I keep thinking about the chapter in Vol. 3 after the mimic war in the gas station. Jack despite all the valid fears and suspicions of the new Jerry letâs go of all of it and follows him out of his post. I think a partial reasoning for this is within the âmonthsâ of him fighting these creatures, heâs lost every tangible thing he couldâve called normal: Rosa, OâBrien, the person that was surely Jerry, and towards the end, the gas station itself as it slowly crumples apart with the lack of costumers.
And in this brief interaction with âJerryâ, even though his survival instinct scream to have him run, hide, and fight once again, he looses that too.
He follows âJerryâ because itâs the last chance for normalcy (whatever ânormalcyâ looks like to Jack). This chance is the one thing he hasnât lost just yet, and he takes it despite the dangers that could come.
And if Jerry turned out to be replaced, at least the last thing Jack wouldâve seen was a familiar face. The same face that helped him through the war day one.
I think this scene is what makes the series so special in my mind, the way Jack Townsend (the author) writes these somewhat serious moments. Itâs never overtly stated because our narrator is emotionally constipated and unreliable. But through these little actions and conversations, we can either choose to have a serious literary analysis or we could just leave it to the literal text. Yippee.
