topic Re: FORTITUDE in Community Spirit

FORTITUDE

the_great_she_elephant — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:32:08 GMT

Is anyone else watching this and if so, are you as confused and frustrated as I am after last nights episode?

What the hell was the "Rachel" thing all about.

First someone smashes a window to get onto a house and wanders round looking for someone called Rachel.

Then it seems Rachel has disappeared and a search party, led by the sheriff sets out to look for her.

Then, while everyone is away, the guy to whom the sheriff lent a rifle (after confiscating the keys to his snow mobile comes to retrurn the rifle and wanders round looking for him.

Then, next minute (unless I dozed off and missed a crucial scene) everyone is back and carrying on as normal, with no further mention of either the search or the missing girl, except for one brief scene where the sheriff is in the bar (I think) talking to a girl, whom I can only presume to be Rachel, and asking her where she went and whether she saw anyone. Her only response is to ask him if he wants a drink and after a loooooooooong, meaningful (?) silence he gets up and walks out.

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***super_nova*** — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:38:49 GMT

I am glad to know that I am not the only one who is confused. But I think I did doze off last week and could not connect with this episode. But one thing for sure; I do not like polar bears very much now.

And I am not sure about Broadchurch either. Maybe I am just getting old and crotchety. 🙂

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bully6084 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:42:21 GMT

It is Natalie who is missing, she is a scientist who worked along side the Professor who was found dead. The woman in the bar is Elena, who at the time of the murder was doing the deed with Frank in the back shed, but when Frank came back home he was covered in blood not sure where that fits into it yet.

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lurker172602 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:44:59 GMT

I had no idea what was going on in Fortitude, way too confusing. I went to bed 🙂
I loved the first series of Broadchurch, but I'm not too sure about this one. Is everyone going to be suspect all over again, and who's the new guy?

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the_great_she_elephant — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:49:40 GMT

@bully6084 wrote:
It is Natalie who is missing, she is a scientist who worked along side the Professor who was found dead. The woman in the bar is Elena, who at the time of the murder was doing the deed with Frank in the back shed, but when Frank came back home he was covered in blood not sure where that fits into it yet.

You're right, it was Natalie - shows how confused I was. To be honest I find it very hard to distinguish between or remember the names of any of the less prominent characters.

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bully6084 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:53:37 GMT

It is a strange show, but I will keep watching it to see if it starts making sense. Not much else on.

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***super_nova*** — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:59:12 GMT

Maybe if we talk about it here we can make some sense out of it. Nine more episodes to go.

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the_great_she_elephant — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:12:53 GMT

I plan to stick with it. There are so many competing story lines I'm really curious to see how they manage to resolve them all or whether they are all relevant to each other.

And what do you suppose was the significance of that poor liitle pig?

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bully6084 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:04:42 GMT

With the pig I thought she had stumbled across some testing that she wasn't suppose to see.

I want to know why the cop was already in the house of the murdered professor when his friend came across the body.

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softail-joanie — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:57:47 GMT

Then it seems Rachel has disappeared and a search party, led by the sheriff sets out to look for her.

I hope she gets away from the sadistic sheriff trying to rape and abuse her, and the one the sheriff sent to kill her.

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rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:17:32 GMT

so, is anyone still watching it?

Last night's episode the sheriff seems to be getting 'nicer' and it seems they are being influenced by some sort of virus that makes people kill each other?

Did you get what they were talking about when they autopsied the bear and then the girl?

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***super_nova*** — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:24:11 GMT

Yes, I am still watching it. But I am sort of losing my patience with it. Would anybody happily stay in a house, which supposed to be empty, and there is a projector running? And then when the little girl says she thought she saw her fugitive father, she is told she dreamt it and they both go to sleep? I would let the sheriff search the house. Or maybe they are all slowly losing their mind, and in the end they all kill each other?

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ambercat16 — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:30:37 GMT

i think they found similar anomalies in the brains of the bear and the dead woman that indicated they were on the right track with their idea that the apex predators were being poisoned by some pollutant.

But I admit to having read some stuff from the UK where this series has recently ended and the truth is far stranger than you would guess

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tezza2844 — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:41:45 GMT

@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:
so, is anyone still watching it?

Last night's episode the sheriff seems to be getting 'nicer' and it seems they are being influenced by some sort of virus that makes people kill each other?

Did you get what they were talking about when they autopsied the bear and then the girl?

High levels of mecury !

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bully6084 — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:47:55 GMT

I thought it had something to do with the mammoth that was found. Those that have gone off the deep end had contact with the carcass.

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rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:48:03 GMT

@tezza2844 wrote:
@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:
so, is anyone still watching it?

Last night's episode the sheriff seems to be getting 'nicer' and it seems they are being influenced by some sort of virus that makes people kill each other?

Did you get what they were talking about when they autopsied the bear and then the girl?
High levels of mecury !

Yes, that's what I thought they said, but, in the shorts for next week, it seemed to be implied that it was catching / airborne? I guess we'll have to wait until next week.

The other mysteries :

1. what happened in the first episode, the one where the guy was being eaten by the bear and his mate shot him - what was the sherrif doing there?

2. what does the storyline about the mammoth have to do with the main story?

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rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:53:20 GMT

@bully6084 wrote:
I thought it had something to do with the mammoth that was found. Those that have gone off the deep end had contact with the carcass.

I was typing when you posted this.

But the little boy didn't have anything to do with the mammoth did he?

The guy that sawed the tusks off and then went 'bush' with his daughter. He tried to go on the boat to sell the tusks, and the boat owner double-crossed him. Did he die? Well, he made it back to his house, that's where the projector was running? He was attacked by something and was gone when his daughter arrived at their house.

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rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:04:35 GMT

@ambercat16 wrote:
i think they found similar anomalies in the brains of the bear and the dead woman that indicated they were on the right track with their idea that the apex predators were being poisoned by some pollutant.

But I admit to having read some stuff from the UK where this series has recently ended and the truth is far stranger than you would guess

tell us. No, don't tell us. OK tell us but only a little bit. No, don't tell us. Oh Bugga!!

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bully6084 — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:22:52 GMT

The little boy and the girl had a part of the mammoth in the first episode, I think it was a tooth.

I missed the episode on the long weekend, so am trying to piece it together from the shorts before last night's episode started.

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rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:33:23 GMT

I'm going to have to buy the set and watch it again to get the whole plot.