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Plot twist!  So Loeb is claiming he is one of the good guys.  Should we believe him?  There is evidence to support both the theories that he is lying and that he is telling the truth.

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GOOD GUY:

A couple of things during the abduction scene lead me to think that maybe he is telling the truth when he said:

“We saved you!  We were going to let you go.  We saved you!  You have no idea what you’ve done.  Not a clue.“

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First of all, he was wearing a mask.  If he intended on killing Olivia, there would be no need to disguise himself.  Unless perhaps, he is just a big fan of Halloween.

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Secondly, there was a moment when Loeb brushes his hand up against Olivia’s face.  It was reassuring and almost tender, as if to say it will be alright.  This does not seem like the action of a man who is going to torture and kill you very shortly.

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Also, during Loeb’s interview, he seemed genuinely upset that Olivia thought he kidnapped her.  The look on his face appears to be one of disbelief.

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BAD GUY:

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He’s a cold blooded killer! Murder! Death! Mayhem!  These things follow him everywhere.  And, although the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that can only get you so far.

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He instructed his wife to kill Olivia.  Although, it’s possible that they had already extracted what they needed from her, and even though he had planned to let her live (according to Loeb), she was now a liability.

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He’s a cold blooded killer!  Did I already say that?  It’s true!

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He could have just been reacting to Olivia’s accusatons to try to cover his own hide.  He’s obviously a good liar.  All double agents must have this quality, or they wouldn’t last long.

As I was watching Episode 3 “The Ghost Network” again (for the umpteenth time), I remembered that at Roy’s apartment there were shots of artwork and models.  The model of the plane crash we knew about, but the others, at the time, held no meaning…

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I am going to refer back to the daytimer at what was written on the other page…

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After Olivia turns off her computer, it restarts itself.  We can see a blue screen with text.  If you zoom in, you can see the name ‘ZenoFX Multimedia’…

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When Olivia opens Mark Young’s daytimer, we can see the name Dr. Peretti written on the left-hand page…

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There is something very weird going on in the hospital room where Walter tries to talk to Dashel. A pattern in the way things are laid out. Here is the pattern template …

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Last week there was no sign of Massive Dynamic anywhere, but we were introduced to some new bad guy group by the name of ZFT. As it turns out, another double agent, Loeb, appears to be working either for them or against them. At first I thought he must be working for them, but David Jones worked with them, and his comments contradict the idea that Loeb worked with them as well…

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In the pilot episode, Olivia gets into a tank and merges her mind with John Scott’s in order to get information from him when he was dying and unable to speak. In later episodes, she starts to see John Scott live and in person, even though he is now dead (or so they think). Walter explains that when they made that connection, a part of John was left behind in Olivia, and she is now accessing that information…

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Remember the red and green dots that were popping up all over the place…

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Walter at St. Claire's

I gained some new found respect for Walter this week when he showed a gentler, more fragile, self-sacrificing side of himself. When Peter was talking to Olivia about Walter going back to St. Claire’s hospital…

Peter: “Even if he speaks to Dashel, what makes you think that he’s going to remember a word he says. The man can’t even remember what he had for lunch.“

Walter: “I have noticed that you have a habit of referring to me as if I’m not in the room. Does anyone care what I think?“

Peter: “Yes, Walter, what do you want to do?“

Walter: “I’d rather not go.“

Olivia: “Walter?“

Peter: “Olivia…he said no.”

Walter: “That is incorrect. I said I’d rather not go, but I will. Every moment that passes, is another moment that little boy’s life is in danger. Isn’t that correct, Agent Dunham?“

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In the next scene, you can tell he is scared out of his wits to be going to the hospital…but he goes anyways…for the sake of the boy. I enjoyed seeing this side of Walter, it makes him more human.

Then again later in the episode when Peter comes to get him out of the hospital…

Walter: “I failed. It was all for nothing. Dashel went on and on like an incoherent loon about being taken to dungeons, red castles. Son…is that what it’s like to talk to me?“

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That self-awareness made me just want to reach into the tv and give him a big hug.