I am absolutely shook that Georgie's voice actor is named Sasha.

surprised by the amount of people being like "wow martins so rude". i thought it was kind of obvious that he could sense lukas was there and was trying not to be caught having friends

Going from hearing Jon refer to Gertrude as being frustratingly horrible at bookkeeping in season 1 to hearing Peter Lukas refer to her as being "distressingly good at obfuscation" in season 4 makes me feel... something

For anyone wondering, the code broadcast by the numbers station says "The world is always ending"

Hearing the voice for Jon be so peppy and fun is somehow more unsettling than all of the messed up horrific stuff the characters encounter...

Martin starting to push everyone away hurts me. And in the first few seasons, HE was the one who wanted to be a team, to help each other get through being under the eye and now... he.... :((

"... you've earned some straight answers." "But not from you." "No, that sort of conversation makes me very uncomfortable." I mean, he is a creep but that's a real mood. #introverts #conflictavoidance

so rusty quill really took stock of the fans' favourite qualities in each character over the years and said: i have a great idea, let's just tear that apart :3

damn martin really takin on that post-worm tim mindset huh

You know, this brings me back to when Martin bursted out to Elias about why couldn't he be mad, why couldn't he throw a fit like everyone else did. Well, congratulations Martin, you did it, you've archieved asshole mode. Now please go back, we miss you.

Everyone may be pissed off at Martin..... But no one heard the sound in the background: The sound of pencil scratching. I bet you my right hand Martin and Melanie were communicating through writing. Martin talking all rude like to throw off the scent that he might be trying to reach out for help. X3

Waaaaait so Martin is being a meanie to protect people from Peter’s lonely island?

statement giver: *gives description of the place he lived and the type of summer* me: *looks out of my window at exactly what they are describing* :[

martin: i'm rude now >:3

18:02 Martin's breath shakes at hearing someone else is around him. That's not a show for Peter, that's him being genuinely uncomfortable with people coming near him. It's like how Jon would get irritated when someone interrupted him during a statement, momentarily breaking his connection to his patron. I also like how it's implied Peter vanishing and appearing is more a weird sort of teleportation than invisibility, unless he slid through the door as Daisy was leaving. It'll be interesting to see if Martin's connection to his new patron will manifest with similar abilities.

I love how I add new words to my vocabulary every time Peter shows up. Today's word: "Obfuscate."

Gary: This wasn't a broadcast, this was INSIDE my iPod. This would have to be something different, something cutting edge and new The person who just airdropped a recording to Gary's iPod: 😶

hearing jon's va, yknow, *jonny,* is fucking wild because it's not jon being depressed as hell for once

First Night Vale and now here. Podcastmakers seem to like number stations. How uneasy Martin sounds when he hears someone at the door :( And how he tries to keep people save from Peter by pushing them away

Martin please, Daisy is trying to include you like you basically said you wanted,,, why are you being so mean???

Peter Lukas sounds like an evil Santa Claus

Hi Jonny! Hi Sasha! Hi Alex!

It's a fun cruise !!

My man got a preview of the new “Grifter’s Bone”

I didn't realize this until my third re-listen but the reason why Martin is so hostile here towards Daisy is because he's holding himself back. She says Jon is back and the poor lonely boy probably desperately wants to run out and greet him, to ask if he's okay, but he can't and the line about there being no room for feelings is as much directed at himself as it is at Daisy.

"My business failed" ad: OPEN YOUR EYES TO A CREDIT UNION! Guess he should've joined a credit union

wow hearing sasha and jonny just now was so wholesome

I still can't get over how fantastic Elias' and Peter's voices are 🥺

Wow Jonny sounds so different from Jonathan

Why does just hearing jonny make me go🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 straight up

This episode was surprisingly relatable.. the feeling of being stuck in a place you don't like, living a life you find hopeless, a sick feeling of longing for the doom, for understanding its signs. Anyway, the Extinction is growing on me

a bit off-topic, but i'd like to ask why jonny decided to give his own name to the archivist?? jonny, why are you torturing your namesake through amazing creative writing?? or is it just a ploy to confuse the hell out of us ;-;

"you've earned some straight answers" well I would like to ask some gay questions first Martin is so much like Tim now... even as he was yelling to protect Daisy, it's clear he *has* become distant and apathetic as to the statement, The Extinction is TERRIFYING. and the atmosphere of a boring empty summer... man I experienced it plenty. writing is awesome yeah just keep hurting me it's fine

I find it really interesting how Jon daisy and maybe Melanie, all characters that started agressive have softened up in comparison to basira and Martin who both are becoming more harsh

Sigh.... Martin... Why...

all the comments: why martin mean now>:((

I lost my mind when Martin started to read out the numbers and I heard static. Also, number station. Fey? Welcome to Night Vale, anybody?

It’s somewhat disconcerting to hear a not exhausted Jon

Martin is like Pov you accidentally invoke a demon by reading at loud a strange book

Hearing Jon sounding not depressed made me honestly concerned for a moment before i realized it was the thing

Martins personality was the last thing holding this shit together, I‘m going to lose it

WHAT WAS THAT STATIC BEHIND MARTIN WHEN HE SAID NUMBERS

it feels like peter lukas is picking out all of these statements for martin, not just because he's trying to be like "whee hee extinction is a threat" but also to further isolate him. like, there are some lines that are so blatantly egregious, like "and while i could theoretically contact my old mates, they'd all gotten on with their lives without me. the world had moved on. i was left behind" like jfc do you really have to point out that with everyone's own cognitive distortions and shit that martin probably doesn't feel like he could reach out to jon, even if he wanted to, anymore? do you think he feels replaced by daisy, in some way, because she's the person who seems to be staying with him unconditionally, now? which isn't even getting into how basira is trying (and failing) to be a tough, ends-justify-the-means kind of leader, due to having spent months in the archives with nobody but melanie, and how daisy has done irredeemable things but is still trying to be better, and how jon's paranoia in s2 set himself up for being tim's emotional punching bag for semi-misplaced anger in s3, and then combined with the survivor's guilt that was exacerbated by basira's continuing grief and melanie's bullet-exacerbated anger issues has basically resulted in him thinking of himself as no longer human and now he's going on snack runs for people's trauma and, like, dude? you were stuck in a coma seeing everyone's nightmares for six months? he has given up on trying to be more lovely. sorry i just got overenthusiastic about the emotional isolation of all the characters and also how martin is taking a metaphorical file to all his tether people and just. filing away. bye bye to the human connections people need in order to feel like people

With how he said he can hear the numbers without the headphones, and knows how to read them. Maybe this guy has become the first extinction avatar? And if he wrote the numbers down in a journal, we could have a new lightner on our hands. Just after thoughts, I've finished the series and can say nothing relevant comes of this one, but it's fun to think about 👍

Hearing Martin being like that to protect the only family that he has left is... heart-wrenching.

Damn Martin

Anybody else find it odd that Jon has a similar name to Jonah, the founder of the institute? Just me?

(sorry for the rambling lol) this is a little too relatable. the mundane horror, not the numbers. having to move back home to suburbia, to aging parent(s), struggling to find a job, stifling hot weather. and the doom isn't a heart attack or supernatural. sometimes they'll forget something or they need the tv turned up loud to hear. there will be a day that they need care i can't give. a nurse, a home, then a final duty to arrange and attend a funeral. i've seen dementia wear away at a person far too many times, and my mom's inches towards her father's alzheimers like hair growing. only noticable when you really look, and like the eye i can't help but know how bad it's getting, going to get. i prepare my grief like a ritual, to see my marked mother taken by unknowing and then the end. i'm so tired of not being able to ignore the horrible truths. fears so simple and universal among humans that they become eldritch. but that's why i love shows like this. i cling to them in their hyperboles that make the hard to describe be seen, and i feel understood. i could write a thesis on this kind of thing. the power of hyperbole to magnify the mundane tragedies into catharsis, hope. i love fiction that makes me want to write; even if it feels like it's being pulled out of me.

Martin becoming like post-worm tim is hurting me physically. Rusty quill sure knows how to break the characters we love.

- I believe you deserve some straight answers. - …But not from you. - Oh, no. That sort of conversation makes me very uncomfortable. ...Sure, there's nothing straight about anybody in this podcast, why should Peter be an exception. Technically, it was Martin's right to send Daisy away. Yeah, she's traumatized, but so is literally everybody else in that place. Nobody can really blame him for wanting to be alone. But it did sound so wrong, especially coming from him. Huh.

Martin stop being mean

Please guys! Stop blaming Martin for being rude! He doesn't want to be rude! It is because of Peter and the Lonely! Martin is the victim here, he needs to be saved! (preferably by John through romance please)

Now that I've had multiple panic attacks I know how fucked that feeling is of abject terror

Interesting that Martin wonders why he’s not told anything and then snaps at people when they try and tell him something. And I know it's because of Peter, but still he can’t exactly be upset about things he’s doing to himself.

Honestly, I'm impressed you guys had the self control to not touch on Number Stations earlier.

“If you have a fear…” I had believed this, notionally, but I hadn’t found mine. Well, here it is! :T

The dynamic between Martin and Peter is great.

martin has obtained: Depression and i wish he didn't!! please stop being Mean you are hurting Yourself and your Friends

heck yes i'm obsessed with number stations, this episode is for ME.

hi my heart hurts

Did this guy just stumble upon a haunted *Kraftwerk* demo ? Lol, because we've got: -a track named _Numbers_ -synth music -monotone distorted voice -repetitive melody -ominous "lyrics" -reference to broadcast and radio -pollution of nature by technology/machines remains -the motorway (Autobahn !) -allusion to nuclear warfare ...And the Extinction in general is also the fear of being replaced by technology. So machines, computers, robots, ... *Very* Kraftwerk. It's a coincidence, I'm sure, but this is a lot, hehe. Also I still have and use my old iPod so thanks for making it terrifying, I guess

Im surprised people are asking why Martin is mean..he explains himself to Lucas..an act to keep Daisy safe

What the extinction does is a lot different than what I thought it might be! It's super neat

At 9:37 Gary mentions listening to London Calling, a song about extinction. Nice detail.

How to become an Avatar of The Lonely in a few simple steps: 1. Distance yourself. 2. Tell people you don't want them around you. 3. Others will know to stay away from you through word of mouth. 4. Profit.

MATIN don’t be so rude your tea privileges should be revoked for a week

When i said i missed Tim i didnt mean for Martin to turn into him...

Martin better go back to normal i can’t handle this

its so weird to hear jon's voice actor

“Hi, I’m Johnny” Me: ?!?!!!?!?

Someone (can't remember if it was in the comments or in the podcast) mentioned that the End didn't used to have any Avatars but now it has Oliver, but why? Is it because Extinction is growing and opposes End? If an extinction event occurs then there is nothing left to End, which is like the Hunt having nothing left to go after. Did End choose Oliver as an Avatar to act in its best interests? Did Oliver approach Jon in the Hospital because so little is known about Extinction at this point and he thought the Magnus Institute would have the easiest time learning more? Things to consider...

Don't panic...the numbers station song was a hidden track on some Tool album, lol

Oh Martin

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY BABY

"Ride a steam train through a psychedelic hellscape" Oh yeah I'm SURE that that train is powered by steam and not horrific sigils and human blood that allow it's conductor to guide it through the key and the gate as it derails

Honestly, the group has reasons to be aware of what Lukas is doing. Martin could be doing more to fight against it instead of letting the narrative jerk him and the rest along.

I was so offput when the episode started with "Hi, I'm Jonny-" and not "Hi, everyone. Alex here."😂

I’m sorry, hearing the voices of John and Georgie without any of the trauma sounds almost uncanny

A new favorite

But...Skye Boat Song is such a lovely song, how the fuck did it get in a horror podcast?!

Martin is being mean because of Peter, isn't he? He doesn't want to put them in danger. :(

Helen is a patron. I repeat HELEN is a patron.

I'm sorry but I just kept telling Martin to shut up during the altercation w/ Daisy WVDUEHDHEHD

"I'm trying to get out of the habit of sending people away, as you call it" Nice character development for Lukas =)

Dude hearing that Jonathan Sims, the writer, goes by Jonny instead of Jon is really wierd for me cause I’m used to Jon 😂

Agshsghqhqhahahqhuqb "jonny" I think I just died

number stations were used most often in the cold war, when the threat of nuclear war was very large.

Martin didn't hesitate to say "Assistant to Peter Lukas" this time. So saddening.

Statement giver hearing apparently randoms numbers told through a sort-of radio device Me, a Lost fan : 👁👄👁

me in the empty landlocked us state i grew up in :(

That's Numberwang!

crying screaming scratching at the walls my poor boy martin I can't see him like this. Well, hear

I didn’t know Grifter’s bone started doing podcasts now

those fucking 5G towers

Wow I'm very engrossed in my studies bc when he started dictating the numbers I first just thought of the split span paradigm haha

Hey the Skye Boat song isnt that the opening to Outlander?

dont play with my sasha stan heart like tgat

relistening to tma before trying protocols out and man, the reading.. er, listening, comprehension of these comment sections is consistently torn between brilliantly impeccable and downright heinous

Peter Lukas é o patrão "Resolve aí que eu concordo"

The numbers Mason, what do they mean!?