LightPhoenix
First Post
Ok, so I was left pretty slack-jawed at the conclusion of this. I wanted to post, but I needed to sift through some things in my mind first.
First off, poor Jonesy! I pretty much figured either he or Libby would die in this episode, but I had NO clue how it would play out.
Secondly, Sofie. She obviously turned evil, but why/how? Is it a conscious choice for her to be good or evil? Does this mean, as the Omega, that it's Sofie who decides how the battle between good and evil plays out?
In the beginning of the season, as Sofie reads Ben's tarot for the second time, we see The Lovers, and a flash of Sofie and Ben dressed in white in a lover's embrace. In the end of the season, Sofie sees the image of her mother being raped by Justin, which pretty well matches The Lovers, reversed. In the end I think that Sofie has a conscious choice to make (also indicated by The Lovers), whether she sides with Good or Evil, or something else altogether.
Another interesting image is when Sofie heals Justin (as the last image could only be, IMO). Right after that, we see Ben in Management's booth (another image thing) with his wounds healed. Go back and watch, you can see the cut in his shirt with the blue blood around it, but his side is healed. It's possible that Sofie can't really heal anyone, but just Justin and Ben, and that healing one heals the other... the two are linked.
Also, numerous shots of Ben as a saint - the scarecrow as a cross (and he gets down and spits in Justin's eye, just like Samson said), the carnies carrying him off, Ben in Management's booth (and Mgmt.'s death leaving a Shroud).
I'm thinking in the third season that Ben starts growing his own little army. Not only have people seen Justin go berserk, but they saw Ben heal multiple people. Also, a small note, but Ben can obviously focus the healing, if only to draw strength from Justin. Justin on the other hand grows stronger through the deaths of others (poor Norman).
First off, poor Jonesy! I pretty much figured either he or Libby would die in this episode, but I had NO clue how it would play out.
Secondly, Sofie. She obviously turned evil, but why/how? Is it a conscious choice for her to be good or evil? Does this mean, as the Omega, that it's Sofie who decides how the battle between good and evil plays out?
In the beginning of the season, as Sofie reads Ben's tarot for the second time, we see The Lovers, and a flash of Sofie and Ben dressed in white in a lover's embrace. In the end of the season, Sofie sees the image of her mother being raped by Justin, which pretty well matches The Lovers, reversed. In the end I think that Sofie has a conscious choice to make (also indicated by The Lovers), whether she sides with Good or Evil, or something else altogether.
Another interesting image is when Sofie heals Justin (as the last image could only be, IMO). Right after that, we see Ben in Management's booth (another image thing) with his wounds healed. Go back and watch, you can see the cut in his shirt with the blue blood around it, but his side is healed. It's possible that Sofie can't really heal anyone, but just Justin and Ben, and that healing one heals the other... the two are linked.
Also, numerous shots of Ben as a saint - the scarecrow as a cross (and he gets down and spits in Justin's eye, just like Samson said), the carnies carrying him off, Ben in Management's booth (and Mgmt.'s death leaving a Shroud).
I'm thinking in the third season that Ben starts growing his own little army. Not only have people seen Justin go berserk, but they saw Ben heal multiple people. Also, a small note, but Ben can obviously focus the healing, if only to draw strength from Justin. Justin on the other hand grows stronger through the deaths of others (poor Norman).
