I didn't realize that Ted was in a special room--that makes more sense now. But still, why would he cooperate? Did they offer him something? We don't know. What could they use to intimidate him? Presumably everything he loves is gone. He doesn't seem the type to care about the 'smart' thing, either--he hijacked HRG's family as was prepared to shoot HRG's wife.
Chemical sedation isn't easy to break through, loud thoughts or no, and even if he did come out of it enough to listen, he would be spacey, dizzy, disoriented perhaps--hardly fit for escape. That would have been more interesting than what they gave us. As far as his guard goes, he wasn't being supervised, because it took the guy three minutes just to get there. That's not supervision--that's mild preventative measures.
Good point about airport security, but what about Claire and the Haitian? They were able to get fake passports etc, and I would imagine that HRG has contacts built up from his days with the Company. Whether or not they would be willing to work with him whether or not they would hand him over--interesting source of dramatic tension, there.
As far as Nathan goes, that's exactly my issue--we didn't see the build, and the only thing a viewer can react to is what they see. He did see it coming--and he's been trying to prevent it the entire time, a factor which would add to his denial, not help him accept Peter's death. He didn't want it to happen, whether he saw it coming or not. He wouldn't want to have failed.
Because he loves Peter so much, he would hold out on accepting it until the last possible logical moment, even though he's usually a logical man. Denial doesn't immediately shatter--believe me, it doesn't, body or no. He could have responded internally with, "That's not my brother, it can't be my brother," as easily as any of the other reactions I suggested.
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Date: 2007-04-25 08:41 pm (UTC)Chemical sedation isn't easy to break through, loud thoughts or no, and even if he did come out of it enough to listen, he would be spacey, dizzy, disoriented perhaps--hardly fit for escape. That would have been more interesting than what they gave us. As far as his guard goes, he wasn't being supervised, because it took the guy three minutes just to get there. That's not supervision--that's mild preventative measures.
Good point about airport security, but what about Claire and the Haitian? They were able to get fake passports etc, and I would imagine that HRG has contacts built up from his days with the Company. Whether or not they would be willing to work with him whether or not they would hand him over--interesting source of dramatic tension, there.
As far as Nathan goes, that's exactly my issue--we didn't see the build, and the only thing a viewer can react to is what they see. He did see it coming--and he's been trying to prevent it the entire time, a factor which would add to his denial, not help him accept Peter's death. He didn't want it to happen, whether he saw it coming or not. He wouldn't want to have failed.
Because he loves Peter so much, he would hold out on accepting it until the last possible logical moment, even though he's usually a logical man. Denial doesn't immediately shatter--believe me, it doesn't, body or no. He could have responded internally with, "That's not my brother, it can't be my brother," as easily as any of the other reactions I suggested.