"You-" Alby started, then suddenly grabbed his own throat, making gurgly choking sounds. His legs kicked out and he rolled onto his side, thrashing back and forth as if someone else were trying to strangle him […] Alby looked up, eyes droopy, as if he was on the edge of slipping into a deep sleep. "I'm sorry, Newt," he whispered. "Don't know what happened. It was like… something was controlling my body. (27.36, 47)
The Creators just did their best impersonation of an obnoxious older sibling: "Quit hittin' yourself! Quit hittin' yourself! Hahaha!"
"He's not one of us!" Ben shouted. "I saw him—he's… he's bad. We have to kill him! Let me gut him!" […] Alby hadn't moved his weapon an inch, still aiming for Ben. "You leave that to me and the Keepers to figure out, shuck-face." (11.9, 11)
As the great Tommy Lee Jones says in Men in Black: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals…" The thought behind having a panel of kids to make decisions is in direct contradiction to that theory. Who is right??
"If you ain't scared," Alby said, "you ain't human. Act any different and I'd throw you off the Cliff because it'd mean you're a psycho." (2.26)
It's a pretty good point, Alby. If Thomas had shown up and been all gung-ho about the Maze, it might have indicated something seriously off with the guy. But come on, Alby—would it really be worth throwing him off the cliff? We vote that Alby might be laying it on a bit too thick.