Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33791350-20180215213532/@comment-99.16.101.94-20180515050316

I've been wondering this myself. While it's most likely Church is dead, I've had my own theory as to how he MIGHT still be alive. Keep in mind I have nothing to back it up on, but it's been a nagging thought: Maine's suit. Church/Epsilon was supposedly able to power the suit by defragmenting himself, but as a fragment himself, that wouldn't have done much (evidenced by his attempt at powering Carolina's suit which is inferior in comparison). The only way that could have been done is (and this is where I have no proof) if the other fragments and Alpha were still deeply encoded into the suit where the Emp "locked" them into the suit. I believe this was done in the same idea as how Epsilon was trapped in the memory unit. When Epsilon defragmented himself, he was able to tap into the fragments (and/or Alpha Church) that allowed the suit to work well enough to win the battle. However, since it was just a "tap" and not an "unlock" like they did to rescue Epsilon, they're all still trapped inside Maine's suit. As much as I want Alpha to have re-merged with the Fragments, I think it would also be an amusing/awesome arc to have Alpha go against the other Fragments, unifying him and restoring Church.

Again, I have NOTHING to back this up but my own theories. I'm also convinced that Church is completely dead, but now that we're experimenting with actual time travel, I'm holding on to  possibilities. If this show has done anything, it's that the Reds and Blues tend to defy the possible to make mircales happen. "You just got to have a little faith."