I'm rewatching, and the entire scene with Nathan and Peter was absolutely awesome. Possibly the awesomest thing in the entire ep for me. Them arguing about letting Peter go, the long lingering explosion, Nathan being knocked away by the blast, Nathan falling limply and me going
oh shit oh shit
he's going to hit the ground and he can't survive that, and then the beauty that was Peter flying from the background and catching him. Just so many kinds of gorgeous and awesome.
(I look past the fact that Peter's clothes survived.)
On a related (but tangential) note, Matt Ruff's
Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls
is a very cool story about two people with MPD falling in love. It's such a great read--twists your brain in unexected ways. Regardless of whether you actually believe in the disorder, I highly recommend the book.
I recommend all of Ruff's books! The man gave us the floating, holographic head of Ayn Rand! Awesome to the nth degree!
But yeah, I think I would have been terribly disappointed if Nikii had just been cured, because every MPD case I've heard tell of has been sort of a twisty road to reintegration, and there's often several personalities that never manifest until things are beginning to order themselves -- places (and it's somewhat instructive to think of the personality as a "place" more than a "person") where various feelings and emotions have been placed to keep them from being destructive, or to keep them safe while the main person was in pain.
Of course, it might not be MPD at all.
Of course, it might not be MPD at all.
This is true, but I'm increasingly inclined to doubt that it's anything but, and the emergence of a new persona seems to clinch it.
(I look past the fact that Peter's clothes survived.)
I was thinking, if they were going to have Peter naked in the episode anyway, wouldn't that have been the most logical place for it? I mean, I'm sure they could've gotten Nathan to cover the naughty bits after the big bang.
Perhaps I should rephrase that.
Well, that bit where the fire burns his shirt off was excellent.
I'm sure they could've gotten Nathan to cover the naughty bits after the big bang. Perhaps I should rephrase that.
No, I think you've got the show about right there.
This is true, but I'm increasingly inclined to doubt that it's anything but, and the emergence of a new persona seems to clinch it.
Well, she WAS working with the evil lab when that happened.
If we ever get the writers back it may turn out the Company made her like this in the first place. Goodness knows she's been useful to them.
