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Current Talk '03 I / Re:Angelique's Portrait
« on: May 21, 2003, 07:36:20 PM »Would you mind expounding on this oblique commentary?
With pleasure. But first let me preface what I'm about to say by explaining that I have absolutely no problem accepting anything supernatural that DS might throw at us. When it comes to those aspects of the stories, the show's writers were free to let their imaginations soar and to make up the rules as they went along, and the audience was simply taken along on the ride. However, whenever aspects of the plot crossed over into the "real world," DS was not free to make up its own rules.
Now, bearing that in mind, the Leviathans plot twist that completely defies logic was first introduced in episode #949 when Jeb burst into Collinwood and revealed that Philip "confessed" to all three recent murders. In subsequent episodes, we'll learn that Philip is actually being held in custody. But the thing is, any nut off the street can go into a police station and confess to anything. In order for them to be held for the crime(s), there needs to be actual evidence to connect them. A confession alone is not enough. But at no point during this whole situation is any evidence of that sort referenced. For example, just how was Philip able to carry out such bizarre murders? That sort of evidence needed to be specifically addressed within the story for his confession and arrest to hold any legitimacy - yet we get nothing. But the "best" part in all this is that Philip expresses fears he'll die for three murders he didn't commit. However, there's just one little hitch to that notion - back in 1970 Maine was one of nine states that didn't have capital punishment - the penalty for murder was life in prison. But then, why should such a small detail like reality prevent the DS writers from coming up with any of this, right?
Shame on Violet Welles for first introducing the idea that someone could actually be executed for these murders - and shame on the DS writers as a whole for not making this plot twist believable in any way...