:01:02.293
The last time Deacon even really interacted with a helicopter was when he loaded Sarah up on one.

01:01:02.693 --> 01:01:04.393
The last time he ever saw her.

01:01:04.813 --> 01:01:05.653
His late wife.

01:01:05.813 --> 01:01:08.793
It was probably the first time he'd ever interacted with a helicopter.

01:01:09.033 --> 01:01:12.073
How often do people actually interact with a fucking helicopter?

01:01:12.073 --> 01:01:12.853
Okay, valid.

01:01:14.073 --> 01:01:15.773
Especially in suburban Oregon.

01:01:15.873 --> 01:01:19.353
Yeah, I mean, I guess he probably did when he was like in the military.

01:01:19.373 --> 01:01:20.033
Now, I think about it.

01:01:20.053 --> 01:01:20.353
But yeah.

01:01:20.433 --> 01:01:21.293
Oh, yeah.

01:01:21.613 --> 01:01:22.133
True.

01:01:23.013 --> 01:01:28.233
The camp that the helicopter that Sarah was on got overrun by freakers, and that's what took her away forever.

01:01:28.553 --> 01:01:30.933
He's like, I'm not great with helicopters.

01:01:30.953 --> 01:01:32.073
They usually kill my wife.

01:01:33.993 --> 01:01:38.393
Deacon rides off and follows the helicopter's spotlight to a clearing where the chopper lands.

01:01:39.053 --> 01:01:47.633
A handful of fully strapped Nero soldiers come out, guns drawn, and guard a scientist who's in a full hazmat suit into a small cave.

01:01:48.433 --> 01:01:58.413
Deacon sneaky sneaks and listens in as a scientist takes note of a freaker horde's movements and hears that Nero agent O'Brien is alive and at another site.

01:01:58.913 --> 01:02:02.273
Deacon recognizes O'Brien as the guy he handed Sarah off to.

01:02:03.313 --> 01:02:10.313
Out loud to himself, Deacon is like, wait, if O'Brien didn't die when the freakers overran the camp they went to, then what happened to Sarah?

01:02:10.833 --> 01:02:11.533
Oh, shit.

01:02:11.793 --> 01:02:14.433
He corrects himself and is like, no, no, no, don't think about that.

01:02:14.773 --> 01:02:16.293
But he can't help it.

01:02:16.693 --> 01:02:20.493
If O'Brien is alive, maybe Sarah is too?

01:02:20.713 --> 01:02:23.993
They couldn't pick a last name that was a little less common?

01:02:25.513 --> 01:02:26.613
It's Oregon.

01:02:27.213 --> 01:02:29.313
It's common that there would be an O'Brien there.

01:02:29.333 --> 01:02:30.973
Go figure.

01:02:31.653 --> 01:02:32.253
I get you.

01:02:32.853 --> 01:02:37.333
Nero rounds up its people and takes off, leaving Deacon in the dark with questions.

01:02:38.053 --> 01:02:41.913
Deacon immediately radios Boozer and is like, okay, so O'Brien is alive.

01:02:42.373 --> 01:02:48.453
Boozer tries to be rational and is like, hey, buddy, remember when we went to the camp and it was completely wiped out?

01:02:48.973 --> 01:02:55.433
Deacon goes, yeah, but I just overheard the Nero guys talking about O'Brien, and it's 100% exactly the same person.

01:02:56.613 --> 01:03:01.433
Boozer immediately is like, hey, buddy, let's not go down that road.

01:03:01.553 --> 01:03:01.993
Right.

01:03:02.153 --> 01:03:03.433
Deacon's like, oh, no, no, no, I'm not.

01:03:03.793 --> 01:03:04.673
I totally get that.

01:03:04.693 --> 01:03:06.173
But just saying, like, what if?

01:03:06.853 --> 01:03:07.513
Hear me out.

01:03:08.093 --> 01:03:09.153
My dead wife isn't dead.

01:03:09.973 --> 01:03:13.053
Boozer goes, no, she's fucking dead.

01:03:13.253 --> 01:03:14.633
Yeah, we would have found her by now.

01:03:14.753 --> 01:03:21.213
Deacon gets sent on some missions from Copeland, mostly bounty hunter shit, and then makes some time to go see Tucker.

01:03:21.993 --> 01:03:26.433
Tucker's camp is in the Hot Springs and is in this nice wooded area with big fences.

01:03:26.713 --> 01:03:27.373
I like Tucker.

01:03:27.393 --> 01:03:27.953
He's smart.

01:03:29.313 --> 01:03:29.613
She.

01:03:30.393 --> 01:03:31.233
Oh, shit, my bad.

01:03:32.073 --> 01:03:32.813
Tucker's smart.

01:03:33.033 --> 01:03:36.273
I shouldn't have gendered that person because I'm just thinking Hot Springs.

01:03:36.373 --> 01:03:36.913
Great idea.

01:03:37.033 --> 01:03:40.513
You're like, well, if I'm going to be anywhere, I want to have a jacuzzi.

01:03:41.833 --> 01:03:44.413
Tucker's like, Absofuckinglutely, these dogs are barking.

01:03:45.473 --> 01:03:52.153
All the guards here are strapped, and there's a lot of farming areas on the campsite where camp members are working, like tilling fields, shit like that.

01:03:52.933 --> 01:03:58.113
Unlike Copeland's camp, where people are kind of just doing their own thing and vibing, this one is a bit more sparse.

01:03:58.893 --> 01:04:02.653
Tucker's camp is pretty full, and everyone seems to be on hard working hours.

01:04:03.493 --> 01:04:06.353
Deacon finds Tucker working at a problem with her second-in-command.

01:04:06.773 --> 01:04:12.813
Tucker is this older woman with white hair, and she's trying to figure out how to plant more plants and feed all the people at her camp.

01:04:13.513 --> 01:04:18.233
The ground is unfortunately really hard and shitty here, but the people are hungry, so it has to get done.

01:04:19.253 --> 01:04:20.693
She doesn't want to give up her hot tub.

01:04:23.213 --> 01:04:26.113
Tucker is basically like, we're all hungry, just make them work harder.

01:04:26.133 --> 01:04:27.453
It's not like they have anywhere else to be.

01:04:28.673 --> 01:04:35.053
Tucker sees Deacon and asks if he found Leon, and Deacon just silently hands Tucker Leon's bloodied hat.

01:04:35.173 --> 01:04:36.013
As he keeps doing.

01:04:36.173 --> 01:04:36.473
Yeah.

01:04:37.113 --> 01:04:38.873
Sorry, it's moved hands a couple times.

01:04:38.893 --> 01:04:39.153
Yeah.

01:04:39.653 --> 01:04:44.113
Tucker is unmoved by the gesture, but does appreciate that Deacon took action.

01:04:44.833 --> 01:04:50.213
Tucker and Deacon take a quick tour in a golf cart, and Tucker tells Deacon she lost two more people to fever.

01:04:51.133 --> 01:04:53.713
While this is a loss, she's still quite pessimistic.

01:04:54.193 --> 01:04:59.433
She tells Deacon that the camps only made up of criminals degenerates, murders, and you know what that is?

01:04:59.733 --> 01:05:02.333
Those are the only people nasty enough to survive.

01:05:02.693 --> 01:05:03.153
Damn.

01:05:03.193 --> 01:05:08.213
This is who's left, which is so fucked up and dark to think about.

01:05:08.313 --> 01:05:13.073
That's why in these post-apocalyptic scenarios, people are always the problem.

01:05:13.633 --> 01:05:16.473
Yeah, the soft ones get taken out first.

01:05:16.493 --> 01:05:18.793
Yeah, and the ones that are left are kind of assholes.

01:05:19.133 --> 01:05:21.333
Nice guys finish first in the apocalypse.

01:05:21.353 --> 01:05:22.513
Yeah, not at all.

01:05:23.153 --> 01:05:27.793
She screams at a man resting under a tree to get back to work while she glides by in her golf cart.

01:05:28.613 --> 01:05:31.593
She tells Deacon that running this camp is like running a prison.

01:05:32.173 --> 01:05:35.753
This leads up to Tucker asking Deacon to look into someone for her.

01:05:36.353 --> 01:05:42.473
She said one of her scouts saw a young woman alone and scared in a neighborhood, and she wants Deacon to go find her and bring her into camp.

01:05:43.213 --> 01:05:46.033
She doesn't want that girl out there in the wild alone and unprotected.

01:05:46.633 --> 01:05:50.213
And again, she's down a few bodies, and these crops aren't going to dust themselves.

01:05:50.233 --> 01:05:51.733
Right, she just needs more people.

01:05:52.453 --> 01:05:53.993
But also let's save this small girl.

01:05:55.133 --> 01:06:01.653
While we're here, Deacon can choose to return Tucker's drugs to her camp, or he can say, fuck it, we ball and bring them to Copeland.

01:06:02.413 --> 01:06:07.813
The decision really just drives where you have more currency, but it's kind of cool that you can adjust Deacon's loyalty between the camps.

01:06:07.873 --> 01:06:08.453
That is cool.

01:06:09.193 --> 01:06:13.213
On his way out, Deacon stops by Tucker's right hand man again and chats for a bit.

01:06:13.913 --> 01:06:21.913
This guy tells Deacon that one of his guys was taken down by a ripper camp who was asking about two bikers really trying to hunt these guys down.

01:06:22.713 --> 01:06:24.693
Deacon goes like, damn, that's crazy.

01:06:25.353 --> 01:06:26.533
What's that got to do with me, though?

01:06:26.613 --> 01:06:26.953
Right.

01:06:27.753 --> 01:06:28.133
Mr.

01:06:28.153 --> 01:06:31.773
Right Hand looks at Deacon and says, well, the ripper's called the Mongrels.

01:06:32.093 --> 01:06:37.973
And then the camera shows Deacon's biker cut, his leather vest that says he's a part of the Mongrels Motorcycle Club.

01:06:38.113 --> 01:06:38.833
Oh, shit.

01:06:39.113 --> 01:06:41.673
So I mean, yeah, Deacon, what the fuck?

01:06:41.693 --> 01:06:45.833
So the rippers are specifically hunting down two bikers from the Mongrels MC.

01:06:46.413 --> 01:06:47.273
Oopsie.

01:06:47.793 --> 01:06:50.393
So yeah, man, they're fucking looking for you.

01:06:50.573 --> 01:06:56.073
Now, Deacon's trying to be chill about it, but now it's clear that the cult is specifically looking for.

01:06:56.913 --> 01:07:01.933
Deacon fucks off to go clear his mind, and that means riding over to the camp he thought Sarah died at.

01:07:02.433 --> 01:07:07.953
For the last two years, the last he heard of Sarah was that she was at the specific camp that Nero evacuated her to.

01:07:08.433 --> 01:07:12.813
But when he and Boozer made it there, it was overrun and completely destroyed by Freakers.

01:07:13.693 --> 01:07:22.273
For the last two years, Deacon has been coming out here to this abandoned camp where he thought Sarah's final resting place was and talking to her.

01:07:22.833 --> 01:07:23.073
Oh.

01:07:23.593 --> 01:07:31.573
There's a big rock with Sarah's name carved into it that Deacon goes to, and he thinks about her and he tells her what's going on, and he just catches her up on his life.

01:07:32.653 --> 01:07:35.153
Sometimes he leaves her flowers or other small trinkets.

01:07:36.153 --> 01:07:38.053
Today he's like, hey, it's me again.

01:07:38.773 --> 01:07:39.173
Deacon.

01:07:40.073 --> 01:07:42.693
We have a flashback to the last time he saw her.

01:07:43.233 --> 01:07:50.093
We see Deacon and Sarah frantically escaping the city when Sarah runs into a small child and is adamant that they help the child.

01:07:50.773 --> 01:07:53.973
The child stabs the shit out of Sarah and then just runs off.

01:07:54.233 --> 01:07:54.873
Fucking kid.

01:07:55.393 --> 01:08:03.953
They meet up with Boozer and start navigating to safety, and then the exact goddamn same cutscene from the beginning of the game plays.

01:08:04.093 --> 01:08:06.193
And it's not even like a different angle or anything.

01:08:06.353 --> 01:08:09.373
It's just the same exact shit copy pasted.

01:08:09.433 --> 01:08:10.333
Wait, really?

01:08:10.673 --> 01:08:11.013
Yeah.

01:08:11.213 --> 01:08:12.393
Like it's the fucking room?

01:08:12.753 --> 01:08:13.073
Yeah.

01:08:13.653 --> 01:08:14.673
Holy shit.

01:08:14.793 --> 01:08:16.613
And they're like, let's get to the chopper.

01:08:16.853 --> 01:08:20.813
We see O'Brien, Sarah goes off, Deacon gives her his mongrel ring.

01:08:21.253 --> 01:08:21.813
We've seen it.

01:08:22.593 --> 01:08:23.413
Not that long ago.

01:08:23.693 --> 01:08:26.853
We could have just waited for this moment to do that scene.

01:08:26.853 --> 01:08:29.333
Yeah, we could have, yeah.

01:08:29.813 --> 01:08:33.873
And then Boozer and Deacon stay back, you know, literally the exact same scene.

01:08:34.353 --> 01:08:35.173
Holy shit.

01:08:35.193 --> 01:08:37.753
But just like a little bit earlier start.

01:08:37.953 --> 01:08:44.073
Yeah, there's just a slightly longer version of this, but the ending part is exactly the same, and it's the same angle, which is kind of wild.

01:08:44.093 --> 01:08:55.653
I feel like they were going for one of those moments of, like, using a shot from later in the fucking game to, like, open, you know, kind of a thing, but they don't really do that job of explaining that that's what they're doing.

01:08:55.673 --> 01:09:00.333
Like, for more context, we just see her get stabbed and see them, like, go through the building to get to the roof.

01:09:00.513 --> 01:09:02.473
Yeah, what the fuck?

01:09:03.933 --> 01:09:08.413
In the present, Deacon tells Sarah's memorial rock to rest easy and then he'll be back.

01:09:09.053 --> 01:09:15.553
He rides off and runs into another Nero helicopter and tails them until he can catch up and snoop on them to see what they're up to.

01:09:15.593 --> 01:09:17.333
There are so many helicopters.

01:09:17.393 --> 01:09:18.453
Out of fucking nowhere.

01:09:19.013 --> 01:09:22.253
He hasn't seen one in years and now they're fucking everywhere.

01:09:23.193 --> 01:09:27.693
As he approaches on his bike, the Nero agent shoots at him and knocks him off his bike.

01:09:27.773 --> 01:09:28.273
Oh shit.

01:09:28.333 --> 01:09:30.973
But he figures if they want to kill him, he'd be dead.

01:09:31.153 --> 01:09:33.273
So it was just a round of warning shots.

01:09:34.293 --> 01:09:34.693
No.

01:09:36.013 --> 01:09:37.753
Just a definitive no from you.

01:09:38.013 --> 01:09:40.733
Shooting from a helicopter is not fucking easy.

01:09:40.973 --> 01:09:41.613
Probably.

01:09:42.073 --> 01:09:43.393
They probably missed you.

01:09:44.233 --> 01:09:45.913
Deacon's like, that would have hit me.

01:09:45.933 --> 01:09:46.333
No.

01:09:47.113 --> 01:09:52.233
Just because they're military doesn't mean they're fucking perfect shots.

01:09:52.253 --> 01:09:53.593
Have you seen Stormtroopers?

01:09:53.793 --> 01:09:54.033
Yeah.

01:09:54.053 --> 01:09:55.653
O'Brien was just a grad student.

01:09:55.673 --> 01:09:57.613
These may not be the best of the best.

01:10:00.133 --> 01:10:05.173
All right, Deacon, you are so fucking like convinced of so many things.

01:10:08.673 --> 01:10:13.933
Deacon follows the helicopter as it lands, and some of the Nero guys start looking into an infected freaker.

01:10:14.513 --> 01:10:17.033
They look like they're doing experiments on one.

01:10:17.133 --> 01:10:24.173
They're still in their hazmat suits, and they're really cautious, but then their security details start shooting at the freakers, and they start to get overwhelmed.

01:10:24.193 --> 01:10:27.633
Like even more and more freakers show up, so they're like, God damn it, abandon ship.

01:10:27.633 --> 01:10:28.433
Of course they do.

01:10:29.073 --> 01:10:31.433
They get in the helicopter, and they fuck off out of here.

01:10:32.113 --> 01:10:36.913
This horde starts chasing the helicopter away, and Deacon's like, well, everyone's distracted.

01:10:36.933 --> 01:10:39.553
I'm going to go investigate this little spot they were looking into.

01:10:40.153 --> 01:10:44.473
And he finds a Nero radio, which is great.

01:10:44.593 --> 01:10:45.793
Yeah, you need that.

01:10:46.233 --> 01:10:52.393
Deacon catches Boozer up on what he saw, and that Nero were doing some kind of study on the freakers, and then he grabbed one of their radios.

01:10:52.853 --> 01:10:56.713
Boozer's like, Hey, man, you know, your dead wife is dead, right?

01:10:57.493 --> 01:11:02.373
Deacon's like, Oh, no, no, no, I totally know she's absolutely 110% dead, rotting in the ground.

01:11:02.433 --> 01:11:03.153
Totally get it.

01:11:04.633 --> 01:11:10.693
But O'Brien is alive, and he'll have answers, and he'll know she's like, for sure, for sure dead.

01:11:11.333 --> 01:11:14.973
Boozer's like, Okay, man, I'll ride with you, and if he's alive, we'll find him.

01:11:16.473 --> 01:11:19.053
But I need you to know that dead Sarah is dead.

01:11:19.213 --> 01:11:20.393
She's definitely dead.

01:11:20.813 --> 01:11:21.573
Definitively.

01:11:22.193 --> 01:11:24.013
I am saying this with certainty.

01:11:24.493 --> 01:11:29.393
Deacon ends his chat with Boozer and closes his eyes, remembering the day he met Sarah.

01:11:30.033 --> 01:11:30.913
The day he met her?

01:11:31.913 --> 01:11:36.733
Deacon was riding his bike through the woods in Oregon when he came up on a woman having some car problems.

01:11:37.533 --> 01:11:44.013
Blonde, flannel-clad Sarah has popped up the hood of her car and is fiddling around with things when he comes up on her.

01:11:44.793 --> 01:11:49.053
Instead of offering to help her, Deacon tells her he's lost and asks her for directions.

01:11:49.153 --> 01:11:49.693
What the fuck?

01:11:50.193 --> 01:11:53.873
She gets annoyed at this and her entire situation and is like, you know what?

01:11:53.893 --> 01:11:56.833
I don't know where the fuck I am, so I can't help you.

01:11:57.293 --> 01:11:58.513
Deacon says, okay.

01:11:58.713 --> 01:11:59.913
And then he rides off.

01:12:00.693 --> 01:12:02.033
This is a bad meet-cute.

01:12:02.733 --> 01:12:04.373
You don't think this is romantic?

01:12:05.573 --> 01:12:10.033
Sarah yells after him and he stops and offers her a ride and they introduce themselves.

01:12:10.593 --> 01:12:14.633
Sarah's never been on a bike before and asks how to even get on the fucking back.

01:12:15.593 --> 01:12:17.073
He's like, just throw your leg.

01:12:17.093 --> 01:12:18.433
I don't fucking know if this is easy.

01:12:18.933 --> 01:12:20.193
He tells her to hold on tight.

01:12:20.673 --> 01:12:26.913
They chat for a bit and Deacon's like, so, what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?

01:12:27.153 --> 01:12:28.373
Jesus fucking Christ.

01:12:28.393 --> 01:12:29.393
It's not a club, dude.

01:12:29.633 --> 01:12:32.873
Sarah says, you know, I ask myself that all the time.

01:12:32.993 --> 01:12:34.033
You've never been here.

01:12:34.053 --> 01:12:34.993
You just said that.

01:12:38.313 --> 01:12:39.553
Do you want to write this game?

01:12:39.593 --> 01:12:42.413
I feel like you're poking the right holes.

01:12:42.413 --> 01:12:44.733
I think anybody else could have, honestly.

01:12:46.873 --> 01:12:49.893
Sarah does explain she's out here because she studies plants.

01:12:51.413 --> 01:12:52.353
OK, sure.

01:12:52.373 --> 01:12:58.633
A few rednecks try to run them off the road, and while Deacon evades it, Sarah is completely freaked out by this.

01:12:58.793 --> 01:13:01.493
This is pre end of the world?

01:13:01.513 --> 01:13:01.833
Yes.

01:13:02.773 --> 01:13:04.373
It's just fucking assholes.

01:13:06.513 --> 01:13:11.813
She's got a lot of tattoos, and she is working in a male dominated field, but she's still a little soft, you know.

01:13:12.733 --> 01:13:16.813
She gets off the bike to catch her breath and gets enough cell reception to call for a tow truck.

01:13:17.553 --> 01:13:22.093
Deacon gets her back on the bike to take her back to the car while they wait for the tow, and they chat a bit more.

01:13:22.753 --> 01:13:25.413
Sarah is like, hey, you weren't really lost, were you?

01:13:26.153 --> 01:13:29.133
Deacon says, well, my ex would say I've been lost for years.

01:13:29.193 --> 01:13:29.973
Oh, my God.

01:13:31.473 --> 01:13:32.253
You hate him.

01:13:35.233 --> 01:13:39.293
Sarah says she's from Seattle and that the group she works for opened a lab out here.

01:13:39.753 --> 01:13:43.253
She studies really rare plants that happen to be native to this area.

01:13:43.273 --> 01:13:47.073
And Deacon says, wow, that's the best thing I've ever heard.

01:13:49.093 --> 01:13:51.753
Deacon, open your fucking ears then.

01:13:52.813 --> 01:13:57.613
When they come up on Sarah's car, the rednecks that tried to run them off the road are ransacking her car.

01:13:57.633 --> 01:13:58.393
Jesus Christ.

01:13:58.413 --> 01:14:00.133
There's three of them and one of Deacon.

01:14:00.213 --> 01:14:05.013
So while he holds his own for a minute, he starts getting his ass beat in by these rednecks.

01:14:05.593 --> 01:14:07.593
Is this all just a cut scene or do you actually have to fight these guys?

01:14:07.793 --> 01:14:10.153
Part of it's a cut scene, but you do get to get in the fight with them.

01:14:11.153 --> 01:14:17.133
Sarah hides on his bike and tries to get cell reception while they hold Deacon up and start punching him right in the ribs.

01:14:17.813 --> 01:14:22.493
Sarah goes through Deacon's side bag and finds a gun which she pulls on the rednecks.

01:14:22.973 --> 01:14:26.853
She shoots in the air and they let go of Deacon, get spooked and fuck off.

01:14:27.013 --> 01:14:27.353
Good.

01:14:27.753 --> 01:14:32.113
Once they're alone, Sarah starts apologizing while Deacon's head gushes with blood.

01:14:32.293 --> 01:14:33.413
Oh my God.

01:14:33.793 --> 01:14:34.653
He says, it's okay.

01:14:34.673 --> 01:14:35.213
It's okay.

01:14:35.573 --> 01:14:38.233
She freaks out that she's like, oh my God, I could have killed someone.

01:14:38.253 --> 01:14:38.893
Oh my God.

01:14:39.053 --> 01:14:40.113
And he says, it's fine.

01:14:40.673 --> 01:14:43.753
You'd have to aim at literally anything to actually kill anyone.

01:14:43.773 --> 01:14:44.093
Right.

01:14:44.373 --> 01:14:45.733
He tells her it's okay.

01:14:45.753 --> 01:14:46.453
She did good.

01:14:46.473 --> 01:14:47.633
She did the right thing.

01:14:47.873 --> 01:14:52.053
While she just like profusely apologizes for going through his shit and touching a gun.

01:14:52.913 --> 01:14:56.653
He promises to wait with her until the tow truck comes and they share a moment.

01:14:57.873 --> 01:15:00.033
In the present, sad Deacon is sad.

01:15:00.513 --> 01:15:05.073
To make him less sad, he goes on a mission to save a hoe, and he finds that girl Tucker was looking for.

01:15:05.393 --> 01:15:05.773
Okay.

01:15:06.373 --> 01:15:11.093
Deacon finds like a late teens, early twenties something girl hiding out in a house.

01:15:11.733 --> 01:15:16.353
Her name is Lisa, and the trauma of the end of the world has left her mentally stunted.

01:15:17.133 --> 01:15:20.813
She's hugging her knees and sitting on the floor and is dirty and hungry.

01:15:21.633 --> 01:15:24.353
Deacon asks if she's alone and she just starts crying.

01:15:25.373 --> 01:15:29.053
Deacon reads her name on a trophy that's in the room and she says, Hey, that's mine.

01:15:29.413 --> 01:15:31.533
I should have gotten first, but Missy cheated.

01:15:32.253 --> 01:15:33.993
She's like really mentally fucked up.

01:15:34.013 --> 01:15:34.873
Oh shit.

01:15:34.893 --> 01:15:37.433
So she's just like stuck in a child state.

01:15:37.533 --> 01:15:38.113
Yeah.

01:15:38.433 --> 01:15:39.313
Feral child.

01:15:39.673 --> 01:15:43.333
Lisa says her family told her to wait here and that they'll come back for her.

01:15:43.593 --> 01:15:44.253
Oh shit.

01:15:44.273 --> 01:15:46.493
But it's been two years since the world fell apart.

01:15:46.733 --> 01:15:47.713
They're not coming back.

01:15:49.053 --> 01:15:51.593
She's Ellie and Deacon sure shit isn't Joel.

01:15:52.613 --> 01:15:57.053
But nevertheless, he steps up to get her the fuck away from the infected and to a safe camp.

01:15:57.933 --> 01:16:00.873
They evade freakers and at one point, they fight a fucking bear.

01:16:01.173 --> 01:16:01.873
Holy shit.

01:16:01.913 --> 01:16:05.353
And Lisa gives Deacon zero banter while they go on an adventure.

01:16:05.753 --> 01:16:06.953
A bear is a mammal.

01:16:06.973 --> 01:16:08.013
Was this a zombie bear?

01:16:08.013 --> 01:16:09.513
This one's a regular ass bear.

01:16:09.533 --> 01:16:09.913
Okay.

01:16:10.493 --> 01:16:14.453
On the ride back, Deacon will ask Lisa some questions and she just says nothing.

01:16:14.473 --> 01:16:17.833
And then we'll say crazy shit like, you know, my dad was a rock collector.

01:16:17.993 --> 01:16:18.893
I love rocks.

01:16:20.313 --> 01:16:22.613
We used to find really cool rocks all over here.

01:16:22.933 --> 01:16:24.173
Do you think my dad's at the camp?

01:16:24.333 --> 01:16:25.433
Should I bring him a rock?

01:16:26.013 --> 01:16:26.893
This poor girl.

01:16:26.913 --> 01:16:28.053
Oh, this is tragic.

01:16:28.353 --> 01:16:30.673
Deacon's like, no.

01:16:33.713 --> 01:16:39.073
Again, just like dry as fuck banter, not Joel, not Ellie, barely Owen and Mel.

01:16:41.453 --> 01:16:46.993
Deacon rolls up to Tucker's camp with Lisa, and Lisa immediately runs into Tucker's arms.

01:16:47.473 --> 01:16:48.333
She calls her Mrs.

01:16:48.353 --> 01:16:53.433
Tucker, and Tucker holds Lisa in a big hug and tells her that she's safe now.

01:16:53.733 --> 01:16:54.473
Oh, that's sweet.

01:16:54.933 --> 01:17:00.413
Lisa frantically tells her that her mom and dad were gone and people were sick, but Tucker hushes her.

01:17:00.933 --> 01:17:03.173
Tucker says, Lisa, we were neighbors, weren't we?

01:17:03.353 --> 01:17:05.173
I lived just down the street, right?

01:17:05.473 --> 01:17:06.353
You remember me?

01:17:07.493 --> 01:17:11.333
And now these neighbors are reunited in the afterworld.

01:17:11.733 --> 01:17:12.873
Ugh, it's so wild.

01:17:12.873 --> 01:17:15.353
It's great, but then she's also like, now get to fucking work.

01:17:16.413 --> 01:17:17.213
You're jumping ahead.

01:17:17.313 --> 01:17:17.713
Oh, no.

01:17:19.333 --> 01:17:21.173
Tucker calls this a goddamn miracle.

01:17:21.193 --> 01:17:24.153
She's like, I'm gonna get you food, I'm gonna get you a tent, I'm gonna get you a place to sleep.

01:17:24.413 --> 01:17:25.933
You are safe, baby girl.

01:17:26.173 --> 01:17:27.133
Baby girl.

01:17:28.913 --> 01:17:32.613
That's a little hyperbole, but Deacon's like, I saved a baby girl.

01:17:33.553 --> 01:17:34.673
I am the Joel.

01:17:35.893 --> 01:17:44.673
Deacon goes back into the wilderness, and then, while on a solo ride, his Nero radio goes off, and it's someone speaking directly to O'Brien.

01:17:45.293 --> 01:17:46.193
He must be close.

01:17:46.233 --> 01:17:47.153
Fucking O'Brien.

01:17:47.373 --> 01:17:53.373
Nearby, a Nero helicopter has landed, and a bunch of Nero guys in hazmat suits are looking around.

01:17:53.993 --> 01:17:57.973
Deacon goes sneaky sneaks to get closer and sees if he can figure out which one is O'Brien.

01:17:58.573 --> 01:18:05.933
He finds one Nero baby boy who's complaining about not being a doctor and is like studying bugs or some shit, and he jumps him.

01:18:06.093 --> 01:18:08.453
But it's a good thing he jumped him, because that's O'Brien.

01:18:08.793 --> 01:18:09.353
Oh, hell yeah.

01:18:10.033 --> 01:18:14.073
Deacon unplugs O'Brien's radio and points a gun at his face.

01:18:14.553 --> 01:18:24.193
O'Brien, who again was like basically an intern, who was not supposed to even be there the night of Nero, puts his hands up.

01:18:24.713 --> 01:18:26.853
Deacon's like, hey man, I just want to talk.

01:18:26.873 --> 01:18:28.673
But he's still like pointing a gun at his face.

01:18:29.913 --> 01:18:39.073
O'Brien is terrified reasonably and is spilling over his words, and Deacon shoves the gun closer to his face and is like, hey man, relax.

01:18:39.353 --> 01:18:40.013
Everything's fine.

01:18:41.213 --> 01:18:41.973
Ignore the gun.

01:18:42.133 --> 01:18:43.253
Right, stop pissing yourself.

01:18:43.273 --> 01:18:43.893
What's wrong with you?

01:18:43.913 --> 01:18:45.233
Right, this is your problem.

01:18:45.973 --> 01:18:47.373
I'm just trying to threaten you.

01:18:47.953 --> 01:18:51.073
With no context, Deacon says, you're alive.

01:18:51.573 --> 01:18:52.833
O'Brien confirms this.

01:18:53.433 --> 01:18:54.173
I'm alive.

01:18:54.853 --> 01:18:56.893
Deacon says, how are you alive?

01:18:57.373 --> 01:18:59.893
O'Brien says, he doesn't understand that question.

01:19:00.513 --> 01:19:02.773
Like, what's the fucking context here, guy?

01:19:02.793 --> 01:19:05.253
Yeah, like, who are you and why are you so amazed?

01:19:06.493 --> 01:19:11.073
Deacon finally blesses O'Brien with some context and is like, hey, dipshit.

01:19:11.493 --> 01:19:16.653
The night the world ended, you were in farewell and you took off and the camp you went to is overrun.

01:19:16.913 --> 01:19:18.753
I put a wounded woman on your chopper.

01:19:19.313 --> 01:19:22.913
O'Brien goes, oh shit, yeah, no, I do remember.

01:19:22.933 --> 01:19:23.933
She was hurt really bad.

01:19:24.173 --> 01:19:25.033
Wait, is that you?

01:19:25.273 --> 01:19:27.253
Last time I saw you, you pointed a gun at me too.

01:19:30.473 --> 01:19:36.693
Because now, all two times Deacon has approached O'Brien, it's been with a gun pointed to his fucking face.

01:19:37.593 --> 01:19:39.113
Great first impression, buddy.

01:19:39.133 --> 01:19:39.493
Right.

01:19:39.993 --> 01:19:44.853
O'Brien tells Deacon they were diverted to another camp because, again, the previous one was overrun.

01:19:45.433 --> 01:19:47.753
They never made it to the camp they were supposed to.

01:19:47.953 --> 01:19:49.753
Oh shit, so he had bad information.

01:19:49.773 --> 01:19:53.473
Yeah, that's the camp Deacon's been going to worship Sarah and shit.

01:19:53.473 --> 01:19:53.913
Right.

01:19:54.053 --> 01:19:55.233
Wrong place entirely.

01:19:55.933 --> 01:19:59.953
They landed, and O'Brien got diverted into another research facility from there.

01:20:00.453 --> 01:20:01.953
He doesn't know if Sarah survived.

01:20:01.973 --> 01:20:05.613
He dropped her off, but he promises Deacon that he can check and find out.

01:20:06.413 --> 01:20:10.213
O'Brien clocks Deacon's neuro radio and is like, oh, that's how you found us.

01:20:10.533 --> 01:20:11.333
Yeah, that makes sense.

01:20:12.353 --> 01:20:13.793
But yeah, man, I can look into it.

01:20:14.053 --> 01:20:17.613
I know I gave her oxygen and got her an IV, and I kept her alive.

01:20:18.053 --> 01:20:19.273
I didn't see her die.

01:20:19.333 --> 01:20:20.873
Like, I actually saved her life.

01:20:22.173 --> 01:20:29.653
Deacon tells O'Brien to reach out to him when he finds out what happened, and O'Brien reminds Deacon that he's not the only one who lost someone that night.

01:20:30.173 --> 01:20:30.713
Oh, shit.

01:20:31.593 --> 01:20:35.933
Deacon goes back to Tucker's camp to check in on little Lisa, who is tilling the fields.

01:20:36.933 --> 01:20:37.473
There it is.

01:20:38.213 --> 01:20:44.013
There are supervisors with giant guns watching Lisa and other campers work on the field.

01:20:44.033 --> 01:20:45.053
Jesus Christ.

01:20:45.213 --> 01:20:46.153
That's the job to have.

01:20:46.933 --> 01:20:48.453
Being the gun supervisor?

01:20:49.013 --> 01:20:49.793
Absolutely.

01:20:50.353 --> 01:20:55.213
Deacon asks how she's doing, and she nervously looks around and says, They won't let me leave.

01:20:56.393 --> 01:20:58.273
Deacon's like, Hey, but you know, it's safe here.

01:20:58.293 --> 01:20:59.233
Why would you want to leave?

01:20:59.733 --> 01:21:01.973
That shit outside sucks.

01:21:01.993 --> 01:21:03.373
There's zombies and shit out there.

01:21:03.393 --> 01:21:05.033
Like, bears tried to kill us, girl.

01:21:05.053 --> 01:21:05.533
What are you doing?

01:21:06.393 --> 01:21:10.273
Lisa blinks at him and is like, Well, I have to keep working.

01:21:10.553 --> 01:21:12.713
You know, they want us to keep working.

01:21:13.013 --> 01:21:15.073
Deacon clocks this and is like, Uh-huh.

01:21:16.373 --> 01:21:17.773
You're an indentured servant.

01:21:17.793 --> 01:21:19.073
Yes, seriously.

01:21:19.093 --> 01:21:22.553
And he's just gonna leave this girl in fucking slavery too, isn't he?

01:21:22.553 --> 01:21:24.073
What's he gonna do?

01:21:24.933 --> 01:21:26.033
They won't let her leave.

01:21:26.053 --> 01:21:27.553
That's fucking horrible.

01:21:27.573 --> 01:21:28.693
But all right.

01:21:29.213 --> 01:21:34.013
Now Deacon wants to cheer up Lisa, you know, as penance for accidentally selling her into slavery.

01:21:34.273 --> 01:21:37.233
Yeah, was she better off living in that house by herself?

01:21:37.313 --> 01:21:38.993
I mean, she was doing okay.

01:21:40.413 --> 01:21:44.133
So he's like, well, I know she liked rocks, like her and her dad collected rocks.

01:21:44.153 --> 01:21:47.353
Why don't I go out to like the mountains and find like a nice geode for her?

01:21:48.573 --> 01:21:50.193
Yeah, a geode, really?

01:21:50.213 --> 01:21:52.233
Bitches love crystals, Tom.

01:21:52.393 --> 01:21:55.293
I know, but in this world, he's gonna find geodes.

01:21:55.313 --> 01:21:56.193
Go for it, dude.

01:21:56.213 --> 01:21:58.593
Do you know how many fucking crystals there are in this world?

01:21:58.613 --> 01:22:02.053
This is 2017, 19, like Frozen in Time 17.

01:22:02.693 --> 01:22:04.613
These bitches have crystals, Tom.

01:22:07.573 --> 01:22:09.953
So he goes out, he finds a nice geode.

01:22:10.053 --> 01:22:10.953
Of course he does.

01:22:11.153 --> 01:22:11.953
It wasn't that hard.

01:22:12.973 --> 01:22:16.073
When he brings it to her, she says, Oh my God, it's beautiful.

01:22:16.933 --> 01:22:18.913
Hey, can you take me back to the wilderness?

01:22:21.253 --> 01:22:22.993
I want to be back in the wild.

01:22:23.193 --> 01:22:24.413
This really sucks.

01:22:24.573 --> 01:22:27.053
I escaped the first time for a fucking reason.

01:22:27.073 --> 01:22:27.413
Yeah.

01:22:28.113 --> 01:22:30.993
Deacon tells Lisa, No, it's not safe out there.

01:22:31.433 --> 01:22:33.173
And then she storms off with her geode.

01:22:33.993 --> 01:22:38.273
She tells Deacon she has to go to sleep because they make her wake up really early for work.

01:22:39.813 --> 01:22:42.413
Deacon is like, Man, I really got this bitch enslaved.

01:22:43.593 --> 01:22:44.113
Oh, no.

01:22:44.133 --> 01:22:44.853
Really did.

01:22:44.873 --> 01:22:45.793
Whoopsies.

01:22:46.933 --> 01:22:50.693
Deacon heads back to his base to check on Booser, who is looking really rough.

01:22:51.053 --> 01:22:55.993
He's starting to get stir crazy, and he's sweaty, and his arm is in a really bad place.

01:22:56.773 --> 01:22:58.513
It's basically beginning to rot off.

01:22:59.533 --> 01:23:06.333
Booser has a fever, and is in a lot of physical pain all over, and Deacon is like, oh, shit, you need, like, legit medical attention.

01:23:06.393 --> 01:23:07.853
Yeah, you've got fucking gangrene.

01:23:07.933 --> 01:23:08.373
Yeah.

01:23:08.913 --> 01:23:10.633
Booser goes, I just need a nap.

01:23:13.273 --> 01:23:14.053
And I can relate.

01:23:14.073 --> 01:23:16.333
I'm such a, like, no, I'll sleep it off, ass bitch.

01:23:16.973 --> 01:23:20.093
Unless you're hungover, in which case you say, take me to the fucking hospital.

01:23:20.113 --> 01:23:22.633
Why won't you take me to the hospital when I'm hungover?

01:23:22.653 --> 01:23:27.793
Tom's bringing this up for, I think maybe starting at, like, maybe 22 through, like, 24.

01:23:28.313 --> 01:23:30.053
Which is a small period of time, relatively.

01:23:30.073 --> 01:23:30.393
Right.

01:23:30.433 --> 01:23:34.533
When I'd get viciously hungover, I'd be like, I need you to take me to the hospital.

01:23:34.673 --> 01:23:37.573
And every time Tom said, absolutely fucking not.

01:23:37.593 --> 01:23:38.853
I was on my parents' insurance.

01:23:38.873 --> 01:23:39.773
Who gives a shit?

01:23:40.233 --> 01:23:41.653
Let them figure it out.

01:23:41.673 --> 01:23:42.493
But did you die?

01:23:43.473 --> 01:23:44.013
Maybe.

01:23:46.833 --> 01:23:52.333
Being viciously hungover is truly a circle of hell in and of itself.

01:23:52.353 --> 01:23:57.633
And there were times where I was like, if I just collapsed right now, I wouldn't even be mad.

01:23:57.653 --> 01:23:58.853
I just give up.

01:23:58.873 --> 01:23:59.673
I just give up.

01:24:00.513 --> 01:24:02.033
You should have taken me to the hospital.

01:24:02.153 --> 01:24:05.093
But now we have places where you can just get an IV the next morning.

01:24:05.113 --> 01:24:05.633
That's true.

01:24:06.013 --> 01:24:07.033
Which is fucking great.

01:24:07.133 --> 01:24:12.393
Anyway, this is more akin to when you should have taken me to the hospital for a hangover.

01:24:13.053 --> 01:24:13.393
Right.

01:24:13.413 --> 01:24:17.853
He's going to sleep off the fucking burn through his arm with a blow torch.

01:24:17.873 --> 01:24:18.473
Yeah, right.

01:24:19.093 --> 01:24:22.533
Deacon goes, look, this is not something you can sleep off.

01:24:23.773 --> 01:24:28.033
He gets stressed out and then Deacon slips into a memory of him and Sarah.

01:24:29.093 --> 01:24:36.733
Years ago, they're out in the wilderness and Sarah is teaching Deacon how to pull plants from the ground for extraction and how to use them for their botanical properties.

01:24:37.453 --> 01:24:39.413
Deacon tells her he's pulled weeds before.

01:24:40.293 --> 01:24:45.053
She explains that they can use a modified lavender's linalal properties to treat burn victims.

01:24:45.273 --> 01:24:52.213
So that's why we're also extracting lavender plants very carefully to make sure that we preserve the linalal properties and can use them medicinally.

01:24:52.793 --> 01:24:56.853
Deacon says where he's from, the only weed used for medicine is the kind you smoke.

01:24:57.153 --> 01:24:59.673
Yeah, also contains linalal, dumbass.

01:25:01.793 --> 01:25:03.493
He doesn't understand terpenes.

01:25:03.513 --> 01:25:04.313
He's a biker.

01:25:05.273 --> 01:25:07.213
And he's like kind of a dumb biker.

01:25:07.233 --> 01:25:13.953
You know, there are bikers out here that are incredible mechanical engineers who understand how to make these things run and are really smart minded.

01:25:14.213 --> 01:25:15.253
Deacon's not that.

01:25:15.453 --> 01:25:17.213
His role in the club was enforcer.

01:25:17.253 --> 01:25:18.273
He's a punchy boy.

01:25:18.633 --> 01:25:23.553
The reason we'd worked for you as a pain reliever was because it had linalool.

01:25:26.593 --> 01:25:28.193
Hey, you're kind of high up on that horse.

01:25:28.213 --> 01:25:29.253
Can you come down here?

01:25:29.273 --> 01:25:30.073
OK, I'm sorry.

01:25:31.133 --> 01:25:38.033
Sarah leads Deacon around the edge of a lake where Deacon's camera is positioned carefully to focus on Sarah's ass the whole time.

01:25:39.053 --> 01:25:39.653
Oh, no.

01:25:40.193 --> 01:25:42.833
Well, game's fucking awful.

01:25:43.433 --> 01:25:45.373
This guy looked at a butt.

01:25:45.473 --> 01:25:47.333
I'm too woke to look at Sarah's ass.

01:25:47.553 --> 01:25:48.553
I hate this game.

01:25:48.793 --> 01:25:49.893
Four out of ten.

01:25:49.913 --> 01:25:54.493
He thinks this is the moment the whole game fell apart for fucking reviewers.

01:25:54.553 --> 01:25:55.733
Also not a great ass.

01:25:57.393 --> 01:25:59.473
I'll take this beat also to talk about Sarah.

01:25:59.493 --> 01:26:01.193
She's portrayed by Courtney Draper.

01:26:02.053 --> 01:26:02.953
And we know her.

01:26:02.993 --> 01:26:03.713
Yes, we do.

01:26:03.733 --> 01:26:06.853
If you want to get a shot glass, that is goddamn Elizabeth.

01:26:07.373 --> 01:26:09.813
Girl changed fucking everything.

01:26:09.833 --> 01:26:10.593
Changed porn.

01:26:10.733 --> 01:26:11.473
In gaming.

01:26:12.673 --> 01:26:14.893
You were so distraught to find out she changed porn.

01:26:14.933 --> 01:26:19.653
I am distraught to find out that the landscape of porn was affected by Bioshock Infinite.

01:26:19.673 --> 01:26:22.353
That's a fucking crazy one in the Bioshock Infinite episode.

01:26:23.093 --> 01:26:26.453
Courtney Draper is one of the funniest bitches on earth.

01:26:27.833 --> 01:26:33.013
So she obviously got this job from a lot of her incredible work from Bioshock Infinite.

01:26:33.393 --> 01:26:41.153
And on set, because Sam Witwer is a Bioshock fan, if he would fuck up a take, she would just start yelling book or catch and throw shit at him.

01:26:41.173 --> 01:26:42.333
Oh my God, I love that.

01:26:42.333 --> 01:26:43.413
Could you imagine?

01:26:43.493 --> 01:26:47.773
He'd be like, oh, let me take that again, and she'd just go, book or catch.

01:26:49.293 --> 01:26:49.993
What a bitch.

01:26:50.053 --> 01:26:50.693
I love it.

01:26:50.713 --> 01:26:51.813
He's like, she's a little shit.

01:26:51.833 --> 01:26:52.433
I love her.

01:26:53.253 --> 01:26:56.113
They saw a lot of people for the role of Sarah.

01:26:56.153 --> 01:26:56.573
Really?

01:26:56.753 --> 01:27:01.793
And Sam Witwer specifically went up to John Garvin after his chemistry read and was like, that's her.

01:27:02.533 --> 01:27:04.373
Not just because I'm a fan of Bioshock Infinite.

01:27:04.493 --> 01:27:05.633
Which like, who isn't a fan?

01:27:06.133 --> 01:27:06.653
Seriously.

01:27:06.673 --> 01:27:09.053
But also he didn't clock that she was Elizabeth.

01:27:09.253 --> 01:27:09.813
Oh, really?

01:27:09.853 --> 01:27:15.433
He didn't realize that until after she had been hired and they started like really getting into rehearsals and working out the characters and stuff.

01:27:15.793 --> 01:27:20.873
In their fucking interview, like chemistry read, he was just like, that's fucking Sarah.

01:27:20.893 --> 01:27:30.233
She's nailing this soft and hard personality in All in One, where she's like kind of a bad bitch, but she's still just a girly girl, you know, who loves plants and shit.

01:27:30.373 --> 01:27:31.353
Hell yeah.

01:27:31.373 --> 01:27:33.993
Because she didn't have a lot of credits before she booked Elizabeth.

01:27:34.393 --> 01:27:34.873
No.

01:27:34.933 --> 01:27:40.253
So it's like the baddest bitch in Bioshock Infinite and the baddest bitch in one of the few women in Days Gone.

01:27:40.253 --> 01:27:41.593
Okay, well, good for her.

01:27:41.713 --> 01:27:42.953
Oh, that's so good for her.

01:27:43.573 --> 01:27:45.373
I don't think she's ever passed the Bechdel test.

01:27:46.993 --> 01:27:50.033
But she's one of the best fucking performers in video games.

01:27:50.293 --> 01:27:50.773
Shit yeah.

01:27:51.873 --> 01:27:53.933
So we're looking at her ass.

01:27:55.293 --> 01:27:57.673
And Deacon's like, yeah, looking at the butt.

01:27:57.693 --> 01:27:58.733
That's what I like.

01:27:59.533 --> 01:28:05.193
Sarah talks to Deacon about plants, especially plants that grow here specifically, but actually aren't native to the area.

01:28:05.733 --> 01:28:09.813
She says, you can thank Ogden for that, the first explorer to come through this part of Oregon.

01:28:10.733 --> 01:28:15.873
Deacon immediately corrects her and says, Ogden is the first white explorer to come through this part of Oregon.

01:28:16.193 --> 01:28:17.893
Whoa, okay.

01:28:17.893 --> 01:28:26.293
Like, what the fuck are you complaining about woke reviewers when you've got great lines like that coming out of Deacon?

01:28:27.333 --> 01:28:31.833
Sarah immediately clocks this and is like, oh, you're so politically correct for a biker.

01:28:31.953 --> 01:28:33.533
And he's literally just being correct.

01:28:33.573 --> 01:28:34.753
We're the politics in that.

01:28:34.753 --> 01:28:35.113
Yeah.

01:28:35.353 --> 01:28:36.993
That's just a fair ass statement.

01:28:37.893 --> 01:28:43.053
Sarah then says she hasn't seen a single person of color since she moved here, so that's why it's so surprising.

01:28:43.293 --> 01:28:43.593
Right.

01:28:43.613 --> 01:28:44.433
Well, it is Oregon.

01:28:45.433 --> 01:28:47.673
It's like suburban, like mountainous Oregon.

01:28:48.493 --> 01:28:49.513
Deacon's like, you know what?

01:28:49.533 --> 01:28:52.133
We have some fully patched in brothers at the clubhouse.

01:28:52.373 --> 01:28:53.993
And I don't love that he says brothers, but.

01:28:55.873 --> 01:28:56.873
Oh, he meant it that way.

01:28:57.833 --> 01:29:02.593
When you say patched in brothers, I thought like just like parts of the community, like the biker gang.

01:29:02.613 --> 01:29:04.273
But no, he meant black people.

01:29:06.813 --> 01:29:10.893
He also says jokingly that they're just there to piss off the skinheads.

01:29:11.073 --> 01:29:12.113
Oh, well, good.

01:29:12.753 --> 01:29:15.113
Diversity hires are in every industry.

01:29:15.773 --> 01:29:16.933
Is mostly what I'm getting at.

01:29:16.953 --> 01:29:19.933
Because this motorcycle club is super fucking woke.

01:29:21.073 --> 01:29:22.453
Sorry, John Garvin.

01:29:23.053 --> 01:29:24.793
He didn't write that line.

01:29:25.693 --> 01:29:35.193
He's joking of kind of, but like he does say that bikers are more charming than people give them credit for, and some of his POC brothers make some mean margaritas, so you should come by the clubhouse.

01:29:35.373 --> 01:29:36.153
Oh, my God.

01:29:36.353 --> 01:29:37.013
Oh, Lord.

01:29:37.913 --> 01:29:38.893
You look stressed out.

01:29:39.053 --> 01:29:40.793
Oh, he is that kind of like.

01:29:41.893 --> 01:29:42.873
I have a black friend.

01:29:46.093 --> 01:29:47.153
My neighbor is black.

01:29:47.173 --> 01:29:48.913
Like, yeah, because you gentrified the neighborhood.

01:29:48.933 --> 01:29:49.373
Dip shit.

01:29:50.773 --> 01:29:52.193
You moved into his neighborhood.

01:29:53.513 --> 01:29:55.193
And you called it the hood when you did.

01:29:58.593 --> 01:30:02.733
With that, Deacon's like, Oh, yes, I can use plants to heal Boozer.

01:30:03.333 --> 01:30:10.833
As Deacon leaves to find a bunch of lavender, you know, also thinking about how much he loves his wife, he gets a call from Tucker on the radio.

01:30:11.113 --> 01:30:15.373
Tucker says that Lisa and a few others from her camp were taken by the Rippers.

01:30:16.173 --> 01:30:19.153
Deacon is furious, and he's like, Why the fuck was Lisa off site?

01:30:19.173 --> 01:30:20.773
She just moved in.

01:30:20.953 --> 01:30:22.813
I got her a rock.

01:30:22.993 --> 01:30:23.413
Right.

01:30:23.733 --> 01:30:25.093
I got her a geo, damn it.

01:30:25.853 --> 01:30:30.873
But he's like, I have to jump into action because he's seen the damage Rippers do to hostages, and it's not pretty.

01:30:31.773 --> 01:30:37.833
He rides out to a Ripper camp not too far away from Tucker's camp and mutters that he'll kill fucking all of them for Lisa.

01:30:37.853 --> 01:30:38.373
Hell yeah.

01:30:38.413 --> 01:30:39.873
And he's like, All right, Lisa, hang on.

01:30:39.873 --> 01:30:40.913
I'm coming, baby girl.

01:30:41.393 --> 01:30:44.353
He's not saying baby girl, but it's so hard not to say baby girl.

01:30:45.733 --> 01:30:55.553
There's a ton of Rippers all around, and they're tweaking out and occasionally torturing hostages by tying them up and cutting them to have the same scars that they have.

01:30:55.553 --> 01:30:56.133
Jesus.

01:30:56.493 --> 01:31:00.293
Sometimes some Rippers can be seen with a small cloud around their faces.

01:31:01.133 --> 01:31:02.313
This is PCP.

01:31:02.573 --> 01:31:04.533
All the Rippers are on PCP.

01:31:04.553 --> 01:31:06.333
I was thinking bath salts, but okay.

01:31:06.813 --> 01:31:09.213
No, it's fucking canonical that they're on PCP.

01:31:09.233 --> 01:31:10.253
Holy shit.

01:31:10.273 --> 01:31:12.933
Who even does PCP anymore?

01:31:12.933 --> 01:31:13.793
Bitch, right?

01:31:14.173 --> 01:31:19.073
Honestly, to share some details, I didn't realize so many people were on Coke still.

01:31:19.193 --> 01:31:19.573
Right?

01:31:19.813 --> 01:31:21.193
I'm 33.

01:31:21.913 --> 01:31:24.993
I lie about and say I'm 30 is something, but I'm 33.

01:31:25.473 --> 01:31:27.013
Why do I know so many people that are on Coke?

01:31:27.273 --> 01:31:28.593
It made a big resurgence.

01:31:28.613 --> 01:31:29.233
I don't know why.

01:31:29.253 --> 01:31:31.173
We're in a recession.

01:31:31.613 --> 01:31:32.613
Nobody can afford it.

01:31:32.753 --> 01:31:34.213
Coke is an inflation drug.

01:31:34.673 --> 01:31:36.093
What the fuck?

01:31:36.513 --> 01:31:37.733
I think it's tech.

01:31:37.753 --> 01:31:40.653
I haven't done Coke since 2009, 2010.

01:31:40.673 --> 01:31:42.333
Never have by self at all.

01:31:42.353 --> 01:31:43.133
Good for you.

01:31:43.233 --> 01:31:44.133
It's kind of fun.

01:31:44.473 --> 01:31:48.953
But I haven't done it because I can't top the last story I did it on.

01:31:49.153 --> 01:31:49.593
And you know what?

01:31:49.613 --> 01:31:53.693
If you guys want to talk about it, I'll do it on the Discord, but I do not want to commit this to a fucking recording.

01:31:54.473 --> 01:31:55.053
But I...

01:31:55.073 --> 01:31:59.753
No, there's somebody with a name attached to it that just like you don't want to out them on a podcast.

01:31:59.773 --> 01:32:01.113
No, that'd be rude.

01:32:01.833 --> 01:32:11.793
Anyway, so the Rippers canonically, they worship the freaks, and it's been shown in some of the notes through the game that freaker nests have psychoactive and hallucinogenic elements.

01:32:12.373 --> 01:32:22.453
So if the Rippers are worshiping mutants and like freakers and all this crazy shit while on PCP and inhaling hallucinogenic properties, they're going to be tweaking the fuck out.

01:32:23.373 --> 01:32:27.653
So they're seeing things and they're like, ah, PCP is a drug.

01:32:27.673 --> 01:32:30.233
It gives you a lot of energy and makes you really erratic.

01:32:30.653 --> 01:32:31.113
Okay.

01:32:31.353 --> 01:32:32.293
It's wild.

01:32:32.393 --> 01:32:33.373
I've never done it.

01:32:33.393 --> 01:32:37.233
I don't think I've even really seen it in action in anyone I know closely.

01:32:37.593 --> 01:32:43.393
I feel like I've seen it just living on Las Vegas and seeing people like run in the middle of the street naked and be like, ah.

01:32:44.713 --> 01:32:45.693
You know, that's PCP.

01:32:45.713 --> 01:32:47.273
And it's like, it's a shitty drug.

01:32:47.293 --> 01:32:53.233
It's not a, cocaine is like a nice designer drug, which I hate saying, but it's like for rich, fancy people.

01:32:53.253 --> 01:32:55.893
PCP is not a rich, fancy people drug.

01:32:56.033 --> 01:32:57.153
It's real trashy.

01:32:58.133 --> 01:33:03.953
Deacon kills dozens of tweaked out cultists and finds Lisa tied up and lying face down in the dirt.

01:33:04.613 --> 01:33:08.533
He runs up and sees she's alive, but the light is gone out in her eyes.

01:33:09.053 --> 01:33:14.213
She looks around and then she starts screaming, and Deacon looks at her and tells her to shut up.

01:33:15.393 --> 01:33:17.273
He calms her and is like, do you remember me?

01:33:17.453 --> 01:33:18.673
I accidentally sold you into slavery.

01:33:18.993 --> 01:33:19.613
I'm that guy.

01:33:20.613 --> 01:33:21.753
They run off to his bike.

01:33:22.233 --> 01:33:25.573
Deacon asks Lisa if she's okay, and she says, no.

01:33:26.293 --> 01:33:27.853
No, she is not okay.

01:33:28.053 --> 01:33:32.853
Deacon tells her he's taking her to another camp that is nothing like the Hot Springs Camp run by Tucker.

01:33:32.893 --> 01:33:35.393
Good, don't bring her back to fucking Tucker.

01:33:35.493 --> 01:33:37.033
Lisa says she hates Mrs.

01:33:37.053 --> 01:33:37.433
Tucker.

01:33:37.693 --> 01:33:38.753
Good, she should.

01:33:39.513 --> 01:33:43.613
On the way, Deacon radios his friend Ricky, who lives at the Lost Lake Camp.

01:33:44.313 --> 01:33:51.153
Ricky makes it clear that last time Deacon and Boozer were at Lost Lake, it didn't end well, and he's like, yeah, that's why I'm reading in you, girly, come on.

01:33:52.193 --> 01:33:56.353
They make plans to meet up away from the camp's grounds so Deacon doesn't start any drama.

01:33:57.093 --> 01:34:02.833
Apparently the last time he was at Lost Lake, the leader of Lost Lake kind of told him he'd kill him on sight if he ever saw him come back.

01:34:03.053 --> 01:34:04.553
Yeah, it's a good reason not to return.

01:34:04.573 --> 01:34:06.273
Yeah, that's why he's like, let's meet off campus.

01:34:06.293 --> 01:34:07.773
What the fuck did you do, Deacon?

01:34:08.633 --> 01:34:09.773
He's just fucking around.

01:34:09.793 --> 01:34:17.173
Like, you've got a lifetime ban from one of the casinos here because you had a vape pen on you, and not like a tobacco vape pen, a weed vape pen on you.

01:34:17.253 --> 01:34:17.973
Two casinos.

01:34:18.033 --> 01:34:18.653
Two casinos.

01:34:18.673 --> 01:34:23.953
It's two, Tom, it's two.

01:34:24.333 --> 01:34:28.633
I cannot get my ID scanned at two casinos on the strip because of weed.

01:34:29.013 --> 01:34:33.053
But you're not on shoot on site status.

01:34:33.493 --> 01:34:37.633
I signed a thing saying I'd be pressed with trespassing charges.

01:34:37.813 --> 01:34:40.293
That's not a shoot on site situation.

01:34:40.353 --> 01:34:45.073
It's more of a like, hey, dipshit, we asked you not to be here because you're a dipshit.

01:34:45.773 --> 01:34:49.593
And it's for the same reason Paris Hilton is not allowed at the same properties.

01:34:49.673 --> 01:34:50.533
Yeah, exactly.

01:34:50.553 --> 01:34:55.453
Which the irony being you were later invited to a weed conference at this hotel.

01:34:55.473 --> 01:34:57.833
I was and I went because you can suck my ass.

01:35:00.033 --> 01:35:00.513
Anyway.

01:35:00.813 --> 01:35:01.193
Anyway.

01:35:01.533 --> 01:35:06.833
Down way in the woods, a coolest fuck brunette named Ricky rides up on a motorcycle.

01:35:07.273 --> 01:35:08.033
I love Ricky.

01:35:08.193 --> 01:35:09.273
Ricky is a bad bitch.

01:35:09.913 --> 01:35:15.033
Ricky used to ride with Deacon and Boozer about a year ago before joining the Lost Lake Camp full time.

01:35:15.813 --> 01:35:20.933
She immediately makes a joke about Tucker being a slave trader, and Deacon is like, Oh, my God, I'm sorry.

01:35:22.113 --> 01:35:23.413
She makes a joke about it.

01:35:23.433 --> 01:35:24.873
Like, we all know about this.

01:35:25.393 --> 01:35:27.233
We know Tucker's a terrible person.

01:35:27.253 --> 01:35:28.073
Why are you doing this?

01:35:28.093 --> 01:35:30.553
He's like, Jesus, I thought it'd be different this time.

01:35:30.953 --> 01:35:32.433
Anyway, this is Lisa.

01:35:32.873 --> 01:35:37.333
I accidentally sold her into the slave trade, and then she was attacked by a cult.

01:35:38.073 --> 01:35:39.853
Do you think you can find a bunk for her?

01:35:40.813 --> 01:35:43.333
Ricky is like, what the fuck, Deacon?

01:35:43.353 --> 01:35:43.753
Jesus!

01:35:44.033 --> 01:35:44.893
Hey, Lisa.

01:35:45.753 --> 01:35:46.733
Are you okay?

01:35:46.753 --> 01:35:48.393
Lisa's like, absolutely not.

01:35:48.393 --> 01:35:49.193
I'm not okay.

01:35:50.573 --> 01:35:56.113
Ricky immediately becomes so soft, and she's like, hey, Lisa, do you like to go fishing?

01:35:56.513 --> 01:35:57.273
I love fishing.

01:35:57.293 --> 01:35:58.633
It's my favorite thing in the world.

01:35:59.073 --> 01:36:04.273
You know, I live at a camp that has a lake, and in the morning, the fish jumps super high.

01:36:04.593 --> 01:36:05.953
Would you want to go fishing with me?

01:36:06.793 --> 01:36:14.173
Lisa is scared, but is immediately like, this person is being kind to me and isn't saying they're going to use me as a slave, so that's good.

01:36:14.493 --> 01:36:17.233
She nods, and then Lisa gets on the back of Ricky's bike.

01:36:17.713 --> 01:36:19.653
Ricky takes her down to Lost Lake.

01:36:19.673 --> 01:36:21.253
They're going to have a great time together.

01:36:21.873 --> 01:36:25.313
And Deacon's like, oh, thank God, she's probably not going to be enslaved now.

01:36:26.153 --> 01:36:27.773
That and every game has fishing.

01:36:28.073 --> 01:36:29.573
Every game has fishing.

01:36:29.593 --> 01:36:31.193
You don't get to go fishing in this.

01:36:31.213 --> 01:36:34.973
No, but they talk about it well enough that, you know what, this game has fishing too.

01:36:35.433 --> 01:36:37.053
You're like, it's implied fishing.

01:36:37.073 --> 01:36:37.633
Fuck you.

01:36:38.453 --> 01:36:41.453
Deacon heads back to the safe house and finally gets some rest.

01:36:41.933 --> 01:36:47.553
In the morning, he wakes up to see Boozer holding the shotgun up and screaming, they're coming.

01:36:47.593 --> 01:36:48.413
Oh my God.

01:36:48.673 --> 01:36:53.053
Boozer is crazed and turns his gun on Deacon and goes, how did you get in here?

01:36:53.673 --> 01:36:54.553
Oh no.

01:36:54.793 --> 01:36:56.093
Deacon goes, I live here.

01:36:57.033 --> 01:36:57.713
It's okay.

01:36:58.053 --> 01:36:58.813
I'm your friend.

01:36:58.833 --> 01:37:03.233
And then he rustles the gun away from Boozer and is like, you are beyond fucked up.

01:37:03.453 --> 01:37:04.033
Yeah.

01:37:04.093 --> 01:37:05.593
The lavender did not help.

01:37:07.213 --> 01:37:13.173
Boozer tells him he's hearing voices and Deacon is like, oh my god, you have blood poisoning.

01:37:13.193 --> 01:37:16.333
I was going to say, what the fuck happened with this blowtorch?

01:37:17.133 --> 01:37:21.973
Deacon takes Boozer on a ride and says he's just going to take him to the Lost Lake Camp real quick.

01:37:22.033 --> 01:37:23.513
Put you out of your misery real quick.

01:37:23.553 --> 01:37:24.273
Oh my god.

01:37:25.253 --> 01:37:27.453
It was at the same camp we just dropped Lisa off for.

01:37:27.933 --> 01:37:34.373
They camp out just outside of the Lost Lake campus and Deacon tries to trim his beard with his big ass hunting knife before going in.

01:37:34.573 --> 01:37:37.433
Is he trying to disguise himself so he doesn't get shot on sight?

01:37:37.933 --> 01:37:41.513
No, but Boozer's like, are you trying to get pretty for the camp?

01:37:41.533 --> 01:37:43.513
Yeah, like make himself presentable.

01:37:44.153 --> 01:37:46.293
He's like, why are you like this?

01:37:46.433 --> 01:37:47.593
You don't need to be like this.

01:37:47.613 --> 01:37:49.013
It's the apocalypse, bro.

01:37:49.033 --> 01:37:50.793
Beauty standards are out the window.

01:37:51.193 --> 01:37:55.733
Also, Iron Mike said he'd kill them if they ever showed back up, so what are you doing?

01:37:56.653 --> 01:38:00.933
Iron Mike runs Lost Lake and he earned that name Iron Mike for a reason.

01:38:02.033 --> 01:38:03.373
Deacon says, you know what?

01:38:03.393 --> 01:38:05.393
Actually, it's probably fine.

01:38:05.413 --> 01:38:06.153
Jesus Christ.

01:38:06.293 --> 01:38:11.413
His plan is to go in, get into the infirmary at Lost Lake, get some meds for Boozer, and get out.

01:38:11.673 --> 01:38:12.553
Quick in and out mission.

01:38:12.613 --> 01:38:12.973
Easy.

01:38:13.173 --> 01:38:15.553
So he's gonna steal from Iron Mike?

01:38:16.093 --> 01:38:20.253
Yeah, that's the plan to not get killed, is to steal from the medical tent.

01:38:20.713 --> 01:38:21.553
Jesus Christ.

01:38:21.573 --> 01:38:22.373
Bad idea.

01:38:22.393 --> 01:38:22.853
Deacon.

01:38:23.653 --> 01:38:27.953
Since they camped out nearby, Boozer is nearby, so he can run in, grab stuff.

01:38:27.973 --> 01:38:29.713
If they need more, he'll just run back in.

01:38:29.993 --> 01:38:30.653
Easy plan.

01:38:30.933 --> 01:38:31.973
Jesus Christ, Deacon.

01:38:32.473 --> 01:38:36.213
Deacon tells him to just stay alive and stay awake, and he'll be right back.

01:38:37.173 --> 01:38:42.573
Deacon sneaky sneaks his way into camp without killing anyone, because that would obviously bring some attention.

01:38:42.773 --> 01:38:43.113
Right.

01:38:43.473 --> 01:38:46.733
And looks for the camp's infirmary so he can grab some supplies for Boozer.

01:38:47.593 --> 01:38:53.313
On the way, he sees Iron Mike, the leader of the camp, talking to Schizo, one of the heads of security for the camp.

01:38:54.093 --> 01:38:56.793
Iron Mike and Schizo look exactly like what you'd imagine.

01:38:57.993 --> 01:39:02.653
Iron Mike looks like Mike from Breaking Bad, a hardcore looking older white guy with some white hair.

01:39:03.553 --> 01:39:04.693
He's seen some shit.

01:39:04.913 --> 01:39:05.413
You get it.

01:39:05.933 --> 01:39:08.733
Schizo is a Malibu's most wanted looking ass.

01:39:09.293 --> 01:39:12.893
He's the hardest dude in Oregon looking ass fucking white boy.

01:39:12.933 --> 01:39:14.393
And like he fucking sucks.

01:39:15.473 --> 01:39:16.853
His name's Schizo.

01:39:16.873 --> 01:39:17.813
Fuck Schizo.

01:39:17.893 --> 01:39:19.573
Big fuck you to fuck Schizo.

01:39:20.493 --> 01:39:26.653
Schizo is telling Iron Mike about some men that got fucking butchered, and that it took hours to rake up all the body parts.

01:39:27.313 --> 01:39:30.833
It was the Rippers, and Iron Mike is like, oh, god damn it.

01:39:31.373 --> 01:39:31.813
You know what?

01:39:31.833 --> 01:39:32.433
Just leave it be.

01:39:33.553 --> 01:39:36.833
Schizo was upset with this, and he's like, wait, well, what about next time?

01:39:37.233 --> 01:39:38.233
What about our people?

01:39:38.253 --> 01:39:39.913
How are we going to protect them from Rippers?

01:39:41.293 --> 01:39:44.473
Iron Mike takes this in, but he doesn't give him an answer.

01:39:45.553 --> 01:39:51.133
Iron Mike, like Copeland and Tucker, is a camp leader, and he has to get into some politics to keep his people safe.

01:39:52.073 --> 01:39:58.213
Iron Mike made a pact with the head of the Rippers, a guy named Carlos, to keep the Lost Lake camp safe.

01:39:58.453 --> 01:40:03.933
Like, hey, you stay on your side, I'll stay on my side, just to fucking cease fire between our two groups.

01:40:04.893 --> 01:40:09.253
Iron Mike and Carlos have just a full pact of, we're not going to hurt each other.

01:40:09.273 --> 01:40:12.133
So this is extra fucked up that the Rippers did this to his people.

01:40:12.133 --> 01:40:14.153
So they had a live and let live kind of situation.

01:40:14.173 --> 01:40:16.293
Yeah, just you do your thing, I'll do mine.

01:40:16.313 --> 01:40:18.133
So why are they attacking our people?

01:40:19.213 --> 01:40:22.033
Deacon comes up on the infirmary, which is run by Addie.

01:40:22.633 --> 01:40:26.173
Addie was a veterinarian technician in the before time.

01:40:26.613 --> 01:40:27.093
Oh, okay.

01:40:27.113 --> 01:40:28.753
So has some medical knowledge.

01:40:28.913 --> 01:40:31.853
It makes her the most qualified medical professional on site.

01:40:33.313 --> 01:40:34.313
And it's stressful.

01:40:34.333 --> 01:40:40.453
She just wanted to fucking help kittens and shit, and now she's like patching up loose arms and shit like that.

01:40:40.473 --> 01:40:41.413
Oh shit.

01:40:42.213 --> 01:40:47.493
Addie is Ricky's girlfriend, and I love them together, and they are the power lesbian couple that I mentioned earlier.

01:40:48.113 --> 01:40:49.173
Oh, okay, I love that.

01:40:49.233 --> 01:40:51.953
So Ricky's this badass enforcer for the camp.

01:40:51.973 --> 01:40:53.653
She's riding a bike, she's doing missions.

01:40:53.953 --> 01:40:57.033
Ricky's also in the before time a mechanical engineer.

01:40:57.053 --> 01:40:58.353
Hell yeah.

01:40:58.353 --> 01:40:59.993
She's fucking brilliant.

01:41:00.013 --> 01:41:01.713
She understands how dams work.

01:41:01.733 --> 01:41:07.033
There is a side mission where she helps get power restored to Lost Lake so they can all take hot showers.

01:41:07.373 --> 01:41:09.053
Fuck yeah, this girl's awesome.

01:41:09.073 --> 01:41:11.233
She does that nearly single-handedly with Deacon.

01:41:11.253 --> 01:41:13.653
She's like, Deacon, cover me while I fix the dam.

01:41:13.933 --> 01:41:17.553
And then they fucking get power to a camp in the apocalypse.

01:41:17.553 --> 01:41:18.533
She's brilliant.

01:41:18.693 --> 01:41:21.773
And then on the other hand, Addie, a fucking doctor.

01:41:23.773 --> 01:41:25.433
An animal doctor, but still a doctor.

01:41:25.453 --> 01:41:29.713
Yeah, it's still like, they're both pulling in six figures separately.

01:41:29.733 --> 01:41:31.273
They're doing great for themselves.

01:41:31.373 --> 01:41:33.753
You know they have a bunch of dogs filling up the Subaru.

01:41:33.773 --> 01:41:34.493
Totally.

01:41:34.513 --> 01:41:36.053
They're doing great in the before time.

01:41:36.193 --> 01:41:38.933
And now they just love each other, and they're fucking cool as shit.

01:41:38.973 --> 01:41:39.653
I love them.

01:41:40.153 --> 01:41:41.353
That is wonderful.

01:41:41.373 --> 01:41:46.053
Honestly, listening to it, if anything happens to Iron Mike, it sounds like she should be in charge afterwards.

01:41:46.133 --> 01:41:46.933
Ricky or Addie?

01:41:47.013 --> 01:41:47.413
Ricky.

01:41:47.953 --> 01:41:51.113
Yeah, Addie's also very gentle.

01:41:51.913 --> 01:41:55.893
She's the more golden retriever to Ricky's black cat, because you know, archetypes are real.

01:41:56.953 --> 01:41:58.293
Anyway, I love them together.

01:41:58.313 --> 01:42:03.633
Addie isn't here right now in the infirmary, thankfully, so Deacon goes in to get some antibiotics.

01:42:04.193 --> 01:42:11.393
Obviously, the second Deacon puts his hands on them, Addie and Ricky show up, and they're like, Hey, man, what the fuck are you doing?

01:42:11.853 --> 01:42:13.293
Well, Ricky knows that you're around.

01:42:14.173 --> 01:42:19.513
Deacon has his gun pulled and is like, Come on, let me out.

01:42:19.933 --> 01:42:21.753
Ricky says, You're not going to shoot me.

01:42:21.993 --> 01:42:23.233
You have a fucking code.

01:42:23.253 --> 01:42:25.153
You won't shoot a woman unless you have to.

01:42:25.733 --> 01:42:26.853
Also, fuck you.

01:42:27.093 --> 01:42:28.613
Is this the first mention of his code?

01:42:29.133 --> 01:42:35.393
I think it's come up before, just here and there, but Ricky really heavy-handedly is like, You won't shoot a girl.

01:42:35.693 --> 01:42:37.533
Right, and one that you're friends with.

01:42:37.573 --> 01:42:38.993
Yeah, chivalry isn't dead.

01:42:39.893 --> 01:42:41.793
A lot of things are, but not chivalry.

01:42:43.033 --> 01:42:45.773
Deacon explains, Look, I'm only taking antibiotics.

01:42:45.793 --> 01:42:48.773
I'm not taking narcotics because Boozer is super sick.

01:42:49.113 --> 01:42:50.333
He has blood poisoning.

01:42:50.353 --> 01:42:51.193
We were attacked.

01:42:51.593 --> 01:42:52.933
He looks fucking terrible.

01:42:53.273 --> 01:42:55.273
And this isn't malicious, I promise you.

01:42:55.313 --> 01:43:00.073
I just know that Iron Mike will murder me in cold blood if I ever step back on campus.

01:43:00.693 --> 01:43:02.373
Promise you this wasn't in malice.

01:43:03.213 --> 01:43:09.433
Ricky is mad that Deacon stuck in and was trying to steal, but Addie is like, baby, if someone's sick, we have to help.

01:43:09.533 --> 01:43:10.733
She has a Hippocratic Oath.

01:43:11.193 --> 01:43:11.833
For the vets?

01:43:12.853 --> 01:43:15.773
It's more of like you see a bird on the side of the road, right?

01:43:15.793 --> 01:43:17.653
Well, that one is the Hippocratic Oath.

01:43:17.673 --> 01:43:18.393
Oh, my God.

01:43:18.413 --> 01:43:25.033
You hate your look of anger at me right now.

01:43:25.933 --> 01:43:28.253
Rhinoplasty means something different in her field.

01:43:32.073 --> 01:43:33.573
We have to look out for each other.

01:43:33.713 --> 01:43:34.473
We're all we got.

01:43:34.833 --> 01:43:37.133
Like, why is Addie the sweetest person on earth?

01:43:38.453 --> 01:43:41.233
Ricky agrees, and she offers Deacon a ride to go get Boozer.

01:43:41.253 --> 01:43:43.033
She's like, well, sit on my bike.

01:43:43.053 --> 01:43:44.973
They won't kill you if they see you with me.

01:43:45.093 --> 01:43:45.433
Yeah.

01:43:45.873 --> 01:43:47.973
On the way, Deacon asks about Lisa.

01:43:47.993 --> 01:43:49.333
He's like, hey, how'd she go?

01:43:49.353 --> 01:43:50.593
Like, is she doing okay?

01:43:50.913 --> 01:43:51.973
You know, she likes rocks.

01:43:51.993 --> 01:43:52.913
Have you brought her a rock?

01:43:54.233 --> 01:44:00.733
Ricky says a few days ago, she was assigned to go on a scavenging mission, and when the group came back, they said she ran off alone.

01:44:00.753 --> 01:44:02.933
Jesus Christ, this fucking child.

01:44:03.493 --> 01:44:05.653
Deacon is like, God damn it.

01:44:05.933 --> 01:44:08.513
Oh, my Lord, she is stressing me out.

01:44:08.533 --> 01:44:09.833
This poor girl.

01:44:10.213 --> 01:44:18.313
This feral ass child who is worse than any dog or fucking pet that just constantly keeps running away.

01:44:19.173 --> 01:44:20.113
Where are you going?

01:44:20.253 --> 01:44:21.653
Why did you run away this time?

01:44:21.853 --> 01:44:24.093
She was doing better by herself.

01:44:24.093 --> 01:44:26.553
Like, maybe she's like, I'm gonna go back to that fucking house.

01:44:26.573 --> 01:44:27.453
Fuck these camps.

01:44:27.693 --> 01:44:29.153
Like, oh, God.

01:44:29.173 --> 01:44:31.213
I understand her running away from slavery.

01:44:33.793 --> 01:44:37.373
But unless Iron Mike was a total fucking creep immediately.

01:44:37.433 --> 01:44:37.913
He's not.

01:44:37.933 --> 01:44:38.633
He's not a creep.

01:44:38.653 --> 01:44:40.033
He's a total heart of gold guy.

01:44:40.113 --> 01:44:43.293
What the shit is she doing running away from?

01:44:43.353 --> 01:44:44.513
Okay.

01:44:44.533 --> 01:44:45.553
I would just be like, you know what?

01:44:45.573 --> 01:44:45.973
I'm done.

01:44:46.833 --> 01:44:47.893
You'd give up on her?

01:44:47.913 --> 01:44:49.173
Best of luck to you, chick.

01:44:49.193 --> 01:44:50.833
You, I have done my part.

01:44:53.093 --> 01:44:57.013
I love that you're so invested and then immediately so angry about Lisa.

01:44:58.293 --> 01:44:59.653
Deacon's mad about it too, though.

01:44:59.673 --> 01:45:02.193
He's like, why the fuck was she on a scavenge mission?

01:45:02.213 --> 01:45:02.953
That's true.

01:45:02.973 --> 01:45:05.193
Why was she out on a mission immediately?

01:45:05.293 --> 01:45:07.733
Ricky's like, fucking Schizo put her on to it.

01:45:07.753 --> 01:45:09.113
And he was like, fuck Schizo.

01:45:09.133 --> 01:45:10.233
I fucking hate Schizo.

01:45:10.253 --> 01:45:11.493
All my homies hate Schizo.

01:45:11.513 --> 01:45:12.433
Fucking Schizo.

01:45:13.233 --> 01:45:14.813
So that's kind of a bummer.

01:45:16.393 --> 01:45:21.653
When Ricky and Deacon get back to Boozer, he is pouring sweat and he's delirious.

01:45:22.073 --> 01:45:24.993
He's waving his shotgun and he barely recognizes Deacon.

01:45:25.013 --> 01:45:28.933
And he like really struggles to remember Ricky, even though they used to ride together.

01:45:29.453 --> 01:45:31.513
She's like, hey, I'm Ricky.

01:45:31.813 --> 01:45:32.753
I'm your friend.

01:45:33.093 --> 01:45:34.213
We lived together.

01:45:34.853 --> 01:45:35.593
What the fuck?

01:45:35.793 --> 01:45:37.193
Why did they leave him a shotgun?

01:45:37.593 --> 01:45:38.773
He was sad without it.

01:45:38.853 --> 01:45:41.853
I know, but still like, you know, he's losing his shit.

01:45:41.873 --> 01:45:42.213
Yeah.

01:45:42.293 --> 01:45:44.173
He's already pulled it on you once.

01:45:44.333 --> 01:45:45.833
Yeah, and he keeps pulling it on people.

01:45:45.853 --> 01:45:47.313
Yeah, he's not getting better.

01:45:47.493 --> 01:45:47.933
No.

01:45:48.593 --> 01:45:49.333
And that's what he says.

01:45:49.353 --> 01:45:50.233
He's like, I'm so sorry.

01:45:50.253 --> 01:45:51.233
I'm basically dying.

01:45:52.333 --> 01:45:56.973
Deacon takes Boozer on the back of his bike and Ricky rides with them back to the Lost Lake Camp.

01:45:57.573 --> 01:46:02.293
They for sure can't enter the camp without an escort, you know, because Iron Mike said he'd kill them on site.

01:46:02.333 --> 01:46:03.253
On site, yeah.

01:46:03.733 --> 01:46:07.413
But they get Boozer sorted out with Addie, who is eager to help him get back to health.

01:46:07.433 --> 01:46:10.613
Again, Heart of Gold, fucking Golden Retriever, beautiful.

01:46:10.813 --> 01:46:11.193
Angel.

01:46:11.593 --> 01:46:13.093
She's a full on sweetheart.

01:46:13.133 --> 01:46:14.013
I fucking love her.

01:46:14.013 --> 01:46:17.173
And she's like, I've got the antibiotics, but it's going to need time.

01:46:17.193 --> 01:46:18.193
We're going to take care of him.

01:46:18.753 --> 01:46:20.253
He's really fucked up.

01:46:20.273 --> 01:46:21.993
You guys kind of downplayed this.

01:46:22.013 --> 01:46:23.893
This is way worse than I expected.

01:46:24.513 --> 01:46:29.433
Ricky and Deacon leave Addie to tend to Boozer, and they chat for a bit on their way over to Iron Mike.

01:46:30.073 --> 01:46:37.533
They're going to have to convince him it's a good idea to let Boozer stay while he's sick, because there's no way this is getting past Iron Mike under the radar, you know?

01:46:37.913 --> 01:46:43.853
Oh, but still, you are on shoot on-site status with this man, and you're going to walk into his fucking room.

01:46:43.873 --> 01:46:44.753
And be like, hi.

01:46:44.773 --> 01:46:46.513
Hello, friend.

01:46:46.533 --> 01:46:48.933
Not only are you going to walk in, you're going to ask if you can stay.

01:46:48.973 --> 01:46:49.833
I need a favor.

01:46:51.513 --> 01:46:58.853
Immediately, Skizo shows up and inserts himself into the conversation and says Boozer is useless and they shouldn't let Boozer stay there.

01:46:59.593 --> 01:47:04.033
Skizo literally says, verbatim, we should throw them out on their asses.

01:47:06.233 --> 01:47:07.633
From his perspective, I get it.

01:47:09.033 --> 01:47:11.173
Ricky says, Mike, that's not who we are.

01:47:11.953 --> 01:47:15.253
We can't fucking let people die, Mike.

01:47:15.793 --> 01:47:20.913
Iron Mike tells everyone to shut up and is like, look, we've all had some bad shit in our past.

01:47:21.133 --> 01:47:21.573
I get it.

01:47:21.653 --> 01:47:22.973
We have to do things to survive.

01:47:23.813 --> 01:47:27.393
Deacon promises to do whatever they need to help get Boozer back to health.

01:47:27.413 --> 01:47:28.993
Like, I'll fucking ride for you guys.

01:47:29.093 --> 01:47:29.753
I got you.

01:47:29.773 --> 01:47:31.053
Please just, like, help my friend.

01:47:32.073 --> 01:47:34.053
Iron Mike asks Deacon to take a walk with him.

01:47:34.853 --> 01:47:39.433
Deacon promises that he and Boozer are leaving to go up north once they can, and Iron Mike accepts that.

01:47:39.453 --> 01:47:40.313
Like, all right, fine.

01:47:41.793 --> 01:47:48.433
Some of the Lost Lake campers are surprised to see Deacon, so there's, like, some real ass drama hidden in the fucking story here, which is great.

01:47:48.433 --> 01:47:52.673
Like, I don't think that guy's allowed to be here, and he's walking around with the guy that put a hit out on him.

01:47:52.673 --> 01:47:53.153
Yeah.

01:47:53.933 --> 01:47:54.573
That's weird.

01:47:55.713 --> 01:48:00.513
Deacon goes to check on Addy, who gives him a shopping list of things to scavenge for the infirmary.

01:48:00.713 --> 01:48:03.133
She's like, well, if you're going to be here, I would love a restock.

01:48:04.073 --> 01:48:08.533
Boozer can't get better if the medicine cabinet is empty, so he's like, I totally understand.

01:48:08.613 --> 01:48:09.293
I got you.

01:48:09.493 --> 01:48:10.473
I'll get you anything you need.

01:48:10.493 --> 01:48:11.893
You're gonna steal my shit anyway.

01:48:11.953 --> 01:48:12.233
Yeah.

01:48:12.973 --> 01:48:14.553
So you can see we're out of things.

01:48:14.553 --> 01:48:15.133
Come on.

01:48:15.873 --> 01:48:19.653
While checking in on Boozer, he seems to be doing just as bad.

01:48:19.673 --> 01:48:20.813
He's not getting better yet.

01:48:21.553 --> 01:48:25.293
Addy reassures him that she's doing as much as she can, but it may not be enough.

01:48:25.493 --> 01:48:26.533
All they can do is wait.

01:48:27.033 --> 01:48:28.653
Deacon is furious, but walks off.

01:48:29.933 --> 01:48:37.913
On the low, Schizo tells Deacon that there's a crashed plane with a gang of emergency medical supplies, but it's on ripper territory.

01:48:38.493 --> 01:48:44.613
Deacon doesn't give a shit about the treaty and goes into their area, kills a bunch of rippers, and brings back more medical supplies for Addy.

01:48:44.673 --> 01:48:46.113
He doesn't need to give a shit about the treaty.

01:48:46.133 --> 01:48:46.853
He's not a part of it.

01:48:46.973 --> 01:48:48.853
Yeah, he's a drifter.

01:48:49.253 --> 01:48:51.533
They're called drifters because they're not associated with a camp.

01:48:51.553 --> 01:48:53.573
They're like fucking rogue agents.

01:48:53.593 --> 01:48:54.293
Yeah, totally.

01:48:54.713 --> 01:48:59.393
Deacon fucks around for a bit and then finds out that Boozer's arm is not getting better at all.

01:49:00.133 --> 01:49:05.853
Addy needs Deacon back at camp, and when he gets there, he finds out they're gonna have to amputate the arm.

01:49:05.893 --> 01:49:08.313
I was just about to say, we gotta cut this fucking thing off.

01:49:08.333 --> 01:49:10.873
It is way more trouble than it's worth at this point.

01:49:11.193 --> 01:49:16.713
Addy explains that the antibiotics saved Boozer's life, but nothing is gonna save that arm.

01:49:17.413 --> 01:49:21.253
Now, I need you to help me cut it off, or you can watch him die.

01:49:21.273 --> 01:49:22.193
Oh, Jesus.

01:49:22.573 --> 01:49:30.533
I fucking love Addy, and as a reminder, she's literally just a vet tech who loved cats and dogs and bunnies and shit, and now she's a wartime nurse.

01:49:30.553 --> 01:49:30.853
Yeah.

01:49:31.953 --> 01:49:34.693
She went from Nightingales to being Florence Nightingale.

01:49:34.753 --> 01:49:35.153
Right.

01:49:35.393 --> 01:49:35.953
I love her.

01:49:37.353 --> 01:49:41.173
Ricky and Deacon hold Boozer down while Addy removes the arm.

01:49:41.693 --> 01:49:45.753
She ignores Deacon blindly screaming, we're losing him while she works.

01:49:47.493 --> 01:49:48.873
Also, they don't lose him.

01:49:48.893 --> 01:49:49.693
Shut up, Deacon.

01:49:49.753 --> 01:49:52.173
It's just so dramatic for no reason.

01:49:52.433 --> 01:49:54.553
He watched a lot of Grey's Anatomy.

01:49:55.673 --> 01:49:56.573
In the before time.

01:49:56.593 --> 01:49:57.753
He heard it on TV.

01:49:57.773 --> 01:49:58.933
He just always wanted to shout it.

01:49:58.953 --> 01:50:00.093
He's like, I loved house.

01:50:01.673 --> 01:50:05.193
At one point, Addy has to scream for Deacon to stop panicking.

01:50:05.773 --> 01:50:10.333
Out of everyone in this situation, she's like, Deacon, I need you to calm down.

01:50:12.313 --> 01:50:14.613
He's being too fucking dramatic right now.

01:50:14.633 --> 01:50:14.953
Yeah.

01:50:15.233 --> 01:50:18.473
Hours later, Addy tells Ricky and Deacon that they did good.

01:50:19.233 --> 01:50:24.273
Ricky says when she was in high school, she thought I could go into mechanical engineering or I could be a surgeon.

01:50:24.353 --> 01:50:25.833
And I should have been a fucking surgeon.

01:50:26.013 --> 01:50:27.373
Really could have used one right now.

01:50:28.073 --> 01:50:29.333
Now she's just an engineer.

01:50:29.373 --> 01:50:29.733
Yeah.

01:50:30.533 --> 01:50:34.373
Addy goes to Deacon and reassures him that he helped save Boozer's life today.

01:50:35.093 --> 01:50:37.533
Deacon says he doesn't think Boozer's going to see it that way.

01:50:37.753 --> 01:50:39.473
Now he's got a fucking stump arm.

01:50:40.353 --> 01:50:45.113
Addy tells him the medical supplies he's brought in are hugely helpful and will save a lot of lives.

01:50:45.673 --> 01:50:47.453
Addy is a fucking saint.

01:50:49.153 --> 01:50:52.993
After the amputation, Iron Mike comes in roaring after Deacon.

01:50:53.693 --> 01:50:59.653
He says that the Rippers know Deacon killed a bunch of their people on their land and followed them back to Lost Lake.

01:51:00.193 --> 01:51:01.533
This violates the treaty.

01:51:01.953 --> 01:51:06.413
Iron Mike is pissed, but lets it go because he knows those supplies saved Boozer's life and...

01:51:07.553 --> 01:51:08.533
but goddamn it, Deacon.

01:51:08.853 --> 01:51:11.613
But also, Deacon, you should have made sure you weren't followed.

01:51:12.773 --> 01:51:14.153
Yeah, that's on him.

01:51:14.213 --> 01:51:15.733
That's fully on him.

01:51:15.793 --> 01:51:20.313
Like I said, he's not part of the treaty, so he doesn't have to hold to those fucking rules.

01:51:20.333 --> 01:51:21.613
Yeah, but leave no trace.

01:51:21.733 --> 01:51:25.393
Yeah, don't let them know that you're working for the people they have a treaty with.

01:51:25.433 --> 01:51:26.493
No face, no case.

01:51:28.273 --> 01:51:32.193
Or you know what, maybe leave your Mongrel's MC cut back at home.

01:51:32.213 --> 01:51:33.473
Yeah, something.

01:51:33.493 --> 01:51:35.513
Stop being so goddamn obvious.

01:51:35.673 --> 01:51:36.173
Yeah.

01:51:37.093 --> 01:51:41.053
A few days later, Deacon comes to Iron Mike and says he wants to do more to help the camp.

01:51:41.653 --> 01:51:45.353
He really kind of owes it to Iron Mike and the entire camp for saving Booster's life.

01:51:46.093 --> 01:51:51.773
He takes Iron Mike on a Hawkerl walk and shows him this cave where hundreds of Freakers in a horde have been staying.

01:51:52.393 --> 01:52:00.113
He tells Iron Mike if they can blow up the cave, they can trap a bunch of Freakers in there, seal it up, and keep this big ass horde from growing or spreading in the area.

01:52:00.933 --> 01:52:04.933
He also figures if they can seal up this horde, it'll keep other hordes from coming through.

01:52:05.333 --> 01:52:07.433
Iron Mike is like, hell yeah, let's fucking run it.

01:52:08.373 --> 01:52:14.773
The only thing they need to seal the cave at this point is enough dynamite, which Iron Mike is gonna look into, and they'll figure it out down the road.

01:52:14.793 --> 01:52:15.693
I'm sure they have plenty.

01:52:16.433 --> 01:52:20.373
Deacon goes to check in on Boozer, and he's doing better than we've seen in a long time.

01:52:20.973 --> 01:52:27.093
In the infirmary under the watch of Addy, his fever seems to have broken finally, and he's actually aware of what's going on around him.

01:52:27.253 --> 01:52:27.973
About time.

01:52:28.313 --> 01:52:31.453
Deacon asks how he's doing, and Boozer says, Well, I could use a hand.

01:52:34.253 --> 01:52:35.033
Hell yeah, Boozer.

01:52:35.053 --> 01:52:35.973
Don't lose your sense of humor.

01:52:36.313 --> 01:52:40.313
This makes Addy really sad, and she tells him to lay down.

01:52:41.393 --> 01:52:43.093
She's so gentle.

01:52:43.113 --> 01:52:43.733
I love her.

01:52:44.393 --> 01:52:49.453
As Deacon and Addy leave to let Boozer rest, Boozer asks Addy if he'll be able to play the piano again.

01:52:50.973 --> 01:52:54.053
She says, Please, please, please, just lay down.

01:52:54.273 --> 01:53:00.513
Just please stop reminding me how terrible this is for you, because no, you won't be able to.

01:53:00.513 --> 01:53:03.893
No musical instrument is one-handed that I can think of off the top of my head.

01:53:03.913 --> 01:53:04.513
Harmonica.

01:53:04.673 --> 01:53:05.353
Yeah, okay.

01:53:05.373 --> 01:53:05.793
That's it.

01:53:07.273 --> 01:53:11.673
And he's yelling after her, he's like, I can play chopsticks, Addy, I got this.

01:53:12.253 --> 01:53:14.833
And she's just so heartbroken at this man's loss.

01:53:14.853 --> 01:53:16.033
She's like, please stop.

01:53:16.053 --> 01:53:19.413
He's trying to make a light of it, and she's like, your life's gonna suck now.

01:53:22.333 --> 01:53:24.193
Addy asks Deacon to watch Boozer.

01:53:24.493 --> 01:53:26.873
It's hard to lose an arm, and Deacon is his only friend.

01:53:26.893 --> 01:53:29.053
Deacon's like, absolutely, I love him.

01:53:29.073 --> 01:53:30.593
I will keep an eye on him forever.

01:53:30.953 --> 01:53:32.053
That's our code, man.

01:53:32.853 --> 01:53:37.893
Iron Mike and Schizo have found a spot where they could get some dynamite for the caves from a nearby mine.

01:53:38.653 --> 01:53:41.793
Unfortunately, that means Deacon has to ride out with Schizo.

01:53:42.193 --> 01:53:45.373
They go deep into these nearby mines and find dynamite, which is great.

01:53:45.993 --> 01:53:50.573
Schizo brings up the Rippers and how they've been looking for two bikers for a while now.

01:53:51.213 --> 01:53:53.033
Deacon is like, damn, that's crazy.

01:53:53.933 --> 01:53:54.753
Fuck you, Schizo.

01:53:55.773 --> 01:53:58.033
Schizo brings up a serious heart to heart with Deacon.

01:53:58.413 --> 01:54:03.073
He says that when Iron Mike retires, would Deacon join him in running the camp?

01:54:03.653 --> 01:54:05.713
Deacon says, no, absolutely fucking not.

01:54:05.893 --> 01:54:07.413
Zero interest and I hate you.

01:54:07.653 --> 01:54:08.473
With Schizo?

01:54:08.793 --> 01:54:09.153
Yeah.

01:54:09.213 --> 01:54:10.533
Schizo's asking Deacon.

01:54:10.553 --> 01:54:10.873
Yeah.

01:54:11.273 --> 01:54:13.573
Yeah, no, Schizo, you're not taking over the fucking camp.

01:54:13.593 --> 01:54:16.853
Yeah, Deacon's like, that's stupid and you're stupid and I fucking hate this.

01:54:16.913 --> 01:54:18.273
Ricky's taking over the camp.

01:54:18.353 --> 01:54:18.613
Yeah.

01:54:19.273 --> 01:54:21.133
I love that you have your hierarchy in your head.

01:54:21.153 --> 01:54:22.313
You're like, absolutely not.

01:54:22.333 --> 01:54:23.193
This is what's happening.

01:54:23.253 --> 01:54:26.813
And Schizo, you're staying at Schizo level, if you're lucky.

01:54:31.073 --> 01:54:36.033
Schizo rides the dynamite back to camp and Deacon tries to warn Mike not to trust Schizo.

01:54:36.053 --> 01:54:38.453
He's like, he's trying to come for the crown, man.

01:54:38.473 --> 01:54:39.273
Yeah, right?

01:54:40.053 --> 01:54:44.933
But Mike doesn't really care and is just focused on this project of closing the mines for the betterment of the community.

01:54:45.173 --> 01:54:46.153
That's just Schizo.

01:54:46.653 --> 01:54:48.413
Yeah, he's like, Schizo be talking shit.

01:54:48.433 --> 01:54:48.653
Yeah.

01:54:49.753 --> 01:54:59.013
When Deacon gets back to camp, he gets word that Boozer has wandered off of a work site with a bottle of whiskey, and he kept telling everyone he's going home and just wandered into the woods.

01:55:00.173 --> 01:55:03.813
No one stopped him and Deacon is mad and is like, fuck you guys, I'm gonna go find him.

01:55:04.313 --> 01:55:11.313
Boozer has wandered so goddamn far from the work camp and is standing just out of sight of a huge horde of freakers.

01:55:12.193 --> 01:55:17.093
Boozer is shithoused and depressed and dares the horde to come kill him.

01:55:17.173 --> 01:55:18.393
Jesus, Boozer.

01:55:18.993 --> 01:55:21.873
Deacon rolls up and he's like, all right, is that what we're doing right now?

01:55:22.293 --> 01:55:23.273
Is this how we go out?

01:55:24.173 --> 01:55:26.593
Boozer shoves Deacon and tells him to get out of here.

01:55:26.613 --> 01:55:27.993
He's ruining his last moments.

01:55:28.753 --> 01:55:31.933
Deacon says, you remember what I said to you the night your wife died?

01:55:31.953 --> 01:55:37.353
That I found you halfway through a case of whiskey and you were planning on drinking yourself to death.

01:55:37.753 --> 01:55:38.973
His name's Boozer.

01:55:41.613 --> 01:55:42.873
This is what he does.

01:55:42.893 --> 01:55:43.633
It's in the name.

01:55:45.633 --> 01:55:51.153
Boozer says, you chugged a bottle of whiskey and said, if I was going to drink myself to death, you'd be right there with me.

01:55:51.773 --> 01:55:53.193
You said, that's what brothers do.

01:55:54.273 --> 01:55:56.913
Deacon kind of like bows and is like, yeah, dipshit.

01:55:57.053 --> 01:55:58.073
So is this how we go out?

01:55:58.853 --> 01:56:02.873
This sobers Boozer up and he says, let's get out of here.

01:56:04.133 --> 01:56:07.173
Boozer gets on the back of Deacon's bike and they head back to camp.

01:56:07.213 --> 01:56:08.393
Wraps his arm around him.

01:56:08.593 --> 01:56:09.913
His one arm.

01:56:11.053 --> 01:56:13.813
On the ride, Boozer thanks Deacon for saving his life.

01:56:14.233 --> 01:56:14.593
Again.

01:56:14.813 --> 01:56:15.233
Again.

01:56:15.873 --> 01:56:17.393
They have a gratitude heart to heart.

01:56:18.233 --> 01:56:20.493
Back at camp, Boozer goes to sleep this off.

01:56:21.513 --> 01:56:27.353
While Boozer sleeps this off, Deacon goes to Ricky to ask her to help make a better prosthetic for Boozer to cheer him up.

01:56:27.973 --> 01:56:31.213
Right now, Boozer is rocking a hook, like he's like a pirate kind of thing.

01:56:31.293 --> 01:56:31.833
Oh, really?

01:56:31.893 --> 01:56:34.693
And Ricky's like, yeah, you know, actually, I think that would be good for him.

01:56:34.853 --> 01:56:36.493
Maybe the hook is bumming him out.

01:56:36.613 --> 01:56:37.793
Yeah, she's an engineer.

01:56:37.813 --> 01:56:38.393
She can do this.

01:56:38.413 --> 01:56:43.773
Holy, Ricky manages to make a blade attachment for Boozer.

01:56:43.973 --> 01:56:46.073
So now he has a knife arm.

01:56:46.293 --> 01:56:47.393
What the fuck?

01:56:47.413 --> 01:56:48.933
That's what her option was?

01:56:50.493 --> 01:56:52.133
That's the best she can come up with.

01:56:52.153 --> 01:56:54.153
Holy shit, that's fucking metal.

01:56:54.173 --> 01:56:54.773
But you know what?

01:56:54.793 --> 01:56:56.273
This does cheer Boozer up.

01:56:56.893 --> 01:57:02.633
And he shows it off to Deacon by stabbing random walls going, look at my new toy.

01:57:02.813 --> 01:57:03.813
Oh, my God.

01:57:03.833 --> 01:57:05.593
That's kind of fucking awesome though.

01:57:06.273 --> 01:57:09.033
Boozer gets his arm stuck deeply in a wall.

01:57:09.933 --> 01:57:10.813
Immediately.

01:57:10.993 --> 01:57:14.053
And Ricky wonders out loud if this was a good or bad idea.

01:57:14.073 --> 01:57:17.473
Bad idea, Ricky, but great idea at the same time.

01:57:17.493 --> 01:57:19.433
But like punk as fuck idea.

01:57:19.453 --> 01:57:20.973
Yeah, for the aesthetic.

01:57:23.713 --> 01:57:25.933
Tumblr would die for this.

01:57:27.193 --> 01:57:31.033
Deacon has been trying to stay in contact with O'Brien from Nero this whole time.

01:57:31.413 --> 01:57:40.153
Occasionally checks in, does some spy missions for O'Brien because O'Brien is saying that unfortunately, Nero has bad communications between other Nero officers.

01:57:40.253 --> 01:57:42.453
So he's like, hey, Deacon, go over here.

01:57:42.473 --> 01:57:43.393
They're landing here.

01:57:43.393 --> 01:57:44.233
Tell me what they said.

01:57:44.753 --> 01:57:47.673
So Deacon had to go sneaky sneaks for O'Brien occasionally.

01:57:47.933 --> 01:57:49.133
They're really boring missions.

01:57:49.853 --> 01:57:54.253
Deacon's been telling Boozer about all of this and keeping him up to date on all the Nero shit.

01:57:54.273 --> 01:57:57.273
So he and Boozer are like, hmm, you know what?

01:57:57.293 --> 01:57:58.573
Let's go meet up with O'Brien.

01:57:58.713 --> 01:58:00.013
Just for old time's sake.

01:58:00.033 --> 01:58:01.213
I've got my stabby arm.

01:58:01.233 --> 01:58:02.273
Let's go on an adventure.

01:58:02.493 --> 01:58:03.853
I've got my new sword arm.

01:58:03.873 --> 01:58:05.233
I've got my stab attack.

01:58:05.413 --> 01:58:08.273
It's like, I wouldn't say a machete, but like a big hunting knife.

01:58:08.293 --> 01:58:08.753
Really?

01:58:08.753 --> 01:58:10.493
It's a huge fucking blade.

01:58:10.513 --> 01:58:12.073
That's fucking wild.

01:58:12.093 --> 01:58:13.733
It's very Ash in the Evil Dead.

01:58:15.293 --> 01:58:16.793
Where he's got a chainsaw arm.

01:58:16.813 --> 01:58:17.433
Yeah.

01:58:17.633 --> 01:58:18.653
It's cool as fuck.

01:58:19.553 --> 01:58:23.873
They get to a landing where O'Brien is waiting and Boozer stays out of sight to not spook O'Brien.

01:58:23.933 --> 01:58:26.953
He's like, I don't want to bring like another person to this with like a sword arm.

01:58:27.013 --> 01:58:27.353
Yeah.

01:58:27.353 --> 01:58:28.633
That may make him nervous.

01:58:29.153 --> 01:58:33.093
Every time you talk to him, you put a gun in his face, so like, let's not freak this dude out.

01:58:33.233 --> 01:58:34.773
He's not even supposed to be here today.

01:58:34.793 --> 01:58:35.033
No.

01:58:37.253 --> 01:58:41.793
Deacon runs up to O'Brien, and O'Brien reveals that he found some old medical notes on Sarah.

01:58:42.313 --> 01:58:46.413
It shows she was in surgery for six hours after her stab wound.

01:58:47.553 --> 01:58:49.133
But she made a full recovery.

01:58:49.393 --> 01:58:50.353
Shit yeah, Sarah.

01:58:50.533 --> 01:58:52.513
Deacon goes, Oh my God, so she's alive?

01:58:53.853 --> 01:58:58.833
O'Brien shakes his head and definitively says, No, she's fucking dead.

01:58:59.493 --> 01:59:02.793
The camp she was sent to was overrun and there were no survivors.

01:59:02.933 --> 01:59:03.653
Son of a bitch.

01:59:03.673 --> 01:59:05.393
Deacon goes, But you survived.

01:59:06.533 --> 01:59:07.673
So she survived.

01:59:07.793 --> 01:59:08.193
Right.

01:59:08.333 --> 01:59:09.853
O'Brien says, No.

01:59:10.373 --> 01:59:14.373
The only people who got out were Nero people or people with like government clearance.

01:59:14.673 --> 01:59:17.013
She would have been dead the next day if you did nothing.

01:59:17.233 --> 01:59:18.973
She collected plants for a living.

01:59:18.993 --> 01:59:20.273
She was a plant scientist.

01:59:20.293 --> 01:59:20.653
Yeah.

01:59:21.213 --> 01:59:22.193
But he's like, You know what?

01:59:22.213 --> 01:59:26.693
She would have been dead the next day if you did nothing and you'd be dead right along with her if you got on that helicopter.

01:59:27.613 --> 01:59:28.853
You did as much as you could.

01:59:30.173 --> 01:59:34.013
Deacon thanks O'Brien for saving her life that night and walks the way back to Boozer.

01:59:34.773 --> 01:59:37.013
The bike is alone, though, and Boozer has taken off.

01:59:37.453 --> 01:59:40.593
He's so that drunk friend that just darts out into the night.

01:59:40.613 --> 01:59:42.393
You know, you're like, I can't fucking.

01:59:42.413 --> 01:59:44.793
You got to put an air tag on them because you're like, they're just going to run.

01:59:44.793 --> 01:59:45.713
Get a bell on them.

01:59:45.753 --> 01:59:46.113
Yeah.

01:59:46.813 --> 01:59:51.513
You see the ones where they put like a balloon on their girlfriend and be like, Oh, the red one's mine.

01:59:53.293 --> 01:59:59.853
Boozer has gotten bored and went down to a nearby store for supplies and found rippers hunting dogs of all fucking things.

02:00:00.213 --> 02:00:00.833
Dogs.

02:00:00.933 --> 02:00:01.393
Shit.

02:00:01.493 --> 02:00:04.893
No one fucks with dogs and gets away with it, so Boozer killed all of them.

02:00:05.753 --> 02:00:10.193
On the way back, Boozer asks what O'Brien had to say and Deacon says, drop it.

02:00:11.713 --> 02:00:14.813
Then they get into a very strange man moment.

02:00:14.833 --> 02:00:23.953
And I love your opinions on this because Boozer just punches Deacon and makes Deacon say out loud that Sarah is dead and has been dead for a long time.

02:00:24.873 --> 02:00:27.453
Well, he keeps having to remind him that Sarah's dead.

02:00:27.853 --> 02:00:29.253
So he's literally beating it into him?

02:00:29.313 --> 02:00:30.573
Yeah, that's literally what's happening.

02:00:30.593 --> 02:00:35.073
He's so fucking sick and tired of having to remind him, your wife is dead.

02:00:35.413 --> 02:00:40.493
Okay, like Boozer literally knocks him to the ground and tells him he's mourned her enough.

02:00:41.433 --> 02:00:43.633
He's probably just sick and fucking tired of hearing about it.

02:00:43.753 --> 02:00:44.993
And like some tough love?

02:00:45.073 --> 02:00:45.853
Yeah, a little bit.

02:00:45.993 --> 02:00:48.033
It's giving, like women don't do this.

02:00:48.053 --> 02:00:48.293
No.

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To speak in gender norms.

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This is some boy shit.

02:00:52.373 --> 02:00:56.413
They don't, but they might sit there and be like, bitch, you're being stupid.

02:00:56.693 --> 02:00:57.273
Yeah.

02:00:57.293 --> 02:00:58.613
You know, this is that version.

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Okay.

02:01:00.233 --> 02:01:03.793
Deacon on the ground says, Boozer, you got a hell of a left hook.

02:01:04.513 --> 02:01:06.533
Boozer says, it's the only move he's got now.

02:01:06.553 --> 02:01:09.933
I'm just about to say, like it's the only hook he's got.

02:01:09.993 --> 02:01:12.093
She took off my other one.

02:01:15.393 --> 02:01:16.833
He's lucky he didn't get shanked.

02:01:18.573 --> 02:01:21.693
But with that, he's like, all right, my dead wife's dead, god damn it.

02:01:22.613 --> 02:01:32.073
Like the ass beating is just so therapeutic for them both, and they write off accepting this new chapter of their life, one without an arm and one without the hope that his dead wife isn't dead.

02:01:32.773 --> 02:01:34.353
They're both leaving without something.

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Yeah.

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Deacon drops Boozer off at the farm to work and takes a ride.

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He ends up riding by a church, the church he and Sarah got married at.

02:01:43.473 --> 02:01:44.873
They got married in a church?

02:01:45.173 --> 02:01:46.213
Oh my God, right?

02:01:46.553 --> 02:01:47.913
We didn't get married in a church.

02:01:48.093 --> 02:01:50.453
No one in your family's gotten married in a church.

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Despite a lot of them being very Catholic.

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This triggers a flashback to their wedding day.

02:01:58.493 --> 02:02:02.213
It's a modest, tiny wedding with only Boozer in attendance.

02:02:03.153 --> 02:02:04.433
He was the best man.

02:02:04.453 --> 02:02:05.613
You immediately just think that's funny.

02:02:05.813 --> 02:02:08.813
No, he's sitting in a pew in the back of the church.

02:02:08.833 --> 02:02:11.193
There's probably 10 rows of pews.

02:02:11.213 --> 02:02:12.613
It's a very small chapel.

02:02:12.633 --> 02:02:14.293
And he said, last row.

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I am not sitting up front in the splash zone for this one.

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Splash zone.

02:02:19.953 --> 02:02:21.553
I don't want to be in the wedding video.

02:02:21.573 --> 02:02:22.873
Yeah, there's no one there.

02:02:23.713 --> 02:02:26.913
Sarah is in a full silk white wedding gown.

02:02:27.693 --> 02:02:33.393
And Deacon is in goddamn jeans and his motorcycle club cut and his hat is on backwards.

02:02:33.553 --> 02:02:36.293
They only made one outfit for Deacon.

02:02:38.253 --> 02:02:39.693
That's a fucking fact.

02:02:40.773 --> 02:02:46.833
He is a cartoon character who wears the same outfit for 14 years of a series.

02:02:48.553 --> 02:02:51.913
He got married in denim.

02:02:52.013 --> 02:02:53.133
In denim.

02:02:53.413 --> 02:02:55.433
That makes me so unreasonably angry.

02:02:55.713 --> 02:02:57.553
Oh, and you got married in Birkenstocks.

02:02:58.013 --> 02:02:58.933
Okay, you know what?

02:03:01.113 --> 02:03:01.893
I fucking did.

02:03:03.453 --> 02:03:06.873
Fine, okay, I am so seen and humbled by that moment.

02:03:06.893 --> 02:03:08.073
Why would you bring that up?

02:03:08.093 --> 02:03:09.073
Because you know what?

02:03:09.093 --> 02:03:11.873
Honestly, your feet weren't seen when you were wearing your dress.

02:03:11.893 --> 02:03:16.853
That's true, I wore a big ass gown, and we have a couple inches height difference.

02:03:16.873 --> 02:03:18.853
I didn't need to wear heels.

02:03:18.913 --> 02:03:19.573
It's fine.

02:03:19.993 --> 02:03:27.073
But we can sure as shit see fucking this outfit that he decided to wear.

02:03:27.093 --> 02:03:30.313
It's a outfit he wears every day, and I hate him for it.

02:03:30.353 --> 02:03:35.653
Anyway, Sarah starts delivering her vows, and she's like, Deacon, you mean so much to me.

02:03:35.713 --> 02:03:37.413
I'd give up anything for you.

02:03:37.733 --> 02:03:39.273
This ring is a promise.

02:03:39.613 --> 02:03:40.353
I love you.

02:03:41.513 --> 02:03:42.853
Deacon's vows are similar.

02:03:42.933 --> 02:03:44.713
He's like, this ring is my promise.

02:03:44.733 --> 02:03:47.073
I will love you forever, and I will never leave you.

02:03:47.753 --> 02:03:50.733
The minister says they can kiss, and Sarah says, wait.

02:03:51.813 --> 02:04:03.473
She had Deacon's big ass mongrel's ring, and she hands it back to him and says, here, you can have this one back, but only if you promise to ride me as much as you ride your bike.

02:04:03.973 --> 02:04:07.693
Dear fucking God, she did not.

02:04:09.713 --> 02:04:11.793
You've gotta be fucking kidding me, she.

02:04:12.753 --> 02:04:17.773
You know how often this gets clipped when people talk about the negative parts of this game?

02:04:18.193 --> 02:04:19.153
Every single time.

02:04:19.733 --> 02:04:27.433
Every negative review brings up this scene and shows her saying, you have to promise to ride me as much as you ride your bike.

02:04:28.353 --> 02:04:31.093
At their wedding, she is clearly in a wedding dress.

02:04:31.113 --> 02:04:32.953
Even out of context, you know what's happening.

02:04:32.973 --> 02:04:34.353
You know what this makes me think of?

02:04:34.873 --> 02:04:36.193
How much you hate everything.

02:04:36.213 --> 02:04:43.193
That, but also that one viral video of the one bride going down the aisle.

02:04:43.213 --> 02:04:47.053
Hey, you're a crazy bitch, but you fuck so good about Tom.

02:04:47.693 --> 02:04:50.113
That one entirely.

02:04:50.133 --> 02:04:50.913
Yeah.

02:04:51.373 --> 02:04:53.833
And it's giving the same fucking energy.

02:04:53.953 --> 02:04:54.493
I don't know.

02:04:54.533 --> 02:05:00.313
It's like the people that get like their wedding pictures where she's giving him a blow job and stuff like that.

02:05:00.333 --> 02:05:03.053
It's just, it's so cringy.

02:05:03.073 --> 02:05:10.693
You don't need to involve your sex life in like the public marriage aspect of it.

02:05:10.713 --> 02:05:11.733
Like, yeah, we all get it.

02:05:11.793 --> 02:05:12.673
Married people fuck.

02:05:14.013 --> 02:05:14.993
Unmarried people fuck.

02:05:15.153 --> 02:05:16.133
You know what I mean?

02:05:16.853 --> 02:05:18.233
Like, yeah, people fuck.

02:05:18.373 --> 02:05:20.873
You don't got to make a big fucking scene of it.

02:05:21.053 --> 02:05:22.273
At your wedding.

02:05:22.293 --> 02:05:23.193
At your wedding.

02:05:23.233 --> 02:05:26.753
It's so gross and wrong.

02:05:26.833 --> 02:05:29.813
And this is what she decided to fucking say.

02:05:30.273 --> 02:05:33.873
Ride me like you ride your bike before he says you may now kiss.

02:05:35.413 --> 02:05:38.813
She stops the first kiss to deliver that line too.

02:05:38.833 --> 02:05:41.473
He's like, you guys can kiss and like consummate the marriage.

02:05:41.493 --> 02:05:42.533
She goes, stop.

02:05:42.613 --> 02:05:44.373
I have one more condition.

02:05:44.753 --> 02:05:48.473
Before we consummate the marriage, I want to talk about how we consummate the marriage.

02:05:48.493 --> 02:05:52.333
I would also like to discuss the frequency of which we consummate the marriage.

02:05:53.233 --> 02:05:55.433
It must be more than you ride your motorcycle.

02:05:55.973 --> 02:05:59.853
Also, I don't love her saying, I want the man to ride me.

02:05:59.873 --> 02:06:02.513
There's something about that, just geographically, I don't like.

02:06:02.793 --> 02:06:03.333
Yeah, whatever.

02:06:03.353 --> 02:06:05.093
If you like being on top or bottom, that doesn't matter to me.

02:06:05.113 --> 02:06:06.653
Yeah, but like, I don't know.

02:06:06.713 --> 02:06:11.153
The whole thing of it gives me the biggest ache, and I really do love when this gets clipped.

02:06:11.393 --> 02:06:17.373
I'll also try and find that one video you just mentioned and put it in the Discord for this, because it does bring me joy.

02:06:17.373 --> 02:06:22.573
And for some reason, I knew exactly what you were talking about, because we share a single brain cell.

02:06:23.953 --> 02:06:25.513
100, oh my God.

02:06:25.533 --> 02:06:32.353
She's like grinding her pussy, like walking down, and it's like a backyard wedding, and no tino shade to like small weddings go off.

02:06:32.373 --> 02:06:36.493
But yeah, the sexuality of it makes me angry.

02:06:36.633 --> 02:06:47.233
And it also comes so fucking far out of left field, because so far from the minimum that we've seen Sarah as like the gamer, she doesn't come across as this way at all.

02:06:47.773 --> 02:06:48.993
No, she's super sweet.

02:06:49.013 --> 02:06:51.433
She's just like, hey Deacon, let's talk about plants.

02:06:51.453 --> 02:06:53.593
I'm gonna teach you how to pick a plant appropriately.

02:06:53.933 --> 02:06:56.833
And then she's like, I want you to ride this pussy.

02:06:59.473 --> 02:07:01.093
It's so aggressive.

02:07:01.173 --> 02:07:03.033
And also like, it's a small wedding.

02:07:03.053 --> 02:07:06.973
At least you're not sitting in front of your parents, which is, I never like sex stuff in front of parents.

02:07:06.993 --> 02:07:07.673
Like that sucks.

02:07:07.793 --> 02:07:08.173
No.

02:07:08.193 --> 02:07:10.113
But Boozer is your best friend.

02:07:10.133 --> 02:07:12.833
And she's like, I want you to ride me.

02:07:12.853 --> 02:07:14.073
Like, oh.

02:07:14.433 --> 02:07:16.593
And you got married in a church.

02:07:16.753 --> 02:07:17.413
It isn't a church.

02:07:17.533 --> 02:07:19.733
The minister probably doesn't know them very well.

02:07:19.773 --> 02:07:22.613
And he is visibly uncomfortable when she says this.

02:07:22.633 --> 02:07:23.653
I would hope so.

02:07:25.433 --> 02:07:29.553
Deacon hears this and grabs her and aggressively kisses her.

02:07:29.573 --> 02:07:33.593
Like, they did have a splash zone that Boozer chose to opt out of.

02:07:33.593 --> 02:07:36.073
And the minister leaves as soon as he physically can.

02:07:36.093 --> 02:07:37.793
He's like, their eyes are closed.

02:07:38.613 --> 02:07:39.853
I am out this bitch.

02:07:40.253 --> 02:07:47.453
They are Ron Swanson and Tammy Swanson just straight having sex immediately after saying, yes, I do.

02:07:47.473 --> 02:07:49.753
Just fucking, we at least waited until the wedding was over.

02:07:49.773 --> 02:07:50.233
Yeah.

02:07:52.273 --> 02:07:53.913
Like, I've been married.

02:07:54.373 --> 02:07:56.333
You don't have to have sex immediately.

02:07:56.533 --> 02:07:57.653
Give it a minute.

02:07:57.693 --> 02:07:59.393
Enjoy the cake first.

02:08:00.313 --> 02:08:01.913
Take a picture, you know?

02:08:01.933 --> 02:08:05.313
Like, greet your friends and say, thank you for sharing this moment with us.

02:08:05.613 --> 02:08:09.413
Now, Boozer starts slow clapping while they're kiss fucking.

02:08:11.513 --> 02:08:12.533
It's just horrible.

02:08:12.553 --> 02:08:16.933
It's horrible for us, the gamer, and for Deacon in the present, it's moving.

02:08:17.113 --> 02:08:19.433
He is like, this is the sweetest moment of my life.

02:08:19.593 --> 02:08:23.733
But as the gamer holding the controller, you're like, no, no, make it stop.

02:08:23.773 --> 02:08:25.033
I hate this so much.

02:08:25.113 --> 02:08:26.993
Boozer, enjoy the clapping while you can.

02:08:27.013 --> 02:08:31.873
Ugh, before he starts clapping these cheeks, baby girl.

02:08:31.873 --> 02:08:34.513
Oh no, I just meant he's about to lose an arm and he's never gonna clap again.

02:08:34.533 --> 02:08:35.313
Oh my God.

02:08:36.133 --> 02:08:37.993
It's gonna hurt real bad if he tries to.

02:08:38.013 --> 02:08:40.593
He's gonna stab himself.

02:08:40.613 --> 02:08:43.473
He's gonna have a lot of really bad cuts on that one hand.

02:08:43.773 --> 02:08:44.033
Oh.

02:08:46.513 --> 02:08:47.753
It fucking sucks.

02:08:48.253 --> 02:08:48.693
Anyway.

02:08:48.713 --> 02:08:49.873
Sorry, we derailed.

02:08:49.913 --> 02:08:53.853
We lost our minds because it is truly one of the worst moments in gaming.

02:08:54.213 --> 02:09:01.813
I think one of the clues, so on our Discord we have a thing where we'll put up like Xs instead of the game title for the games that are coming up for this season.

02:09:02.153 --> 02:09:09.193
And my clue for Days Gone was this had some of the cringiest fucking dialogue I've ever heard in gaming.

02:09:09.993 --> 02:09:11.873
And eventually they did figure out it was Days Gone.

02:09:11.893 --> 02:09:12.953
Right, off of that clue.

02:09:13.153 --> 02:09:17.573
Obviously that did help, because holy shit, this is historically bad.

02:09:18.393 --> 02:09:24.213
Deacon in the present solemnly says goodbye to Sarah and his marriage and his old life for good.

02:09:24.773 --> 02:09:28.013
He exits the church, turns around and burns it down.

02:09:28.333 --> 02:09:29.993
Burns it down, what the fuck?

02:09:30.353 --> 02:09:31.913
Sometimes closure is arson.

02:09:34.593 --> 02:09:39.653
At camp, Deacon talks to Addie about Boozer and Addie is like, look, he's going through a lot.

02:09:39.673 --> 02:09:41.173
That's why I told you to keep an eye on him.

02:09:41.273 --> 02:09:42.453
It's hard to lose a limb.

02:09:43.033 --> 02:09:45.933
Maybe get something to keep him company and like heal his soul.

02:09:45.953 --> 02:09:48.373
I can heal his body, but we gotta work on that soul.

02:09:48.753 --> 02:09:50.153
I love her so much.

02:09:51.153 --> 02:09:54.613
So Deacon goes out and finds Boozer a puppy.

02:09:55.733 --> 02:09:59.533
Oh, it is the cutest goddamn puppy I have ever seen.

02:09:59.793 --> 02:10:04.153
It's a tiny baby Norwegian elk hound and he's the goodest boy.

02:10:04.173 --> 02:10:09.993
And he's tiny and he's fuzzy and he's so goddamn cute.

02:10:10.153 --> 02:10:12.473
Elk hounds are the cutest fucking dogs.

02:10:12.493 --> 02:10:17.953
There's something about them that's like, you are truly descended from wolves, but like the prettiest wolves on earth.

02:10:17.993 --> 02:10:21.413
But also where the fuck did Deacon find this goddamn dog?

02:10:22.133 --> 02:10:22.833
Just like out?

02:10:23.033 --> 02:10:23.753
Just out there.

02:10:23.873 --> 02:10:24.133
Yeah.

02:10:25.433 --> 02:10:26.593
It's an actual wolf.

02:10:26.773 --> 02:10:27.033
Yeah.

02:10:27.733 --> 02:10:30.933
And it's tricky though, cause you know, we mentioned some of the mammals can get infected.

02:10:30.953 --> 02:10:32.873
The wolves can get infected here.

02:10:33.793 --> 02:10:36.013
So he really had to be like, is this dog okay?

02:10:36.173 --> 02:10:37.053
Oh my God.

02:10:37.073 --> 02:10:39.373
So he risked everything for this fucking dog.

02:10:39.393 --> 02:10:40.193
He really did.

02:10:40.673 --> 02:10:41.433
He really did.

02:10:42.413 --> 02:10:48.093
Deacon brings back this perfect little floof to camp and finds Boozer napping on a patio.

02:10:48.793 --> 02:10:55.933
Deacon wakes him up and Boozer is confused and angry, and then is completely lit up seeing this little guy.

02:10:56.653 --> 02:11:00.513
The puppy looks up at Boozer and runs into his arms.

02:11:01.453 --> 02:11:02.473
Oh, like he knew.

02:11:02.493 --> 02:11:04.173
It is love at first sight.

02:11:04.193 --> 02:11:05.573
Boozer very carefully hugs him.

02:11:05.613 --> 02:11:05.893
Right.

02:11:06.573 --> 02:11:07.353
Cause of the sword.

02:11:07.393 --> 02:11:08.773
Holds the one arm way up high.

02:11:08.793 --> 02:11:09.133
Yeah.

02:11:09.433 --> 02:11:15.893
And Boozer scoops up this puppy and immediately takes him into the cabin to get him oriented into his new home, get him some water.

02:11:16.213 --> 02:11:16.433
Oh.

02:11:16.553 --> 02:11:17.913
Just show him where he's gonna live.

02:11:18.633 --> 02:11:21.393
And with that, Boozer's depression is cured.

02:11:21.413 --> 02:11:22.853
That's all it takes usually.

02:11:22.893 --> 02:11:25.093
Sometimes it happens, you know?

02:11:25.113 --> 02:11:29.993
Depression is very complex, but sometimes if you see a cute puppy, you're like, honestly, this life is amazing.

02:11:30.353 --> 02:11:32.273
This is why they're emotional support animals.

02:11:32.413 --> 02:11:33.053
Exactly.

02:11:33.113 --> 02:11:33.793
They're real.

02:11:34.773 --> 02:11:40.613
Schizo calls for Deacon and says, they can fully blow up the mines once they get detonator cords for the dynamite they scavenged.

02:11:41.313 --> 02:11:45.053
And Schizo knows where he can get some deck cords, but it's in ripper territory.

02:11:45.673 --> 02:11:47.533
Deacon immediately shoots this idea down.

02:11:47.553 --> 02:11:51.453
He's like, I've gotten into trouble a couple times for this, so let's not fucking do that.

02:11:51.473 --> 02:11:52.453
Yeah, I'm done with those rippers.

02:11:53.433 --> 02:11:54.493
Schizo says, it's fine.

02:11:54.513 --> 02:11:57.953
I'll go with you and it'll save a lot of lives and it'll block off the horde caves.

02:11:58.813 --> 02:12:02.553
Obviously Deacon eventually caves and they head off to get the detonator cords.

02:12:03.573 --> 02:12:04.773
It's a whole ass thing.

02:12:04.813 --> 02:12:07.813
It's deep in the woods and it's just Deacon, Schizo and the rippers.

02:12:08.433 --> 02:12:15.113
When they come up on the rippers, they're around a ripper bonfire, huffing fumes and getting high and dancing and cutting themselves.

02:12:15.133 --> 02:12:18.073
Just wants to get high off whatever the fuck they can.

02:12:18.093 --> 02:12:22.793
Yeah, and like hallucinogenics and PCP, it fucking sucks every time.

02:12:23.773 --> 02:12:27.533
Schizo and Deacon make it to a transportation building where the detonator cords are.

02:12:27.973 --> 02:12:31.393
They fight their way in to get away from freakers and find them thankfully.

02:12:31.413 --> 02:12:33.413
So now we're ready to blow the fucking caves up.

02:12:33.513 --> 02:12:34.013
Shit, yeah.

02:12:34.573 --> 02:12:35.693
Or at least that's the plan.

02:12:36.773 --> 02:12:40.573
As they're leaving, Schizo pulls Deacon's sidearm out of the holster.

02:12:41.453 --> 02:12:46.753
Schizo raises the gun on Deacon and says, sorry, it was the only way, and pistol whips him.

02:12:46.813 --> 02:12:47.613
The fuck?

02:12:48.013 --> 02:12:48.933
Deacon blacks out.

02:12:50.093 --> 02:12:54.513
Deacon wakes up alone and standing with his arms tied up like he's being splayed out.

02:12:55.193 --> 02:12:58.713
His shirt is off, his pants are thankfully on, but everything is gone.

02:12:59.353 --> 02:13:01.413
He's in a dark room lit by candles.

02:13:02.193 --> 02:13:05.193
The head of the Ripper cult comes into the room to confront Deacon.

02:13:06.053 --> 02:13:09.333
It's dark, but Deacon can make out that he knows this man.

02:13:10.333 --> 02:13:11.693
His man goes by Carlos now.

02:13:11.973 --> 02:13:14.053
Carlos is who Iron Mike made a deal with.

02:13:14.913 --> 02:13:20.813
But as he approaches, the candlelight sparks a memory, and Deacon realizes this is a man named Jesse.

02:13:21.873 --> 02:13:23.853
Jesse used to ride with the Mongrels.

02:13:24.113 --> 02:13:25.433
Oh shit, he's a former Mongrel.

02:13:25.453 --> 02:13:27.433
He was in the club with Boozer and Deacon.

02:13:28.033 --> 02:13:32.653
Jesse was running drugs and killed another Mongrel brother over a bad drug deal.

02:13:32.753 --> 02:13:33.333
Oh shit.

02:13:33.333 --> 02:13:34.993
So he was stripped of his colors.

02:13:35.673 --> 02:13:44.433
Boozer and Deacon once held him down and burned his club tattoos off of his back while he was excommunicated from the club.

02:13:45.013 --> 02:13:48.233
Starts to make a bit more sense why they did it to Boozer now.

02:13:48.533 --> 02:13:50.833
Yeah, and why they were hunting Boozer and Deacon down.

02:13:50.853 --> 02:13:53.433
Yeah, that makes a lot more fucking sense.

02:13:53.453 --> 02:13:54.853
They might have had it coming.

02:13:56.253 --> 02:13:58.033
Well, there's some balance here, right?

02:13:58.053 --> 02:13:59.473
There is, at the same time.

02:13:59.493 --> 02:14:02.613
Like, yeah, he held somebody down, so that way they did it to him.

02:14:03.053 --> 02:14:05.773
He wanted to do it right back, but he also killed somebody.

02:14:05.793 --> 02:14:08.973
You know, it's not a fun situation they're all in.

02:14:09.093 --> 02:14:10.293
No, this all sucks.

02:14:10.833 --> 02:14:13.233
But Boozer at least got a fucking sword out of it.

02:14:13.333 --> 02:14:14.253
He did, and a puppy.

02:14:14.313 --> 02:14:15.173
Yeah, and a puppy.

02:14:15.553 --> 02:14:17.993
His suppression puppy is here.

02:14:18.173 --> 02:14:21.493
But this guy seems to have gotten an entire fucking gang out of it, so.

02:14:21.513 --> 02:14:22.433
But a cult?

02:14:23.053 --> 02:14:24.573
Yeah, he became a cult leader afterwards.

02:14:24.593 --> 02:14:25.873
He moved up from gang.

02:14:25.893 --> 02:14:26.693
Yeah, that's true.

02:14:26.753 --> 02:14:31.953
I think cult is above gang in the hierarchy of like lunatics who run people around and shit.

02:14:31.973 --> 02:14:32.993
Well, you know what they say.

02:14:33.013 --> 02:14:35.753
There's more money as the leader, but you have more fun as a member.

02:14:35.773 --> 02:14:36.793
It's true, it's true.

02:14:36.813 --> 02:14:37.833
So he's just kind of fucked.

02:14:38.753 --> 02:14:39.453
He didn't though.

02:14:39.473 --> 02:14:44.093
He had a way worse time being a member of the gang than he is running a cult.

02:14:44.193 --> 02:14:46.573
And money doesn't exist anymore, so fuck.

02:14:46.633 --> 02:14:47.873
Just PCP.

02:14:49.493 --> 02:14:58.013
After that whole incident, Jesse went on a crazy psychedelic trip and renamed himself Carlos, and started this apocalypse cult after the world shut down.

02:14:58.133 --> 02:14:59.653
What is he, Rachel Dolezal?

02:14:59.673 --> 02:15:01.913
He changed his name to like an ethnic name on top of that?

02:15:01.933 --> 02:15:02.573
Girl, right?

02:15:02.813 --> 02:15:06.493
This is a white boy named Jesse that rode in a motorcycle club in Oregon.

02:15:06.513 --> 02:15:08.733
I don't think he was one of the diverse members.

02:15:12.133 --> 02:15:18.853
And now Jesse Carlos has Deacon tied up like a prized fucking hog primed for revenge.

02:15:19.673 --> 02:15:20.873
Deacon knows he's fucked.

02:15:21.313 --> 02:15:24.593
Jesse is like, remember when you burned off my tattoos?

02:15:25.133 --> 02:15:25.653
Fuck you.

02:15:26.473 --> 02:15:31.493
Jesse takes a blowtorch and starts doing his own at-home tattoo removal on Deacon's arm.

02:15:32.153 --> 02:15:32.373
Oh.

02:15:32.853 --> 02:15:37.953
Jesse says, everything about Deacon can be burned away until nothing remains but your name.

02:15:38.873 --> 02:15:40.553
Deacon breathes through the pain.

02:15:41.133 --> 02:15:47.133
Jesse talks about how he worships the Freakers, and Deacon cuts him off and says, are we doing that or are you just gonna talk me to death?

02:15:49.353 --> 02:15:51.293
Jesse says, oh, whoa, we're doing that.

02:15:51.813 --> 02:15:53.593
But we can't do this without Boozer.

02:15:54.013 --> 02:15:55.933
The three of us are gonna finish this together.

02:15:56.713 --> 02:16:04.233
Jesse burns more of an arm tattoo on Deacon off and gets close to huffing the smell of his burning flesh, and I fucking hate it.

02:16:04.413 --> 02:16:05.533
Oh my God.

02:16:05.733 --> 02:16:08.413
He says he doesn't have Boozer yet, but he will soon.

02:16:08.953 --> 02:16:12.153
What are the odds that the three of them would still be here at the end of the world?

02:16:13.133 --> 02:16:15.673
Jesse punches Deacon and knocks him the fuck out.

02:16:16.733 --> 02:16:19.893
A while later, Deacon has woken up and is trying to get out of his restraints.

02:16:20.953 --> 02:16:23.233
The door opens, and it's not Jesse this time.

02:16:23.613 --> 02:16:26.233
It's a girl with ripper scars all across her face.

02:16:27.053 --> 02:16:30.473
She enters the room alone, and Deacon sees Lisa one more time.

02:16:30.913 --> 02:16:31.973
Oh fucking hell.

02:16:32.653 --> 02:16:35.453
She comes to Deacon and says she saw them bring him in.

02:16:35.853 --> 02:16:38.653
Deacon calls her Lisa, and she says, no, no, that's not my name.

02:16:39.373 --> 02:16:40.533
I don't have a name anymore.

02:16:40.593 --> 02:16:41.293
Jesus.

02:16:41.753 --> 02:16:44.473
She says everyone she cared about is dead.

02:16:45.493 --> 02:16:49.693
She talks about the rippers and says, do you know why we want to be like the freaks?

02:16:50.553 --> 02:16:52.153
They don't remember what they've lost.

02:16:53.173 --> 02:16:53.773
Damn.

02:16:54.173 --> 02:16:58.953
Even though Lisa is so far gone, her brain has surrendered to the cult mentality.

02:16:59.533 --> 02:17:02.213
She still sees Deacon as a man who tried to help her.

02:17:02.233 --> 02:17:04.293
I'm soldering to slavery.

02:17:04.313 --> 02:17:04.953
Yeah, a little bit.

02:17:05.313 --> 02:17:06.413
And she cuts him free.

02:17:07.193 --> 02:17:10.213
Quietly, she leaves him a knife and leaves the room.

02:17:11.713 --> 02:17:14.333
Deacon moves quickly and gets free and starts to escape.

02:17:14.753 --> 02:17:20.093
He sneaky sneaks around and he finds his stuff and his clothes and kills as many rippers as he quietly can.

02:17:20.793 --> 02:17:23.473
He knows he's outnumbered, so the key here is moving in silence.

02:17:24.613 --> 02:17:32.433
Deacon finds Lisa again and is like, girly, thank you so much, but you have to run because they're going to figure out that you're the one that freed me and they will 100% kill you.

02:17:32.473 --> 02:17:34.973
Yeah, you keep escaping from camps anyway.

02:17:34.993 --> 02:17:36.273
You seem to be really good at it.

02:17:36.313 --> 02:17:38.573
Yeah, he's like, you have to fucking run.

02:17:38.593 --> 02:17:40.013
And she goes, yes, I do.

02:17:40.193 --> 02:17:43.153
Yeah, the slavery camp might be better than this one.

02:17:43.853 --> 02:17:46.313
She understands that and she's like, yep, I'm out.

02:17:46.473 --> 02:17:49.513
But before she leaves, she hugs him really, really tight.

02:17:50.133 --> 02:17:51.013
And then she takes off.

02:17:52.193 --> 02:17:58.253
Deacon starts to escape the compound, kicking himself for believing Schizo, because fuck Schizo.

02:17:58.273 --> 02:17:59.773
And getting himself into this issue.

02:17:59.773 --> 02:18:00.733
It just fucking sucks.

02:18:01.353 --> 02:18:06.313
Once he starts to get back to his bike, he finds out that the Rippers have descended on the Lost Lake Camp.

02:18:06.493 --> 02:18:07.493
Of course they did.

02:18:07.573 --> 02:18:10.353
That Schizo set everything up to take down Iron Mike.

02:18:11.793 --> 02:18:18.353
Oh shit, see, I thought this was just going to be like, oh, they had to turn over Deacon, because that's the only way to get the treaty back.

02:18:18.633 --> 02:18:22.653
They did that, but it was just a pawn to also be like, oh no, Deacon's gone.

02:18:23.313 --> 02:18:28.233
But also, but we got that hint that Schizo's kind of a fucking skis.

02:18:28.473 --> 02:18:29.993
Schizo fucking sucks.

02:18:30.633 --> 02:18:31.973
Oh, fuck you, Schizo.

02:18:31.993 --> 02:18:33.233
Fuck you, Schizo.

02:18:34.253 --> 02:18:39.373
Deacon hauls ass on his bike back to camp, and it's absolute fucking chaos.

02:18:39.533 --> 02:18:43.133
There are fires, there's rippers everywhere, it's fucking crazy.

02:18:43.793 --> 02:18:48.093
Deacon takes out as many rippers as he can, and he goes looking for Schizo's goddamn head.

02:18:48.833 --> 02:18:52.673
The fight goes on overnight until both parties call a ceasefire.

02:18:53.473 --> 02:18:59.793
The rippers oblige and leave, and the Lost Lake camp retreats into the main house to reconvene on what the fuck just happened.

02:19:00.673 --> 02:19:04.153
Schizo is with Iron Mike and tells him that this is all one big misunderstanding.

02:19:05.413 --> 02:19:13.813
Mike is furious that people died on property and is about to kill Schizo himself, but his code of conduct won't let him do that.

02:19:13.953 --> 02:19:15.373
Well, you really fucking should.

02:19:15.593 --> 02:19:21.173
Girl, Deacon tries to kill Schizo too, but Iron Mike is like, Jesus Christ, stop.

02:19:21.233 --> 02:19:22.993
Also, what the fuck happened to you?

02:19:22.993 --> 02:19:23.713
Yeah.

02:19:24.093 --> 02:19:29.233
Schizo admits that he made a deal with Carlos and the Rippers to sell out Deacon and Boozer, and it wasn't supposed to come to this.

02:19:29.953 --> 02:19:34.413
Deacon knows it's really Jesse and the Rippers, which if you Google, you'll get a lot of Full House quotes.

02:19:37.653 --> 02:19:43.173
Carlos is in the room with a few of his Ripper boys and confirms that they had a deal with Schizo to get Boozer and Deacon.

02:19:43.873 --> 02:19:47.613
Iron Mike says, I don't care what you think these boys did, but you're not getting them.

02:19:48.053 --> 02:19:49.013
Fuck you.

02:19:49.433 --> 02:19:50.253
Fuck your flag.

02:19:50.533 --> 02:19:51.273
Fuck your cult.

02:19:51.593 --> 02:19:52.313
Fuck off.

02:19:52.493 --> 02:19:57.013
Get the fuck out of Lost Lake, or we all die together right here and right fucking now.

02:19:57.493 --> 02:19:58.073
Hell yeah.

02:19:58.553 --> 02:20:00.433
That's why he's Iron Fucking Mike, baby.

02:20:00.453 --> 02:20:00.853
Yeah.

02:20:01.353 --> 02:20:04.933
All guns are drawn on each other, and Carlos takes a moment and accepts.

02:20:05.693 --> 02:20:09.993
On his way out, Deacon tells Carlos, Jesse, that they're not done.

02:20:10.913 --> 02:20:16.913
After they leave, Schizo starts to speak to Iron Mike, but Iron Mike punches him and knocks him the fuck out.

02:20:17.233 --> 02:20:17.673
Good.

02:20:18.653 --> 02:20:19.973
Toss him in the fucking lake.

02:20:20.433 --> 02:20:24.973
He kind of gets up almost immediately, though, but he does hit the ground blacked out for a second.

02:20:25.853 --> 02:20:28.313
Iron Mike tells some of the men to take Schizo to lock up.

02:20:29.033 --> 02:20:32.273
He says they're going to give him a fair trial and deal with him the proper way.

02:20:33.113 --> 02:20:33.933
I wouldn't do that.

02:20:33.953 --> 02:20:34.733
No, fuck you.

02:20:35.253 --> 02:20:39.553
Boozer and Deacon reconvene, and Boozer is like, was that fucking Jesse?

02:20:41.213 --> 02:20:44.953
Deacon says, yep, and he wants payback and shows off his arm burn.

02:20:45.393 --> 02:20:47.093
Certainly not as bad as Boozer's is.

02:20:47.113 --> 02:20:51.453
I was just about to ask, actually, how much worse or better is it than the one Boozer got?

02:20:51.453 --> 02:20:53.433
It's much easier to treat.

02:20:53.533 --> 02:20:53.913
Okay.

02:20:55.073 --> 02:20:59.473
Deacon says, hey, by the way, I have a really bad idea, and we're going to do it.

02:20:59.853 --> 02:21:01.193
Grab as much ammo as you can.

02:21:01.353 --> 02:21:03.933
Boozer is like, shit, yeah, I fucking love bad ideas.

02:21:03.953 --> 02:21:05.173
I can't grab much ammo.

02:21:05.193 --> 02:21:06.793
I've only got one arm, but I got you.

02:21:06.813 --> 02:21:09.273
I'm going to grab it real slowly, and it's going to be on one side.

02:21:10.373 --> 02:21:14.693
Deacon has to go grab the dynamite from Schizo's cabin, and Boozer is like, perfect.

02:21:14.713 --> 02:21:15.533
I'll meet you at the gate.

02:21:16.873 --> 02:21:20.753
Deacon snags the dynamite and the detonator cords and has Addy clean up his arm.

02:21:20.773 --> 02:21:22.193
He's like, all right, let's fucking ramp up.

02:21:22.713 --> 02:21:29.073
Now that he's all ready for revenge, Deacon and Boozer ride out to a nearby dam that sits just over the main ripper camp.

02:21:29.593 --> 02:21:34.213
Their plan is to blow up the dam, flood the ripper camp, and kill all these fucking rats.

02:21:34.233 --> 02:21:35.013
Hell yeah.

02:21:35.033 --> 02:21:40.953
It's just like drowning the rats with the fucking dam exploding is so fucking cool.

02:21:40.973 --> 02:21:42.213
Oh yeah, no, I love this.

02:21:43.013 --> 02:21:46.773
And it'll also just fix the ripper problem if most of them die in the fucking flood.

02:21:46.793 --> 02:21:47.173
Holy.

02:21:47.453 --> 02:21:48.913
This works, this is a good thing.

02:21:48.993 --> 02:21:50.113
Just hope Lisa's out of there.

02:21:50.613 --> 02:21:55.213
Yeah, she ran, she ran when Deacon left, so she's out here somewhere in these streets.

02:21:55.233 --> 02:21:55.793
We don't know where.

02:21:55.833 --> 02:21:56.253
Holy.

02:21:56.973 --> 02:22:02.873
So the plan again, blow up the dam, flood the ripper camp, take out a majority of the camp, and this fix the ripper problem.

02:22:03.453 --> 02:22:05.213
So that's exactly what they fucking do.

02:22:05.553 --> 02:22:06.133
Shit yeah.

02:22:06.253 --> 02:22:10.633
They flooded out and then they head to a ripper lodge to take care of Carlos Jesse personally.

02:22:11.253 --> 02:22:13.573
And Deacon gets up there and fights him one on one.

02:22:13.793 --> 02:22:18.473
And as he does, Jesse manages to blow PCP directly into Deacon's eyes.

02:22:19.113 --> 02:22:21.033
Oh, that's a fucking move though.

02:22:21.393 --> 02:22:27.413
I think it works out though, because Deacon wins the fight and slits Carlos Jesse's throat wide open.

02:22:27.653 --> 02:22:28.733
Oh, shit.

02:22:28.853 --> 02:22:30.413
Or at least he imagined he did.

02:22:30.433 --> 02:22:40.733
The PCP is him just stabbing him with like a fucking paper clip like, with Jesse Carlos dead, Boozer and Deacon hug.

02:22:40.913 --> 02:22:42.413
They're like, fuck yeah, we did it.

02:22:42.593 --> 02:22:43.133
One-armed hug.

02:22:43.353 --> 02:22:43.793
One-armed hug.

02:22:44.133 --> 02:22:44.733
Careful hug.

02:22:44.753 --> 02:22:45.433
It's not too tight.

02:22:46.393 --> 02:22:51.233
They head back to camp and Iron Mike is like, God damn it, I fucking hate the apocalypse.

02:22:52.493 --> 02:22:54.013
He hate the apocalypse.

02:22:54.913 --> 02:22:56.713
Oh, fucking mood, dude.

02:22:56.733 --> 02:22:59.153
Bro, this fucking sucks.

02:23:01.113 --> 02:23:03.453
Iron Mike tells Deacon he had to let Schizo go.

02:23:03.773 --> 02:23:05.793
He told him to ride out and never come back.

02:23:06.033 --> 02:23:07.253
You let him live?

02:23:07.453 --> 02:23:07.933
Girl.

02:23:08.113 --> 02:23:08.893
After that.

02:23:09.493 --> 02:23:10.153
Bitch, right?

02:23:10.153 --> 02:23:14.113
So Deacon's like, Iron Mike, do you know what you just fucking did?

02:23:14.253 --> 02:23:18.773
And Iron Mike says, Yeah, Deacon, I stopped another killing, and I'm good with that.

02:23:20.153 --> 02:23:22.913
We should change your name to Feather Mike after that fucking move.

02:23:22.933 --> 02:23:23.433
I gotta say.

02:23:25.253 --> 02:23:26.093
Heart of an addy.

02:23:26.253 --> 02:23:29.013
Yeah, I get what you're saying, but...

02:23:29.893 --> 02:23:31.433
But damn it, dude, you could have killed him.

02:23:31.453 --> 02:23:32.873
Schizo deserved it.

02:23:32.913 --> 02:23:34.333
Yeah, fuck Schizo.

02:23:34.473 --> 02:23:36.933
There is literally merch that says fuck Schizo.

02:23:36.953 --> 02:23:37.393
Really?

02:23:37.393 --> 02:23:40.413
It's not official, but it is on Etsy, and a lot of people have it.

02:23:41.033 --> 02:23:41.893
I don't blame them.

02:23:42.173 --> 02:23:45.073
They should make an officially licensed fuck Schizo shirt.

02:23:45.093 --> 02:23:47.693
I would genuinely buy that to support the people of Ben now.

02:23:47.773 --> 02:23:48.093
Yeah.

02:23:48.793 --> 02:23:52.693
Knowing John Garvin does not get a dollar of that, absolutely, I'd buy that shit.

02:23:52.773 --> 02:23:53.513
Especially.

02:23:54.253 --> 02:23:57.913
Deacon walks out and sees Ricky teaching Addie how to ride a motorcycle.

02:23:58.033 --> 02:24:01.193
She's like, here's the clutch, and Addie's like, I know where the fucking clutch is.

02:24:01.213 --> 02:24:03.193
Ricky goes, then touch the goddamn clutch.

02:24:03.213 --> 02:24:04.193
You're not on the goddamn clutch.

02:24:04.213 --> 02:24:05.433
And she's like, I know where the clutch is.

02:24:06.153 --> 02:24:06.913
Stop pestering me.

02:24:06.933 --> 02:24:07.433
It's cute.

02:24:07.453 --> 02:24:08.213
They're having a moment.

02:24:08.893 --> 02:24:12.553
And it sparks a memory of Deacon teaching Sarah how to ride a motorcycle.

02:24:13.753 --> 02:24:17.593
Years ago, Deacon rolls up to the government research facility Sarah works in.

02:24:17.893 --> 02:24:20.593
It's got big fences, and it's really heavily guarded.

02:24:21.053 --> 02:24:26.613
The guard at the gate, a Karen of a man named Jim, tells Deacon he can't park his bike there.

02:24:27.053 --> 02:24:29.393
Deacon's like, oh, hey, man, I'm just picking up Sarah.

02:24:29.673 --> 02:24:32.333
Jim doesn't care and screams at him to leave.

02:24:33.913 --> 02:24:41.913
Jim calls Deacon an asshole and calls in on his walkie for backup and tells Deacon he is authorized to use deadly force.

02:24:42.493 --> 02:24:43.573
Deadly force?

02:24:43.593 --> 02:24:45.913
This place collects fucking lavender.

02:24:46.013 --> 02:24:47.753
This dude is a security guard.

02:24:47.773 --> 02:24:48.593
What the fuck?

02:24:49.133 --> 02:24:50.453
He shouldn't even be carrying.

02:24:50.473 --> 02:24:52.253
Like, he has a gun for some reason.

02:24:52.273 --> 02:24:54.553
Yeah, pepper balls at most.

02:24:55.093 --> 02:25:00.313
Sarah comes up behind them just as Jim pulls his gun out on Deacon and is like, hey, what the fuck?

02:25:00.773 --> 02:25:02.893
My boyfriend just wanted to take me to lunch.

02:25:03.953 --> 02:25:07.933
Jim apologizes to Sarah, and Sarah is like, I'm so sorry, Jim, he's with me.

02:25:08.413 --> 02:25:11.893
Sarah hops on the bike, and Deacon gets on behind her as they ride off.

02:25:12.013 --> 02:25:13.913
Why is she apologizing to Jim?

02:25:13.933 --> 02:25:14.893
I'm sorry, never mind.

02:25:14.953 --> 02:25:16.093
She shouldn't be, absolutely.

02:25:16.113 --> 02:25:16.373
No, no.

02:25:17.253 --> 02:25:19.873
On the ride, Sarah asks why Deacon is such a dick.

02:25:20.853 --> 02:25:22.013
Immediate fight, right?

02:25:22.033 --> 02:25:25.313
I would immediately be like, okay, first of all, you did not see that interaction.

02:25:25.333 --> 02:25:26.753
Yeah, he started that fight.

02:25:26.893 --> 02:25:28.113
Also, whose side are you on?

02:25:28.133 --> 02:25:28.893
Are you fucking him?

02:25:30.453 --> 02:25:32.053
Deacon says, Jim started it.

02:25:33.053 --> 02:25:40.273
Sarah asks him if it's still date night tonight, but Deacon says, oh shit, me and the boys are going to go visit Jack, a Mongrel's brother who's in prison.

02:25:41.153 --> 02:25:46.093
Sarah says, so you're blowing off date night to visit someone in prison.

02:25:50.593 --> 02:25:53.013
Deacon's like, well, Jack's not just some guy, that's our brother.

02:25:53.153 --> 02:25:56.073
Yeah, but he doesn't mean it like he meant the last time he said brother.

02:25:56.093 --> 02:25:57.933
No, no, this is a white dude.

02:25:57.953 --> 02:25:59.093
This is the white dude brother.

02:25:59.513 --> 02:26:04.433
While driving, Sarah's mind wanders, and she almost drives directly into an 18 wheeler.

02:26:04.453 --> 02:26:05.593
Oh shit.

02:26:05.693 --> 02:26:07.833
She dodges and pulls off and catches her breath.

02:26:07.853 --> 02:26:08.753
She's like, oh my God.

02:26:09.673 --> 02:26:12.093
Deacon tells her, hey, hey, you did great.

02:26:12.233 --> 02:26:15.853
You could have gotten us killed, but you pulled off in exactly the right way.

02:26:15.873 --> 02:26:17.853
And she says, no, fuck, I was distracted.

02:26:17.873 --> 02:26:18.593
I'm so sorry.

02:26:19.333 --> 02:26:20.813
Deacon's like, hey, what's going on?

02:26:20.873 --> 02:26:24.553
Sarah explains that work has been fucking crazy lately.

02:26:25.573 --> 02:26:28.693
Deacon says, oh, I figured it was because you saw my new patch.

02:26:29.113 --> 02:26:29.493
Oh my God.

02:26:30.213 --> 02:26:32.633
Making it about him when we could have more plot.

02:26:32.853 --> 02:26:33.553
Thanks, Deacon.

02:26:34.213 --> 02:26:40.853
He shows her a patch that says Nomad, which means he's taking a step away from the motorcycle club and the responsibilities.

02:26:41.473 --> 02:26:45.933
He's still a mongrel, but he's like a remote worker, like a tele gangbanger.

02:26:46.753 --> 02:26:47.853
Tele gangbanger.

02:26:50.033 --> 02:26:56.653
They ride back to work and talk about the wedding, and Sarah's unsure if her family is coming because she's marrying a biker boy.

02:26:57.533 --> 02:27:02.233
Sarah doesn't really give a shit that they're uptight and snobby about Deacon though, because she loves him for him.

02:27:03.173 --> 02:27:07.133
On the way, a cop car flies by with the cherries and berries blaring.

02:27:07.793 --> 02:27:10.513
Deacon is like, are they heading up to your work?

02:27:10.993 --> 02:27:11.573
Oh no.

02:27:12.033 --> 02:27:17.973
And Sarah, realizing there's nothing else up there, except for her lab, is like, oh shit, okay, I have to go back.

02:27:17.993 --> 02:27:18.513
What the fuck?

02:27:18.613 --> 02:27:22.313
It's that moment in Lilo and Stitch where the sister's like, please don't turn left.

02:27:22.453 --> 02:27:23.873
They turn left.

02:27:23.893 --> 02:27:25.713
Oh shit.

02:27:26.313 --> 02:27:28.453
Something terrible has happened, oh no.

02:27:29.953 --> 02:27:36.033
Sarah asks that the club is coming to the wedding, and Deacon's like, do you really want 27 Harleys rolling up to a tiny church?

02:27:36.093 --> 02:27:37.453
And Sarah says, yes, I do.

02:27:38.293 --> 02:27:39.133
That's fucking sick.

02:27:39.553 --> 02:27:40.273
Yeah, right?

02:27:40.293 --> 02:27:41.193
I've been to those weddings.

02:27:41.213 --> 02:27:41.873
It is sick.

02:27:41.953 --> 02:27:43.273
Did your parents have one of those weddings?

02:27:43.293 --> 02:27:45.693
No, they didn't have one of those weddings, and I wasn't born yet, so.

02:27:48.173 --> 02:27:50.313
The pictures would be fucking cool as shit, though.

02:27:50.433 --> 02:27:52.873
No, no, they didn't have one of those weddings, but I've been to those weddings.

02:27:52.893 --> 02:27:53.853
They're pretty fucking cool.

02:27:53.873 --> 02:27:55.793
Your dad's funeral was a little biker heavy, too.

02:27:55.853 --> 02:27:56.493
Oh, yeah.

02:27:56.513 --> 02:27:59.693
We rode in a Harley Davidson limousine for my dad's funeral, if you remember.

02:27:59.913 --> 02:28:01.213
Didn't even know they made those.

02:28:01.233 --> 02:28:01.553
I know.

02:28:02.493 --> 02:28:04.773
I wasn't in that one, but that's fucking wild.

02:28:06.113 --> 02:28:10.733
When they get to the gate, Jim is waiting for them and walkies in that Sarah has returned to the facility.

02:28:11.193 --> 02:28:15.413
Jim runs up to them and tells Sarah that the chief has been looking for her, and it's urgent.

02:28:15.953 --> 02:28:17.073
Sarah and Deacon kiss.

02:28:17.313 --> 02:28:21.433
Sarah runs off to handle the drama, and as Deacon rides off, he flips off Jim.

02:28:21.993 --> 02:28:22.673
Fuck you, Jim.

02:28:23.413 --> 02:28:24.193
Fuck off, Jim.

02:28:24.493 --> 02:28:34.153
Back in the present, this reminds Deacon that Sarah had high-level government clearance because of the fucking lab she worked at, something that was always prioritized by Nero during the evacuations.

02:28:34.653 --> 02:28:35.893
He's like, oh shit, no.

02:28:36.373 --> 02:28:38.393
Sarah was important enough that they'd keep her safe.

02:28:38.773 --> 02:28:41.313
And he remembers she had her fucking lanyard on that night.

02:28:41.493 --> 02:28:43.353
She had her clearance badge on her.

02:28:44.433 --> 02:28:47.193
Deacon radios O'Brien and tells him that Sarah had clearance.

02:28:47.253 --> 02:28:50.893
She was wearing her ID and her lanyard, and she had credentials on her.

02:28:51.233 --> 02:28:51.813
Look her up.

02:28:51.833 --> 02:28:53.713
She worked at Cloverdale's facility.

02:28:54.253 --> 02:28:58.513
O'Brien agrees to look into her, because every time he sees Deacon, there's a gun on him.

02:28:58.533 --> 02:29:00.573
So he's like, yep, absolutely.

02:29:00.593 --> 02:29:01.253
You've made it clear.

02:29:01.273 --> 02:29:03.553
You can find me and you have a lot of guns, buddy.

02:29:03.573 --> 02:29:04.093
I got you.

02:29:04.113 --> 02:29:05.493
And a one-track fucking mind.

02:29:05.533 --> 02:29:06.113
Yeah.

02:29:06.753 --> 02:29:09.513
O'Brien's like, all right, well, if she's not a civilian, maybe I can.

02:29:09.773 --> 02:29:11.153
I will radio you soon.

02:29:12.373 --> 02:29:19.053
And soon enough, O'Brien calls Deacon to meet up, and when they do, he hands Deacon Sarah's ID badge.

02:29:19.333 --> 02:29:19.993
Oh shit.

02:29:20.273 --> 02:29:22.173
O'Brien says Deacon was right.

02:29:22.313 --> 02:29:27.113
When the camp was evacuated, Sarah had high enough clearance to get prioritized to get out of there.

02:29:27.693 --> 02:29:28.593
She got a ride out.

02:29:29.053 --> 02:29:31.133
She wasn't killed with the rest of the camp.

02:29:31.673 --> 02:29:33.053
She might still be out there.

02:29:33.173 --> 02:29:34.673
Well, good for fucking her.

02:29:35.153 --> 02:29:41.013
Deacon demands a ride to the camp where she was taken to, but the camp has since been taken over by a militia group.

02:29:41.713 --> 02:29:48.333
They lost track of her and everyone else there, and they know it's somewhere near Crater Lake, but the militia has made it a no-fly zone.

02:29:48.393 --> 02:29:52.273
They just shoot out fucking everything that goes over it, so they're like, fuck that, we're not going.

02:29:52.693 --> 02:29:53.993
Deacon goes, Crater Lake.

02:29:54.353 --> 02:29:54.693
Got it.

02:29:54.873 --> 02:29:55.533
That's where I'm headed.

02:29:56.053 --> 02:29:58.613
Before he leaves, O'Brien tells Deacon to be careful.

02:29:58.853 --> 02:30:01.533
They're studying the freaks, and they're seeing the freaks evolving.

02:30:01.973 --> 02:30:05.453
He tells them that as bad as things are now, they're gonna get a lot worse.

02:30:06.113 --> 02:30:10.173
O'Brien takes off, leaving Deacon with something he hasn't had in a long time.

02:30:10.813 --> 02:30:12.113
Tangible hope.

02:30:12.953 --> 02:30:13.473
Damn.

02:30:14.053 --> 02:30:19.193
Crater Lake is way the fuck out of the map, and Deacon doesn't know of an easy way to get there through the mountains.

02:30:19.533 --> 02:30:21.153
But he knows Iron Mike does.

02:30:21.733 --> 02:30:24.153
Iron Mike knows every path in the mountains like a goat.

02:30:24.973 --> 02:30:28.933
Deacon calls Boozer and tells him what happened with O'Brien, and Boozer asks what Deacon's gonna do.

02:30:29.573 --> 02:30:32.393
Deacon says he doesn't know, but he definitely knows what he's gonna do.

02:30:32.753 --> 02:30:33.513
Well, hold on.

02:30:33.533 --> 02:30:37.733
So this is the first time that Boozer's like, oh shit, so she might actually be alive?

02:30:37.753 --> 02:30:40.153
Yeah, he's like, dead wife may not be dead?

02:30:40.633 --> 02:30:41.913
Okay, this is actually tangible.

02:30:41.913 --> 02:30:42.453
You got it.

02:30:42.493 --> 02:30:46.253
I punched you in the face over this once before, but all right.

02:30:46.333 --> 02:30:47.513
Glad I didn't stab you.

02:30:47.533 --> 02:30:47.813
Yeah.

02:30:49.253 --> 02:30:52.773
Deacon says if there's even a chance she's alive, he's gonna find her.

02:30:53.813 --> 02:31:03.273
Deacon asks Iron Mike for help, but after all this drama, you know, the murders, Iron Mike tells him that if he shows them the path, Deacon has to promise not to come back.

02:31:04.053 --> 02:31:05.293
For realsies this time.

02:31:06.413 --> 02:31:07.773
Deacon's like, honestly, fine.

02:31:08.193 --> 02:31:08.993
Let's fucking ride.

02:31:09.073 --> 02:31:09.573
I'm down.

02:31:10.313 --> 02:31:12.993
Deacon goes to say goodbye to Boozer before he hits the road.

02:31:13.213 --> 02:31:19.353
They shoot the shit for a bit, and then Deacon hands Boozer his Mongrel's MC biker cut, that fucking vest.

02:31:20.513 --> 02:31:25.593
Boozer takes this leather cut and accepts that Deacon has to leave some things behind to find his old lady.

02:31:26.353 --> 02:31:28.673
As brothers, they hug and they say goodbye.

02:31:29.513 --> 02:31:32.073
Boozer tells Deacon if she's out there, he'll find her.

02:31:33.413 --> 02:31:35.893
On the way out, Deacon also says goodbye to Ricky and Addie.

02:31:36.113 --> 02:31:37.793
Addie says, you go get your girl.

02:31:38.273 --> 02:31:42.953
Addie, again, sweetest person on earth, probably and genuinely, because everyone's dead.

02:31:43.773 --> 02:31:50.413
Ricky yells at Deacon for being afraid to be a part of the camp and to move on, but she may or may not have just had a little crush on him.

02:31:50.633 --> 02:31:54.253
There are a few points where she's kind of like, hey, you know, Addie and I aren't married.

02:31:54.553 --> 02:31:55.353
Oh, really?

02:31:55.413 --> 02:32:01.873
Yeah, so there may be some tension there, but they never knew anything out of bounds of friendship.

02:32:02.773 --> 02:32:05.653
If you read the texts, nothing would be suspicious, you know?

02:32:05.773 --> 02:32:06.113
Right.

02:32:06.573 --> 02:32:09.633
But there's always been like an inkling, a little bisexual disaster.

02:32:11.733 --> 02:32:13.073
They depart as friends.

02:32:13.973 --> 02:32:17.773
Iron Mike takes Deacon up to the mountains to the past as much as he can and then departs.

02:32:18.453 --> 02:32:23.913
Deacon rides over the mountains, a new man with his mongrel's life behind, looking for his wife.

02:32:24.933 --> 02:32:28.293
The mountains are snowy, as mountains often are, you know, it's a mountain.

02:32:28.753 --> 02:32:35.793
And as he makes it over, he immediately runs into two guys who are being terrorized by an infected freaker bear.

02:32:35.813 --> 02:32:37.393
A bear?

02:32:37.893 --> 02:32:43.273
You can tell this bear is infected because there's barbed wire running through it.

02:32:43.293 --> 02:32:45.453
What the fuck do you mean by running through it?

02:32:45.533 --> 02:32:47.833
There's just barbed wire around the bear.

02:32:47.873 --> 02:32:53.493
So like this bear has like tried to escape through like some barbed wire at some point, it just got like wrapped up onto its body?

02:32:53.513 --> 02:32:54.773
Yeah, and it doesn't give a fuck.

02:32:54.833 --> 02:32:56.053
It's like out here for blood.

02:32:56.553 --> 02:32:57.893
What the shit?

02:32:57.953 --> 02:33:02.813
An armored bear wrapped in fucking barbed wire.

02:33:02.893 --> 02:33:03.793
I love this bear.

02:33:03.913 --> 02:33:04.993
All right, this is insane.

02:33:05.473 --> 02:33:09.193
Deacon kills the bear and saves the two men who are part of the local militia.

02:33:09.213 --> 02:33:10.353
That worked out.

02:33:10.493 --> 02:33:10.893
Yeah.

02:33:11.153 --> 02:33:12.853
Deacon lies about where he came from.

02:33:12.873 --> 02:33:14.593
He's like, I've just been drifting around.

02:33:14.613 --> 02:33:19.873
I'm not looking for anything specific, but hey, where do you guys live and can I live with you?

02:33:21.353 --> 02:33:26.073
They immediately invite him to their militia camp to get him a nice place to sleep for saving their lives.

02:33:26.533 --> 02:33:28.953
Deacon's like, sweet, I just infiltrated a militia.

02:33:29.013 --> 02:33:29.413
Fair.

02:33:29.533 --> 02:33:30.253
That was easy.

02:33:31.273 --> 02:33:37.673
One of the militia guys takes Deacon down to Diamond Lake Outpost, a branch of the militia run by a guy named Captain Cory.

02:33:38.273 --> 02:33:41.013
Captain Cory is a tall, stern, hairless man.

02:33:41.693 --> 02:33:45.173
The militia guy talks to Captain Cory and gives him a rundown of what happened.

02:33:45.193 --> 02:33:47.273
He's like, yo, Deacon saved my life.

02:33:47.293 --> 02:33:48.913
There was a fucking freaker bear.

02:33:49.053 --> 02:33:49.713
It was great.

02:33:50.333 --> 02:33:53.493
Captain Cory dismisses this guy and introduces himself to Deacon.

02:33:54.153 --> 02:34:00.653
As they shake hands, Deacon clocks that Captain Cory is wearing a big-ass mongrel's ring.

02:34:01.153 --> 02:34:01.833
Oh, shit.

02:34:01.933 --> 02:34:03.833
It looks just like the one he gave Sarah.

02:34:04.453 --> 02:34:05.273
Oh, damn.

02:34:05.553 --> 02:34:10.073
This visibly shakes Deacon, like he's seen a ghost his eyes are wide, his face is white.

02:34:11.233 --> 02:34:15.673
Deacon asks if Captain Cory is recruiting, and he says he could if Deacon can step up to it.

02:34:16.113 --> 02:34:23.553
He tells Deacon they're fighting a war, and if Deacon can keep up, he'll bring him to the Colonel to get sworn in as a full-fledged militia member.

02:34:24.033 --> 02:34:24.653
Oh, damn.

02:34:24.873 --> 02:34:26.533
Deacon's like, perfect.

02:34:26.893 --> 02:34:28.693
This is a very easy path.

02:34:29.373 --> 02:34:30.033
I got you.

02:34:30.493 --> 02:34:33.453
Captain Cory walks away to get ready for a militia mission.

02:34:34.613 --> 02:34:36.733
Deacon steps away and catches his breath.

02:34:36.773 --> 02:34:39.913
He's like, holy shit, that dude had my fucking ring.

02:34:40.213 --> 02:34:40.833
What the fuck?

02:34:41.033 --> 02:34:42.093
He took it from Sarah.

02:34:42.213 --> 02:34:43.773
She wouldn't have just given it to him.

02:34:44.133 --> 02:34:45.833
That means she has to be here somewhere.

02:34:46.753 --> 02:34:50.993
Deacon wanders around and meets another would-be recruit named Wade Taylor.

02:34:51.873 --> 02:34:53.793
Wade says, hey, you can call me Wade.

02:34:53.913 --> 02:34:55.013
I'll let you know right now.

02:34:55.413 --> 02:34:57.933
Every single person calls him Taylor.

02:35:02.293 --> 02:35:04.653
Even the captions just say Taylor.

02:35:04.673 --> 02:35:09.913
Even the fucking captions don't call him by his preferred name.

02:35:09.933 --> 02:35:10.273
Yes.

02:35:12.813 --> 02:35:13.613
Poor Wade.

02:35:14.333 --> 02:35:16.093
Wade is an amazing character.

02:35:18.073 --> 02:35:21.933
Deacon introduces himself, and Wade goes, holy shit, Deacon St.

02:35:21.993 --> 02:35:23.733
John, is your dad a preacher?

02:35:23.753 --> 02:35:24.953
What?

02:35:24.973 --> 02:35:27.133
Because he has the name Saint in his last name?

02:35:27.153 --> 02:35:27.873
And Deacon.

02:35:29.113 --> 02:35:30.473
His first name is Deacon.

02:35:30.493 --> 02:35:31.533
That's true too, yeah.

02:35:33.113 --> 02:35:35.913
Wade is so stoner-coded.

02:35:36.053 --> 02:35:38.733
He's just like, oh, man, your name is stupid.

02:35:40.233 --> 02:35:42.133
Is he like Wade in Grand Theft Auto V?

02:35:45.913 --> 02:35:46.473
Yeah.

02:35:46.493 --> 02:35:47.793
Yeah, a little braindead.

02:35:47.813 --> 02:35:48.873
A little braindead.

02:35:48.893 --> 02:35:50.213
Yeah, just a little fried.

02:35:50.873 --> 02:35:51.453
It's great.

02:35:51.473 --> 02:35:52.513
He's a little juggalo.

02:35:52.613 --> 02:35:53.153
Yeah.

02:35:54.433 --> 02:35:57.373
He's just like, hey, man, are we playing soldier out here or what?

02:35:57.393 --> 02:35:58.913
This shit is fucking crazy.

02:35:58.933 --> 02:36:00.433
Playing soldier.

02:36:00.533 --> 02:36:01.753
Oh, no, Wade.

02:36:02.693 --> 02:36:05.433
Deacon asks if Wade has seen Sarah and shows him a picture.

02:36:05.993 --> 02:36:08.113
Wade is like, nah, but he'd hit that.

02:36:09.733 --> 02:36:11.033
Deacon wants to hit Wade.

02:36:11.133 --> 02:36:11.933
Yeah, right.

02:36:12.613 --> 02:36:16.313
Deacon folks around the Diamond Lake Campgrounds looking for Sarah, but she's not here.

02:36:16.913 --> 02:36:24.713
Camp Cory takes Deacon on some small missions, following up with the squad and tracking an AWOL soldier, and they bond a bit over tracking and their military time.

02:36:25.473 --> 02:36:30.953
Deacon talks about his full tour in Afghanistan, and Captain Cory talks about doing ten years in the Air Force.

02:36:31.033 --> 02:36:31.533
Oh, damn.

02:36:31.913 --> 02:36:35.113
Deacon was like, yeah, all military people have an heir to them.

02:36:35.553 --> 02:36:36.733
Honestly, that's kind of true.

02:36:36.833 --> 02:36:37.293
Facts.

02:36:37.893 --> 02:36:39.433
But none of your other guys have it.

02:36:39.733 --> 02:36:41.933
Cory is like, okay, damn, scene.

02:36:43.173 --> 02:36:43.873
Red to filth.

02:36:44.573 --> 02:36:49.413
They even have a heart to heart where Captain Cory shows Deacon a photo of his wife, Carrie.

02:36:49.953 --> 02:36:52.553
They remarried for 12 years when the world ended.

02:36:52.793 --> 02:36:53.433
Oh, wow.

02:36:53.913 --> 02:36:57.113
Deacon looks at the photo, and his mind drifts back to a night with Sarah.

02:36:57.133 --> 02:37:00.133
He daydreams so quickly and easily.

02:37:00.153 --> 02:37:01.893
Yeah, he's really just like not present.

02:37:01.913 --> 02:37:03.233
He dissociates a lot.

02:37:05.133 --> 02:37:08.073
They were out riding at night and going on like a sneaky hike.

02:37:08.433 --> 02:37:11.973
They wander around a restricted area and go past a chain link fence.

02:37:12.653 --> 02:37:17.373
They follow a trail lit up by the moon, and Sarah asks if Deacon's told the boys about her.

02:37:17.913 --> 02:37:20.753
He said he did tell the club he's dating a nice girl.

02:37:21.573 --> 02:37:29.573
Sarah says it's really past her bedtime, and she has to be up super early tomorrow because she has this crazy project she's working on, and she's clearly super stressed out.

02:37:30.293 --> 02:37:36.013
They walk by an underground cannabis grow that happens to have a full irrigation system.

02:37:36.193 --> 02:37:36.813
Oh, nice.

02:37:36.913 --> 02:37:41.853
And Sarah is immediately annoyed that he took her to an illegal motorcycle club we'd grow.

02:37:44.133 --> 02:37:45.033
It's Oregon.

02:37:45.053 --> 02:37:46.573
You can grow that legally.

02:37:46.593 --> 02:37:47.553
What are you doing?

02:37:47.553 --> 02:37:49.233
This was a fucking farm.

02:37:50.293 --> 02:37:53.353
Like this was, you're moving some pounds here.

02:37:53.793 --> 02:37:58.853
Deacon asks if she has any botany advice for the plants and if she can put her PhD to use.

02:38:00.033 --> 02:38:09.953
I knew it was going to have to do with the fact that she's a botanist, but she's apparently like this crazy government botanist who has a clearance level.

02:38:10.253 --> 02:38:14.873
Government botany is a wild world to get into for your career.

02:38:14.893 --> 02:38:19.933
Is she looking for super weapons in nature that they can use as poisons and shit?

02:38:20.053 --> 02:38:24.213
That's what I'm imagining Sarah's doing, is she has a fucking clearance.

02:38:24.613 --> 02:38:27.053
We met her collecting fucking lavender.

02:38:27.073 --> 02:38:30.193
That was a key date that they went on.

02:38:30.213 --> 02:38:32.493
Yeah, I use that in my bath.

02:38:34.773 --> 02:38:35.393
It's soothing.

02:38:35.433 --> 02:38:36.993
It's a natural anti-inflammatory.

02:38:37.093 --> 02:38:38.933
Yeah, what the fuck?

02:38:39.353 --> 02:38:44.733
So she's like, no, I will not use my PhD to help you grow some motorcycle weed.

02:38:44.773 --> 02:38:47.013
Come on, Sarah, be fucking useful.

02:38:47.033 --> 02:38:47.813
Be cool, Sarah.

02:38:48.833 --> 02:38:50.273
We'll name a strain after you.

02:38:53.293 --> 02:38:56.113
He's like, OK, baby, that's not why I took you here.

02:38:56.133 --> 02:38:57.753
Just keep following the fucking trail.

02:38:57.913 --> 02:38:59.473
Sounds like that's why you brought her here.

02:39:00.513 --> 02:39:03.953
They start fighting, though, because Sarah brings up moving in together.

02:39:04.293 --> 02:39:09.633
And the last time she asked about leaving stuff at Deacon's place, he just pretended not to hear her.

02:39:11.433 --> 02:39:12.273
Fucking Deacon.

02:39:12.453 --> 02:39:19.233
Which is crazy to do when someone's like, hey, should I leave, like, you know, maybe some fresh pairs of clothes here?

02:39:19.253 --> 02:39:21.713
And he's just like, boop, boop, boop, no one's talking to me.

02:39:21.733 --> 02:39:26.973
The thing about leaving a toothbrush behind, he's like, did you catch the game last night?

02:39:30.513 --> 02:39:31.593
Or just start kissing.

02:39:32.653 --> 02:39:35.233
What if I distract you by kissing you?

02:39:35.253 --> 02:39:40.573
He revs his engine any time she starts talking about the fucking relationship really loud.

02:39:40.593 --> 02:39:42.233
But he leaves the restaurant to do it.

02:39:45.153 --> 02:39:46.473
Just to distract her.

02:39:47.233 --> 02:39:48.353
He's a fucking idiot.

02:39:49.033 --> 02:39:54.453
And she's like, you have commitment issues, and he starts having a panic attack thinking about them living together.

02:39:54.893 --> 02:39:56.333
He's like, you're a scientist.

02:39:56.353 --> 02:39:57.793
Can we be rational about this?

02:39:58.133 --> 02:39:59.893
Yeah, because he has commitment issues.

02:40:00.833 --> 02:40:05.693
She says rationally, we would see each other more and save money on rent, and it would be lovely.

02:40:06.033 --> 02:40:06.893
That's why we moved in.

02:40:07.713 --> 02:40:08.573
I just moved in.

02:40:08.653 --> 02:40:09.653
Yeah.

02:40:09.673 --> 02:40:11.033
We did not have a conversation.

02:40:11.053 --> 02:40:14.473
I just showed up with my shit and was like, I live here now.

02:40:14.493 --> 02:40:15.873
Never went on the lease or anything.

02:40:15.893 --> 02:40:18.293
And you were like, yeah, this is my life now.

02:40:18.313 --> 02:40:19.553
I guess this is how we're doing this.

02:40:20.373 --> 02:40:22.633
We've been married for eight years?

02:40:22.653 --> 02:40:23.573
Yeah, about eight years now.

02:40:24.213 --> 02:40:24.793
It's great.

02:40:25.993 --> 02:40:30.813
Deacon is like, and by the way, I did leave a toothbrush at your place, so like that's enough commitment for now.

02:40:30.913 --> 02:40:32.733
So he's already done that to her.

02:40:32.873 --> 02:40:33.873
Just a toothbrush, though.

02:40:34.933 --> 02:40:36.113
That's all she's asking for.

02:40:36.953 --> 02:40:37.813
No, that's too much.

02:40:37.833 --> 02:40:41.533
No, she should just pretend she didn't hear him.

02:40:41.553 --> 02:40:48.233
Yeah, so they have this entire fight about how Deacon is not ready to commit and he cannot even discuss living together.

02:40:48.893 --> 02:40:52.673
They come up on a waterfall at the end of this trail, and it's fucking gorgeous.

02:40:52.693 --> 02:40:56.133
It's nighttime, stars and moon, fucking beautiful waterfall.

02:40:56.153 --> 02:40:57.073
It's so gorgeous.

02:40:57.553 --> 02:41:04.933
Sarah is completely taken aback at how beautiful this whole place is, and she's like, holy shit, this was totally worth the hike and the fight, frankly.

02:41:04.953 --> 02:41:05.453
This was cool.

02:41:05.493 --> 02:41:05.873
Yeah.

02:41:06.273 --> 02:41:07.593
Deacon says, oh, you know what?

02:41:07.613 --> 02:41:09.173
Actually, there's something I've been meaning to ask you.

02:41:10.153 --> 02:41:12.673
He gets on one knee and holds her hand.

02:41:14.213 --> 02:41:17.633
Deacon stutters through, will you, will you?

02:41:18.013 --> 02:41:24.473
And before he can even say the whole thing, Sarah pushes him and mounts him and starts giggling.

02:41:24.853 --> 02:41:27.353
Oh my God, like a fucking motorcycle.

02:41:29.013 --> 02:41:34.153
Deacon asks if that's a yes, and Sarah says yes, but on two conditions.

02:41:34.793 --> 02:41:39.633
One, we don't have one of those biker weddings where you say you're going to ride me as much as you ride your bike.

02:41:40.433 --> 02:41:42.553
Stop the fucking presses.

02:41:44.573 --> 02:41:46.013
So that was a callback?

02:41:46.253 --> 02:41:51.393
It's a callback that we didn't know about until maybe seven to eight hours later in the game.

02:41:52.233 --> 02:41:54.073
Holy shit, hold on.

02:41:54.913 --> 02:41:56.313
So it's actually sweet.

02:41:56.373 --> 02:41:59.033
It makes it kind of cute that she said that?

02:41:59.053 --> 02:42:00.933
It does make it really cute that she says that.

02:42:01.653 --> 02:42:02.673
I don't like that.

02:42:02.693 --> 02:42:03.813
It shouldn't be cute.

02:42:03.833 --> 02:42:05.613
You don't want this to be a tender moment?

02:42:05.753 --> 02:42:07.293
No, but that's...

02:42:08.533 --> 02:42:09.293
Oh, fuck.

02:42:09.313 --> 02:42:14.753
I mean, that's kind of cool that she brought back around, like, a saying from the day they got engaged.

02:42:14.773 --> 02:42:16.873
Yeah, and Deacon hears this and goes, done.

02:42:18.093 --> 02:42:19.633
I can't promise that anyway.

02:42:19.693 --> 02:42:21.773
Like, is that a joke about him not being able to fuck her?

02:42:21.893 --> 02:42:22.713
Yeah, I think so.

02:42:23.793 --> 02:42:26.613
And then the second condition is, never leave me.

02:42:26.793 --> 02:42:28.193
And Deacon says, done.

02:42:29.953 --> 02:42:37.293
Sarah looks down at her hand and realizes, he put his big-ass mongrel's biker ring on her finger.

02:42:37.313 --> 02:42:38.693
She goes, oh, my God, look at it.

02:42:38.713 --> 02:42:42.093
It's so cute with its little fangs clenching onto the chain.

02:42:42.113 --> 02:42:43.053
Is it?

02:42:43.193 --> 02:42:45.513
Nothing says true love like dog skulls.

02:42:45.733 --> 02:42:47.673
Right, and like his class ring.

02:42:47.733 --> 02:42:49.933
Yeah, it's bulkier than a class ring.

02:42:50.213 --> 02:42:51.673
It's her entire knuckle.

02:42:51.693 --> 02:42:52.113
Yeah.

02:42:52.173 --> 02:42:55.513
I have a full wedding set, and honestly, it's a big wedding set, and it's curvy.

02:42:55.533 --> 02:42:57.673
It takes up half my knuckle.

02:42:57.693 --> 02:42:58.073
Yeah.

02:42:58.093 --> 02:42:59.533
This takes up half her hand.

02:43:02.273 --> 02:43:05.793
She then says, hey, but you're gonna get me like a real ring, though, right?

02:43:05.873 --> 02:43:06.353
Yeah.

02:43:06.593 --> 02:43:08.833
Deacon looks panicked and then is like, oh, my God.

02:43:08.853 --> 02:43:09.533
Yeah, of course.

02:43:09.733 --> 02:43:10.613
That's my ring.

02:43:10.633 --> 02:43:11.593
You can't have mine.

02:43:11.613 --> 02:43:12.433
I'll get you one.

02:43:13.573 --> 02:43:14.353
Fully intended to.

02:43:15.273 --> 02:43:16.713
Sarah says, yeah, totally.

02:43:16.733 --> 02:43:18.953
Just, you know, something more simple without fangs.

02:43:20.973 --> 02:43:24.293
Deacon leans in to kiss his fiance when her cell phone rings.

02:43:24.853 --> 02:43:28.613
For some fucking reason, she answers it and is immediately panicked.

02:43:29.033 --> 02:43:30.093
She says she'll be right there.

02:43:30.573 --> 02:43:32.913
There's something urgent at the lab and they need her there.

02:43:33.373 --> 02:43:35.993
She apologizes to Deacon and they leave the clearing.

02:43:36.073 --> 02:43:37.493
There's a lavender emergency.

02:43:37.513 --> 02:43:39.613
There's a lavender emergency.

02:43:40.813 --> 02:43:42.793
We need you to look at the lavender right now.

02:43:44.273 --> 02:43:51.173
In the present, Deacon hands the photo back to Captain Cory and says, his wife's name was Beth, but he doesn't have a photo.

02:43:51.933 --> 02:43:52.993
With that, they head off.

02:43:53.853 --> 02:43:54.573
So he lied.

02:43:54.653 --> 02:43:55.433
He did lie.

02:43:56.253 --> 02:44:00.833
Deacon has proven himself to Captain Cory, and he gets to go meet the Colonel at Crater Lake Camp.

02:44:01.453 --> 02:44:06.453
Crater Lake Camp is on an island in the middle of the lake, only accessible by bridge.

02:44:07.293 --> 02:44:08.593
Not unlike Alan Wake.

02:44:08.613 --> 02:44:13.433
I was going to say, that's also a pretty safe place to go during a zombie apocalypse.

02:44:13.453 --> 02:44:15.633
Yes, only two points of entry.

02:44:15.653 --> 02:44:16.553
There are two bridges.

02:44:16.573 --> 02:44:19.653
There's a main gate and a south gate, though heavily guarded.

02:44:20.773 --> 02:44:21.993
It was really smart, frankly.

02:44:22.013 --> 02:44:23.553
Yeah, island's a solid spot.

02:44:23.713 --> 02:44:24.053
Yeah.

02:44:24.633 --> 02:44:30.653
The campsite itself, that little island, has a ton of mines that run through it and a ton of people living on it.

02:44:31.113 --> 02:44:36.493
Captain Cory warns Deacon there's a work camp on the island for those that the Colonel feels are unfit to serve.

02:44:36.813 --> 02:44:37.393
Oh, shit.

02:44:37.933 --> 02:44:39.833
There's always a little bit of slavery in these camps.

02:44:39.853 --> 02:44:40.533
Yeah, a little bit.

02:44:40.553 --> 02:44:42.453
You need somebody to grow the food for you.

02:44:43.313 --> 02:44:46.833
Cory takes Deacon to a stage with a few dozen soldiers looking on.

02:44:47.493 --> 02:44:51.013
On the stage is a woman with a bunch of tattoos and Taylor.

02:44:51.773 --> 02:44:53.713
Cory tells Deacon to join the others on stage.

02:44:54.133 --> 02:44:55.433
Taylor goes, Oh, hey, man.

02:44:55.453 --> 02:44:57.113
Good to see you, son of a preacher man.

02:44:57.133 --> 02:44:58.013
Oh, Wade Taylor.

02:44:58.113 --> 02:44:58.973
Yeah, Wade Taylor.

02:45:00.593 --> 02:45:03.073
But now that we're in the militia, he's just Taylor.

02:45:03.093 --> 02:45:07.533
So they sent him to this fucking island to work because Wade was fucking useless.

02:45:07.553 --> 02:45:09.353
Yeah, what the fuck is Wade going to do?

02:45:10.053 --> 02:45:11.473
But his new life is Taylor.

02:45:11.493 --> 02:45:12.573
He's like, hey, man, let's...

02:45:12.893 --> 02:45:13.493
All right.

02:45:13.773 --> 02:45:14.753
We're playing soldier.

02:45:15.873 --> 02:45:19.973
A soldier approaches them and takes all their jewelry, watches, all personal effects.

02:45:20.613 --> 02:45:23.593
In the militia, they are stripped of personal belongings.

02:45:24.073 --> 02:45:27.293
Deacon obliges while the tattooed woman gives the guy some shit for it.

02:45:28.233 --> 02:45:29.293
Then the colonel arrives.

02:45:29.473 --> 02:45:30.973
He yells out, turn to hut!

02:45:31.233 --> 02:45:33.093
And the soldiers in the audience stand at attention.

02:45:33.933 --> 02:45:38.113
The colonel is an older white guy with a mustache who looks like Feeny from Boy Meets World.

02:45:38.253 --> 02:45:38.673
Oh, okay.

02:45:39.613 --> 02:45:43.033
The tattooed woman tells him to fuck off, so he sends her to a work camp.

02:45:43.673 --> 02:45:48.553
He says he can tell by her prison tattoos and the clothes she's wearing, she was clearly a criminal.

02:45:49.213 --> 02:45:50.473
He kind of ignores Taylor.

02:45:50.493 --> 02:45:52.213
He looks at him and is like, mm-mm, don't care.

02:45:52.733 --> 02:45:58.713
And then when he gets to Deacon, he clocks Deacon's hand tattoo that he got for the 10th Mountain Division where he served.

02:45:58.953 --> 02:45:59.693
Oh shit, yeah.

02:45:59.853 --> 02:46:06.093
The colonel indoctrinates Deacon into the militia immediately and makes him a corporal just because he's already served.

02:46:06.113 --> 02:46:07.913
So he's like, oh shit, you actually understand this.

02:46:08.853 --> 02:46:12.013
After the ceremony, the colonel asks Deacon to walk the campus with him.

02:46:12.433 --> 02:46:14.193
They meet the camp doctor, Dr.

02:46:14.213 --> 02:46:19.553
Jimenez, and over the walk, the colonel reveals that he's super religious with Christianity.

02:46:19.953 --> 02:46:20.373
Oh no.

02:46:20.433 --> 02:46:23.413
He's like, yes, by the way, God is real, and you have to start believing in him.

02:46:24.573 --> 02:46:24.953
Okay.

02:46:25.053 --> 02:46:25.773
These are the rules.

02:46:26.153 --> 02:46:27.593
These are the rules of living here.

02:46:27.993 --> 02:46:30.693
The colonel says that this island is his holy purpose.

02:46:31.073 --> 02:46:36.673
The colonel takes Deacon into the deep caves of the island that the colonel calls the Ark.

02:46:37.073 --> 02:46:37.733
The Ark.

02:46:37.833 --> 02:46:39.813
I was expecting him to call it Eden, honestly.

02:46:41.473 --> 02:46:47.833
Here he's been saving books, seeds, computer files, all sorts of crazy stuff, like floppy disks and shit is what I'm talking about.

02:46:48.193 --> 02:46:55.073
It's so that they can preserve humanity through the end of the world, which is actually kind of cool, like a library of everything.

02:46:55.073 --> 02:46:56.653
That's actually important to do.

02:46:56.873 --> 02:46:58.033
Yeah, saving media.

02:46:58.113 --> 02:47:02.893
He's like, you know, we may lose engineers, but we can learn how to do it by reading these textbooks and shit.

02:47:03.993 --> 02:47:04.533
It's smart.

02:47:05.253 --> 02:47:12.073
The thing about the caves, too, is that they kind of come up into a cone, so they spiral up to the very tippy top of the island.

02:47:12.113 --> 02:47:12.793
It's really neat.

02:47:13.013 --> 02:47:13.853
Like a volcano.

02:47:15.813 --> 02:47:22.413
They leave the cave, and the Colonel explains that they also have enough munitions and firepower to fight all the Freakers.

02:47:22.853 --> 02:47:27.773
And they'll need it, because the Colonel is in the mindset that they are fighting a war with the Freakers.

02:47:27.973 --> 02:47:28.893
Oh my gosh.

02:47:28.913 --> 02:47:30.393
And he has a plan to win.

02:47:32.153 --> 02:47:35.873
The Colonel walks further with Deacon and says, this is how we're going to defeat the Freakers.

02:47:36.373 --> 02:47:41.053
They come upon a tent with a male scientist who is working with some materials in a bin when it sparks.

02:47:41.673 --> 02:47:47.633
The Colonel introduces Deacon to Lieutenant Weaver, a chemical engineer who's developing explosives to use on the Freakers.

02:47:48.253 --> 02:47:55.593
The Colonel offers Deacon as a gopher in case Weaver ever needs anything from outside of camp, and he immediately has a list of shit for Deacon to go fetch.

02:47:55.613 --> 02:47:56.773
He's like, thank God.

02:47:56.993 --> 02:47:57.753
Oh, finally.

02:47:58.113 --> 02:48:01.393
Right now, Weaver needs shit for a batch of napalm that he's cooking up.

02:48:02.473 --> 02:48:08.333
The Colonel takes Deacon to see one more person, someone that people have been calling the Wizard Island Witch.

02:48:09.613 --> 02:48:14.633
The Colonel alludes to this person also being on the same mission as Weaver, developing something to fight the Freakers.

02:48:15.233 --> 02:48:20.293
They come up on a tent, and it opens to a woman screaming at a man for not getting her fabric softener.

02:48:21.893 --> 02:48:22.933
She's not doing laundry, though.

02:48:22.953 --> 02:48:25.673
She needs it for science shit, but she's like, read the goddamn label.

02:48:25.693 --> 02:48:26.973
Fuck you, you idiot.

02:48:27.973 --> 02:48:36.093
Here, in front of the Colonel, in front of the soldier that's getting chewed the fuck out, Deacon lays his eyes back on Sarah.

02:48:36.793 --> 02:48:38.593
Oh, Sarah is alive.

02:48:38.793 --> 02:48:44.373
Not only is Sarah alive, but she's also widely hated on the island for being an asshole.

02:48:44.393 --> 02:48:46.573
Hell yeah, Sarah.

02:48:46.993 --> 02:48:51.293
She looks harder than her soft-bottomed self that we ever saw in the memories.

02:48:51.613 --> 02:48:56.433
She's in a black tank top and a tight militia cap, and she's just like, fuck you, you idiot.

02:48:57.753 --> 02:49:01.253
Sarah kicks the soldier out of her tent and realizes that she has company.

02:49:01.533 --> 02:49:05.113
Her boss, the Colonel, and her estranged husband, the Drifter.

02:49:05.453 --> 02:49:05.813
Right.

02:49:06.433 --> 02:49:10.113
Sarah calls the Colonel Matt, they're on a first-name basis, which I don't love.

02:49:10.213 --> 02:49:10.713
Oh shit.

02:49:10.973 --> 02:49:14.533
And just immediately screams at her for bringing her useless soldiers.

02:49:15.833 --> 02:49:19.273
Colonel says he's got this covered and introduces Sarah to Deacon.

02:49:20.293 --> 02:49:24.613
Deacon's eyes are wide, but his poker face refuses to let on what's happening.

02:49:25.193 --> 02:49:29.193
He can't let on what's going on, but he also can't take his eyes off of her.

02:49:29.513 --> 02:49:30.553
Oh, it's his wife.

02:49:30.573 --> 02:49:31.233
I get it.

02:49:31.573 --> 02:49:34.573
The Colonel made it clear that there is zero fraternizing allowed in camp.

02:49:34.833 --> 02:49:35.653
God damn it.

02:49:35.653 --> 02:49:41.113
Yeah, so Deacon can't jeopardize this with fear of them getting separated or purposely being kept apart.

02:49:41.413 --> 02:49:46.073
At least if he pretends to not know her, he can get sent on missions and have reason to talk to her.

02:49:46.213 --> 02:49:46.553
Right.

02:49:47.793 --> 02:49:48.813
He can't fuck this up.

02:49:49.253 --> 02:49:52.073
Sarah's eyes look at Deacon, and then they dart all over him.

02:49:52.093 --> 02:49:55.413
His face, his hair, everything down to the dirt under his nails.

02:49:56.053 --> 02:50:03.433
But she also knows the rules and hands Deacon the detergent the other soldier mistook for fabric softener and demands that he read the list of ingredients.

02:50:03.853 --> 02:50:06.633
She needs a soldier who knows what chemical compounds they're looking for.

02:50:07.253 --> 02:50:08.473
She's mean and is like, what?

02:50:08.633 --> 02:50:09.653
You can read, can't you?

02:50:11.113 --> 02:50:19.353
Deacon is like, uh, yeah, and rattles off the name of some of the chemical compounds on the bottle, and then she yanks the bottle out of his hands and says, good enough, when can he start?

02:50:20.193 --> 02:50:21.573
She doesn't even look at him anymore.

02:50:21.793 --> 02:50:22.593
Oh, my gosh.

02:50:22.653 --> 02:50:23.633
She just moved on.

02:50:23.753 --> 02:50:26.073
She's fucking brilliant if this is like part of her plan.

02:50:26.153 --> 02:50:26.593
Oh, yeah.

02:50:26.893 --> 02:50:30.033
The Colonel nods and says, I'll leave you to it and leaves the tent.

02:50:31.153 --> 02:50:34.293
For the first time in years, Sarah and Deacon are alone together.

02:50:35.433 --> 02:50:39.233
Deacon starts walking to Sarah, and she stops him saying, stand at attention.

02:50:40.433 --> 02:50:42.813
He obeys, and she slowly walks to him.

02:50:43.393 --> 02:50:46.773
He reaches for her, and she stops him again saying, don't.

02:50:48.413 --> 02:50:53.293
She puts her hand on his face, hovering just over where her name is tattooed on his neck.

02:50:55.053 --> 02:50:56.333
Then she starts to sputter.

02:50:56.793 --> 02:50:58.073
No, no, no, you're dead.

02:50:58.853 --> 02:50:59.933
You're supposed to be dead.

02:51:01.133 --> 02:51:06.073
She repeats, you're dead, you're dead, and he holds her hands and says, I'm right here.

02:51:07.073 --> 02:51:08.133
She's supposed to be dead.

02:51:08.613 --> 02:51:09.273
Bitch, right?

02:51:10.453 --> 02:51:12.453
They look at each other, and they kiss deeply.

02:51:13.173 --> 02:51:15.373
Then she stops and says, I couldn't find you.

02:51:15.393 --> 02:51:16.733
They talk over each other.

02:51:16.753 --> 02:51:20.313
Sarah's saying she looked for him, and Deacon's saying he found O'Brien.

02:51:20.533 --> 02:51:25.053
They both end on the conclusion saying they thought they'd never see the other again.

02:51:26.633 --> 02:51:29.973
Deacon tries to kiss her again, but she shoves him off and says she can't.

02:51:30.593 --> 02:51:35.353
Deacon immediately is like, point in any direction, and we'll leave right now.

02:51:35.493 --> 02:51:36.253
Yeah, right?

02:51:36.273 --> 02:51:37.713
Like, let's just get the fuck out of here.

02:51:37.793 --> 02:51:38.633
She says she can't.

02:51:39.593 --> 02:51:41.453
She tells him he doesn't understand.

02:51:41.653 --> 02:51:42.673
They're fighting a war.

02:51:44.573 --> 02:51:45.573
It's not a war.

02:51:46.133 --> 02:51:47.893
She can be helpful and make a difference.

02:51:48.033 --> 02:51:49.693
Deacon is like, what the fuck?

02:51:49.753 --> 02:51:50.993
Oh my god, are you in a cult?

02:51:52.093 --> 02:51:54.313
She tells him he can stay and help her.

02:51:54.633 --> 02:51:56.133
After the war, they can go wherever.

02:51:56.413 --> 02:51:56.993
I promise.

02:51:57.573 --> 02:51:58.573
Deacon is stunned.

02:51:59.773 --> 02:52:02.253
A soldier interrupts them, saying the Colonel is looking for Sarah.

02:52:02.573 --> 02:52:05.653
Deacon salutes her and says, whatever you need, ma'am, and leaves.

02:52:06.313 --> 02:52:09.973
On his way out, Sarah hands him a clipboard with the materials she needs for her research.

02:52:11.153 --> 02:52:19.073
This kicks off Deacon being used by both Weaver and Sarah to pick up materials outside of camp for their research and the occasional bounty hunting mission in the mix.

02:52:19.673 --> 02:52:24.553
Weaver and Sarah's research runs concurrently to figure out how to attack the Freakers in the best way possible.

02:52:26.113 --> 02:52:29.793
Every time Deacon drops off something or interacts with Sarah, it's tense.

02:52:30.153 --> 02:52:32.293
There's no more sneaky kisses, just tension.

02:52:32.873 --> 02:52:33.733
Oh, that sucks.

02:52:33.733 --> 02:52:35.933
He calls her ma'am and is very formal.

02:52:36.593 --> 02:52:40.453
She's stressed and cranky, and whatever he does, it never lands for her.

02:52:40.473 --> 02:52:41.793
There's no softness.

02:52:42.913 --> 02:52:46.813
Between the supply runs, at some point, Taylor gets kidnapped by marauders.

02:52:47.353 --> 02:52:47.933
Oh, shit.

02:52:49.153 --> 02:52:54.793
This interaction ends with him getting his ear cut off in a torture moment and Deacon having to go rescue him.

02:52:54.953 --> 02:52:57.133
Fucking Wade, Jesus Christ.

02:52:57.153 --> 02:52:58.213
God damn it, Taylor.

02:52:59.133 --> 02:53:02.493
When Deacon brings Taylor back to camp, Deacon's like, alright, you're a fucking idiot.

02:53:02.513 --> 02:53:04.313
Just go get yourself patched up with Jimenez.

02:53:04.733 --> 02:53:09.693
And then Deacon and Weaver go play with some Napalm Molotovs, which should be able to take out the Freakers.

02:53:10.693 --> 02:53:11.213
Hell yeah.

02:53:11.233 --> 02:53:14.053
Like, you do get to do some really cool fun shit.

02:53:14.093 --> 02:53:15.433
Hell yeah, let's like blow it up.

02:53:15.913 --> 02:53:23.333
Weaver, in this interaction though, does cross some bro code unknowingly, and he mentions to Deacon that he tried to fuck Sarah once.

02:53:23.693 --> 02:53:24.973
But it didn't go well.

02:53:25.033 --> 02:53:26.373
Well, he didn't know that's his wife.

02:53:26.433 --> 02:53:28.853
Yeah, but Deacon's like, I'm gonna fucking murder you.

02:53:30.593 --> 02:53:35.133
After a few tense supply drop-offs, Sarah tells Deacon she's joining him on the next run.

02:53:36.013 --> 02:53:39.033
It's awkward, but they finally have a chance to catch up away from camp.

02:53:39.653 --> 02:53:43.773
Sarah is so excited to hear the boozer is still alive and safe at camp.

02:53:44.113 --> 02:53:44.333
Oh.

02:53:44.773 --> 02:53:52.813
They end up at a local community college scavenging for some equipment, and Sarah gets really scared because there's freakers, but Deacon is always there to protect her.

02:53:53.673 --> 02:53:58.333
They get the equipment they need, dodge tons of freakers, dodge some marauders, and then they get back.

02:53:58.873 --> 02:54:00.833
It's still weird, but it's less weird.

02:54:00.853 --> 02:54:02.293
It does chip away at the tension.

02:54:02.433 --> 02:54:02.773
Yeah.

02:54:03.793 --> 02:54:11.973
Back at camp, Taylor has this big bandage around his head where his ear used to be, and he, like, make jokes about not being able to hear anything Deacon says.

02:54:13.193 --> 02:54:14.393
You know, because of the ear.

02:54:14.393 --> 02:54:14.793
Right.

02:54:15.873 --> 02:54:19.833
Taylor has been assigned to guard the infirmary, and Deacon goes in to say hi to Dr.

02:54:19.853 --> 02:54:20.333
Jimenez.

02:54:20.713 --> 02:54:24.313
The doc asks to go out on a run with Deacon because he's getting really stir crazy.

02:54:24.333 --> 02:54:26.133
He's like, man, just let me on the bike one time.

02:54:26.153 --> 02:54:26.833
I'm so bored.

02:54:27.413 --> 02:54:30.273
But the colonel comes in and is like, absolutely fucking not.

02:54:30.293 --> 02:54:33.433
We cannot afford to lose the only doctor we have on the island.

02:54:33.973 --> 02:54:34.313
Dr.

02:54:34.333 --> 02:54:36.573
Jimenez is like, god damn it.

02:54:37.013 --> 02:54:38.373
I'm bored.

02:54:39.113 --> 02:54:43.133
Deacon checks in on Sarah and she's really frustrated by the lack of resources at camp.

02:54:43.413 --> 02:54:45.053
She's like, well, I'm on an island.

02:54:45.453 --> 02:54:46.653
This fucking sucks.

02:54:47.573 --> 02:54:51.193
She says she's really close to a breakthrough, but she needs a DNA synthesizer.

02:54:51.673 --> 02:54:54.593
Deacon's like, well, you know, your old lab probably had one, right?

02:54:54.713 --> 02:54:55.953
We're not that far.

02:54:56.113 --> 02:54:58.213
What if we just went there?

02:54:58.353 --> 02:54:58.993
Went and got it.

02:54:59.693 --> 02:55:01.553
She goes, oh my god, wait, you're right.

02:55:01.573 --> 02:55:03.873
Yeah, let's fucking go, and you're taking me.

02:55:04.793 --> 02:55:08.933
She jokingly says, that's an order, and the way she says it breaks Deacon's heart.

02:55:11.013 --> 02:55:14.193
But he does agree to take her and tells her to dress warm and pack light.

02:55:15.233 --> 02:55:17.713
It's pretty far, so there's a chance they might have to stay out there.

02:55:18.613 --> 02:55:22.053
As he turns to leave, she stops him, and she finally kisses him again.

02:55:22.073 --> 02:55:22.913
Oh, good.

02:55:23.233 --> 02:55:26.833
He kisses her back, then pulls away, and tells her to get ready to go.

02:55:27.393 --> 02:55:28.353
Nature is healing.

02:55:28.913 --> 02:55:32.153
Well, he just needs those reminders that she's not actually being mean.

02:55:32.173 --> 02:55:33.213
She's just playing a part.

02:55:33.233 --> 02:55:34.953
Yeah, they're always under surveillance.

02:55:34.973 --> 02:55:36.133
There's soldiers everywhere.

02:55:36.353 --> 02:55:38.393
You don't know who's, like, listening through the tent and shit.

02:55:39.313 --> 02:55:40.073
And it's weird.

02:55:40.093 --> 02:55:41.153
You know, they're strange.

02:55:41.173 --> 02:55:41.613
They haven't...

02:55:41.753 --> 02:55:43.813
They thought each other was dead for two years.

02:55:43.833 --> 02:55:45.653
Yeah, they've each hooked up with somebody.

02:55:46.293 --> 02:55:47.173
Deacon has not.

02:55:47.353 --> 02:55:47.713
No?

02:55:47.733 --> 02:55:50.573
Deacon has definitively not gotten his dick wet.

02:55:50.833 --> 02:55:51.053
Oh.

02:55:51.073 --> 02:55:52.713
Since before the apocalypse.

02:55:52.973 --> 02:55:53.733
Oh, no.

02:55:53.753 --> 02:55:56.313
So, like, he's one of those characters where women chase him.

02:55:56.333 --> 02:55:57.333
He misses his wife.

02:55:57.353 --> 02:55:57.873
Yeah, he's...

02:55:59.033 --> 02:56:01.553
He's the guy in the Toby Flenderson novels, exactly.

02:56:01.633 --> 02:56:03.733
And this better be fucking you in the apocalypse.

02:56:04.253 --> 02:56:04.593
Okay.

02:56:04.613 --> 02:56:07.193
You see me get torn apart, you're still like, maybe she's out there.

02:56:07.213 --> 02:56:07.433
Yeah.

02:56:07.773 --> 02:56:08.233
Got it?

02:56:08.373 --> 02:56:08.753
Okay.

02:56:08.773 --> 02:56:09.113
Okay.

02:56:09.293 --> 02:56:11.733
This is legally binding, by the way.

02:56:12.953 --> 02:56:19.713
The Colonel doesn't like that she's leaving the island for a supply run that could take a day or two, but she says she's going, and she's been in the ship before.

02:56:20.353 --> 02:56:23.733
He tells her equipment can be replaced, but scientists can't.

02:56:24.973 --> 02:56:25.693
She doesn't give a shit.

02:56:25.713 --> 02:56:26.293
She goes out.

02:56:26.513 --> 02:56:30.993
They ride out to this research facility back over the mountain overpass into the old map.

02:56:31.713 --> 02:56:39.013
On the way, Deacon talks shit about the militia, and Sarah points out that his motorcycle club had ranks and uniforms and moved like an army.

02:56:39.073 --> 02:56:40.333
Like a bunch of fucking dorks.

02:56:40.353 --> 02:56:41.353
Which is exactly what you said.

02:56:41.373 --> 02:56:42.653
It's the same kind of structure.

02:56:43.633 --> 02:56:48.893
He should probably appreciate the structure of this because it's basically his motorcycle club with a different fucking skin.

02:56:49.073 --> 02:56:49.273
Yeah.

02:56:49.293 --> 02:56:50.133
They just don't have bikes.

02:56:50.153 --> 02:56:50.473
Yeah.

02:56:50.473 --> 02:56:54.473
And he's like, okay, first of all, humbled.

02:56:54.473 --> 02:56:54.893
Seen.

02:56:55.233 --> 02:56:56.273
Seen entirely.

02:56:56.293 --> 02:56:57.533
But okay, I get you.

02:56:57.553 --> 02:56:58.713
But the Colonel's fucking weird.

02:56:58.733 --> 02:57:00.773
And she's like, yeah, but you know, you love structure.

02:57:01.793 --> 02:57:05.613
They get down to the research facility and it looks just like how they both remember.

02:57:06.113 --> 02:57:11.073
The facility had solar power and the plants were on an automatic irrigation system.

02:57:11.393 --> 02:57:15.633
So they have fucking corn and like crops growing automatically there.

02:57:15.753 --> 02:57:16.653
It's incredible.

02:57:16.793 --> 02:57:18.613
So this place is incredibly well preserved.

02:57:18.633 --> 02:57:19.053
Yes.

02:57:19.553 --> 02:57:22.293
Deacon is like, holy shit, I have to tell all the other camps about this.

02:57:22.313 --> 02:57:25.593
There's so much food and there's an electric fence to keep people out.

02:57:25.613 --> 02:57:28.413
Like, this is a perfect place to be in the apocalypse.

02:57:29.673 --> 02:57:36.033
Sarah's security clearance is tied to her fingerprints, so thankfully she's able to unlock the building and get access all over.

02:57:36.033 --> 02:57:37.113
It's fucking perfect.

02:57:37.193 --> 02:57:39.753
And because it's solar power, it's still got electricity and everything.

02:57:39.773 --> 02:57:42.113
Yeah, and it's literally like, welcome back, Sarah.

02:57:42.133 --> 02:57:44.053
It's been two years since your last login.

02:57:44.233 --> 02:57:45.293
Oh, man, that's great.

02:57:47.133 --> 02:57:49.573
Unfortunately, there are some current residents.

02:57:50.013 --> 02:57:54.273
But who could possibly fucking get into this place that needs such high security clearance?

02:57:55.393 --> 02:57:57.313
Security Officer Fuckface Jim.

02:57:58.013 --> 02:57:59.193
Oh my god.

02:57:59.453 --> 02:58:04.673
Jim and a handful of survivors live in the facility and immediately start attacking Deacon and Sarah.

02:58:05.673 --> 02:58:06.653
Fucking Jim.

02:58:06.893 --> 02:58:07.753
Fuck you, Jim.

02:58:08.073 --> 02:58:14.393
They attack, Deacon and Sarah attack, and it comes down to the point where Sarah shoots him in the fucking face.

02:58:14.553 --> 02:58:16.013
Holy shit.

02:58:16.033 --> 02:58:19.933
That's the dickhead security guard, right, that wouldn't let him in through the door originally?

02:58:19.993 --> 02:58:21.293
Yeah, Sarah shoots him.

02:58:22.873 --> 02:58:23.753
It feels good.

02:58:23.773 --> 02:58:24.693
I'm not gonna lie.

02:58:25.593 --> 02:58:29.053
Sarah finds her old lab, and it's all tricked out from when the world was whole.

02:58:29.573 --> 02:58:35.013
Sarah looks over the research and the lab, and then she goes, it's all true and I didn't want to believe it.

02:58:36.433 --> 02:58:42.753
There was a research intern when she worked there named David Gorman, who was suspicious of what the facility was researching and looking into.

02:58:43.653 --> 02:58:47.033
He told Sarah, but she was like, honestly, you're being fucking paranoid.

02:58:47.533 --> 02:58:53.733
He ended up hacking the system behind the firewalls and found a classified project, and he wanted to be the whistleblower on it.

02:58:54.053 --> 02:58:56.793
He wanted to be the next Edward Snowden.

02:58:57.513 --> 02:59:01.693
She said he must have broken in and gotten a sample from the project and leaked it.

02:59:02.413 --> 02:59:07.573
She said the night she got stabbed, she went to the office to try and find David, but he was already gone.

02:59:08.133 --> 02:59:11.293
He had apparently been gone for two weeks in Portland at a conference.

02:59:12.053 --> 02:59:18.333
He had gone to see a reporter, but he was already infected with what she calls the disease.

02:59:19.173 --> 02:59:19.793
Oh, shit.

02:59:19.793 --> 02:59:27.013
He didn't even know he was carrying it, but because he had interacted with a sample, he became a carrier of whatever this disease was.

02:59:27.573 --> 02:59:34.393
And then two days later, he was at a conference, and the conference interacted with him, and it spread.

02:59:35.313 --> 02:59:36.153
Oh, shit.

02:59:36.173 --> 02:59:37.433
This is just fucking COVID.

02:59:37.693 --> 02:59:39.873
This came out in April of 2019.

02:59:39.893 --> 02:59:41.813
Yeah, one year before COVID.

02:59:41.833 --> 02:59:42.833
This is fucked up.

02:59:43.313 --> 02:59:47.573
After the conference, all those people got on planes and went home across the world.

02:59:47.593 --> 02:59:48.513
That's how it happens.

02:59:48.533 --> 02:59:53.113
And then a week and a half later, two and a half billion people were dead.

02:59:53.753 --> 02:59:55.113
Holy shit.

02:59:56.153 --> 02:59:59.533
At least they explain in this game how the zombie apocalypse happened, like.

03:00:00.373 --> 03:00:02.833
Yeah, and Deacon tells her this isn't her fault.

03:00:03.593 --> 03:00:04.253
What the fuck?

03:00:04.313 --> 03:00:05.733
Sarah says, no, you don't understand.

03:00:05.813 --> 03:00:07.213
My research went into this.

03:00:07.793 --> 03:00:09.013
I was a part of this.

03:00:09.033 --> 03:00:09.873
They used me.

03:00:10.553 --> 03:00:11.913
That's just having a job, Sarah.

03:00:11.933 --> 03:00:13.013
Yeah, baby, that's capitalism.

03:00:13.033 --> 03:00:13.273
Yeah.

03:00:14.233 --> 03:00:20.293
Sarah breaks down sobbing, and Deacon holds her tight, looking around at the room where the end of the world began.

03:00:21.833 --> 03:00:31.853
On the way out with the DNA synthesizer, Deacon turns off the electric fence and tells Boozer about the facility and all the food being grown here, because he's finally in radio range again.

03:00:33.133 --> 03:00:38.093
Snow starts to gently fall while he tells Boozer about all the food and that Sarah is alive.

03:00:38.533 --> 03:00:42.873
Boozer is ecstatic to hear that she's alive and tells them to be safe.

03:00:43.473 --> 03:00:49.573
Before he's out of range, Deacon also radios Ricky about the farm and where it is, and tells her that he found Sarah.

03:00:49.813 --> 03:00:56.353
It's a really sweet moment, because he's been talking nonstop about finding his dead wife, and everyone's like, she's fucking dead though, bro.

03:00:57.093 --> 03:01:01.953
Deacon is eager to get over the past now that the snow is starting to come down, so he's like, we have to fucking go.

03:01:02.393 --> 03:01:06.953
They ride as much as they can, but the storm comes in, and they hunker down in an abandoned cabin.

03:01:07.793 --> 03:01:16.473
They're cuddled up by the fire, and they catch up, and they're taking their clothes off to get them dry, and they bone down hard for the first time in years.

03:01:16.553 --> 03:01:18.633
That's gotta be some stinky sex too.

03:01:18.653 --> 03:01:20.993
I literally wrote, it's probably so fucking smelly.

03:01:21.013 --> 03:01:24.473
Yeah, those two do not bathe often enough.

03:01:24.513 --> 03:01:26.253
No, there's no way that's fun.

03:01:26.273 --> 03:01:27.813
You're definitely not doing mouth stuff.

03:01:28.013 --> 03:01:28.773
But you know what?

03:01:28.793 --> 03:01:29.353
Good for them.

03:01:29.393 --> 03:01:30.073
They deserve it.

03:01:30.153 --> 03:01:30.953
Yeah.

03:01:31.893 --> 03:01:37.373
They get back to camp cuddly and lovey, but still very formal in front of the other militia members.

03:01:37.393 --> 03:01:38.733
You know, keeping up appearances.

03:01:38.753 --> 03:01:39.513
Yeah, you have to.

03:01:40.173 --> 03:01:42.833
Deacon gets a call from Captain Cora to head to the infirmary.

03:01:43.333 --> 03:01:45.773
Once there, it's a fucking bloodbath.

03:01:45.893 --> 03:01:46.513
Oh shit.

03:01:46.653 --> 03:01:49.873
Apparently, Taylor is an addict, and he killed Dr.

03:01:49.893 --> 03:01:53.393
Jimenez, took a bunch of narcotics, and ran off the island.

03:01:53.753 --> 03:01:54.233
What?

03:01:54.693 --> 03:01:55.233
Right!

03:01:55.793 --> 03:01:58.913
Whoa, that feels so out of character for Wade.

03:01:59.093 --> 03:02:00.773
I thought he was a fucking stoner.

03:02:01.033 --> 03:02:03.193
Yeah, not like a drug addict.

03:02:03.193 --> 03:02:04.333
Yeah, he's stoner, Cody.

03:02:04.353 --> 03:02:08.913
He's like, your name's stupid, not like I'm gonna stab you and take a bunch of oxy.

03:02:09.153 --> 03:02:10.553
Holy fuck.

03:02:11.273 --> 03:02:16.573
Now Deacon has to hunt down Taylor in the wilderness, where he finds him hunkered up with a bunch of marauders.

03:02:17.293 --> 03:02:18.393
Deacon finds Taylor.

03:02:18.513 --> 03:02:21.093
Taylor cries, saying, Please don't let me hang.

03:02:21.993 --> 03:02:30.273
Instead of killing him violently or bringing him down to be killed publicly, Deacon gives Taylor an overdose of the drugs and lets him peacefully die.

03:02:30.373 --> 03:02:31.173
Oh shit.

03:02:31.293 --> 03:02:31.953
Bye, Taylor.

03:02:32.573 --> 03:02:35.873
Fucking Taylor Wade, whoever the fuck you were, just...

03:02:36.713 --> 03:02:37.213
He's gone.

03:02:37.453 --> 03:02:39.353
That is a weird character arc.

03:02:39.373 --> 03:02:40.313
I'm not gonna lie.

03:02:41.553 --> 03:02:45.853
For someone we really don't interact with much until the third act of the game, it's kind of wild.

03:02:45.873 --> 03:02:47.193
Yeah, because you like him.

03:02:47.493 --> 03:02:48.013
Yeah.

03:02:48.093 --> 03:02:50.213
And then suddenly he sucks.

03:02:50.233 --> 03:02:54.073
He kills the only doctor on the island to steal drugs.

03:02:54.333 --> 03:02:56.893
And there's a whole thing about how we can't lose our doctor.

03:02:57.113 --> 03:02:58.913
Yeah, it's foreshadowing.

03:02:58.933 --> 03:02:59.393
Yeah, right.

03:02:59.973 --> 03:03:04.413
Sarah asked Deacon to bring her a live newt, one of the children infected freakers.

03:03:04.773 --> 03:03:06.313
Oh, okay, I was like, a fucking lizard?

03:03:07.713 --> 03:03:12.973
In her lab, she injects this newt with something, but it ends up killing the freaker immediately.

03:03:13.133 --> 03:03:15.533
Oh shit, so she's experimenting on children.

03:03:17.893 --> 03:03:20.113
I don't love the implication, but she's a scientist.

03:03:20.133 --> 03:03:20.753
What do I know?

03:03:20.773 --> 03:03:23.073
No wonder they called her a fucking witch.

03:03:23.773 --> 03:03:25.033
The Wizard Island witch.

03:03:25.053 --> 03:03:25.893
Bring me a newt.

03:03:28.333 --> 03:03:29.593
She puts it in a cauldron.

03:03:31.753 --> 03:03:39.573
She considers this a failure, and Deacon realizes that while Weaver's research is to kill the freakers, Sare's research is to cure them.

03:03:40.013 --> 03:03:40.773
Oh shit.

03:03:40.793 --> 03:03:44.733
She thought she could reverse the virus's antibodies, but she can't.

03:03:44.773 --> 03:03:46.873
She's like, fuck, I fucked this up.

03:03:46.873 --> 03:03:48.473
I accidentally killed a child.

03:03:48.753 --> 03:03:54.073
Never in the history of zombie literature, I feel, have they come up with an actual fucking cure for it.

03:03:54.473 --> 03:03:56.973
I mean, now somebody's gonna put in our fucking Discord.

03:03:57.053 --> 03:03:57.573
Actually.

03:03:57.593 --> 03:03:58.593
I hope they do.

03:03:58.733 --> 03:03:59.733
I hope they fucking do.

03:03:59.773 --> 03:04:01.333
It is extraordinarily rare.

03:04:03.073 --> 03:04:07.653
Deacon realizes that she's still trying to make the world a better place, and he's like, keep going.

03:04:08.253 --> 03:04:12.373
He said, everyone is giving up and fighting a war, and she's trying to save the world.

03:04:13.133 --> 03:04:14.033
He still loves her.

03:04:14.253 --> 03:04:15.773
He never stopped loving her.

03:04:16.553 --> 03:04:25.233
Sare says she wants to run away with them, that they'll ride off and tell everyone she's on a supply run, and they'll go AWOL, and they'll just be together again, because fuck this.

03:04:26.573 --> 03:04:28.753
Deacon tells her to pack, and he'll be ready when she is.

03:04:30.233 --> 03:04:35.153
Deacon gets roped into testing some napalm with Captain Cory, and they go to clear a horde using Weaver's weaponry.

03:04:35.253 --> 03:04:35.773
Hell yeah.

03:04:36.053 --> 03:04:39.533
Which is like, this is when you start getting the story missions to clear hordes.

03:04:40.113 --> 03:04:40.773
Oh, okay.

03:04:40.793 --> 03:04:45.013
This is how fucking far it is when the game's like, I think you should clear out a horde now.

03:04:45.233 --> 03:04:45.833
Oh, damn.

03:04:45.853 --> 03:04:48.913
Well, like a horde is, like you said, like hundreds, right?

03:04:48.933 --> 03:04:51.133
Yeah, I think the first one is like 50 or 100.

03:04:51.233 --> 03:04:52.433
Holy shit.

03:04:52.453 --> 03:04:53.613
Which is relatively smaller.

03:04:53.633 --> 03:04:56.353
They get up to like 500s and shit.

03:04:56.413 --> 03:04:57.313
That's insane.

03:04:57.513 --> 03:04:58.273
It's too much.

03:04:59.233 --> 03:05:05.733
When Deacon and Captain Cory come back, they tell Weaver that they took out an entire horde, and Weaver is like, fuck yeah, we did it.

03:05:06.413 --> 03:05:10.933
Deacon goes to check in on Sarah to find that the Colonel has moved her lab into the Ark.

03:05:11.653 --> 03:05:18.593
The Colonel started getting super paranoid and can't afford for Sarah to leave the facility, and he needs her under constant surveillance.

03:05:19.273 --> 03:05:19.993
That's creepy.

03:05:20.553 --> 03:05:23.233
The Colonel takes Deacon down to drop off some of her supplies.

03:05:23.873 --> 03:05:26.853
In the Ark, Sarah is furious to be trapped in there.

03:05:27.233 --> 03:05:29.353
She's screaming that she can't be locked up in here.

03:05:29.873 --> 03:05:32.153
The Colonel starts quoting scripture at her.

03:05:32.333 --> 03:05:33.433
Never a good sign.

03:05:33.453 --> 03:05:35.213
No, that's always so ominous.

03:05:35.233 --> 03:05:39.913
Yeah, like in Pulp Fiction, once he starts doing scripture, that motherfucker's about to die.

03:05:40.173 --> 03:05:43.113
Holding a gun, talking about fucking revelations and shit.

03:05:43.893 --> 03:05:48.713
There are armed guards everywhere, so Deacon and Sarah can't speak freely at all.

03:05:49.173 --> 03:05:52.193
But under his breath, Deacon tells her he'll get her out of here.

03:05:52.793 --> 03:05:56.613
Sarah sends him on a mission to get a botanical poison for the Freakers.

03:05:57.533 --> 03:06:01.633
Deacon goes out and gets a bunch of hemlock, which is an actual poisonous plant for Sarah.

03:06:01.653 --> 03:06:02.453
Yeah, holy shit.

03:06:02.713 --> 03:06:03.733
So you've heard of hemlock.

03:06:03.733 --> 03:06:04.213
Oh, yeah.

03:06:04.213 --> 03:06:05.813
Apparently crazy poisonous.

03:06:05.913 --> 03:06:06.593
Do not eat.

03:06:06.613 --> 03:06:07.593
Insanely poisonous.

03:06:08.153 --> 03:06:12.393
He gets her a shit ton and figures if he can cause enough drama, he can help Sarah escape.

03:06:12.893 --> 03:06:18.953
So he calls O'Brien and Nero, and he's like, Hey, I need you to evacuate me and Sarah off the island.

03:06:19.733 --> 03:06:24.673
Deacon goes around and disables all the RPGs on the island so they can't shoot down the helicopter.

03:06:25.253 --> 03:06:29.213
He's like, I'll get us up to the very top cone and we'll get the fuck out of here.

03:06:29.973 --> 03:06:30.733
And it'll be great.

03:06:31.113 --> 03:06:31.813
That's my plan.

03:06:32.153 --> 03:06:32.753
Oh my God.

03:06:32.773 --> 03:06:33.193
Good luck.

03:06:33.653 --> 03:06:40.233
Deacon runs into Sarah's lab to grab her and move her to the top of the cone of the cave so they're as high up as possible to get evacuated.

03:06:40.993 --> 03:06:46.613
Deacon takes out the guards watching Sarah, and as they start to escape, she kisses him and then they head out.

03:06:46.973 --> 03:06:47.573
Hell yeah.

03:06:48.213 --> 03:06:50.733
They run into Weaver who fully gets what's happening.

03:06:50.753 --> 03:06:51.433
He clocks it.

03:06:51.453 --> 03:06:52.613
He's like, Oh, they're escaping.

03:06:52.653 --> 03:06:53.733
And he just lets them go.

03:06:53.993 --> 03:06:54.573
Good for him.

03:06:54.833 --> 03:06:55.733
He believes in love.

03:06:56.493 --> 03:06:59.713
At the top of the cone, fuck, it's the Colonel.

03:07:00.153 --> 03:07:00.853
Oh shit.

03:07:00.893 --> 03:07:05.893
The Colonel is with some new soldiers and he's very casually like, Look at my new recruits, we're taking a tour.

03:07:06.073 --> 03:07:07.453
Here's Sarah and Deacon.

03:07:07.653 --> 03:07:08.913
Look at our new friends.

03:07:09.393 --> 03:07:12.533
Oh, so he has no idea all hell is breaking loose.

03:07:12.553 --> 03:07:14.513
He's fully not malicious in this point.

03:07:14.533 --> 03:07:18.453
He's literally just doing a campus tour, and they have picked the worst moment.

03:07:20.533 --> 03:07:23.753
Among the new recruits is an old face.

03:07:24.593 --> 03:07:24.813
Oh.

03:07:25.113 --> 03:07:28.693
Here Deacon and Schizo are reunited.

03:07:28.933 --> 03:07:30.613
Jesus fucking Christ.

03:07:30.973 --> 03:07:32.693
Oh, not goddamn Schizo.

03:07:32.813 --> 03:07:34.113
I was hoping it was Lisa.

03:07:35.953 --> 03:07:37.033
Nah, way worse.

03:07:37.593 --> 03:07:38.713
Way the fuck worse.

03:07:38.813 --> 03:07:41.493
Fuck you, Schizo.

03:07:43.733 --> 03:07:45.033
Schizo clocks Deacon.

03:07:45.373 --> 03:07:46.573
Deacon clocks Schizo.

03:07:47.033 --> 03:07:52.493
And Schizo immediately screams, traitor, and jumps Deacon, trying to kill him with his bare hands.

03:07:52.773 --> 03:07:54.093
Oh, my God.

03:07:54.693 --> 03:08:04.313
As they grapple, the Nero helicopter flies overhead, hovers for a moment, but because soldiers start pulling guns, it flies off and their window is closed.

03:08:04.693 --> 03:08:06.093
Oh, no.

03:08:06.353 --> 03:08:08.473
Truly the worst case scenario all around.

03:08:09.573 --> 03:08:14.113
In the next scene, Deacon and Schizo are both tied to chairs, and they are sitting in the Ark.

03:08:16.113 --> 03:08:16.613
They just...

03:08:17.433 --> 03:08:19.773
Sorry, that's really funny that they both got taken.

03:08:19.793 --> 03:08:21.273
Yeah, they're both in trouble.

03:08:22.493 --> 03:08:25.313
Saria is fighting with the Colonel, telling him not to listen to Schizo.

03:08:25.333 --> 03:08:27.153
Like, who the fuck is this new guy?

03:08:27.173 --> 03:08:28.293
Deacon's proven his worth.

03:08:28.473 --> 03:08:29.693
He's a fucking corporal.

03:08:29.753 --> 03:08:30.793
Like, what is happening?

03:08:31.713 --> 03:08:38.273
Schizo starts lying through his teeth, saying that Deacon is a spy for the Lost Lake Camp and for Iron Mike.

03:08:38.613 --> 03:08:52.053
And he says that he saw Deacon assault a woman, and I'm using lighter language than Schizo said, at Iron Mike's camp, and describes Deacon's back tattoos as proof that Deacon was a shitbag, that we all saw him assault this woman.

03:08:52.253 --> 03:08:57.353
He's got this big dog tattoo with chains around its neck on his back, and he's a scumbag.

03:08:57.373 --> 03:08:59.933
He's feeding information to Iron Mike and Lost Lake.

03:09:00.073 --> 03:09:01.813
You guys are all in trouble with this guy.

03:09:02.673 --> 03:09:05.233
The Colonel is like, let's see if he's telling the truth.

03:09:05.253 --> 03:09:06.033
Take his shirt off.

03:09:06.173 --> 03:09:06.733
Oh, shit.

03:09:08.053 --> 03:09:13.093
They rip Deacon's shirt, and he goes, You have the mark of the hound on you.

03:09:15.893 --> 03:09:17.773
Which is the dumbest shit he could say.

03:09:17.893 --> 03:09:18.553
Oh, my God.

03:09:18.573 --> 03:09:20.733
He could have at least said the mark of the beast.

03:09:20.733 --> 03:09:22.893
It's the same kind of fucking Stein.

03:09:23.033 --> 03:09:24.773
No, he's like, It's the hound.

03:09:27.413 --> 03:09:37.593
The Colonel turns his attention on Sarah, saying the Nero helicopter was also a spy, and Sarah came from a Nero camp, and that you must be a spy and in the militia as well.

03:09:38.053 --> 03:09:42.793
The Colonel pulls a gun on Sarah, and Deacon stops them by saying, You know what?

03:09:42.913 --> 03:09:43.453
I lied.

03:09:43.613 --> 03:09:44.793
I called the helicopter.

03:09:44.973 --> 03:09:46.553
I was taking Sarah as a hostage.

03:09:47.213 --> 03:09:48.153
Skizzle's right.

03:09:48.593 --> 03:09:49.333
Put the gun down.

03:09:49.353 --> 03:09:50.193
Don't hurt Sarah.

03:09:50.493 --> 03:09:51.073
Oh, damn.

03:09:51.393 --> 03:09:59.273
The Colonel pulls Sarah back under extreme lockdown and puts Deacon in a lockdown to be hanged the following morning.

03:10:00.073 --> 03:10:05.853
The Colonel asks Skizzle to tell him more about Iron Mike's camp and why they were spying, if they're dangerous.

03:10:06.213 --> 03:10:07.173
Where is it located?

03:10:07.273 --> 03:10:08.413
What are their entry points?

03:10:08.933 --> 03:10:10.553
Fucking Skizzle.

03:10:10.993 --> 03:10:14.073
Captain Corey is assigned to watch over Deacon before he's executed.

03:10:14.813 --> 03:10:20.173
Deacon is knocked the fuck out, but wakes up the next morning outside near a fireplace on the ground.

03:10:20.673 --> 03:10:24.013
Captain Corey is sitting nearby and says, Oh good, I thought I heard you breathing.

03:10:24.393 --> 03:10:25.293
He wasn't sure.

03:10:26.533 --> 03:10:36.393
Overnight, Captain Corey and a few of the men from his outpost, the Diamond Lake outpost, went full AWOL, because the Colonel is a fucking lunatic.

03:10:36.513 --> 03:10:37.153
Oh shit.

03:10:38.253 --> 03:10:39.493
He knew Deacon wasn't lying.

03:10:39.833 --> 03:10:41.513
He knew Deacon wasn't a shitbag.

03:10:42.093 --> 03:10:45.933
He could tell Deacon just wanted to find someone special.

03:10:46.613 --> 03:10:48.573
He totally isn't even mad that he lied about it.

03:10:48.953 --> 03:10:55.273
He's also probably like, hey man, I can see the fucking tattoo on your name that says Sarah, and that you're always hanging out with Sarah.

03:10:55.513 --> 03:10:58.953
I'm not fucking stupid, but the Colonel absolutely is.

03:10:58.973 --> 03:11:00.493
Yeah, there are a lot of women named Sarah.

03:11:00.713 --> 03:11:08.973
Yeah, but you know, if you're specifically only doing runs for the Wizard Island witch, when everyone else fucking hates her, and you're looking at her longingly.

03:11:10.193 --> 03:11:17.673
Captain Cory also noticed the tattoo on Deacon when Schizo was outing him and all this shit that matched the ring that he had.

03:11:18.413 --> 03:11:26.513
Now, his ring that he's been wearing was pulled off of Sarah when she got to camp and ended up with Captain Cory, who's just been wearing it like for funsies, like whatever.

03:11:26.853 --> 03:11:27.653
Sick ass ring.

03:11:27.793 --> 03:11:28.153
Yeah.

03:11:28.553 --> 03:11:30.233
Captain Cory put it all together.

03:11:30.293 --> 03:11:35.373
He's like, the ring, the tattoo, also your neck tattoo, and Sarah, come on, man.

03:11:35.733 --> 03:11:36.593
I see what you're doing here.

03:11:37.633 --> 03:11:42.253
The sentiment is topped off by the gesture of Captain Cory returning Deacon's ring.

03:11:42.993 --> 03:11:44.833
Deacon's like, yeah, that's mine.

03:11:44.953 --> 03:11:45.433
You're right.

03:11:45.793 --> 03:11:46.773
Fully red to filth.

03:11:47.893 --> 03:11:53.453
Cory says any man who goes through God knows what to find his old lady doesn't deserve to die at the end of a rope.

03:11:54.253 --> 03:11:55.273
He's just a romantic.

03:11:55.613 --> 03:11:56.573
Oh, it's so sweet.

03:11:56.993 --> 03:12:00.573
Cory and the other AWOL members plan on going to Reno and invite Deacon.

03:12:00.593 --> 03:12:01.613
They're like, just run away with us.

03:12:01.873 --> 03:12:02.693
To Reno.

03:12:02.773 --> 03:12:04.173
The worst place on Earth.

03:12:04.933 --> 03:12:06.873
The biggest little city in the world.

03:12:07.593 --> 03:12:09.293
Let's live at the Harris Casino.

03:12:11.053 --> 03:12:15.333
But Deacon can't come this far just to leave Sarah on a fucking island with a lunatic.

03:12:15.973 --> 03:12:19.553
And on top of that, Schizo is helping the Colonel plan an attack on the Lost Lake camp.

03:12:19.833 --> 03:12:21.833
And fuck that, Lost Lake is my homies.

03:12:22.213 --> 03:12:22.913
I'm gonna kill them.

03:12:23.893 --> 03:12:29.173
Corey says a convoy rode out this morning towards Lost Lake, so he's got a fucking move.

03:12:30.413 --> 03:12:31.553
Deacon has to make it all right.

03:12:32.513 --> 03:12:38.273
Corey shakes Deacon's hand now with the mongrel ring back on his finger, mirroring their first meeting.

03:12:39.053 --> 03:12:42.813
Corey wishes Deacon luck, and as he leaves, Deacon salutes Corey.

03:12:44.113 --> 03:12:47.993
Thankfully, they took Deacon's bike with them out on this mission, so he's not fully stranded.

03:12:49.453 --> 03:12:50.873
Which, like, wouldn't they just scrap it?

03:12:50.893 --> 03:12:51.653
Never mind.

03:12:52.193 --> 03:12:58.693
Deacon's first order of business is warning Lost Lake about Schizo turning on them and telling the militia to take them all out.

03:12:59.193 --> 03:13:05.013
Sarah's at least safe in the Ark for now, but Boozer and Ricky and Addy and everyone at Lost Lake is in danger.

03:13:06.113 --> 03:13:09.873
Deacon tears ass over the mountain and down to Lost Lake, but it is too late.

03:13:10.393 --> 03:13:13.433
By the time he rolls up, Schizo has beaten him back to camp.

03:13:14.113 --> 03:13:19.253
And Schizo rolled up to Lost Lake with the fucking militia, and they are wreaking havoc on the entire camp.

03:13:19.273 --> 03:13:20.993
There's fires, there's people dying.

03:13:21.213 --> 03:13:21.953
It's horrible.

03:13:22.113 --> 03:13:23.333
Fuck you, Schizo.

03:13:23.373 --> 03:13:24.373
Fuck you, Schizo.

03:13:24.833 --> 03:13:29.413
Some of the militia have retreated, but no one has seen Schizo right now by the time Deacon's gotten there.

03:13:29.433 --> 03:13:30.353
He's like, where's Schizo?

03:13:30.373 --> 03:13:31.173
Bring me his head.

03:13:32.133 --> 03:13:37.473
Literally everyone in the camp is looking for that backstabbing rat-faced buck, but he's been gone for a minute.

03:13:37.773 --> 03:13:39.473
Rat-faced buck, indeed.

03:13:39.773 --> 03:13:41.833
Ricky sees Deacon, and she's like, holy shit, Deacon!

03:13:42.313 --> 03:13:43.373
Iron Mike just got shot.

03:13:44.353 --> 03:13:49.013
Addy, Ricky and Deacon are bedside with Iron Mike as he breathes in what happened.

03:13:49.773 --> 03:13:55.213
With blood spewing out in his breath, Iron Mike asks Deacon if he found his old lady.

03:13:56.173 --> 03:13:57.233
Deacon tells him he did.

03:13:58.233 --> 03:13:59.773
Iron Mike has some closure there.

03:14:00.193 --> 03:14:01.713
He tells Deacon he'd like to meet her.

03:14:02.313 --> 03:14:04.573
She must be a hell of a girl to go through all this trouble.

03:14:05.293 --> 03:14:06.393
Kind of like his old lady.

03:14:07.133 --> 03:14:09.173
I hate when they say old lady to mean wife.

03:14:09.193 --> 03:14:12.913
I know, it sucks, but like, it's just a bunch of romantics.

03:14:13.013 --> 03:14:13.473
I know.

03:14:14.313 --> 03:14:21.533
Iron Mike coughs up more blood, and Addy tries to give him some painkillers, but he refuses, knowing that other people in the camp could use it.

03:14:22.013 --> 03:14:23.353
I was like, why would you?

03:14:23.373 --> 03:14:24.053
Oh, that's why.

03:14:24.053 --> 03:14:24.453
Fuck.

03:14:25.073 --> 03:14:28.193
Iron Mike holds onto Deacon and tells him he was wrong.

03:14:28.773 --> 03:14:33.513
He looks in Deacon's eyes and tells him to do what he needs to do to keep the camp safe.

03:14:34.573 --> 03:14:39.853
With his last breath, Iron Mike asks for Ricky, who holds his hand and reassures him that she's there.

03:14:41.253 --> 03:14:45.133
Then his body lets go, and Iron Mike passes in Ricky's arms.

03:14:46.793 --> 03:14:49.873
Deacon and Ricky come out of Iron Mike's house to address the survivors.

03:14:50.333 --> 03:14:56.173
The last standing Lost Lake campers are all gathered, waiting for Iron Mike to come out and tell them what they're doing next.

03:14:57.413 --> 03:14:59.373
Deacon addresses them and tells them the bad news.

03:14:59.853 --> 03:15:00.613
Iron Mike is dead.

03:15:01.153 --> 03:15:05.513
They are distraught and they start yelling, and they're like immediately unruly, reasonably.

03:15:05.613 --> 03:15:06.013
Yeah.

03:15:06.413 --> 03:15:12.113
Deacon tells them to shut up, because the militia that came through are coming back and there's a lot more of them.

03:15:12.653 --> 03:15:15.553
So we need to get our shit together, and we need to hit them first.

03:15:16.613 --> 03:15:20.353
Deacon, Boozer and Ricky come together to strategize how to hit the militia.

03:15:21.113 --> 03:15:24.753
Deacon comes up with a fertilizer truck bomb to roll into Wizard Island.

03:15:25.453 --> 03:15:26.413
There's only two gates.

03:15:26.793 --> 03:15:31.933
The main gate will explode, and the Lost Lake Camp will hit the south gate and flank everyone from behind.

03:15:32.413 --> 03:15:41.233
With the confusion, they'll hit the island so hard, Deacon can run into the Ark and grab Sarah and get out, and all the Lost Lake survivors can just take everyone else out in the militia.

03:15:42.253 --> 03:15:44.333
Ricky tells Deacon this is a terrible plan.

03:15:44.353 --> 03:15:45.653
Yeah, it sounds like it.

03:15:45.773 --> 03:15:47.353
Boozer says, you're right, this is terrible.

03:15:47.913 --> 03:15:48.273
I'm in.

03:15:49.873 --> 03:15:50.673
Fuck yeah, Boozer.

03:15:51.193 --> 03:15:54.993
The gang gets to gathering everything they need for the assault on Wizard Island.

03:15:55.453 --> 03:15:59.913
Since Captain Cory abandoned Diamond Lake, we don't really need to worry about that outpost like at all.

03:16:01.073 --> 03:16:04.353
Boozer offers to drive the fertilizer truck and gets an arm attachment.

03:16:04.693 --> 03:16:08.393
That's a repurposed ice cream scoop so he can shift gears.

03:16:10.633 --> 03:16:11.673
It's very charming.

03:16:11.693 --> 03:16:12.833
So it goes over the ball?

03:16:12.853 --> 03:16:14.533
Yeah, it goes over the little ball of the truck.

03:16:14.653 --> 03:16:15.993
Okay, that's pretty clever.

03:16:16.013 --> 03:16:16.933
I'm not going to lie.

03:16:16.953 --> 03:16:18.073
It's very cute.

03:16:18.353 --> 03:16:20.653
I love that he has like this changeable arm.

03:16:20.833 --> 03:16:23.813
Yeah, they keep making him different attachments for different things.

03:16:23.833 --> 03:16:27.373
He's like, I can scoop fucking ice cream if we need to.

03:16:27.393 --> 03:16:29.053
I can shift a gear.

03:16:30.333 --> 03:16:33.613
He's probably also going to bring his knife hand, you know, just for S&Gs.

03:16:33.633 --> 03:16:34.553
It's a little brilliant.

03:16:35.173 --> 03:16:43.693
They get a full dump truck up and running and loaded with super volatile fertilizer to make a mobile bomb to blow up the main gate at Wizard Island.

03:16:43.753 --> 03:16:44.353
Jesus.

03:16:44.413 --> 03:16:47.913
Plan is to drive it up to the gate and jump out just before the truck explodes.

03:16:48.713 --> 03:16:53.233
Deacon and Boozer get amped up for their mission, with Deacon telling Boozer, it's probably a one-way trip.

03:16:54.093 --> 03:16:57.133
Boozer says, yeah, that means I don't have to drive this fucking thing back.

03:16:58.873 --> 03:17:02.973
They're both aware they may not survive, but they know it's worth it to save the camp.

03:17:04.413 --> 03:17:07.453
Right before they leave, Boozer says, hey, I have one more thing.

03:17:07.933 --> 03:17:11.053
And he pulls out Deacon's mongrel cut, his leather vest.

03:17:11.873 --> 03:17:13.893
Pulls it out of the truck and hands it back to Deacon.

03:17:14.273 --> 03:17:19.093
Boozer tells him, only a couple of bikers would pull up a dumbass stunt like this.

03:17:20.273 --> 03:17:22.033
As true brothers, they are ready.

03:17:23.753 --> 03:17:27.713
Deacon turns to see Ricky and Addy leading the rest of the Lost Lake survivors.

03:17:28.633 --> 03:17:32.093
Deacon didn't think this many people would come, but they're here for Iron Mike.

03:17:32.893 --> 03:17:36.533
Deacon tells them to hit the south gate as soon as they blow up the main gate.

03:17:36.933 --> 03:17:37.853
And let's fucking go.

03:17:39.253 --> 03:17:40.853
Under the shield of night, they head out.

03:17:41.393 --> 03:17:44.773
Deacon is on top of the truck yelling down at Boozer to get to the gate.

03:17:45.093 --> 03:17:47.633
And as soon as they approach, Deacon tells Boozer to jump.

03:17:48.053 --> 03:17:51.153
Boozer tells Deacon, they only have one shot at making this work.

03:17:51.933 --> 03:17:52.993
Go get your old lady.

03:17:53.013 --> 03:17:54.553
Your old lady?

03:17:54.573 --> 03:17:54.893
I know.

03:17:55.493 --> 03:17:59.873
Boozer pushes Deacon off of the truck as he drives directly into the main gate.

03:18:00.273 --> 03:18:06.113
And Deacon watches as it burns up in an all-encompassing fireball, destroying the main gate.

03:18:07.153 --> 03:18:11.493
Deacon's face is lit up by the fire of his best friend's burning body.

03:18:11.773 --> 03:18:12.733
Oh shit.

03:18:13.393 --> 03:18:18.353
Deacon swims from shore to Wizard Island, finding nothing left of Boozer floating in the water.

03:18:19.133 --> 03:18:21.473
He whips out his gun, and he knows what he needs to do now.

03:18:22.053 --> 03:18:24.713
Deacon fights his way to the Ark to get Sarah.

03:18:25.253 --> 03:18:30.193
On the way, he spots Schizo screaming at a soldier and is like, oh, fuck you, I'm gonna kill you.

03:18:31.773 --> 03:18:36.133
Deacon fights his way up to the Ark to find Schizo holding Weaver up at gunpoint.

03:18:36.293 --> 03:18:37.033
Oh, fuck that.

03:18:37.053 --> 03:18:37.953
And Weaver's our homie.

03:18:37.973 --> 03:18:38.353
Yeah.

03:18:38.433 --> 03:18:41.853
Schizo's demanding Weaver give him the detonators for all of his bombs.

03:18:42.233 --> 03:18:43.753
Weaver tells him to fuck off.

03:18:43.993 --> 03:18:44.413
Good.

03:18:44.493 --> 03:18:45.293
Fuck yeah, Weaver.

03:18:45.833 --> 03:18:52.473
Deacon shoots at Schizo, and Schizo lets go of Weaver because he's a dirty rat bastard, and he has other dirty rat bastard things to do.

03:18:53.353 --> 03:18:55.133
And Weaver was cool, so that's great.

03:18:55.153 --> 03:18:55.433
Yeah.

03:18:55.993 --> 03:18:58.353
Tried to fuck Sarah, but that's in the past, so it's fine.

03:18:59.273 --> 03:19:03.353
Schizo knows it's Deacon somehow, and he's just like, oh, fuck you, Deacon.

03:19:03.373 --> 03:19:04.693
And he starts taunting him.

03:19:05.373 --> 03:19:06.813
He's like, I killed Iron Mike.

03:19:06.833 --> 03:19:07.313
Fuck you.

03:19:07.333 --> 03:19:08.453
The Ripper should have eaten you.

03:19:09.313 --> 03:19:16.393
Deacon kills more and more militia to get to Schizo until he finds him and beats him to death with his bare hands.

03:19:16.653 --> 03:19:17.633
Oh, shit.

03:19:17.713 --> 03:19:20.313
And finishes him by slitting open his throat.

03:19:20.333 --> 03:19:21.173
He likes doing that.

03:19:21.213 --> 03:19:23.033
That's exactly how he killed Jesse, yeah.

03:19:23.933 --> 03:19:28.333
And with that, Deacon goes looking for the Colonel's chambers where he probably has Sarah.

03:19:28.973 --> 03:19:36.313
He can hear the Colonel freaking out about now he's safe in the Ark and it's a holy ground, and this is God's plan to keep the Ark safe.

03:19:37.073 --> 03:19:38.433
And Deacon's like, bet.

03:19:39.973 --> 03:19:42.953
Deacon finds the Colonel and he's having a cup of tea with Sarah.

03:19:43.193 --> 03:19:43.973
Cup of tea?

03:19:43.993 --> 03:19:45.873
Like there's not a fucking war going on.

03:19:45.953 --> 03:19:46.593
Bitch, right?

03:19:46.693 --> 03:19:47.573
Pick up a gun.

03:19:48.453 --> 03:19:48.933
Colonel.

03:19:49.113 --> 03:19:49.593
Right?

03:19:50.073 --> 03:19:52.373
There are militia all around guarding the two.

03:19:52.853 --> 03:19:56.613
The Colonel points a gun at Sarah and makes Deacon relinquish his gun.

03:19:57.593 --> 03:20:00.813
The Colonel makes Deacon have a seat at the table with them and pours him a cup of tea.

03:20:01.353 --> 03:20:04.093
With her eyes, Sarah tells Deacon not to drink it.

03:20:05.053 --> 03:20:16.333
As the Colonel rallies on about how the Ark was once saved by the grace of God, the poisonous hemlock that Deacon once got for Sarah takes hold of the Colonel.

03:20:16.833 --> 03:20:18.173
Oh, shit, yeah.

03:20:18.433 --> 03:20:22.893
His face goes blue, then stops moving, then he stops living.

03:20:24.113 --> 03:20:25.653
Fuck yes, Sarah.

03:20:25.893 --> 03:20:30.473
The militia is confused as the Colonel has just apparently taken a sip of tea and then dropped dead.

03:20:31.773 --> 03:20:34.693
But Sarah runs to Deacon and is like, you came back for me.

03:20:35.433 --> 03:20:40.473
With no pushback, no more oppressing forces, they just walk out of the Ark together.

03:20:41.753 --> 03:20:46.013
Outside the Ark, the Lost Lake Camp have the militia defeated.

03:20:46.213 --> 03:20:47.413
Hell yeah, they do.

03:20:47.433 --> 03:20:49.773
The militia are surrendering and they're completely over.

03:20:49.793 --> 03:20:51.013
They're like, we don't want to fucking fight.

03:20:51.033 --> 03:20:51.633
This is stupid.

03:20:51.753 --> 03:20:52.113
Yeah.

03:20:52.473 --> 03:20:57.173
Addy jumps to help those who are injured and creates like a triage area so they can treat people.

03:20:57.453 --> 03:20:59.473
And Ricky tells Deacon, it's over.

03:21:00.113 --> 03:21:04.333
She tells Deacon that everyone that wasn't killed or injured by the blast basically just gave up.

03:21:05.173 --> 03:21:06.313
Kind of felt like Domino's.

03:21:07.233 --> 03:21:08.833
Then Ricky asks where Boozer is.

03:21:10.013 --> 03:21:14.013
Ricky's heart breaks as she looks at Deacon's face, realizing he's gone.

03:21:15.113 --> 03:21:20.993
Then Ricky stops and goes to help Addy rather than remind Deacon that his best friend in the entire world is now lost.

03:21:22.173 --> 03:21:26.853
Deacon turns around to look at the wreckage, the fires, the carnage, the blood.

03:21:27.673 --> 03:21:31.013
And out of the shadows, he hears, hey, hope you saved some for me.

03:21:31.833 --> 03:21:33.153
He turns to see Boozer.

03:21:33.333 --> 03:21:34.713
How the fuck, Boozer?

03:21:34.753 --> 03:21:36.893
We fully did not see him jump out of the truck.

03:21:36.933 --> 03:21:37.973
No, I'm sure we didn't.

03:21:38.353 --> 03:21:43.753
Boozer, but no, we see the truck go all the way into the gate and explode in one cut.

03:21:44.473 --> 03:21:46.273
Boozer apologizes for being late.

03:21:46.273 --> 03:21:48.293
Then Deacon goes, no!

03:21:50.153 --> 03:21:53.753
Boozer says he jumped at the last minute, and he's fine, which is a lie.

03:21:53.773 --> 03:21:55.573
We did not see that happen.

03:21:55.793 --> 03:21:58.293
He has full view of the driver's side seat.

03:21:58.733 --> 03:21:59.453
What the fuck?

03:21:59.493 --> 03:22:02.873
Anyway, Deacon is in tears as he holds Boozer close.

03:22:03.753 --> 03:22:07.253
Boozer laughs at him and is like, what, you didn't think I'd blow myself up, did you?

03:22:08.413 --> 03:22:10.373
Who would be around to bust your balls?

03:22:11.213 --> 03:22:13.313
Sarah hears this and goes, I would.

03:22:14.433 --> 03:22:20.633
Boozer also hasn't seen her in two years and runs up and is so happy to see her and hugs her, and he's like, my little sister.

03:22:20.733 --> 03:22:21.773
They love each other.

03:22:21.793 --> 03:22:22.853
They're best friends.

03:22:23.533 --> 03:22:30.853
As the morning breaks the sky open, Weaver comes to Deacon and tells him he's gonna stick around and keep working on explosives and fun shit to kill the Freakers.

03:22:31.413 --> 03:22:34.113
He's like, I fucking hate the Colonel, but he was right about a couple things.

03:22:34.133 --> 03:22:35.413
Like, we should blow them up.

03:22:36.413 --> 03:22:38.953
Boozer and Deacon celebrate breaking down the militia.

03:22:39.273 --> 03:22:42.713
They hug again, and Deacon starts to give a speech to all the survivors.

03:22:43.213 --> 03:22:45.933
He tells them, he's not a leader, but today we've done something.

03:22:46.693 --> 03:22:49.553
Today we banded together to fight for the right thing to do.

03:22:49.973 --> 03:22:50.593
And you know what?

03:22:50.933 --> 03:22:51.493
We won.

03:22:52.053 --> 03:22:56.333
If you don't have hope for a future that matters, like, what the hell are we fighting for?

03:22:57.113 --> 03:23:01.673
He ends the speech by burning the militia's flag and tells them that they're taking the first step.

03:23:02.153 --> 03:23:02.753
They cheer.

03:23:02.773 --> 03:23:04.833
They're like, fuck yeah, new world.

03:23:06.313 --> 03:23:09.173
Sarah tells him it was a good speech for an outlaw biker.

03:23:10.213 --> 03:23:15.673
Deacon and Sarah kiss, then ride off with her on the back of his bike as the end credits roll.

03:23:17.473 --> 03:23:19.833
And then there are two postgame scenes that I want to bring up.

03:23:20.213 --> 03:23:21.893
That kind of give us a little more closure.

03:23:21.913 --> 03:23:27.053
A little after this, at Lost Lake, Deacon is told there's a ripper at the gate.

03:23:27.493 --> 03:23:30.113
He runs out and he's like, who the fuck is even alive?

03:23:30.473 --> 03:23:31.833
I drowned those rats.

03:23:32.533 --> 03:23:36.673
And a security guard has someone at gunpoint with ripper scars all over their face.

03:23:37.273 --> 03:23:41.953
He looks at her and tells the security guard, she's not a ripper, she's Lisa.

03:23:42.473 --> 03:23:43.533
Oh, Lisa.

03:23:44.033 --> 03:23:47.553
Lisa is still bald and still has huge scars all over her.

03:23:48.253 --> 03:23:51.873
She took a motorcycle here, so Deacon starts asking her about her ride.

03:23:51.893 --> 03:23:53.873
How the fuck did she learn how to ride a bike?

03:23:54.213 --> 03:23:58.213
She couldn't fucking like clean herself like three weeks ago.

03:23:59.853 --> 03:24:04.473
He tells her if she's sticking around, that he can have Ricky take a look at the bike and get her fixed up.

03:24:05.113 --> 03:24:10.073
She tells Deacon she's brought in some bounties and has like a pillowcase full of freaker ears.

03:24:10.793 --> 03:24:11.913
Fuck yeah, Lisa.

03:24:12.373 --> 03:24:14.733
She just wants to trade for supplies and she'll be on her way.

03:24:15.013 --> 03:24:19.033
And she looks at Deacon in the eyes and says, she's not staying in a goddamn camp.

03:24:20.093 --> 03:24:24.853
I don't blame her after all of her experiences in camps, especially with Deacon.

03:24:25.213 --> 03:24:26.513
But she grew up quick.

03:24:27.293 --> 03:24:35.833
She has turned into Deacon the way Deacon opens the game being an outlaw biker drifter who does not want to be a part of any fucking camp.

03:24:35.853 --> 03:24:36.153
Yeah.

03:24:36.173 --> 03:24:37.393
And is just bringing in bounties.

03:24:37.413 --> 03:24:38.133
He sees Lisa.

03:24:38.153 --> 03:24:39.733
He's like, oh, no.

03:24:40.913 --> 03:24:42.253
I've created a monster.

03:24:43.013 --> 03:24:45.453
He tells Lisa, though, that he wants to introduce her to Sarah.

03:24:45.593 --> 03:24:48.653
You know, Sarah had a younger sister that really reminded me of you.

03:24:49.733 --> 03:24:52.993
And she goes, yeah, I used to have an older sister that would bust my balls all the time.

03:24:53.013 --> 03:24:53.513
Stop it.

03:24:53.773 --> 03:24:54.733
It's they're not.

03:24:54.933 --> 03:24:55.333
OK.

03:24:55.353 --> 03:24:56.573
It's not her little sister.

03:24:56.593 --> 03:24:57.313
I promise you.

03:24:59.133 --> 03:24:59.413
What?

03:25:00.093 --> 03:25:01.933
Why wouldn't he recognize her?

03:25:03.073 --> 03:25:03.333
Fair.

03:25:04.753 --> 03:25:05.553
It's sweet.

03:25:05.613 --> 03:25:06.893
And he kind of takes her in.

03:25:06.913 --> 03:25:08.613
He's like, all right, let's have you meet Boozer.

03:25:08.633 --> 03:25:13.733
He's the head of security, so he'll make sure to let you in and know that you're not you're a safe person that we can trade with.

03:25:13.753 --> 03:25:16.173
And Lisa starts her life.

03:25:17.053 --> 03:25:18.213
Good for Lisa.

03:25:18.793 --> 03:25:24.413
Now, the other one, this is a sequence that most people are flabbergasted by.

03:25:24.433 --> 03:25:29.233
A while after the game ends, Deacon gets a call on the radio from O'Brien.

03:25:29.653 --> 03:25:32.893
O'Brien asks about Sarah and Deacon goes, yeah, we actually got her out.

03:25:32.913 --> 03:25:34.673
We're happy and I'm in love.

03:25:34.833 --> 03:25:35.313
It's great.

03:25:36.073 --> 03:25:38.733
Then O'Brien tells Deacon he has to talk to him in person.

03:25:39.693 --> 03:25:45.813
They meet at a cemetery because like goth and O'Brien is still in his full hazmat suit like every time we've seen him.

03:25:46.633 --> 03:25:48.713
O'Brien says, hey, I'm really glad to see you.

03:25:49.173 --> 03:25:50.073
I'm here to warn you.

03:25:51.293 --> 03:25:54.253
He says, remember when I told you the infected were evolving?

03:25:54.653 --> 03:25:56.313
And Deacon goes, yeah, why do I care?

03:25:56.333 --> 03:25:57.213
I saw like big ones.

03:25:57.393 --> 03:25:57.933
Fuck off.

03:25:59.073 --> 03:26:02.553
For the first time in the entire game, O'Brien removes his helmet.

03:26:03.973 --> 03:26:06.873
We see his face is shriveled and his hair is gone.

03:26:07.093 --> 03:26:11.533
His veins are bursting and he is in fact an evolved infected.

03:26:11.813 --> 03:26:12.633
Oh shit.

03:26:13.073 --> 03:26:17.353
O'Brien tells him the strain of the virus is accelerating at a very fast pace.

03:26:18.313 --> 03:26:22.913
Deacon is terrified and takes a couple steps back because he's like, what the fuck is happening?

03:26:23.093 --> 03:26:28.473
We've never seen a freaker that can speak and be coherent at all.

03:26:28.493 --> 03:26:30.713
They're all feral except for O'Brien now.

03:26:32.213 --> 03:26:35.753
O'Brien tells Deacon that they knew all along, of course.

03:26:36.193 --> 03:26:38.453
That's why Nero is so secretive and protective.

03:26:39.033 --> 03:26:41.153
O'Brien tells Deacon they're coming.

03:26:42.013 --> 03:26:46.653
He takes a step forward toward Deacon and says, I'm sorry, there's nothing you can do to stop them.

03:26:47.913 --> 03:26:52.053
The helicopter fires up as he says, there's nothing anyone can do.

03:26:53.373 --> 03:26:55.893
Deacon watches on as the helicopter takes flight.

03:26:56.633 --> 03:26:59.693
To himself, he whispers, what the fuck?

03:27:01.813 --> 03:27:02.793
Indeed.

03:27:02.853 --> 03:27:04.653
And that is Days Gone.

03:27:05.453 --> 03:27:07.493
Holy shit.

03:27:07.533 --> 03:27:10.853
That was meatier than I ever expected it to be.

03:27:11.073 --> 03:27:11.633
Entirely.

03:27:11.653 --> 03:27:13.413
And I'm going to give you some post game.

03:27:13.433 --> 03:27:16.833
So I listened to an interview with John Garvin, the lunatic.

03:27:17.233 --> 03:27:20.153
And he said that the first game is The Walking Dead, right?

03:27:20.153 --> 03:27:21.133
And like Sam Whitworth.

03:27:21.153 --> 03:27:21.893
Yeah, go figure.

03:27:22.193 --> 03:27:23.873
But he did have plans for two more games.

03:27:23.893 --> 03:27:26.893
And the second game is Planet of the Apes in Western Oregon.

03:27:27.873 --> 03:27:33.233
And the third game is a battle between the old guard of humans and the new evolved guard of Nero.

03:27:34.853 --> 03:27:36.393
And he also says that Sarah's pregnant.

03:27:37.193 --> 03:27:37.533
What?

03:27:38.433 --> 03:27:40.293
He just drops that tidbit?

03:27:40.293 --> 03:27:45.113
Yeah, he fully like talked in a podcast about he's like, yeah, Sarah's pregnant.

03:27:45.753 --> 03:27:47.953
Now is she pregnant when she reads Deacon?

03:27:49.013 --> 03:27:50.333
Oh, it's implied that it's Deacons.

03:27:50.413 --> 03:27:51.753
Okay, okay.

03:27:52.453 --> 03:27:53.333
It comes out black.

03:27:54.733 --> 03:27:56.113
It was weavers the whole time.

03:27:56.133 --> 03:27:56.853
Comes out Colonel.

03:27:58.453 --> 03:28:00.113
It has a little mustache.

03:28:01.253 --> 03:28:02.433
It's half a freaker.

03:28:02.453 --> 03:28:03.153
It was O'Brien's.

03:28:03.193 --> 03:28:04.213
Oh, no.

03:28:04.213 --> 03:28:06.133
Yeah, no, it's implied to be Deacons.

03:28:06.313 --> 03:28:10.993
But that is the Wild West as fuck story of Days Gone.

03:28:11.173 --> 03:28:13.873
Now, it's not a perfect game.

03:28:13.893 --> 03:28:17.413
I actually sit in the middle camp of like, it's not a perfect game, but it was fun.

03:28:17.813 --> 03:28:20.273
Honestly, it felt like it had a weak opening.

03:28:20.513 --> 03:28:20.913
Yeah.

03:28:21.293 --> 03:28:24.173
But after you got going, I was into it.

03:28:24.473 --> 03:28:28.993
Yeah, I mean, after they repeat the opening sequence and you're like, what the fuck is this?

03:28:29.013 --> 03:28:33.833
Then it really like the wheels start turning, and I love Lisa's arc.

03:28:34.353 --> 03:28:36.453
I love fucking Sarah.

03:28:36.473 --> 03:28:39.973
I love Ricky and Addie, so all the girls in this, I really fucking love.

03:28:39.993 --> 03:28:40.673
Imagine that.

03:28:42.053 --> 03:28:45.333
I'm here for it, but there is really fun gameplay.

03:28:45.353 --> 03:28:47.453
I like doing a lot of the camps.

03:28:47.473 --> 03:28:53.693
There is some Far Cry to taking over Marauder bases, and there's some fun in the different politics of each camp.

03:28:53.713 --> 03:28:55.233
There's a lot of fun stuff.

03:28:55.253 --> 03:28:56.133
I don't like the hordes.

03:28:56.133 --> 03:29:00.273
I don't like the listening missions where you have to follow Nero cops around for fucking O'Brien.

03:29:00.953 --> 03:29:04.113
But there are really good things, and I had a good time playing it.

03:29:04.413 --> 03:29:05.893
Yeah, you played through the whole thing at least.

03:29:05.913 --> 03:29:09.873
Yeah, and as of right now, it was on PlayStation Plus, so I didn't pay for it.

03:29:09.893 --> 03:29:12.913
So fuck you, John Garvin, you're not getting my $60.

03:29:14.633 --> 03:29:16.733
And they will not get a sequel because of that.

03:29:16.853 --> 03:29:17.193
Yeah.

03:29:18.413 --> 03:29:24.833
Seven and a half million copies is a lot, but I get that they're like, it's not Ghosts of Tsushima money, which we did not think would do well.

03:29:24.873 --> 03:29:26.893
Seven and a half million copies is a lot.

03:29:26.993 --> 03:29:30.293
It is a stupid amount, especially for a system exclusive.

03:29:30.453 --> 03:29:32.173
System exclusive single player.

03:29:32.233 --> 03:29:33.673
Like, that's pretty big.

03:29:33.693 --> 03:29:38.613
Yeah, but it didn't do as well as Ghosts, and it got kind of review bombed, critically.

03:29:38.873 --> 03:29:40.673
It sounds actually a little unfortunate.

03:29:40.693 --> 03:29:46.473
I feel like this is a series that could probably, like, revamp itself and pull itself out of the gutter a little bit.

03:29:46.873 --> 03:29:53.233
You'd want it to, but Sony just had such a big round of layoffs, and they keep shrinking the workforce in the gaming industry.

03:29:53.253 --> 03:29:54.473
Yeah, that's kind of scary.

03:29:54.573 --> 03:30:01.553
I just don't think the talent is gonna be there to be able to produce something like this, which does suck, because, like, Sam Witwer, endlessly charming.

03:30:01.573 --> 03:30:02.633
He's wonderful.

03:30:02.693 --> 03:30:03.933
I love Courtney Draper.

03:30:03.953 --> 03:30:05.133
She's the baddest bitch.

03:30:05.153 --> 03:30:07.173
Like, let's get her working just in general.

03:30:07.193 --> 03:30:08.113
I want to see her.

03:30:09.493 --> 03:30:10.293
It's just a bummer.

03:30:10.313 --> 03:30:24.173
And, like, the idea of the trilogy of them fighting feral freakers and then getting into freakers that are like O'Brien, that are scientists and can thoughtfully create military groups and shit like that, that's wild.

03:30:24.433 --> 03:30:26.573
Yeah, I would really like to see that, honestly.

03:30:26.773 --> 03:30:30.333
Yeah, and then Sarah's over here maybe still trying to find a cure.

03:30:30.353 --> 03:30:31.553
Yeah, fully.

03:30:31.773 --> 03:30:32.693
Which is wild.

03:30:32.713 --> 03:30:37.793
It turns into fucking Spider-Man No Way Home where they have to fix all the super villains.

03:30:39.053 --> 03:30:40.413
Ah, that's Days Gone.

03:30:40.593 --> 03:30:44.673
Well, thank you so much for taking us on that fantastic adventure.

03:30:44.693 --> 03:30:46.773
Yeah, and if you can see this, the bitch fell off.

03:30:46.893 --> 03:30:52.773
I have not laughed that hard during one of these episodes in a long time.

03:30:52.893 --> 03:30:58.913
Maybe there were some points that weren't meant for comedy, but we laughed at them for funsies.

03:30:59.213 --> 03:31:04.153
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03:31:07.553 --> 03:31:09.213
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03:31:09.633 --> 03:31:14.453
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03:31:14.513 --> 03:31:18.593
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03:31:18.693 --> 03:31:28.073
That's right, so we want to say thank you to Jacob, Tomas, Amber, BerserkPanda, Andrew, Damien, that chunky boy.

03:31:28.093 --> 03:31:28.893
I love that name.

03:31:28.913 --> 03:31:29.533
What's up, buddy?

03:31:29.933 --> 03:31:39.653
AJ, Paul, Omar, Erin, Cerise, Unuseful, Molly, Krisha, Mollymock, Jackie, and Alan.

03:31:39.853 --> 03:31:41.993
Thank you for helping make this show happen.

03:31:42.013 --> 03:31:45.553
We appreciate you, and I would bring you all my Freaker Ear bounties.

03:31:47.533 --> 03:31:49.893
Yeah, we're just going to drop off a pillowcase full of ears.

03:31:50.133 --> 03:31:50.753
Hell yeah.

03:31:50.773 --> 03:31:51.793
I'm Lisa, bitch.

03:31:52.733 --> 03:31:53.733
I fucking love Lisa.

03:31:54.513 --> 03:31:55.413
I love Lisa, too.

03:31:55.433 --> 03:31:58.053
Honestly, she started to remind me of Sadie Adler there for a little bit.

03:31:58.333 --> 03:31:58.793
Oh, yeah.

03:31:58.813 --> 03:32:03.933
She really does go on this wild fucking like sweet to salty arc.

03:32:03.953 --> 03:32:04.393
Yeah.

03:32:05.473 --> 03:32:06.053
The best.

03:32:06.273 --> 03:32:08.933
Anyway, well, please make sure you listen to us next week.

03:32:09.433 --> 03:32:11.833
And until then, this is Tom and Andrea reminding you.

03:32:12.193 --> 03:32:14.513
Wear a fucking helmet at least once.

03:32:14.733 --> 03:32:18.093
No one ever rides a helmet in these goddamn games in this essay.

03:32:18.173 --> 03:32:20.013
And don't skip the cutscenes.

03:32:20.533 --> 03:32:21.053
Bye!