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3 more eps to go (spoilers episode 7)


What the hell was Hickey’s plan? Or has he just completely lost it and gone full cannibal now? I knew it was only a matter of time before these guys started eating each other (no pun intended in Hicky’s case).

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Well, technically they haven't went cannibal yet, as they only started discussing the possibility of having to do so. But why are you so shocked? Have you heard of the Donner Party? How about the Andes plane crash survivors? You'd be surprised what people become capable of when they're starving.

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I have. Plus the lead poisoning just makes everything worse possibly driving Hickey to do something he otherwise wouldn’t have done. Hickey tried to show initiative when he kidnapped lady silence and got whipped as a result. Perhaps it was the wrong decision.

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Hickey's character sure has changed after the last episode. Looks like suddenly he went as loony as the Doctor. I don't know a lot about the effects of lead poisoning but I do know dementia is one symptom, however, I never heard of it manifesting suddenly like it's happening here. It's seem more for dramatic effect that first the Doctor, and now Hickey, both suddenly went suicidal and homicidal, respectively. Not having read the book, I wonder if the build up to this occurring was set up more gradually?

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Personality changes are a symptom of scurvy but not traditionally a symptom of lead poisoning but who knows what it might do to someone who is already a nutcase.

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