DELILAH'S LIES - Full Plot and Ending Explanation - FIREWATCH THEORY

Delilah knows far more than she leads on, and I can prove it. She is keeping so many secrets from Henry that many players completely miss and dislike the games ending as a result. Let's explain the ending to Firewatch.
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[@McVerdict]

I think the reason people didn't take a liking to the ending was because we were expecting some kind of earth shattering reveal.

[@theclawyaww3740]

+The Verdict thats exactly the reason because the build up was so great then to end it with it was just a crazy guy whos son died

[@McVerdict]

+Theclaw Yaww Exactly haha

[@Neonytic]

+The Verdict I would've been more interested in a story that could branch off a bit more. Since there were so many things, it would've been cool to have secret endings or ways to uncover Delilah's bullshit and make her take responsibility.

[@CaptainSauce]

For sure! It's like I said, the game does a great job at letting your mind run wild. You build up expectations that aren't really there to begin with.

[@youreal6]

it's within the small details is where you find the truth.

[@tapperbot]

I also found it weird how Delilah was being very quiet and barely responded to Henry reporting anything in Ned's bunker, given that she always responds back at any observation.

[@thesuperbslidewhistler312]

She had probably already left

[@kyrukun]

@@thesuperbslidewhistler312 if u do everything in the bunker she gets annoyed and says something like "why are you telling me all this"

[@megadouche]

She already hated Ned to begin with, and once she found out that Brian was dead she had felt like the biggest idiot on earth.

[@JewTube001]

She's not going to be smashing out the sick bants over a dead kid and he's deranged father.

[@HeavyWeapons52]

She's grieving ú_ù

[@menembeck]

I know this video is old af but Delilah makes a remark when you first enter the cave which hints towards her already knowing about Brain being down there, it was something like 'I don't wanna lose anyone else down there' but in a kind of joking matter, maybe this was foreshadowing? Food for thought.

[@user-fl7zn2tn9q]

Bruhh good find

[@crussell6533]

Dude, big brain moment. You went deep into this and it makes sense. Seems like she knew but this game is a mystery so idk.

[@kkzzii]

wow nice

[@kkzzii]

and also, did you notice that when henry got trapped in the cave and finally managed to get out, delilah asked henry 'did you find something' like she wanted to show something that she already knew, idk maybe i'm missing something.

[@FrogPondering]

Just played this last night pretty sure she said some people had gotten lost/died in there

[@shay3355]

I remember my friend saying this to me, referencing the ending.. "Not everything is an immense mystery, sometimes... something simple is enough to shatter your life."

[@Jerry-ej9hn]

Your friend is r/IAmVerySmart

[@jaycemcqueen306]

Bro did NOT say that

[@cam5816]

Yeah, in real life. Not in games. Which are supposed to be, ya know, fun, or intriguing. This game was so bland and pointless that I am actually angry I wasted my time on it thinking it would eventually pay off with an interesting story. Literally nothing you do in this game actually matters. Nothing intriguing in this story was actually taken advantage of in the end. It all just culminates in lazy, uninspired, wasted potential under the guise of being ‘artsy’ and pseudo-intellectual. The type of thing people have to convince themselves they love to feel cultured.

[@madjack1748]

sometimes less is more.

[@badoing7390]

No one ever says anything@@jaycemcqueen306

[@jenna.b4416]

It makes sense that the teens didn't cut the wire.. There was panties when Henry went to look at the cut where.. Then in the note the teens left it said "oh, and stealing panties is gross OUT." I don't remember Henry ever stealing the panties? 🤔🤔

[@jenna.b4416]

*wire

[@ayalitacrosston4335]

As soon as you mentioned the note in which the girls said "stealing panties is gross OUT" I literally went 'OOOOOOOOHHHHHhhhhhhh'

[@jessierose731]

Also they mentioned him trashing their camp, why would they say that if a bear did it or something else? They obviously thought it was Henry stealing their stuff and wrecking their camp, so why would they say the thing about the panties if they had put them there when they cut the wire. It was Ned.

[@ajs7007]

I'd steal your panties

[@Commander_Shepard.]

I would steal MORE than your panties.

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

Even Delilah's very name would suggest that she is a liar. Delilah in the bible was the woman who betrayed Samson by cutting his magic hair. There's no way that the developers weren't aware of the symbology behind naming her that.

[@mooganify]

De-liar!

[@JF-xi2ko]

No, it's: De-LIE-lah! XD

[@Galadrew]

Yep, even Tom Jones had to kill her for being an unfaithful lover.

[@Exodus-sh5mq]

she did by hiding information to figure out who is doing all this she lied and betrayed henry

[@cheesebusiness]

Bible is a boolshit

[@sonni6181]

The only mystery I want to be solve is if *Forest Byrnes* is still alive from *Markiplier's* game

[@Obi-wanKenobi-pn5hc]

he will never die because he beat that fire with his bare hands and terrifying grin

[@justinlogue5438]

Fax

[@WolvesRockXD]

y e s

[@geemoney7064]

i like how this comment is 3 years later but yes its very true

[@austinwolfe8814]

Lol I just finished his series on this and him losing his mind about Burnie falling down the side of the mountain was surprising

[@yayman2538]

I think I’ve noticed something very important about this game. Throughout the entire plot you never see an actual face. Henry could be going insane from this, which makes him for susceptible to manipulation. When you enter Wapiti Station, you can see on the report on Henry is that he can be manipulated very easily. This could also mean that Delilah has lied a lot more than we already think.

[@DatThiccGinger]

I think thats more of a biproduct of game developement. Graphics often can date your game to feel older if they don't look perfectly stylized. This is the same reason you can't see the face of the firefighter at the very end. I would agree it help maintain immersion with the paranoia of the player being alone but feeling the opposite.

[@mortache]

@@DatThiccGinger I mean yes from a mechanical PoV it makes sense but it's likely that the design of the game has been made keeping it in mind. Look at The Forest and Subnautica and how they add more stuff and people in the sequel. Subnautica especially has a lot of these bread crumb trails you follow only to find audio logs etc

[@Seth9809]

Well the report says she has a ton of lovers, despite her never going anywhere and clearly being old as hell.

[@ianbyrne465]

@@Seth9809”old as hell” the same file has her pegged at 43. She’s not that old

[@ladansemakabre]

@@ianbyrne465 bro really called a 40 year old a dinosaur 😭😭

[@nefariousjim]

I loved the game. I just wish the mystery and plot twist had been a little darker.

[@ImmortalKombatPanda]

Same

[@MrThehammer171]

it was still fuckin awesome tho just some bitch fuckin with this guy that had lost his wife to altimers its pretty fucked up. making him believe hes in love with her and shit pretty dark shit.

[@themudpit621]

yeah, it's a bit 'scooby doo'

[@Alan_Chapman]

A dead boy left rotting in a cave as is by his own father is pretty dark in my opinion.

[@pchurch4973]

I think we’re spoiled by just how dark some games are. Imagine if you came upon a rotting corpse of a young boy in a cave

[@collaide]

I was emotionally disappointed that he didn't meet Delilah, and that's why I disliked it

[@enjoyplanet9559]

and they fidn't found ned

[@enjoyplanet9559]

didn't

[@UltimatePrinceofBB]

+Enjoy Planet wut do u mean "they didnt found ned"? They dont need to find ned, since ned explained everything on the tape.

[@Romejanic]

Maybe it came down to the developers just being scared of animating humans.

[@Fuar11]

+Romejanic I'm pretty sure it is.

[@diddymelone2265]

the ending is pretty devastating really, first time I saw this I was like so hyped up by the mysteries and then suddenly we found bryans body and at this point I thought "wow ... all these crazy conspiracy theories and at the bottom of them its just a dead kid ..." a cold shock, no more excitement at this point, only harsh reality. and after that and at the end, to learn that Ned was behind everything ... by going through this a 2nd time I learned that you can easily notice that at wapiti station, henry gets so paranoid about the researchers notes there, but when you keep a cold head its very clear they were actually watching animals, not to mention we can find a dead Elk with this tracking collar. its a story about responsibility, the whole job is about being responsible, but every charakter in it, henry, ned and delilah ran away from their problems, ned taken it to the extreme and as henry we have at the end no choice but to go back to our own harsh reality, no mysteries, no dark secrets, no stranger danger, just our beloved wife dying from alzheimers

[@kirayancey8836]

This was so well put.

[@OfDaSouth]

like a cold bucket of water waking you up to reality. It's not bigfoot, or aliens, or the boogeyman. It's just a complicated, dark, sad, unfair world we inhabit. Sometimes we can find someone to rub up against next to and make sparks with, and that eases the burden, the chill, if just for a little. But then we die. We all die eventually, some tragically sooner than others, some tragically later than others, but still this truth rings true, this horrible truth that surrounds us so frequently it's become routine, easy to ignore; to block out. To escape. But there is no escaping life. And there is no escaping death. "Get used to disappointment." Westley, "The Princess Bride"

[@Taetae_3120]

@@OfDaSouthreading this honestly made me so depressed after just finishing the game especially doing it all in one play through damn

[@erikthechosenone]

This was beautifully written.🤍

[@colewasserman2407]

I feel I need to point this out, if you go into the free play mode, Henry stayed at the park but Delilah isn’t to be heard of, and we heard her before say she probably won’t come back so that makes sense. But, if you go back into the cave, there are lamps everywhere and the child’s body isn’t there, meaning in the end Delilah did have his body retrieved before quitting the job

[@joshuafifita-lamb1327]

Hey there Delilah, would you come back to Boulder City? You're about 9 miles away from me, but I imagine you, so pretty. Yeah it's true. The fires we watch aren't bright as you. I swear it's true.

[@Wesda]

Ohhhhhhhhh what you do to meeeeeeee

[@CoolVids19]

ayy lmao

[@Hennannice]

I swear it's true.

[@simplesuhostan2887]

These fires don't shine as bright as you

[@Hennannice]

Olivia Peters ur profile pic is hot af

[@valkenhayn412]

Is no one going to talk about Ron and.. Dave... I think those were their names. I know they probably have nothing to do with any of this and are just a secondary story going on, but still. Just wanted to throw that out there.

[@CaptainSauce]

I honestly couldnt make anything of them.

[@BUTTERFTWplaysMC]

When she was talking to work, she could have been talking to another firewatch

[@zanex-csgo2360]

I think those are just Red Herrings to distract you :P I'm not sure though.

[@raaaalf]

I got something about them and it involves the "Figure" (2:30). There's one letter from Ron to Dave (the one that dates 6-16-86) that says: "I went up to check out the new guy (at Two Forks) and heard him talking to himself (more than usual for LOs) so I figured I'd stay away.[...]" So the "figure" may be Ron, since it happens in the beginning of the game. Idk, just a thought.

[@Ruminations09]

+Woods No, the figure is definitely Ned. On the last day, Ned's recording confirms that he was the one that Henry ran into. Plus, Delilah said that neither Ron nor Dave were working that summer, so neither of them would have even been in the park. I'm pretty sure that the person Ron was talking about was Ned because Ned was the person stationed at Two Forks before Henry was there. Also, your own comment disproves this theory. You said that the letter was dated 6-16-86, but the game takes place in '89, which is 3 years later.

[@parkervullings8898]

I wish we would have found out more about the missing person poster that you can find in the box and maybe more about the 2 friends who leave the notes

[@lazarjankovic4852]

The 2 persons that put notes in the supply boxes(Ron and idk the name of the other one) had such an intresting story, i recomebt you to read all their notes

[@KegOfMeat]

I thought for sure the missing hikers body was going to be in the caves.

[@Mustak68]

For me firewatch was like my long distance relationship, i spent so much time connecting with a person, but in the end we never met in person, and just go to our separate ways, i think thats the worst part, because it opens a hole inside you, that you cant quite fill it up, that dissapointment that they talk in the end, its the true emocion that fills inside me, i always remember my ex gf when i play this game, her humor was pretty similar to delillahs, i like this game, but hate at the same time.

[@faith9196]

Yeah I did love the game but made me pretty sad that we never actually met Delilah. They didn’t really even say goodbye and we don’t know if they ever talk again, but they probably didnt, especially because Delilah said she’s not coming back. They built up this sweet relationship and just tore it all down. Made me really sad and reminds me of an old friend.

[@Mustak68]

@@faith9196 yeah, true and sad story. But still a beautiful game. I love and hate games like that haha

[@faith9196]

Miguel Agreed

[@mesmer3780]

I'm in the same situation right now. I was serious about us, but he was just playing games. Or maybe he wasn't. Or maybe he was. Was any of it real? The lingering questions you have, knowing you'll really never know the truth... It leaves a emptiness inside you...

[@shanenice5380]

it was good ending

[@jayzo]

I believe the game has been updated. I'm in game *right now* as I'm writing this, and I can confirm there's now trees blocking the line of sight to Delilah's tower.

[@kevensmhith]

true

[@urinetrouble0543]

Good

[@furtiveness]

Do you mean from the tent to the tower?

[@NickTQ101]

@@furtiveness I think he meant the research site to delilahs tower

[@pallandoromestamo8861]

But there's surely still several parts of the large fence visible from Delilah's tower. When you first encounter and describe the fence to Delilah she is very surprised and pretends to not know anything about any such fenced area.

[@damidnitemunchies]

This totally fits when you consider the fact that Delilah "heard" the wave-tracker-ma-bob before Henry did, or even when she was getting "drunk" when you discover the key and she comes back sounding 100% sober.

[@itzrob8740]

to be fair she sounded sober during the first conversation, yet she claimed she was drunk.

[@MikeHunt-zy3cn]

​@itzrob8740 not to mention the bottle of tequila barely has a fifth or so of it missing.

[@tafu4049]

While your proof that Delilah was in fact a lier, I believe you have fallen under the game's effects. The game is about paranoia, and then realizing what everything actually IS. The ending is a kick in the nuts because it's telling you that you should focus on what the game IS, annd not what it COULD BE. There aren't any mysteries, it's just an ashamed parent trying to hide his son's death. The game literally is about making you believe things that never got mentioned, and starts making you believe things are not real, such as Delilah.

[@alpay1266]

Correct me if I am wrong. End of your comment, are you saying Delilah is not a real person or she has got a paranoia?

[@EpilepticLobster]

@@alpay1266 neither. He's saying that Delilah isn't a liar and we're just paranoid.

[@Freelancer837]

@@EpilepticLobster I thought the game made it pretty clear she IS a liar. Not necessarily in a big grand scheme kind of way, but just merely your average every day liar

[@JewTube001]

Delilah just another loser running away from responsibility, same as Hank and Ned. She's flawed but she's not running a conspiracy.

[@zx9203]

@@Freelancer837exactly. She lied about both her and Henry never hearing of the girls that went missing, she lied about Brian and was planning not to tell the authorities about his death, she’s a cheater and had multiple affairs. So it’s not paranoia, the game does establish that she’s a liar and untrustworthy, that at the end I fully was expecting her to ditch Henry in the burning forest while she runs away and was actually surprised when the helicopter showed up.

[@willhoward3052]

8:30 *Whole ass forest catches fire* “Crap, better grab my Bif peanut butter”

[@finedecision5639]

priorities

[@cowabunganugget4755]

Here's a thought. Did Delilah not wait for Henry at the end because she left with Ned as people didn't know he was in the park and she obviously didn't want Henry to find out?

[@ArthemisaValo]

Agree with you!

[@NilCaos]

Clickbait Gaming That's a good point.

[@datboiastinsloy1039]

Maybe I misunderstood what you're saying but Henry knows that Ned lived in the park.

[@cowabunganugget4755]

yes but he didn't know he was currently living in the park

[@mechashrek7842]

Clickbait Gaming love the name 😂😂😂

[@themudpit621]

Hi Cap. I am still surprised that people actually like Delilah. There are so many, many reasons to dislike her actions. Not only her negligence with Brian the child, but her continued criminal negligence, shown to us very early in the story when she avoids telling the Police about the ripped up campsite of two girls, when parents have reported two girls missing in that area - and yet it is her job, her responsibility! The other biggie IMO is her seducing Henry, who is a scared, depressed and confused husband, with a sick suffering wife. She takes advantage of Henry, constantly asking deep personal questions then coyly stating 'I don't mean to pry'. These types of behaviours make me run the other way... But I seem to be a minority?

[@rogerdodger1984]

The Mudpit Why would she say anything about the girls when she ends up being right about them to begin with? They were fine. Also she's not seducing, she's flirting. They never even met. Plus it's possible to flirt back with her so what's the big deal? Weird reason to not like her honestly.

[@themudpit621]

Roger Fink you are an example of the people that surprise me. Willingly turning a blind eye to the obvious. Your first sentence is, pardon me, ludicrous. They weren't fine, they were stranded in a jail. She has no crystal ball. The girls were reported missing by their parents, she had information that could have led to them being found, and she didn't even bother to report it, and somehow because the girls were eventually found, and just stranded in jail that makes it all OK for her to be negligent - for her to be too lazy to make a call? You don't know who they were locked up with. However, when you have daughters you'll change your mind on that I'll wager. Then you say that flirting with married people is OK in your book - well, that's for you to decide, that is less surprising (sadly), but personally I don't agree that messing with his mind is somehow better than messing with his nether regions. She'd be more likable if she showed more respect for him and his awful situation and didn't mess with him at all. When bosses make advances toward workers in the workplace, it's usually called by a different name...

[@rogerdodger1984]

The Mudpit get off your high horse. It's not ludicrous simply because you disagree. I'm not convinced you even played the game because she did NOT have any info, nor did you, as to where the girls were. I trusted her at her job more than I trust you to tell me what her job was since you can't even remember details. Furthermore, they were in the wilderness for quite a long time, just them mostly, and your judgements on what people would, or wouldn't do, seem naive at best. Pompous at worst. You're the kind of person that boasts they would always do the right thing having never been in a situation to know one way or the other. Also, I only responded to the parts of your reply I could understand. Parts were unintelligible.

[@rogerdodger1984]

Also I don't think having kids will turn me into an idiot.

[@themudpit621]

Roger Fink lol, we'll see

[@TomClarke1995]

I think Delilah knew about Ned, but not about Brian’s death. I think she couldn’t stand to meet Henry at the end despite any feelings she felt for him because in the end she found out the truth of her arrangement with Ned was based on a lie, and she couldn’t have anything real with Henry because their own relationship, whatever it was, was built on a lie. And I think she knew if she ever met Henry that he would see through her. There were so many times Henry asked some difficult questions and was suspicious or confused about her reasoning. It was all she could do to misdirect, deflect, and joke to hide the truth over a VHF hand-held radio. I think the player gets to see everything in hindsight much like Henry would in the aftermath of the game’s narrative. He wasn’t dumb or naive or paranoid, he was just in a bad place emotionally and mentally, and Delilah was a welcome distraction from the harsh realities of life. He did take the job because he was looking to get away and live some adventure after all. There’s so much to say about it. I just wish there were more games like it.

[@305OG]

Yea man that’s the best explanation so far!! Have you found any games like it?

[@EMDS04]

@@305OGI’m also looking for another game similar to firewatch

[@305OG]

@@EMDS04 Jazzpunk is good

[@bruhda7469]

If you liked this, play outerwilds. The plot isnt very similar, but if you liked this, you’ll like outerwilds

[@faith9196]

I was just kinda disappointed that we never got to meet Delilah face to face cause they talked about having a drink together and talking. Oh and the fact that she left us behind when she said she’d wait... but other than that I liked the ending. I liked that it actually wasn’t this gigantic mystery like something out of scooby doo, that it was more realistic and we realize it was just the human brain over thinking and going a little bit crazy from being isolated.

[@DerrBeezy]

Never trust women that are as confused and “broken” as you are

[@terrafletcher1930]

She was just trying to get a head start on proceedings to screw you over and escape responsibility. I'm still wondering about the huge fence line that seemed to be new. Even if Delilah is a liar, why would she lie about not knowing the fence was there? She has Henry go in there anyway.. it just confuses me, but maybe that's the point.

[@aspenisthebest]

@@terrafletcher1930 why was the fence there

[@eat_the_rich2004]

@@DerrBeezy woahhhh Mr. Misogyny, let's change that to never trust ANYONE that are as confused and broken as you are

[@Armaldo468]

@@eat_the_rich2004 I’m kinda surprised he didn’t say “females” instead of “women”. Kinda seems like the type.

[@joshie4849]

DeLIElah. Haha Puns.

[@CaptainSauce]

lol

[@kkalevan]

+Josh T /me dies

[@LegendStormcrow]

+Josh T I noticed that myself. Heck, when she introduced herself as such I didn't trust her.

[@Drace90]

+Josh T Wouldn't be surprised if that was intentional.

[@KPOP9100]

+Josh T wouldn't it be so surprising if the developers ACTUALLY intended to name the character as "DELILAH" in which the fact Delilah Proves to be hiding something, and with all the "LIES" she have said to Henry. Thus conclude this game has deeper meaning that connects to Delilahs Life.

[@jackpike3960]

I want to know what happened between Ron and Dave. The notes they left for each other in the cache boxes were interesting and I kept all of them but forgot to review them to piece their story together before I got on the lift out.

[@CaptainSauce]

I never looked far into it either. I figured they probably don't connect to Delilah so I didn't bother for this video, but it is interesting to figure out the notes/books/animals parts in the caches.

[@hebince44]

They were from before the time of the walkietalkies. So that's the only part that makes full sense. It's a nice touch. I liked that.

[@samuelwithers2221]

@@hebince44 Nope, they had walkie talkies. There was a note from one of them saying that while they prefer to communicate pen to paper, he wished they could get some walkie talkies that didn't suck ass.

[@scarface5856]

It was a red herring for sure. The cryptic notes and mystery novels were meant to throw us off track

[@earltaboada]

Firewatch 2 the Prequel you play as either Ron or Dave

[@TheSwede88]

Delilah asked at one point what Henry looks like. She probably used that information to let Ned know who to look for.

[@oh-no-not-me]

I think the ending was pretty good. The fact that we expected something bigger cuz of the illusions and lies created when really it was just human. The ending explains the way humans tend to think of such unreal big things to happen even though there are some missing pieces. You never know tho, there might be a part 2 to this that answers those questions and missing pieces. You never know.

[@lilkibby3111]

They aren’t making one sadly

[@iluvevy21]

@@lilkibby3111😔

[@olivor_h]

The ending might not have sucked, but it was certainly a huge anti climax.

[@CaptainSauce]

Fair enough.

[@kaidajsbbs9376]

Sounds about right._.

[@Imreness]

Its supposed to be anti climatic

[@simonkat2792]

@@Imreness Just because it was supposed to be doesn't make it good.

[@medlockjodengrad6231]

@@simonkat2792 Well, maybe there's a reason why it's *_supposed_* to be that way. Personally, the game as a whole is great, the ending is just a part of it. Graphics, the prologue, the relationship between Delilah and Henry, and the disappointing ending - because realistically, things tend not to go your way.

[@robrehner2408]

You make good points but I disagree with the supposed overheard conversation with Ned at 4:06 in the video. Delilah had mentioned she was in contact with other watch stations and later on she admits that she covered for Henry and his destroying the girl's stereo. If you look at the conversation again you could say she was talking to another outpost and explaining that Henry doesn't know where the girls are and that if anything changes, if they find bodies or find more clues, she'll let him know but right now things aren't looking good for Henry. That would also explain why she told Henry it was work stuff, she didn't want to let on that they were looking into him. This game seems to be a lot about what people infer from partial evidence and how everything can look damning but is actually easily explained. That's my opinion though.

[@ElRifrawad]

amazing.

[@Divercitylife]

The developers explained that that call was just to slightly spook you, but it had nothing to do with this theory. They say she was not referring him and that it was not main plot related

[@BenDover-vl8xp]

Caleb Hackett Got any proof on that? Sorry I just like making sure things are Fact before I believe it

[@Divercitylife]

Matt Gates yeah you can play the audio tour and experience it for yourself or you can watch a KZbin channel fixxxer do an audio tour.

[@Divercitylife]

Matt Gates actually check out fixxxer ep3 of the audio tour. Its within the first 5 minutes

[@juanmap9213]

The game makes you kinda fall in love for Delilah (or just liking her). If they really had made a body for her, then some people who created a different mind picture of her would be disappointed, and it will be a negative point to the final experience

[@anco7622]

YES, finally someone that thinks the same way I.

[@jyrki2275]

I don't know i always imagined her to look like curie from fallout 4

[@xJayhawkFANx]

Not for me. She was flirting with a married man who had a sick wife. Not cool.

[@spoiledshorts6032]

@@xJayhawkFANx agreed first time i played fire watch i just picked the most dickhead answers every time cuz delilah a nasty ho

[@FlyfishermanMike]

Exactly!

[@lorenzosciarradi]

Delila definitely knew about Wapiti station, just look at the "two orcs" map that we find in the right drawer of the watchtower desk. Looking up to the left, at the station location we can clearly see that Brian has marked "iron fortress". So that station must have been there for at least 3 years, and Ned never noticed on his watch? And the firewatches that came in the following years? So Delila definitely knew about the station and the fence, despite the fact that she pretended nothing had happened for the duration of the game.

[@fayek3]

I was upset that we didn't get to see what Delilah looked like!!

[@Cxptivate]

Ik

[@Hopkins955]

Same man, I was soo excited about meeting her at the end for all we went through and then the game let us down...

[@chilleverest]

@@Hopkins955 i just wanted to pound delilah once i found out she was having multiple partners while still in relationship with Javier (its on the reports inside the scientist camp). Well. i just wanted to bone her anyway because its just two lonely person alone in the woods, there was chemistry, and both player and delilah kept flirting with each other.

[@thrustking78]

@@chilleverest yeah tru

[@anco7622]

I'm kinda glad we didn't see what she looked like, now we as the player can make up on our own how she may have looked like. Its like when you read a book, you dont see the person but you can think how the person may have looked like.

[@crunchy5328]

I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE MAKE VIDEOS LIKE THIS GREAT EXPLANATION, CAP!

[@ArthurMorganus]

+Mr. Fish I agree. Those kind of videos are awesome, especially this one.

[@fernandoleamshake7031]

+Jon Snow You know nothing

[@69Sira69]

Ye, I also love when others do the thinking for me ;)

[@ArthurMorganus]

Sira Cunningham is there anything better than this :D

[@VanScott100]

...so I really like this theory about Delilah. It makes sense. She shouldn't have been that ignorant about the radios and surely she didn't make that hike herself (although she could have asked one of the other firewatchers to do it), but I missed the part about her motive. She was protecting Ned? Why? What did he have on her if she didn't know about Brian's death?

[@pukwaalboer]

But Henry commented on the paper he found about Julia in the tent of the scientist, that there was stuff on there that he never told Delilah, so how would she and Ned know?

[@DuceFace]

ya thats a plot hole for sure. unless that night he woke up and was having a conversation on the radio with julia he mentioned something

[@GavinRobley]

Replying after two years but I just played first time. He talks in his sleep and Delilah comments on it being about Julia

[@pukwaalboer]

I didnt remember this at all, but thanks for the reply. You brought back fond memories of this game!@@GavinRobley

[@dennidijkstra4884]

@@pukwaalboer yeah no he is right at one point she talks about how he was indd talking in his sleep but the only thing she could hear was "jules"(short for julia) and didnt want to wake him cause she thought he was having a good dream or something

[@pallandoromestamo8861]

The "talking in your sleep" thing doesn't make any sense for two reasons: 1) It's a push-to-talk walkie talkie; it would send while just in the charging station 2) We can see at the end that Delilah is communicating with a headset, so she wouldn't hear when she isn't at the desk, especially not when sleeping I'm sure that Delilah must have been awake and have initiated that call for some kind of manipulation.

[@qwstrfgqwstrfg360]

"delilah thinks ned sent brian back home to his mum" cant be possible. brian doesnt have any other living relatives, as delilah tells us (ned had to leave the army because brian's grandma died and there was nobody else left to look for him). so she knows thats not possible.

[@YourPalHDee]

This game made me feel emotions very few other games have.

[@CaptainSauce]

It certainly had a wide range. I don't think ive ever been so paranoid in a game before.

[@deaconb]

I really enjoy watching all the "Firewatch" conspiracy videos, but I've yet to be convinced by any of them. I think the same plot device that drives the "Firewatch" story also drives this explanation video: the lies/stories we tell ourselves when facts are sparse and paranoid conspiracy creeps in. Simple explanations are overlooked in favor of the dramatic to feed our sense of self-importance and escape what can sometimes be a very lousy, lonely, and "unfair" existence. I'm convinced the story is exactly what it appeared to be: a series of misunderstood events told through the lenses of flawed people under the sometimes-crushing duress of everyday life. That punch in the gut you feel at the end is the realization that facing the reality of life can be far worse than any conspiratorial fantasy. I also think classifying "Firewatch" as a "game" is doing it a disservice. A "game", by definition, implies there is a "goal" waiting to be won by the player. The only "goal" belonged to the developers: manipulate the player into "becoming" Henry through dialog choices reflective of their own personality and desires. You were never really in control of Henry's (your) story... only how you perceived it. The story may be completely linear and fixed in its delivery, but I suspect every player's interpretation of Henry is uniquely their own... my ending was not your ending even though we watched the same cut-scene. "Firewatch" managed something for me no other game has even come close to achieving... I didn't think twice about the game's story as the credits rolled, I thought about my own.

[@deaconb]

@@Theclooch Quote away! Thanks for checking with me, I really appreciate the courtesy. I'd love to see the video as well.. could you send me a link when it's done?

[@do0mzday23-_-8]

Honestly couldn't agree better myself. You said exactly my thoughts. This game makes everything seem like a big mystery, constantly leading you on to some even bigger reveal? But it's not. It's real life. I think that's why a lot of people hated the ending. Because it let them down, with their theories and with Delilah. But I think that's exactly what Henry felt too. And I think this emotional connection between the 2 is what the devs were going for. We could have gotten a big scooby doo reveal, and seen Delilah and flew back home happy. But we didn't. The fun is over, and we return back into a dark reality. It's sad. As beautiful as it is ugly.

[@ctbdawg6942]

Fire watch did a really good job of making us believe that some conspiracy was going on. That something bad had to happen. But it wouldn’t be a good mystery if it didn’t happen that way.

[@AninoNiKugi]

I think it is a game but it's a game not just to play but to experience. There are many games like this that isn't for most players especially those who mostly just want to have "fun".

[@TaylorLopez412]

Occam's razor :)

[@skul-e9130]

There was also the "stats" in Henry found at the site. It was obvious he was manipulated, as the theory states, and his stats stated he was prone to manipulation. These same stats also state that Delilah has lied about her past. Everything points to Delilah's lies and secrets. Great theory!

[@Berserkerman42069]

No one's gonna tell him that the girls got arrested for playing on someone's tractor? Ok

[@terrafletcher1930]

If she's telling the truth. Wonder how they managed to get by for weeks when they were supposed to be traveling and all their camping gear was left behind. Surely that didn't bring too much with them for the trip when they were expecting to stay at a relative's. Weeks later they pop up fine on a tractor?

[@Burger19985]

@@terrafletcher1930 you fool they have the power to survive by the sheer power of BOOZE

[@terrafletcher1930]

@@Burger19985 It would be pretty hilarious ^_^

[@jonblu]

@@terrafletcher1930 Oh shit, maybe Ned killed them

[@PakRoc-dev]

Or maybe Delilah lied about them being missing in the first place to get leverage over Henry.

[@markmann8056]

man, this is briliant explanation. you are probably right, delilah is liar. some of her answers were really odd and i know why now. thanks

[@CaptainSauce]

Happy to hear you liked it!

[@ultrafirefx]

You also forgot that she LIED with her statement. Saying that Henry didn't talk to the girls? Why? Lying could've only made it worse!

[@dianaceballos2766]

Diana giovanny whife

[@vaughan3273]

@@ultrafirefx he did mention that actually

[@madeiraislander]

I know this is super late on my part, but another thing that's interesting about Delilah is that she never does anything that Henry tells her to do.

[@grisie]

The one question you did not answer that was put heavily on my heart; what do you suppose is the reason Ned did not give his son a proper burial? I understand if his body was not discovered the ending would be very different. But on a psychological standpoint why would Ned leave his son's body where he fell? This was an insightful episode I really enjoyed it. I agree with your theory.

[@emilywrightwriter]

Hmmm yeah that's true

[@CaptainSauce]

Maybe in denial and not wanting to see his sons dead body. Maybe he couldn't climb down to that point and find it, since Henry did open up some closed off passages with his axe. Can't say for sure. Some people just don't care about proper burial, like Ned said he "didn't see the point of putting him in the ground". Military people can be exposed to others dying and being left graveless all the time, so it wouldn't really surprise me if he was fine with leaving Brian in his locked tomb.

[@nessnake123]

military people is very serious about burying their friends and family, it is very important for them

[@jacobberry6267]

even if u were a war vet would u climb into a cave where ur sons dead body was just to bury him, i think id rather just say that that cave was his tomb

[@EmileighPulliam]

some people can’t handle being around a dead body. i don’t think i could handle it.

[@jacobberry6267]

what sold me was the combination of an event in the game and a piece of evidence you brought up. we know what ned was worried about henry knowing about him after their encounter at the lake from his monologue at the end, so the line from delilah to an unknown person that you theorised to be to ned saying "i dont think [henry] knows that you are here" makes perfect sense as ned would be worried about his cover being blown and wouldve wanted delilah to check if it was or not

[@jacoburquidez1974]

I still have questions. What about that the burnt up lookout/cabin you find… and when you report it to Delilah she doesn’t respond. What about the notes you find in the supply containers. I felt like Delilah was in on this from the moment I started talking to her via the walkie-talkie.

[@phergas2455]

I think if you wait to later in the game, she will actually tell you the story. if you look up: hawk's rest firewatch on KZbin, you will find the story

[@asdasdasdasd714]

8:30 why the hell you were holding a peanut butter jar at that scene :D

[@CaptainSauce]

Rather than burn down their camp I decided to steal their best source of protein lol. It's in my playthrough!

[@xvdarx5037]

I’m here in 2018

[@Rifin-pu2hb]

@@noose2873 its pointless

[@mefithebruh4148]

Got ‘em!

[@panfrypanda475]

@@noose2873 2020

[@liamcoakley1822]

I like it. A lot. I was in love with this game from day one, and even when i got to the ending, I was confused, but...that's exactly how Henry feels too y'know? I do have one big question for you though dude. Why? What was in it for Delilah? Why would she want to help Ned, or trick Henry and go to such great lengths as this to keep it a secret?

[@CaptainSauce]

My two guesses were either she found out Ned was living there long after he had gone missing and she didn't want to out him as it would make her look really bad. She would probably lose her job for being so incompetent that she let someone live in the park. Or she may have known from the beginning but thought it was best that he lived in the woods away from his kid and society since he was a PTSD soldier and bad father.

[@liamcoakley1822]

+CaptainSauce that makes sense, but then that wouldn't explain why they were in contact with each other. Maybe she was helping him steal to survive, but...why? And this arrangement can't have been going on for long, seeing as how the Goodwins were the last two people in the watch tower.

[@liamcoakley1822]

+CaptainSauce that makes sense, but then that wouldn't explain why they were in contact with each other they way they were would it? Maybe she was helping him steal to survive, but...why? And this arrangement can't have been going on for long, seeing as how the Goodwins were the last two people in the watchtower before Henry. And was all the flirting real? Or just her trying to manipulate Henry? Her ditching out on him at the end seems to imply that it wasn't. But what was the purpose? Agh! This game raises so many questions and beautifully answers almost none of them.

[@liamcoakley1822]

+CaptainSauce oh! What if he was blackmailing her? For letting Brain into the park?

[@alyssamonsma5993]

Shes a bored woman with nothing going for her.

[@heathermitchell229]

I want to see a Firewatch 2 where Henry and Delilah meet up and Henry finally gets answers

[@cptcaty227]

That would remove the entire point of the game, it’s meant to be an anti-climax.

[@ariaharrison4510]

I think your both right. But I think that if we do get clear answers, it shouldn’t be in the form of a whole new game.

[@goldenlegend4018]

@@ariaharrison4510 maybe a DLC

[@SneakyGreninja]

@@ariaharrison4510 you're*

[@spoiledshorts6032]

he did get answers tho?

[@Vengfoul]

Love this theory. For me, I thought this story was going in a completely different direction that involved the Wife, Dementia and a BIG reveal. -- Henry finds clues that lead him to discovering that he was actually the one with Dementia all along and Dalilah was his wife (who could keep an eye on him most of the time in what could have been a simple job). Our whole prologue was us "choosing" our false dementia memories and Dalilah was playing along when we would talk to her about "Jules". Perhaps it was all a giant research study on Dementia and Ned was ex-military security to help keep an eye on you by following you when you were out of the tower because of such an uncontrolled environment. Perhaps a lot of things that occurred were hallucinations and certain items triggered different ones - answers I expected to find at Wapiti Station or in the damn books I kept finding about the same character in situations I continually tried applying to Henry's current situation. My grandfather died from Lewy Body dementia the first day I left to be a Ranger for a Boy Scout camp after being his caregiver up to that point (yeah the tiki pole, bear trap and cots were spot on in this game). He would hallucinate, hide things and be very paranoid. Because of this my mind was biased in thinking the story would revolve around the dementia aspect, especially when the paranoia started. I mean what a specific thing for Henry's wife to have and I don't see any theories connecting that? So the ending was frustrating at first. I had thought that if my theory wasn't correct, then perhaps it was at least about how Nature allows you to heal, like it did me; that it would allow Henry to move on (though it didn't provide much closure with his wife prior to being there), and that Henry would find growth with Dalilah. I mean at one point your freaking wedding ring is off your finger and on the counter automatically, even in my first playthrough where I didn't flirt with D. Yet there's no dialogue options that make Henry seem remotely interested in talking about his wife in order for her to be a primary motivator for any of it. Perhaps that's why it felt frustrating, they started the game with those facts about his life, even let you choose...and get attached to a character you never met who mentally leaves you before getting you attached to a character you never meet who then leaves you. There's something there.

[@GhostNameless]

Delilah = The Lie, lah!

[@fatheryosvany4048]

Nameless ba dum tssss

[@leathalbros8248]

Nameless the Delilah is a lie

[@easystreetbananaman8081]

Nameless clever

[@Bryan1234580]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@ricelovingasian69]

savage xD

[@oxxmelissa]

I've never clicked on a video so fast

[@CaptainSauce]

Hahah

[@Nenad1000able]

so true

[@devontheriault9721]

CaptainSauce What editer do you use?

[@jethrinw]

I thank you for your attention to detail! It has helped me to deal with a lot of unanswered questions in the game. Keep being awesome!

[@maromorostar6621]

Delilahs voice damn i loved hearing her speak, wish i could meet her in person 😆

[@Shelbert88]

I didn't even think that the girls were just scapegoat! Awesome theory

[@CaptainSauce]

Thanks!

[@coryalfaro9376]

How did people not figure out the girls were a red herring? It was one of the biggest plot points that Ned fooled Henry into believing it was them.

[@VitoVitonerLanci]

De li lah lu le lo

[@overlord8805]

Who are the patriots?

[@dunetiger]

+Eero Vahimaa Don't forget that there's a book called the Patriots by a "Donald Anderson" in the game. Loved that little bit.

[@ronyncato7206]

+dunetiger If only their were a jointly written Hamburger cookbook by Code Talker and Kazuhira Miller

[@morganrosenfeld5917]

+Логан «RonynCato» Кейн nice joke

[@daddy.actual]

youre pretty good

[@natthakitkorsawatpat4300]

dissapponting comes from expectation, expectation comes from advertisement and game factor. so still we can blame them. but it doesn't mean the game sucks

[@jacobberry6267]

i think its meant to be disappointing so that the players speculate a better ending like this theory i think this theory is true and they wanted people to uncover it by making them want more

[@jaybonn5973]

The ending is not bad story telling. It's simply a game about people and how they cope with trauma in isolation. The ending is not bad it's real. Many times people don't ressolve to what they need immediately. Summer flings are just that and when reality sets back in you learn more about the people you've built a relationship with. People mistake a bad ending with a satisfying ending.

[@darthsourpunch7163]

A lot of people wanted to see Delilah or fight Ned but I think the game ended good. It pulled on your heart strings and gave a different endings than most games do.

[@ducksunlimited1995]

*All in all, I think it is a great theory, and you make some interesting points, however I stand by the opinion that a lot of what happens in this game happens with the purpose of making you suspicious of these kind of things, making you come up with these kinds of theories, and all around getting you wound up over what ends up being absolutely nothing at all. On that note, I would like to make a few counterpoints. Note that this is still my opinion, and I still think this a great and fascinating theory that has some good points.* (Regarding the beginning of the video) I believe you are right there, though I kind of always figured that the communication line cutting and the vandalism was Ned, especially since the sheets happened to be conveniently where Ned tore up their camp, and since it was kind of physically impossible for the girls to get to Henry's lookout before he did. (did *anyone* actually believe it wasn't Ned who tore up the camp?) As for the theory about Delilah talking to Ned when you overhear the call on the radio, I agree it does sound kind of suspicious but to be honest it really seemed like bait for suspicion. Remember: A lot of what happens in this game is kind of getting you wound up over nothing. That's kind of the *point* is how freaked out you get over really nothing of importance, and I personally think that was the whole purpose of that call - to BUILD that kind of suspicion. In reality, it is probably supposed to be nothing more than her talking to another lookout (we know there are some in the radio vicinity since we see two other lookouts are able to walk to the site where Henry gets his food as well) Regarding getting Henry the new radio, she mentions lying to and tricking several people (including rangers) to get it to him. It sounded an awful lot like she got someone else to drop it off for her, and I highly doubt that was Ned. This is by far my biggest counterpoint and I think possibly the only area in which I believe this theory may be outright *wrong* (which is not something I say often). As for the note on how you don't believe Delilah could possibly not know about Wapiti Station, I would agree there. Except, she does know, and you learn that. Let me elaborate: If you happen to go through the boy scout camp without finding the memo regarding wapiti station, after you leave another set of dialogue is activated: One in which Delilah explains that while going through some documents, she found a memo to her *telling* her about Wapiti station and that she is to make sure the equipment is undamaged, etc. but that she forgot about it. Even before Henry gets his new radio, if you play it right Delilah admits to knowing about Wapiti station, but having forgot. Delilah did know about Wapiti, and she tells Henry this, but that she just forgot and is slightly unsure about it's purpose.

[@Mafias815]

That's good counterpoint.And to be honest much less frustrating than thinking that the devs left this enormous plot actually well hidden from the players.Conspiracy and stuff.I mean yeah they leave some clues here and there,but I simple cannot believe that Delilah would be working with Ned.Why would she? The only thing that throws me off,is the hike towards the cache box where she hid the new radio.Someone was following us there.Ned,maybe?

[@killthecube9226]

+Mafias815 But remember, this is the part of the game where you find out and know you ARE being followed, and someone is listening to you. Delilah knows this, and makes it VERY convoluted, and 'the second tree over' is not a thing that can be recognized by Ned, as he has no tree chart. What I'm saying is that she makes it convoluted so Ned cannot tap into the new radios, which, he later does, by recording Delilah saying 'Burn that pace down when your at the tent.

[@EnSayne987]

I have two big problems with your counterpoints (counter-counterpoints I guess): First, I don't think that the second to last one is valid because Ned almost certainly had a walkie-talkie of his own. We even see one right next to the clipboard which we have to assume is his. So why wouldn't he have another one that he could drop off? It could have even belonged to Brian. As for the last and biggest one, you base it on the assumption that Delilah doesn't know about it, but obviously she does because of the reasons literally stated in the video. It's understandable if she doesn't know about it's purpose, but even if she didn't know the purpose and even if she didn't know about or forgot about the existence of a Wapiti Station, how would she miss the GIANT CHAIN LINK FENCE RUNNING ALL AROUND IT? She could see the camp and fence directly from her tower and she would know that something was there. Plus, although I haven't seen that other set of dialogue myself, from what you've said it seems that Delilah knows that it's a research site but not what exactly it's for by discovering this document all of a sudden. What if Ned left that note there to make Henry think that it was a research site, as per their plan? If he faked those reports, he could fake a note for a hotshot team that is already gone (and speaking of which, why would they just leave that note behind if it was real?) I think that she fakes the discovery of the document because it's her way of making sure that you believe that it is some sort of research site, in the event that you don't find the memo. It's her failsafe. When she does it, you were already supposed to think that it was a research site, so in my opinion she just provides the same information that you happened to miss.

[@EnSayne987]

@KillTheCube, she does that to lure Henry into a false sense of security, because you don't tap walkie-talkies! Phone lines are tapped because they run directly to each other, and it requires tapping to reach their signals, but walkie-talkies transmit over a radio frequency just like a normal radio, and it's easy to just pick up that signal and listen in. Having a new one wouldn't do anything except maybe have a different frequency, but that could be reached as well. Delilah should know this, and if she doesn't then she really sucks at her job (even though she's been working there for a decade, mind you). Obviously it didn't work anyway because he recorded them. I'm guessing that Henry didn't know about how walkie-talkies transmit so he just assumed it was ok, but it's just too ridiculous for Delilah to not know about it.

[@ducksunlimited1995]

Daniel Sinks These are interesting, and I do agree on the possibility that her admitting to knowing about Wapiti Station was... another trick. However, something repeatedly stated in both the video and your point is that "Wapiti Station would be visible from Delilah's Tower". While this may appear to be true based off the actual in game geography, both characters Henry and Delilah point out that it actually *wouldn't* be visible because of the way it was "nestled in a little valley". Because of the actual in game geography disagreeing ever so slightly, I would say that this was perhaps another trick from Delilah, except Henry is actually the one that brings it up, which makes me think it was the game creator's way of cheating a little bit and just briefly explaining how Delilah could have not known about it.

[@coatigoatb3171]

There is also a piece of cloth that said “go to hell” with a fire watch logo,but the girls never saw Henry’s face

[@generalgrievous9370]

I know I am VERY late to the firewatch theorizing, but I just want to point out something about Brian's death. It was his cheap rope that killed him. Early in the game when Henry uses Brian's rope, it breaks and Henry falls. That seems like it foreshadows Brian falling and dieing. The rope looks very similar as well. I know that little bit of info wasn't very helpful, but I just wanted to point it out. It was bothering me that nobody else had pointed it out.

[@anonimous_user7318]

No evidence??? You even have a frikin camera in the game!!!

[@zionsimanian9310]

Anonimous_User I know you said this 3 years ago but it’s funny you say that because I thought that was the purpose of the camera lol. Every time something big happened I took pictures but I think it didn’t have much to do with the story

[@ericrevell507]

Zion Simanian i just took the pictures for the xbox achievement

[@Hans-gb4mv]

This is indeed a great game that was cleverly designed. I did 2 playtroughs myself and I see myself playing this game a few more times in the coming years. It's a nice story and that is what this game is about in the first place: the story. People go as far as calling this a walking simulator, I prefer to look upon it more like an interactive book.

[@CaptainSauce]

Yeah I can agree that it is a lot more like a novel than a video game.

[@DavySigfusson]

Also, the amount of beer these two teenagers were supposed to be drinking was not believable

[@qiqi9057033]

I think people criticising the game just arent mature enough to grasp how well the ending is. You go into games thinking the worst is at every corner and you start to overthink scenarios ready for what modern horror has taught us will happen, but the change in pace for the ending kind of puts you back on planet earth and this type of paranoia can affect anybody even in real life. Like art meets reality kinda thing.

[@aliceyamada2622]

out of all the theories vid i watched this is the only one i understood. . . i hope this get more views than the others

[@CaptainSauce]

Well im happy it helped :)

[@RealAshkii]

Yeah, but... What was Delilah's motive? It doesn't seem like she has any reason to fuck with Henry

[@Reedster49]

Maybe so she doesn't lose her job with Ned being in the park?

[@RealAshkii]

+Reedster yeah, but it seems like she was shocked when she found out that it was Ned out there.

[@shamimaaktar2449]

Remember she broke up with her boy friend and she doesn't want to remember it again so as long as she was in the forest everything would be behind her

[@L.Parisi]

brendanmcwilliams spot on

[@RealAshkii]

brendanmcwilliams makes sense... but that still doesn't line up. At the end why wouldn't wouldn't she admit to being blackmailed into saying all of that info?

[@Life_Is_A...]

No, Delilah had someone drop the radio at cottonwood. Same way henry got things delivered to him in the cache boxes.

[@VitorLuisbadreligion]

Great Theory. Thanks for sharing! I was kind of disappointed that we didn't see her in the end, but also leaves everything open, she said she would come to his home town...

[@LATasKara]

first time I played the game, at the middle of the story, I was thinking that maybe I was on a Turing test, Delilah responses and conversations started to feel less fluid, & more like a already thought out conversation, as like she always knew were I was going. anyway, thought it was an amazing game, it forced me to play it again and that deserves recognition. awesome theory, instant subscribe!

[@CaptainSauce]

I felt the same way. The game has you questioning all aspects of reality from the forest, to Delilah, to others out there to even yourself. That's why I can see why people would be disappointed since the final answer wasn't as climactic as our imaginations let it be. Thanks! and welcome :)

[@zczc1769]

+CaptainSauce I even wrote "Delilah is an AI" in a paper, to show afterwards to my brother (who was playing the game along me) in case I was right.

[@Garem1K]

The best Explanation i've seen, really good work.

[@CaptainSauce]

Thanks!

[@jorgeaparicio3679]

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[@mrlost117]

@@jorgeaparicio3679 you ok?

[@CellularPengu]

The first part where Delilah asked who you thought could've recked the lookout, I literally chose the creepy guy, because it couldn't have made any sense for the girls to somehow get there that fast, when there was only like 1 way

[@alexsouza829]

Thanks for making this video. I've played it last weekend and absolutely loved for the exact same reason that lots of people do not like it. The game creates some expectations and it looks like it will deliver them in the end but does the exact opposite. People don't like that but as in life, sometimes it happens. People playing this game, including me, were expecting a happy ending and stuff because they are used to it in games and movies in general but the game it's not about happy endings, but about personal connections and dealing with inside demons, which often leads to sadness. Anyway, I wanted to say that I have not noticed those things about Delilah and she being aware of Ned living in the park, that she's a liar. I will definitely play this game again. I mean I already would but now I'm even more curious.

[@Rgueta26]

Amazing theory! A different kind of game and makes u think out of the box. great vid!

[@CaptainSauce]

Thanks!

[@ryanbrown2135]

Can i just point out that Delilah left before you and this could be because she was helbing ned get away, this is further supported by her telling the pilot there was 'one more' and this suggests there was more than just Delilah at the helicopter at this time .

[@LinkinsLegion]

I literally just finished this game without seeing spoilers prior and i figured out a good chunk of these plot points that you laid out. I feel pretty good that i was able to piece this together even if i wasn't 100% aligned with what you said in the video; i did pretty good :D

[@violetmagic13]

Thanks for clearing this up! Great video👌🏼

[@NPC.MP4]

This is really quite old, but I'd like to add that there's a conversation you can get if you choose the right stuff, after picking up the new radio, Henry questions Delilah on being in on it, and she gets visibly upset and tells Henry he's losing his mind. EDIT: Being in on it as in knowing about everything

[@juanvaldivia8001]

I actually... liked the ending, I didn't found it anticlimactic, they give you little glance of what's about to happen. Yeah I would have loved seen Delilah, but at least I knew it wasn't happening and that anything was going to happen between Henry and Delilah.

[@DrDraileD]

Fantastic video. Very provide work with a lot of evidence. You helped me change my mind on the outlook of the game. Yes, I am disappointed I wasn't able to see Delilah, but I'm excited to see what new games this developer releases!

[@preciouscarait6352]

I know this is pretty late, just found your channel, and I'm pretty obsessed with your vids. Anyway, I don't know, but I really liked how the story ended. It felt more exciting because people would definitely be concocting some big conspiracy, but the ending defied that expectation by doing something different. Also, please keep up with your awesome work!

[@mokopium9094]

At the end of the game, I was really interested in what Delilah looked like in person more than anything else that was unanswered lul

[@fluffypuppy2918]

Same

[@Sherrygamespvtltd]

The 3 characters represent the true nature of us humans, all around everyone had their own secrets, ned, delilah and henry and their reasons, all we can say is that the 3 of them we suffering in their own way, ned lost his son, delilah was now to question her own decisions and henry was already struggling with his wife's disease whom he would eve see in his dreams .. Thankyou for the explanation bro, i really liked the amount of time you put into this, incredible job!

[@mafia6330]

Amazing explanation on a theory to the game. Thoroughly enjoyed it and was a bit of an eye-opener.

[@runikvarze6191]

Firewatch has great story telling. It's a masterclass in "show don't tell" and character development happening in tandem with exposition. It really doesn't deserve hate because not everyone caught on. I sincerely hope we can see more like it some day, because it painted a beautiful tapestry not just in terms of scenery, but also the nature of life. Your story isn't the only one happening. Other people's lives are going on around you, be it a coworker, a bear, or a man who's grieving the loss of someone he loved. It really tugged at my heart strings, using the most subtle cues, and as things were pieced together in front of me I found myself drawing my own conclusions and theorizing along. Any game that can make you think and play along like that is truly engaging, and saying it's bad writing is just a display of that player's ignorance or impatience.

[@MacquarieRidge]

I love this game to death. Im not disappointed about the ending. Its a game about what happens when people get insanely bored. Ned and Delilah pulled the wool over everyones eyes.

[@nogalive99]

in the end you writed Ned instead of Henry on the second example ( 12:18 )

[@CaptainSauce]

You are correct! My bad.

[@holdenu1224]

I love that captain does lets plays but he also does theory videos too and not a lot of other lets players do that.

[@Filya-chan]

I love the ending because I was expecting something BIG and complex, but once it turned out to be a grounded and heart shaking story about a parent that couldn't come to terms with his own child's death, it hit me much harder than if it was some conspiracy thing I expected to see. As if it told you that behind the most complicated events of our lives there is always something simple and human.

[@lefishe2258]

I like the ending cuz it leaves the door open for firewatch 2

[@JGrantUK]

Watch Harder

[@mav4102]

I don't know why I thought this, but from the point when you discover Ned's bunker onward I thought for sure Ned and Delilah had hatched an elaborate scheme to trap Henry in a fire that they started and to have him killed in the fire while Ned takes Henry's place once they leave. The reason I thought this was because of a few key moments, like when Delilah was talking to another person and saying things like "He doesn't know.." She also asks him to describe to her what he looks like, so Ned can easily take his identity once Henry is out of the picture. I also thought the whole Ned's bunker thing was a diversion to keep Henry busy while Delilah and Ned, under Henry's identity, took off in the helicopter. In Delilah's tower there's even a drawing labeled "What WE know" implying there was somebody else. There were even a few moments from Ned's bunker afterwards where Delilah doesn't respond to Henry, making me paranoid.

[@heartburnron]

Brilliantly articulated. Thank you!

[@CBlade0]

I think you literally have it figured out. Thank you for making this game make sense! It is much more brilliant now.

[@exactinghadesgaming3287]

I believe that they should make a second fire watch game to where you have to go and navigate through all the burned remains and ashes to try to finally solved the mystery

[@faith9196]

Oh that’d be pretty cool. It’d be cool if Delilah decided to go with him too.

[@storcy]

Erm the mystery was solved…

[@vhureyeweqw8808]

There was no mystery

[@burretploof]

I went into this game knowing that something was "bad" about the plot but thankfully I wasn't spoiled. So just now I finished playing through this game and was wondering what exactly people thought was so bad? And wow. Literally *nothing* in this video surprised me. Most of it I figured out myself already and I really didn't expect a giant reveal at the end since...well...Ned living there and him being behind most of it was pretty much the big reveal? It's so weird to me that people think this game or this game's ending sucks.

[@jacobberry6267]

ive always felt that the ending was satisfying as ron and dave didnt need any explanations as they didnt mean anything in the end and as for the girls they made almost no impact on the story, take them out and the story is pretty much the same, theyre just in there to give henry something interesting to do and to create red herrings as to who could be behind the wire etc.

[@marcoestiercol6112]

I think the older the player is, the more interesting and terrifying the ending becomes. Henry achieved nothing. Has to comeback to his sad real life, lost a potential love interest and a nice job. Terrifying as life itself.

[@rahilj]

not gameplay, but stll so ENTERTAINING only some can do this

[@thericebowl1493]

You gotta mention that how do the teens even know Henry is a fire watcher

[@cookiecutterrug9218]

I personally liked the ending. The story was about paranoia and how your mind can run wild in the right situation and how easily it does that. The ending reveals that all of it was simple, a guy who lost his kid in an accident was selfish and didn’t want to answer the questions and all that so he stayed in the forest and surveyed the lookouts for entertainment. If you do look closely at the transcripts you’ll see that it says for Delilah “many lovers despite long time companion” this does most likely say something about cheating or something like that but I personally don’t believe most of what was stated. Hate to be a buzzkill but I just wanted to put that out there Edit: The wonderful thing about leaving things to your imagination is that videos like this can be made. There is some value in not knowing things

[@legendarygodzilla14]

This is the First Captainsauce Video I ever watched. I’ve been addicted to his channel since.

[@Drunk3n1rish2009]

I slept on this game until recently. It's flipping incredible, it was like reading a good book. It felt so real and relatable, I can't stop thinking about it.