I was hoping that the last episode will come out next week, but I doubt it. There are some people who think it will come out on the 11th of October, to coincide with the game, you know? It'll be 9 or 10 weeks next Tuesday, so... yeah.

Ahhhh I'm glad there are a bunch of Life is Strange fans!!

I'm going to throw my theories out here and also try to answer a few of yours.

And now for mine! (sorry for the long post haha)

Oh yes I've seen all their theories; in fact, I made a playlist of their (and others') theories on the game.

At first I thought Mr. Jefferson was retired, or semi-retired, and that's why he's teaching at the school. He's not that old, though... but I totally called it ;P

I don't know how the storm is going to stop--I don't even know if it can be stopped. Maybe it needs to happen.

No spoilers in this post.

Also, I think you're right about Nathan; I think that's going to happen, too.

I actually thought Jefferson was super young but I'm pretty sure the wiki said he was in his 40s?

The storm is a cleansing of Arcadia Bay? I'm curious as to how they'll explain it and tie it all together! It's quite a jump from missing girls to tornadoes huh?

(It's super hard to keep things spoiler free haha I think this post is safe too).

Oh totally. I'm looking forward to Nathan's role. I'd like to see Samuel and Victoria play bigger roles too. The cast they have is pretty great, and the creators have done a great job at making characters multifaceted :D Who is your favorite character?

Also, I'm looking forward to how Alyssa will dodge that tornado lol.

I'm pretty sure Episode 5 will come out after Halloween which is probably good. I'm going to need to give my heart rest time to heal before digging back into it.

The storm seems more like an allegory, like how Alice in Wonderland is to hallucinogens. But the storm is real.

Awww I hope it comes out sooner than that! I'm doing NaNoWriMo so around that time and November will be busy for me.

My favorite character? Hmmm....I like Max's growth as a character, but her voice acting seems a bit forced sometimes, so it sort of breaks the fourth wall. Chloe is cool but someone I would not want to hang around IRL because of the drugs and guns. I'm not into that. I identify with Kate and Nathan as far as emotions go (depression, fear of not having control, etc.)

Gosh, I don't know if I can pick one. I guess maybe Kate. She reminds me a lot of myself, and if

Did you see the youtube video where a guy made a map of Arcadia Bay based on the information we gather? It's super great!

Oooh I really like the idea of a reference to Alice in Wonderland. I guess I've only related it to Catcher in the Rye because of the ridiculous amount of linkage.

As for character analysis...

Ugh I just love Life is Strange!

No, I haven't seen that actually. I'll have to check it out. And yeah, I like Victoria, too; she's a redeemable character in my eyes. People should always better themselves, and I think she's starting to understand that. I don't know if she'll practice it, but who knows?

This game destroys my feels more with every episode.

I REALLY hope that episode 5 is at least as long as 4 was, hopefully longer. If it really does end up being the last installment as planned, there are SO many questions left to answer. Every episode introduced a new concept, new characters, and new problems that STILL aren't resolved!

Also, yesterday it was posted to their twitter that the release date for episode 5 is aiming to release on October 20th!

I love the game to pieces though and I'm so looking forward to the final episode! October 20th can't come fast enough.

I like your theory! But do you have any evidence to back it up?

I guess it's more of a hunch because I don't really have any evidence. XD Not aside from the fact that

Except for that part where he did hurt her. Anyways, as of now, I'm done putting up spoilers because it's been over two months since the last episode came out (and, if stuck to the schedule, the fifth one should have been out by now), so that's done.

Anyways, I'm not sure if I think she's controlling the storm, so much as affecting nature and the environment itself through her powers. She's not controlling it the way she controls time, but that seems a likely way to end the series easily.

It's true that Jefferson has always liked Max but I've always found that interest to be a little creepy. Maybe because I was creeped out by him in general. Who knows hahaha.

hahaha I dunno if I should stick to the spoiler tags. Technically, if someone does wander all the way to the second page, they've obviously played or are looking to spoil themselves right? :P

But if that's true, then where was the file with Max's name on it? They looked at them all to find those three, so it would be a little odd to not see that there.

I guess I'm assuming he's planning on killing Max to shut her up about everything to cover his tracks.

Anyways, I do understand your reasoning about why he killed her.

Also, what if Chloe can't come back (Max isn't able to rewind far enough back for example). Then that means that that's three strikes, like her necklace indicates. It's three bullets, and yes, two were from guns... the second, not so much. But that is a third even to think about in relation to the necklace metaphor.

There are so many unanswered questions! I really hope they answer all of them, even if I don't like them--just so long as they make sense. Only 20 days left!

That is actually a really good question--why doesn't Max have a binder. My only assumption is that it's because it was never set in stone that Jefferson could ever get his hands on Max. Victoria was chosen for the Everyday Heroes Competition so he had made the binder since he knew it was going to happen (probably that night too). I think the entire Max and Chloe event was a situation with only a couple hours of advanced notice. They only found the body little while before and now that it was a problem, then it had to be taken care of. I think that in a lot of ways Jefferson makes sure that his targets are close and comfortable with him around before he makes his move. Since Max continued to avoid him/hanging with Chloe, he never got his chance. (On a darker note, I'm fascinated at the idea that Jefferson is interested in Max because he sees a younger him in her).

I'm pretty sure the final bullet on the necklace will be the final confrontation/ending of the story. It's only fitting since the previous times she gotten shot were: the beginning and the climax. So in the interested of a pretty arc, I think she needs to live again to be dead at the end. I think it also has to be a gunshot specifically because Chloe and guns have been a major theme throughout the story (the last time that happened, it was Chloe and handicap parking/funding and we all remember how that turned out). We have spent this entire story trying to get Chloe to live so I'll be kind of mad if that's literally the end of her (And I'm assuming that Max will be able to travel via photograph so as long as that isn't ruined it'll be alright). I think the important part to note, for the ending, I think Max either has to realize that Chloe has to die (just like how she realized that Chloe's dad's fate was necessary for her to have Chloe back in the way that she wanted) or Max will do something so this entire thing doesn't happen in the first place--potentially sacrificing herself. I'm not too certain yet. It would be cool if Max got another power though! Since in Episode 1, she developed precognition and rewind time. Episode 2, she was completely able to halt time. Episode 3, she traveled through photographs. Episode 4, ... well there isn't anything lol but I'm hoping for one or two in Episode 5!!

On a different note, I find it super interesting that the amount of time that elapsed when she was in the alt dimension was the same as when she returned. Like Max has her own timeline in a way. And that for that certain amount of time, there was a Max that didn't get the photograph ability. I think Max's is honestly just kind of jumping timelines and displacing her other hers. Like this version of Max gets the priority. It's a little odd to me but just as fascinating--reminds me of Qualia The Purple (a manga I read a while ago)! And I'm also curious as to what happened to Alt Max. If she didn't get rewind powers because she didn't see Chloe. She must have gotten picked by someone to join the Vortex Club. But was that really the thing that changed her personality like that? Was it keeping in touch with Chloe? I NEED MORE TIME IN THAT TIMELINE PLEASEEEEE

Hasn't Chloe been shot three times now, though? There was the first shot in the beginning from Nathan, then in the junkyard when she's shooting the bottles (this only happens if you choose to shoot the bumper of the car), and then the final shot from Jefferson. I'm pretty sure there isn't more to the necklace beyond that, since she's been shot exactly three times now, so it was just foreshadowing for that, right? I actually didn't even think of the three bullets as three strikes, though. That's pretty scary! I hope it doesn't mean permanent death this time...

Also, did everyone assume that Nathan really sent the text about getting rid of the body? I actually thought it was Mr. Jefferson using Nathan's phone. There's also some peculation about Nathan not being at the party; mainly that Mr. Jefferson did something to him to prevent him from attending.

And actually, Jefferson really pushed for Max to enter the contest because I'm betting he would have picked her. He brushed of Victoria a lot.

I feel like Jefferson knew they were looking for answers because he's always one step ahead of them.

The scene at the junkyard was an option, not something that would happen no matter what and so you had to save her. I do sort of think it might be canon anyway because of the focus on the necklace at the end, you know? Like three strikes, you're out. Or, it doesn't have to be a bullet; it could have been in the AU with Chloe disabled-- she was going to die anyway, whether you chose to do nothing or chose the assisted suicide option.

I'm not an analyst or anything, just speculating and asking questions.

That's true! I didn't consider the fact that it was a result of an optional decision. It could just be representing total number of deaths. In any case, I don't think I can stand to see Chloe die again, haha.

Wow! To be honest I never really even tried to think about it from Jefferson's point of view. Particularly about how he's been pretty on top of it all recently. I guess that's mainly due to the fact that we still don't know much about him asides the fact that he's a major creep and rotten douche.

I think it was definitely Jefferson who sent that text. I think Nathan is probably being punished to do other work or etc so that Jefferson can handle the issue.

And yes, Jefferson's first choice was Max. The reason why she didn't have a binder though, was that it wasn't confirmed that Jefferson could get her. Victoria's wasn't shown either until the day of the party so I feel like while it could have just been a choice to make the game plot more mysterious, I think he didn't make the binder until he was sure he was going to get alone time with Victoria. So same theory goes with Max's non existent binder.

I agree with Pseudonym with the optional death. If you really want to count another death marker, it would be the train that Chloe almost got flattened by. Not the alt world Chloe slow death. Don't Nod is all about sneaky messages and foreshadowing which is why them focusing on the necklace at the end is super important. But yeah, as I stated before, personally I think there is gonna be another gun showdown! We'll see real soon!!!! For my own sanity though, I hope I'm not right hahahahaha

Final notes: In all honesty, we have so much we're missing in terms of information. From Max's power to explaining the entire Jefferson-Prescott situation. And Chloe constantly dying. I do think it's significant to note that the two universe's we have visited, both times she's been on the verge of death. But anyway, yeah, this last episode is going to be a doozey and probably feel like a slap in the face.

It's a little detail anyways. But less than 6 days left! I wish they would come out with a trailer already, NOT the teaser crap that just recaps the previous episodes :/