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Cave

posted 9 years ago by shopaholic818
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Who was that scary ass guy in the cave? And did it have magical powers that freshened up Adele and Simon. Was the cave the entrance to Heaven or something? I don't understand why they'd leave their 2 kids behind.

[–] shopaholic818 9 years ago

I don't know if I would. The past 2 were so confusing. Maybe if the truth about Victor (where did he come from) and Lucy (why is she in charge) were going to be revealed in it. And possibly watching Nathan grow up. Otherwise if there's none of the same characters, I don't know why I'd bother. What would the show even be about?

[–] shopaholic818 9 years ago

Sorry, this was supposed to be a new topic.

[–] vilafire 9 years ago

It was Simon in his true form.

[–] karnevilelp 9 years ago

Yes, I think it was Simon as he actually was. Remember when Etienne, Berg and Victor go to The Helping Hand and confront Pierre? Etienne says something like "we have the power to make you see as you want to see us". I doubt many people would want to see a returned loved one as the rotting bit of flesh they are but as they remember them. 

[–] dundundunn 9 years ago

This is why I love the forum so much, because I appear to have missed so damn much in my own viewing! That is a very good explanation, karnvilelp. But do you reckon that the returned also had the power to make themselves appear whole to themselves and each other? Because they seemed rather taken by surprise in Season One when they started to rot.

[–] taknocks 9 years ago

I think you have it backwards. Etienne said that the living saw the undead as they chose to see them (as a threat or not). And we knew that there was a weird person in the cave already from the cameras they lowered down there earlier in the season. I don't think it was Simon.

[–] evelhussey 9 years ago

That was way over my head.

[–] mandycw 9 years ago

I don't agree. I think Simon was waiting for her and the "zombie" she met was more like A guide. Kind of like Charon helping someone cross the river, Styx. ONce she crossed, she was ready for a wedding.

[–] Johnny_Too_Bad 9 years ago

Frankly, I find Adéle's character to be untrustworthy. It is indicated in the first season that she suffered from schizophrenic episodes ever since Simon died, and in the second season, she's seen interacting with Tomas -- who is dead, but not a revenant. When she drops the lighter, it's entirely plausible that the person she sees picking it up is Simon, but she's hallucinating a new form for him. Or, it's one of many returned who live in the tunnels (I feel like the show indicates that the tunnels are the "true home" of the returned). Her eventual marriage to Simon may also be a hallucination, for all we know. We can't trust her psyche, so we can't trust what we see whenever she's on screen.

Also, poor Chloé! Her parents ditch her to get married in a cave? If there's a third season, I hope it picks up with Chloé fifteen years after the events of the first two seasons, or something.