Where are Clems Parents?

edited September 2012 in The Walking Dead
Hi,

please apologize, i´m not a native english speaker so it could be that i have missed something in the game.
I have one question:
At the end of Episode 3, there is the option to try to figure out with Clem where Clems parents could be.
And then, you two decided to look in the "Marsh Hotel".
But if i remember correctly, you (and so Lee) could hear in Ep.1 on the answer machine that Clems Mother has said that they are gone from the Hotel to the Hospital because Clems Father was bitten and get sick.

So...why looking at the Marsh Hotel and not at the Hospital?

Or have i missed some information?

Comments

  • edited September 2012
    Hi Portifex.

    Its a good question to ask. I think really Lee is just humoring Clem by exploring the Marsh House, I think he is convinced her parents are dead but don't want to upset her just yet. It's far more likely they may be at a hospital (as you said thats what her mother said on the phone) but a hospital would be a certain no-go area due to the high number of dead there is likely to be there and would be suicide to even think about visiting.
  • edited September 2012
    No, you did not miss anything.

    Lee heard the answer machine, which said they were at the hospital and couldn't leave.

    Clem never heard those messages. She thinks they are at the Marsh House.

    I don't know what Lee is thinking taking her there. Maybe it's just to make her feel better. Maybe he wants to look for supplies and thinks it's a nice place to rest.

    Nobody knows what Lee's motives are.
  • edited September 2012
    Clems Parents are Probably dead by hearing the answering machine but we never heard them die and that mysterious guy on walkie talkie said he got hers parents.But I am pretty sure they are both dead and hes only lying to get her to Marsh House.
  • edited September 2012
    the reason why clem thinks her parents are there is because they have done it before, they get a babysitter and have a weekend away, parents do that to take a break from all the annoying shit kids do 24/7..plus keep the marriage alive with nookie time..

    so clem going by what she was told (common thread in the game) she would deduce thats where they are.. and because her dad is 'ill' and the hospital was overrun/busy then hotel is the next logical place to find them..as they could rest up after some basic treatment.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited September 2012
    Red Panda wrote: »

    I don't know what Lee is thinking taking her there. Maybe it's just to make her feel better. Maybe he wants to look for supplies and thinks it's a nice place to rest.

    Investigating - finding out what happened to them. Maybe someone still knows, has seen the tragedy, there might be other clues, whatever. It's their last known location, the place to start. I am convinced that the storyline with Clem's parents will see some closure in episode 4. We WILL find out what happened to them, and that's the reason why Lee is taking her to the place.
  • edited September 2012
    Portifex wrote: »
    Hi,

    please apologize, i´m not a native english speaker so it could be that i have missed something in the game.
    I have one question:
    At the end of Episode 3, there is the option to try to figure out with Clem where Clems parents could be.
    And then, you two decided to look in the "Marsh Hotel".
    But if i remember correctly, you (and so Lee) could hear in Ep.1 on the answer machine that Clems Mother has said that they are gone from the Hotel to the Hospital because Clems Father was bitten and get sick.

    So...why looking at the Marsh Hotel and not at the Hospital?

    Or have i missed some information?

    Hi and welcome to the forum.

    The Marsh Hotel seems like a fair place to start looking for Clem's mother. From the answering machine, I got the impression that Clem's mother was calling from the Hospital the first time, from the hotel the second time (she said she had to get back to the hospital) and maybe from the hotel the last time since maybe trying to get to the hospital was getting too dangerous. Then again maybe she made all these calls from her cell phone...
  • edited September 2012
    It's been three months and one week since Lee heard those messages.
  • edited September 2012
    I would think Clem is leading Lee to The Marsh House because that's what she's been instructed to do by Radioman
  • edited September 2012
    Portifex wrote: »
    Hi,

    please apologize, i´m not a native english speaker so it could be that i have missed something in the game.
    I have one question:
    At the end of Episode 3, there is the option to try to figure out with Clem where Clems parents could be.
    And then, you two decided to look in the "Marsh Hotel".
    But if i remember correctly, you (and so Lee) could hear in Ep.1 on the answer machine that Clems Mother has said that they are gone from the Hotel to the Hospital because Clems Father was bitten and get sick.

    So...why looking at the Marsh Hotel and not at the Hospital?

    Or have i missed some information?

    Welcome to the forums!

    I think the reason Lee and Clem are going to The Marsh House is because that is their only solid lead. I don't live in Savvanah, but I'm fairly certain that it is a large city. It would likely have many hospitals, and in the confusion of the city being overrun by walkers, Clementine's parents could have ended up at any one of them. The Marsh House is the only place that they would have been at for certain.
  • edited September 2012
    Portifex wrote: »
    Hi,

    please apologize, i´m not a native english speaker so it could be that i have missed something in the game.
    I have one question:
    At the end of Episode 3, there is the option to try to figure out with Clem where Clems parents could be.
    And then, you two decided to look in the "Marsh Hotel".
    But if i remember correctly, you (and so Lee) could hear in Ep.1 on the answer machine that Clems Mother has said that they are gone from the Hotel to the Hospital because Clems Father was bitten and get sick.

    So...why looking at the Marsh Hotel and not at the Hospital?

    Or have i missed some information?

    good point, maybe he was just investigating possible places they could be, maybe he already assumes they are at the hospital but wanted to ask about other possibilities just in case, i guess we will find out next episode.

    and the hospital may be a place we want to go anyway, to help Omid and just general medicine.
  • edited September 2012
    Ffss... I think they are dead.
  • edited September 2012
    Investigating - finding out what happened to them. Maybe someone still knows, has seen the tragedy, there might be other clues, whatever. It's their last known location, the place to start. I am convinced that the storyline with Clem's parents will see some closure in episode 4. We WILL find out what happened to them, and that's the reason why Lee is taking her to the place.

    Their last known location was the hospital.
  • edited September 2012
    because her dad is 'ill' and the hospital was overrun/busy then hotel is the next logical place to find them..as they could rest up after some basic treatment.

    So when Clem's mom said "they're not letting us leave" you think she was talking about the hotel?
  • edited September 2012
    Guaranteed first places to be overrun in a zombie apocalypse are hospitals. Assuming Clem's parents survived, they wouldn't still be there, certainly not three months after the fact.
  • edited September 2012
    Red Panda wrote: »
    So when Clem's mom said "they're not letting us leave" you think she was talking about the hotel?

    So, this is the question.

    Okay, on this side, i can understand now why Lee and Clem will look at the Marsh Hotel first.
    Perhaps Clems Mother gone back to grab some things for her husband.
  • edited September 2012
    Finding them alive is pretty slim, Mum maybe but Dad is most likely dead.
    I suspect even if Clem's mother is still alive the chances of finding her at the Marsh hotel is unlikely,it sounded as if they were trapped in the hospital.

    I really hope that at least Clem's mother is alive because that is her rightful place. A part of me is hoping this is true because I suspect we may even see that some players will resemble Jolene, by trying to take someone else's child and keeping them for themselves! I have just read an article on GameInformer and the female reporter wrote that she hopes that Clem's parents are dead so she can keep Clem?! justifying it by saying that Lee(a convicted killer) is better suited to care for Clem than her own family,a very selfish attitude if you ask me! Clementine would dump Lee ,in an instant,if that was the choice.
  • edited September 2012
    If her mother is still alive, Lee will bone her and become Clementine's father anyway.
  • edited September 2012
    Chrizza wrote: »
    If her mother is still alive, Lee will bone her and become Clementine's father anyway.

    Wishful thinking, especially when Clementine reveals Lee's past and if he has continued to kill. Any parent will be naturally wary and will need a good deal of convincing that a total stranger has treated their child PERFECTLY for the last three or four months.

    "He didn't touch you in a naughty place did he Clem?" sad but true.
  • edited September 2012
    FarmerJoe wrote: »
    Wishful thinking, especially when Clementine reveals Lee's past and if he has continued to kill. Any parent will be naturally wary and will need a good deal of convincing that a total stranger has treated their child PERFECTLY for the last three or four months.

    "He didn't touch you in a naughty place did he Clem?" sad but true.
    There must be a great ammount of gratitude involved. Omid mentioned how he hasn't seen a child in ages, so it's a pretty special thing to keep a child alive in these circumstances.
  • edited September 2012
    They may have been quarantined in the hospital on what was day two of the outbreak however as things got worse that system would break down and as visitors to Savaana they would most likely go back to the hotel (a place they know).

    Remember three months is a long time, so in any investigation you start with what you know,

    They were at the Marsh House Hotel, from the reception you could find out which room and grab a spare key.

    Inside the room could be a digital camara with view screen so they can see all the photos of where they went or one of the parents diary's?

    From this information they would plan their next move on which location to choose or a person to look out for.

    Also although implied Clem's farther was attacked by a crazy person, they didn't say bitten so it could have been a regular attacker (human) and maybe alive
  • edited September 2012
    The reason why "they won't let them leave" the hospital is because the Military protects it.
  • edited September 2012
    I got the impression that when she said "they're not letting us leave", she was referring to the city. Like: "We want to get back to you, but they're not letting us leave Savannah".
  • edited September 2012
    I've made up my mind.

    I believe radio man has Clem's parents around, just not in the state anyone would expect... no need for a pedo in a Zombie apocalypse to shock a little girl and her warden.
  • edited September 2012
    It's been three months since Lee heard that telephone message. Through the chapter titles in the next two episodes, it seems unlikely that we'll get to visit a hospital. However, one of the chapters in episode 5 is called "The Marsh House". I can only think of this as the place where Clem's parents are.
  • edited September 2012
    in the mean time lee n co navigate savannah streets 'lead' by mr x on the walkie and probably new characters good and bad get in the way to slow us down..
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