Fay, I got the impression from the conversation between the cop and the nuclear guy that they "knew" he was Haitian but didn't know how. Like it was residue from his influence on them or something, like a mental signature. I don't think we're supposed to know exactly how they both "knew" it, yet.

I also skipped ahead to post this, so apologies for any x-post.

Mind reading cop still swears that HRG turned his powers on, so there's some confusion there.

I don't think there's any possible way that we're expected to believe that any character thought the Haitian was Haitian just by looking at him. That's why I misread your question. How they knew? Dunno. But I'm still convinced.

Popping in to say that all of you who are calling Nathan as Claire's father are, I think, brilliant. I have no idea whether it's true, but I love it.

It did not occur to me that Ted was just guessing that the Haitian dude was Haitian; my assumption, even thought it wasn't shown to me, is that he knew it to be true, though I don't know why he had that knowledge. (I also misunderstood your first post until I got to your clarifying one.)

I don't think it's true. Watching the promo during FNL made me think it was somebody we haven't met yet.

Consuela, someone said that Kripke's comment in the interview was before the show came back to great ratings after the hiatus, so the show is likely as safe as we thought it was.

That's so funny, sumi, because it was watching the promo made me think it was someone we had met. Or, I'm assuming I saw the same promo - I saw it tonight during the recap on Sci-fi.

That's promising, P-C, if true.

I assume this is the right thread to post this: the second and final series of "Life on Mars" starts Tuesday, 13th February at 9pm on BBC1. And it looks as if they're showing the next episode immediately afterwards on BBCFOUR.

sweet! That's a great and crazy show.

Don't you mean Kprinkle?

Yes, indeed.

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