Walkie talkie man isn't likely from Lee's past

edited November 2012 in The Walking Dead
Before the apocalypse, the last that anyone had known of Lee Everett was that he was on his way to jail. What are the odds that someone from his past would even be aware that he was still alive and be knowledgeable of his exact whereabouts?

I'm not sure if anyone else has brought this up, but I thought I'd mention it.

Comments

  • edited October 2012
    I think that's an excellent point.

    The only way it... could happen... is if it was someone shadowing him in Episode 1 - who found a way to communicate with Clem via her radio.. and then he went on to Savannah during the 3 months between episode 1 and 2... and now he's catching up.

    But that's a lot of what if's and unlikely-hoods.
  • edited October 2012
    I think its someone from Macon. Possibly connected to the bandits or the St Johns. That started talking with Clem after she got batteries.
  • edited October 2012
    guys i found the guy's name
    his name is *******

    its a spoiler so its censored
  • edited October 2012
    DreadMagus wrote: »
    I think that's an excellent point.

    The only way it... could happen... is if it was someone shadowing him in Episode 1 - who found a way to communicate with Clem via her radio.. and then he went on to Savannah during the 3 months between episode 1 and 2... and now he's catching up.

    But that's a lot of what if's and unlikely-hoods.
    Yeah, I thought about that, but that means that person would've been following him since he was in the police cruiser, watched it crash, waited hours to see if he'd wake up, and followed him all the way from Atlanta to Savannah...highly unrealistic.
    trd84 wrote: »
    I think its someone from Macon. Possibly connected to the bandits or the St Johns. That started talking with Clem after she got batteries.
    That's my best guess, as well. Could be one of the bandits Ben was helping.
    guys i found the guy's name
    his name is *******

    its a spoiler so its censored

    Not Hershel.
  • edited October 2012
    Or, he was in Macon.

    Which Lee is from.

    So people from Macon would know of him.
  • edited October 2012
    There's so much mystery and excitement surrounding who this guy is, but I think we'll be let down with the answer.
  • edited October 2012
    Oh I agree. Don't get me wrong.

    If it's someone from Lee's past, I'll be somewhat disappointed.
  • edited October 2012
    Then again, I haven't even been that pleased with too many of the plot twists thus far. So far, the most interesting one was that Crawford had become a nest of walkers. I honestly didn't see that coming.
  • edited October 2012
    ManMan wrote: »


    Not Hershel.

    of course its not hershel

    its starts with C
  • edited October 2012
    Lol, it's not Carley.
  • edited October 2012
    Personally, I think walkie talkie man has a connection with Jolene (I think that's her name) the crazy girl who took Clem's hat. But, then again he could just be a character out of the blue. Hopefully, we'll see in Ep. 5
  • edited October 2012
    DreadMagus wrote: »
    If it's someone from Lee's past, I'll be somewhat disappointed.

    I wouldn't be disappointed. Lee's past really hasn't really been explored throughout the season. We know he killed a senator because of the affair, but nothing more about it. In episode 1, Lee had a nightmare presumably about the murder, but it hasn't been brought up in detail to show exactly what happened. I think that having Lee face his past would be a good way to bring closure to the story.
  • edited October 2012
    It could also be a journalist like Carley was because they know the things before the "news" surface public.

    Alot of things could be speculated :D
  • edited October 2012
    raptor wrote: »
    I wouldn't be disappointed. Lee's past really hasn't really been explored throughout the season. We know he killed a senator because of the affair, but nothing more about it. In episode 1, Lee had a nightmare presumably about the murder, but it hasn't been brought up in detail to show exactly what happened. I think that having Lee face his past would be a good way to bring closure to the story.

    But the sheer amount of coincidences and unlikely human behavior needed to lead to such a situation would certainly touch unrealistic or even esoteric terrain, which can't really catch up with the overall quality of the narration up to this point.

    Why the hell would someone (say..a relative of the Senator) follow the police car on it's way to the prison, basically ignore the whole zombie outbreak afterwards, just sit around (and survive, presumably alone) for at least 3 months while Lee and his group stay at the Motor Inn, find out about the walkie-talkie and it's frequency, lure them to Savannah, kidnap Clem and..well..whatever he wants from Lee now? He's obviously not a friend of Lee, so does he want to kill him? He survived the ZA for months now, so it's safe to assume that he is a capable fighter thus having had more than enough chances to do so already.
    Maybe Telltale has found a way to overcome those logical fallacies, but I can't think of one, so I'm a little afraid of being disappointed.
    I guess we'll find out soon. :)
  • edited October 2012
    I"LL KILL THaT STUPID RADIO BASTARD!
  • edited October 2012
    Lee's past seemed appropriately explored in my opinion. He was a teacher in Athens who came to correctly suspect that his wife was cheating on him. When he caught her in the act with the state senator, they got into a brutal fight and Lee accidentally killed him (sounds like he accidentally knocked him out a window in his flashback). Telltale choose to make the guy a state senator because that would explain how people knew to begin with such as Carley and Larry, because it would make the case a lot more public and nearly impossible for Lee to prove voluntary or involuntary manslaughter because the law and government officials would be twice as brutal on him (thus putting Lee into a much more understandable position that we can relate to more than if he just committed cold blooded murder).

    His wife now lives in Virginia and the rest we know. Aside from names, there's really not much left to explore in my opinion. It would just be lame to have the walkie talkie guy say "I'm related to the senator you killed, now I will punish you." It's not a very compelling motive or plan; the St. Johns, the bandits, and Oberson would be far more ruthless if this were to be case and I hope the final villain tops all of them in terms of how twisted and evil he is.
  • edited October 2012
    Lee's past seemed appropriately explored in my opinion. He was a teacher in Athens who came to correctly suspect that his wife was cheating on him. When he caught her in the act with the state senator, they got into a brutal fight and Lee accidentally killed him (sounds like he accidentally knocked him out a window in his flashback). Telltale choose to make the guy a state senator because that would explain how people knew to begin with such as Carley and Larry, because it would make the case a lot more public and nearly impossible for Lee to prove voluntary or involuntary manslaughter because the law and government officials would be twice as brutal on him (thus putting Lee into a much more understandable position that we can relate to more than if he just committed cold blooded murder).

    His wife now lives in Virginia and the rest we know. Aside from names, there's really not much left to explore in my opinion. It would just be lame to have the walkie talkie guy say "I'm related to the senator you killed, now I will will punish you." It's not a very compelling motive or plan; the St. Johns, the bandits, and Oberson would be far more ruthless if this were to be case and I hope the final villain tops all of them in terms of how twisted and evil he is.

    hope you're right.
    it better be unexpected and better be a twist
  • edited October 2012
    Lee's past seemed appropriately explored in my opinion. He was a teacher in Athens who came to correctly suspect that his wife was cheating on him. When he caught her in the act with the state senator, they got into a brutal fight and Lee accidentally killed him (sounds like he accidentally knocked him out a window in his flashback). Telltale choose to make the guy a state senator because that would explain how people knew to begin with such as Carley and Larry, because it would make the case a lot more public and nearly impossible for Lee to prove voluntary or involuntary manslaughter because the law and government officials would be twice as brutal on him (thus putting Lee into a much more understandable position that we can relate to more than if he just committed cold blooded murder).

    His wife now lives in Virginia and the rest we know. Aside from names, there's really not much left to explore in my opinion. It would just be lame to have the walkie talkie guy say "I'm related to the senator you killed, now I will will punish you." It's not a very compelling motive or plan; the St. Johns, the bandits, and Oberson would be far more ruthless if this were to be case and I hope the final villain tops all of them in terms of how twisted and evil he is.

    To me, episode 3 just seems anticlimactic as far as the "Lee killed someone" story angle is concerned. Whenever the group finds out, it gets overshadowed by the bandit raid, Lily killing Carley/Doug, and Duck getting bit. There didn't seem to be any lasting effect with the group knowing that a convicted murderer is travelling with them.

    The walkie guy doesn't necessarily need to be related to Lee's past. He could end up being a psychotic guy looking for kicks. I just think having Lee actually face his past one way or another would be a good way to end his story.
  • edited October 2012
    raptor wrote: »
    To me, episode 3 just seems anticlimactic as far as the "Lee killed someone" story angle is concerned. Whenever the group finds out, it gets overshadowed by the bandit raid, Lily killing Carley/Doug, and Duck getting bit. There didn't seem to be any lasting effect with the group knowing that a convicted murderer is travelling with them.

    The walkie guy doesn't necessarily need to be related to Lee's past. He could end up being a psychotic guy looking for kicks. I just think having Lee actually face his past one way or another would be a good way to end his story.

    Yeah, but what kind of person would just ignore the apocalypse and toy with a random group of people for no good reason? Whoever it is clearly wants something from them.
  • edited October 2012
    ManMan wrote: »
    Yeah, but what kind of person would just ignore the apocalypse and toy with a random group of people for no good reason? Whoever it is clearly wants something from them.

    I agree
  • edited October 2012
    trd84 wrote: »
    I think its someone from Macon. Possibly connected to the bandits or the St Johns. That started talking with Clem after she got batteries.

    XD that explains it!!! the walkies batteries died and no one figured it out. best irony ever!!!! clem must have gained batteries at some point.
  • edited October 2012
    multicolt wrote: »
    XD that explains it!!! the walkies batteries died and no one figured it out. best irony ever!!!! clem must have gained batteries at some point.

    She indeed did. She got them at the end of episode 2; Carley finds them amongst the supplies in the car and gives them to Clem for her radio.
  • edited October 2012
    ManMan wrote: »
    Yeah, but what kind of person would just ignore the apocalypse and toy with a random group of people for no good reason? Whoever it is clearly wants something from them.

    Psychotic people don't need reasons ;)

    Anyway, that's not really the point I was trying to make. Regardless of who the walkie guy is and what his reasons are, I would like the episode to link back to Lee's backstory in some way to bring better closure to it.
  • edited October 2012
    ~Late reply
    His name, in the files, is Campman. Not hershel, nor Carley. We dont know his name, but we do know there is a camp, and the radio man... is a man .^.
  • edited October 2012
    Ghositex wrote: »
    ~Late reply
    His name, in the files, is Campman. Not hershel, nor Carley. We dont know his name, but we do know there is a camp, and the radio man... is a man .^.

    edit and censor that name like this: C******
  • edited October 2012
    Ghositex wrote: »
    ~Late reply
    His name, in the files, is Campman. Not hershel, nor Carley. We dont know his name, but we do know there is a camp, and the radio man... is a man .^.
    Or it's simply his surname. Or, because devs know that curious folks like to snoop around in the game files, it was a deliberate try to mislead everyone. Or the stalker/shadowy figure wasn't the walkie-talkie guy at all. ;)
  • edited October 2012
    Wydiwyg wrote: »
    Or it's simply his surname. Or, because devs know that curious folks like to snoop around in the game files, it was a deliberate try to mislead everyone. Or the stalker/shadowy figure wasn't the walkie-talkie guy at all. ;)

    tell that Thadeum guy to stop spoiling it to everyone
  • edited October 2012
    edit and censor that name like this: C******

    The text was already in a spoiler tag, there's no need to censor the name <<again>>. Why'd you even come up with the topic if you weren't willing to keep talking about it in the first place :/
  • edited October 2012
    Ghositex wrote: »
    The text was already in a spoiler tag, there's no need to censor the name <<again>>. Why'd you even come up with the topic if you weren't willing to keep talking about it in the first place :/

    censor it like that so people don't click the censored part and ruin the surprising parts of the game.
  • edited October 2012
    Also, by the way...
    SPOILERS (in case the hidden text wasn't enough warning...)
    We don't know if "Campman" is actually the guy that stared at Lee while burying the Kid. "Campman" has an unfinished model, and probably means that he was not the creepy-shadow-guy.
    I'm just guessing that the Shadow-guy was the Walkie-Talkie man. Think about it, he knew where they were staying, and just took Clementine when it was -almost- completely safe for him to take her. Even if you leave her at home, Omid would have noticed, he didnt want to risk that so he just waited for Clementine to be alone.
  • edited October 2012
    censor it like that so people don't click the censored part and ruin the surprising parts of the game.

    Jesus... you're turning this into a cycle argument. It's already censored, and it's in the Spoilers forum, maybe, because there's something that you still shouldnt be aware of if you didnt want your game to get spoiled.
    Anyway, it's just a theory and those files aren't proof of anything. Even the theory about this camp might be untrue, that's why it's a theory, and not a fact. Still, going back to my old argument, WHY would you even come up with it if you wouldnt tell anything about it later?
  • edited October 2012
    Ghositex wrote: »
    Jesus... you're turning this into a cycle argument. It's already censored, and it's in the Spoilers forum, maybe, because there's something that you still shouldnt be aware of if you didnt want your game to get spoiled.
    Anyway, it's just a theory and those files aren't proof of anything. Even the theory about this camp might be untrue, that's why it's a theory, and not a fact. Still, going back to my old argument, WHY would you even come up with it if you wouldnt tell anything about it later?

    2 words: FOR...GET...IT
    Who cares anyways.
    who ever came up with the idea of going into the files can go eat some dog shit.
  • edited October 2012
    2 words: FOR...GET...IT
    Who cares anyways.
    who ever came up with the idea of going into the files can go eat some dog shit.

    i have seen 3 posts from you recently about shit. Did your dog poop in the house lol. it's no problem I just had to say something :p
  • edited October 2012
    I don't know if it means anything, but the Walking Dead wiki has "Campman" as the walkie talkie man.
  • edited October 2012
    ManMan wrote: »
    I don't know if it means anything, but the Walking Dead wiki has "Campman" as the walkie talkie man.

    They always put speculations on TWD wikia, then some people think it's actual information about the game and come make silly questions to the forums :/
  • edited October 2012
    I think that the campman is clementines dad and that he and clems mum convinced clem to meet them somewhere. Also I think they told clem to hide it from lee. I think clem told them about his past.
  • edited October 2012
    I think that the campman is clementines dad and that he and clems mum convinced clem to meet them somewhere. Also I think they told clem to hide it from lee. I think clem told them about his past.

    Nah he is dead. You pretty much get that from the answering machine. getting attacked by a "crazy guy" having to go to the ER and not being able to leave.

    I think he was in Macon when Clem started talking to him. I think it was his car we took the stuff from. And something happened to him, or his family because we took it. And he he either snuck on the back of the train or found some gas for his station wagon and drove to Savannah.
  • edited November 2012
    trd84 wrote: »
    Nah he is dead. You pretty much get that from the answering machine. getting attacked by a "crazy guy" having to go to the ER and not being able to leave.

    I think he was in Macon when Clem started talking to him. I think it was his car we took the stuff from. And something happened to him, or his family because we took it. And he he either snuck on the back of the train or found some gas for his station wagon and drove to Savannah.

    Plausible. We never really did find out who owned the vehicle at the end of Episode 2 which was loaded with all the supplies. The gas tank was empty and the headlights were on and doors were left open.
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