History NightmareFuel / TalesFromTheBorderlands

* Although awesome, the ending of Episode 5 is rather unsettling. [[spoiler: Fiona and Rhys open the "box" in the Vault, revealing a blinding white light that envelopes them...then the lid slams shut, and they're both gone, with no trace that they had ever been in there]]. The question is-just ''where'' did they go? [[spoiler: Were they taken by something? Was the light just used to hide them leaving with the Vault's treasure so the player wouldn't find out what it was?]] There's no answers because ''[[NothingIsScarier that's where the game ends!]]''

* Although awesome, the ending of Episode 5 is rather unsettling. [[spoiler: Fiona and Rhys open the "box" in the Vault, revealing a blinding white light that envelopes them...then the lid slams shut, and they're both gone, with no trace that they had ever been in there]]. The question is-just ''where'' did they go?

* [[spoiler: Jack essentially confirms that as far as the Borderlands universe is concerned, death is a horrifying, endless oblivion. Though considering this is Jack talking, anything he says should be taken with a massive dose of salt. In addition, he is an AI, so he's not really "alive" to begin with. Things might be different for humans/Eridians/whatever the hell Zer0 is.]]

* Although awesome, the ending of Episode 5 is rather unsettling. [[spoiler: Fiona and Rhys open the 'box' in the Vault, revealing a blinding white light that envelopes them...then the lid slams shut, and they're both gone, with no trace that they had ever been in there]]. The question is-just ''where'' did they go?

* [[spoiler: Jack essentially confirms that as far as the Borderlands universe is concerned, death is a horrifying, endless oblivion. Though considering this is Jack talking, anything he says should be taken with a massive dose of salt.]]

* Early in the episode, Fiona has to access a retinal scanner by digging out the eyeball of General Pollux, whose body is nearby. Firstly, Sasha has a tendency to describe what's happening in graphic detail, much to Fiona's disgust. Secondly, [[spoiler:Fiona ends up splitting one eye in half after being startled by Rhys screaming]]. Thirdly, by the time she's accessed the retinal scanner and viewed Pollux's recorded message, [[spoiler:it turns out he was alive all along, just in suspended animation, even while Fiona was digging his eyes out with a spork. And he might have been an important figure in the event of the universe being in peril. NiceJobBreakingItHero.]]

* Near the beginning, when Fiona, Sasha and Gortys are attempting to flee Helios, they look out of the window into the Hub of Heroism to see Jack [[spoiler: holding what is essentially ''a Stalinist show trial'' on his own employees. Essentially, he asks a random employee if he knows Rhys. When the employee can't identify who Rhys is, Jack activates a turret and guns him down as the crowd of employees scream. It really shows [[TheGeneralissimo what kind of man]] Jack truly is, and why the employees all turn on each other regularly]].

* Sort of crossing over with Awesome and Funny, but [[spoiler:Jack's appearance in hologram form]] at the end of the [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil teaser trailer]], laughing hysterically about how so many people are going to die in this insanity could qualify.

* Near the beginning, when Fiona, Sasha and Gortys are attempting to flee Helios, they look out of the window into the Hub of Heroism to see Jack [[spoiler: holding what is essentially ''a Stalinist show trial'' on his own employees. Essentially, he asks a random employee if he knows Rhys. When the employee can't identify who Rhys is, Jack activates a turret and guns him down as the crowd of employees scream. It really shows [[TheGeneralissimo what kind of man]] Jack truly is, and why the employees all turn out each other regularly]].

* [[spoiler: Jack essentially confirms that as far as the Borderlands universe is concerned, death is a horrifying, endless oblivion. Though considering this is Jack talking, anything he says should be taken with a massive dose of salt.]]

[[AC:In General]]

[[AC:Episode 1: "Zer0 Sum"]]

[[AC:Episode 2: "Atlas Mugged"]]

[[AC:Episode 3: Catch a Ride]]

[[AC:Episode 4: Escape Plan Bravo]]

** The episode shows they are just Jacks fanboys. Considering they are fans of someone like Jack, it's still pretty unsettling they want to be just like him.

[[AC:Episode 5: "The Vault of the Traveler"]]

* [[spoiler: Jack's plan to shove indestructible endoskeletons into everyone in his way who dies, and upload his AI to them, essentially becoming a zombie apocalypse/robot army all to himself is ''horrifying''. That he wanted to do this to Rhys regardless of how Rhys interacted with him previously is just another demonstration of how depraved and unhinged Jack has always been, especially since if Rhys and Jack are on good terms, Jack doesn't view this as an act of betrayal against Rhys (And with his massive ego, why would he? He's just making Rhys even more awesome!). In fact, he views Rhys not wanting to become the very first Robo-Jack as an act of betrayal against ''him''.]]

* [[spoiler: The Traveler. Holy shit, the Traveler. This Vault monster is ''enormous'', bigger than seen so far in the series, and worse? It can teleport, making it extremely difficult to kill. Worse still? ItCanThink - it has figured out that Gortys is the one holding it on Pandora, and so doesn't destroy her so it can continue its rampage.]]

* [[spoiler: Jack's plan to shove indestructible endoskeletons into everyone in his way who dies, and upload his AI to them, essentially becoming a zombie apocalypse/robot army all to himself is ''horrifying''. That he wanted to do this to Rhys regardless of how Rhys interacted with him previously (even seemingly not interpreting it as betraying Rhys if you sided with him) is just another demonstration of how depraved and unhinged Jack has always been.]]

* [[spoiler: The Traveler. Holy shit, the Traveler. This Vault monster is ''enormous'', bigger than seen so far in the series, and worse? It can teleport, making it extremely difficult to kill. Worse still? ItCanThink - it has figured out that Gortys is the one holding it on Pandora, and so doesn't destroy her so it can continue its rampage.]]

* [[spoiler: Rhys cutting out his cybernetics with a shard of glass to rid himself of Jack once and for all is as horrifying as it is awesome.]] Naturally, in true Telltale fashion, the player has to actually perform the actions via [=QTEs.=]

* [[spoiler: Rhys cutting out his cybernetics with a shard of glass to rid himself of Jack once and for all is as horrifying as it is awesome.]] Naturally, in true Telltale fashion, the player has to actually perform the actions via QTEs.

* [[spoiler: In the teaser at the end of the trailer announcing that episode 1 is free, we are treated to Fiona, alone, walking through what looks like a sandstorm when an enormous, indistinct figure with glowing eyes turns around. The thumbnail of the trailer indicates that this is ''Gortys''.]]

** Before that, you get to have a [[SarcasmMode lovely]] close-up of [[spoiler: Vasquez's faceless head]].

** The episode shows they are just Jacks fanboys. Considering they are fans of someone like [[CompleteMonster Jack]], it's still pretty unsettling they want to be just like him.

** The episode shows they are just Jacks fanboys. Considering they are fans of someone like [[CompleteMonster Jack]] is still pretty unsettling they want to be just like him.

* At the end of the episode, [[spoiler: Jack is out of Rhys's head...and inside Helios.]] However, this time, his [[spoiler: AI]] is in control of ''the entire space station.'' Handsome Helios, everyone.

* It's more subtle than that, even. [[spoiler: During the last dialogue choice of the episode, all the choices start glitching out and being replaced with "All good!"...which is what Jack makes Rhys say to Fiona.]]