The Possible Truth Behind Micah Bell - Red Dead Redemption 2

I have changed the title & thumbnail from that spoiler. Please accept my apology for the poor titling beforehand, though this isn't much better, at least it doesn't spoil the game for people outright. Now I'd imagine my comments will fill up with our regular program of people complaining about the fact that I gave a spoiler warning at all, as opposed to recklessly spoiling the game in the title.

In my current playthrough, Micah is still rotting in jail and Mr. Downes is happily living with his debt. Life is beautiful.

Dutch: I’m begging you Arthur get Micah out of jail.. Arthur: no credits roll up

The actor of Bill Williamson said that the actor of Micah would constantly practice with his guns while they were on break or in the waiting room. Like when he would be talking to someone or at the vending machine he’d practice wielding them and such. The actor put a lot of work to make Micah look cool with the guns

One of the reasons I like Guarma so much is because the game made it seem, in my eyes at least, that Micah was scared because for once he wasn’t in control which is why he wasn’t an ass to anyone while he was there

When he called Arthur "Black Lung" never in my life did i want to shoot a character in a video game more badly in my life

He's just lucky Arthur was pretty much dead when Micah finally got the balls to fight him. A full healthy Arthur would have slaughtered that man

Something I think that has been missed by most and I believe to be a real clue to the truth behind Micah being the rat is the fact that he wore white during the bank robbery. This is a nod to some old movie where the inside guy wears a white suit so the good guys will know which one is their guy so they won't shoot him by mistake.

The moment I realized Micah was the traitor: In the mission where you get kidnapped by Colm O'Driscoll, he says he came for you specifically. It was only You, Micah, and Dutch on that mission, so who told them you were going to be there? Who urged you to go on the mission to begin with?

I was surprised at how fat Micah actually was in Guarma when he unbuttons his shirt

Spoilers! At the end when you confront Micah, for just a moment you can see a rat exiting the cabin before him.

Another thing I’d like to add that I noticed on my second play through… During the bank heist in Chapter 4, all the gang members (Arthur included) are wearing an all black outfit. All, except Micah, who for the first time in the game, is wearing all white. Since we know the Pinkertons were waiting for the gang and an imminent shootout, his all white outfit is like saying “Don’t shoot me, I’m on your side!”.

BTW, have anyone noticed that when the gang left the camp to rescue little Jack Marston from the Braithwaite farm, Dutch ordered Micah and Kieran to stay at the camp and kill anyone they didn't know who could eventually arrive. But when the gang came back... Micah was nowhere to be found.

The only time he ever touches Arthur is when he's at Death's door. He never touches John. Coward.

people can be strong in many ways. Micah spilled everything out when he was interrogated, but charles says that Strauss was captured and interrogated yet he didn't say a word and died In captivity.

During Arthur’s death scene I wasn’t very sad throughout the whole fist fight or even him crawling, but whenDutch stepped on his hand is just wrecked me.

My theory about Micah Bell was that it was a set up from the beginning of the story. From day one Micah was feeding information to the Pinkertons and here's why. In Micah's camp behind Strawberry we can find a Wanted poster for Dutch van der Linde. It seems old Micah was looking for a way to collect the bounty, but Micah's always been a coward, he can't act alone, he's insecure hence his solitary behaviour. Nevertheless, Micah's a master manipulator. I think that the Pinkertons picked him up and found Dutch's wanted poster on him and made a deal with him which was to penetrate Van Der Linde's gang and feed information on a regular basis to the Pinkertons. Micah would get as close as possible to Dutch in order to know his every move and report back to the Pinkertons and when they got Dutch they'd give the bounty to Micah and let him go free but at the same time I think Ol' Micah was playing both sides.

Honestly Micah was an amazing character, his writing is stellar and it's like he goes out of his way to make you hate him.

When Arthur was crawling to the gun I never pushed A on my controller so fast in my life

It’s possible that Micah’s motive for staying with the gang was to turn Dutch in, causing all the commotion and bringing unwanted attention to the gang to get that opportunity, only teaming up with the pinkertons later to make his goal easier. I haven’t seen this for myself but apparently if one visits Micah’s camp that he set up in West Elizabeth when him and Arthur rob a stagecoach together one can find a wanted poster for Dutch with a bounty. Why would Micah be carrying something like that around? It may be a bit far fetched but it is at the same round possible and would very easily explain his motive for staying with the gang. His reason for not going to a local sheriff to rat out Dutch right away could be because he wants to get the money from blackwater that he just can’t shut up about first, take it for himself and then turn Dutch in, claim the prize for him and leave the rest of the gang to it’s fate.