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<blockquote data-quote="Remus Lupin" data-source="post: 2680524" data-attributes="member: 12760">Yes, but the inscription on the ring was from his FIRST marrage, and the wedding picture with the date was of his FIRST wife. Remember, the little girl is only about what, 7 years old. If the Ranger guy was married to the doctor when she was born, they would still have been married in 1998 or so, but the picture and inscription indicated 1980-something.As for being shapeshifters, I think it's more complicated than that. The creatures seem to absorb the memories and the personality of the people they attack, so that the &quot;creature-identity&quot; is subsumed under the &quot;victim-identity,&quot; yet the subsequent &quot;victim-creature&quot; only understands him or herself to be the victim, but with strange urges and motivations. This is actually what I find most intriguing about the show, since it seems to suggest that some of the victim-creatures could decide to assert their victim-identities and resist the creature-identity. What that all might mean though is a mystery to me.And, according to tonight's episode, there's a &quot;bootcamp&quot; for little thugs like the blonde kid, presumably to make them the stormtroopers of the invasion. It kind of reminds me of the slimy traitor guy in &quot;V&quot;?Has anyone else thought that this is all just an allegory of terrorist sleeper cells? &quot;They live among us, ordinary people like you and me, but unbeknownst to us, they are the seeds of our destruction!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remus Lupin, post: 2680524, member: 12760"] Yes, but the inscription on the ring was from his FIRST marrage, and the wedding picture with the date was of his FIRST wife. Remember, the little girl is only about what, 7 years old. If the Ranger guy was married to the doctor when she was born, they would still have been married in 1998 or so, but the picture and inscription indicated 1980-something. As for being shapeshifters, I think it's more complicated than that. The creatures seem to absorb the memories and the personality of the people they attack, so that the "creature-identity" is subsumed under the "victim-identity," yet the subsequent "victim-creature" only understands him or herself to be the victim, but with strange urges and motivations. This is actually what I find most intriguing about the show, since it seems to suggest that some of the victim-creatures could decide to assert their victim-identities and resist the creature-identity. What that all might mean though is a mystery to me. And, according to tonight's episode, there's a "bootcamp" for little thugs like the blonde kid, presumably to make them the stormtroopers of the invasion. It kind of reminds me of the slimy traitor guy in "V"? Has anyone else thought that this is all just an allegory of terrorist sleeper cells? "They live among us, ordinary people like you and me, but unbeknownst to us, they are the seeds of our destruction!" [/QUOTE]

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