Summary:
Lia starts a phone interview with another survivor after noted by Winona. The second survivor is a man and his name is Warren Chambers. Lia and Warren start to talk. Lia later asks Warren that is Winona’s statement regarding people died outside of Oscar Totem during the incident, but Warren replied that all he remembers is chaos and violence. Also, Warren insists that the disappearance of people is only part of a bigger scheme. Warren also reveals himself he used to be a large animal veterinarian of pigs, and he also reveals that Warren is testing on a product on reading and communicating with animals. Warren later mentions Napoleon the pig and stating Napoleon was the first pig to have its emotion implant work, and Napoleon and Warreen started to develop bond between. However, not until the two separated by people of Limetown for testing Napoleon. Warren panics because he knows Napoleon will die, and after the shock by sheer anxiety, Warren faints. After Napoleon is killed, Warren is forced to work in a movie theater due to being accused of destroying of the project’s property. Despite Lia wants to pressure Warren for more information regarding the mystery and the enigma, Warren replies with a congenial tone. After few days, Warren is dead, leading Lia not sure where to go for the mystery. After the incident, Lia calls to her mother, Lia realizes someone is in her mother’s phone call, and Lia insists her parents to leave their house before it is too late.
Analysis:
The mystery of disappearance deepens when Warren reveals the projects of animal communications. The incident of disappearance happened after the projects, thus it is suspicious whether the two events were connected. One important detail is that the projects and test subjects were kept on going until Napoleon the pig, whose emotion implant worked out and being the first pig to have its implant work. The bond between Warren and Napoleon also makes the disappearance of Limetown more personal and impactful because we goes in depth on the tragedies and more glimpses on the mystery. Furthermore, Warren’s emotion during the interview shifts from sadness to calmness when pushing Warren to his end, and his time spent with Napoleon made Warren more sympathetic and make the audience more likely to care about the story. This quote especially emphasizes Warren’s impact by the tragedy after Napoleon is dead
Lia: So, why do you prefer the notion of an afterlife?
Warren: Because I’m already dead and I’ve heard the punchline.
After Warren’s death, Lia is reminded that the stake of this mystery because Warren, someone Lia somewhat attaches during her journey to Limetown, dies because she reminds him of the tragedies in his past.
The presence of that mysterious voice during the phone call could be a segment to indicate the change of pace in the story. In previous episodes, the stories are usually about the previews and interviews of various locations and personals. This time, the mysterious voice in Lia’s phone call speendens up the process because people close to Lia is danger, and the pressure reminds Lia that she does not have much time left. The presence of implant and data on analyzing emotions lead to the whereabouts of the mystery despite Warren does not give the next direction for Lia. With the implications that the disappearance of Limetown has some to do with a project that has been studying for more than previously stated, those information can make the audience unsettling because the mystery is possibly something beyond the story has described, and this time, fear and apprehension rise because the antagonist is directly targeting Lia and her family and the antagonist is far more dangerous than previously described.
The music used during the gas leak is a good uses of escalating tension, and the twisted sound during the music signals the downfall and end to Warren’s and Napoleon’s bond. The eerily soothing music during Napoleon’s death reflects that scene’s somber town, reflecting Warren’s acceptance in Napoleon’s death. Also, during a phone call, the music turns creepy and blurs with unclear radio signals from the mysterious voice can make the audience uncomfortable, making the audience more likely to side with Lia because the mystery seems to put Lia and her family in danger and that segment starts to set up the new antagonist in the later story. Overall, the music in this episode is usually calm and melancholic and later ominous when the mystery voice intervened.
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