Hi, I started searching online for continnuum discussions to see if others found the numerous interactions, motivations, and plots without conclusion excessive on this show. (I came from reading the posts on television without pity.) It feels as if the writers are setting up multiple scenarios so that when they decide how the season ends they will have had a basis for it somewhere in some episode. However, I feel the point of the show has been complicated and obscured by all the minor conflict.
Flashbacks:
I've begun to question how much of the history in season one and two is applicable to this season, and the flashbacks of the future add to my suspicion. The flashbacks are no longer benign and/or curious and perhaps ominous, they are outright villainous. Keira's future self doesn't behave like she used to in season 1/2. FutureAlec didn't care about futureKeira at all, which is very strange considering that before he was intent on the woman. The way the flashbacks occur no longer seem connected to what keira is currently thinking during a show, but instead comes as an aside. I've wondered if the future that we're seeing this season is actually the one that is generated from this new timeline. The reason Keira seems disconnected from it is because that is the future from which deadKeira came and not the Keira we know.
After this last episode:
Carlos, right now, is incomprehensible with his behavior. He confides in Keira but doesn't seem to trust her. In one episode, I worried he was going to make love to that corpse. Now, he is trying to destabilize Keira/Alec's relationship. Why?? And I too don't understand PironAlec's behavior. I figured that, in the past, Alec resented being used for his abilities by Keira, but submitted to Keira's demands/requests because he was inherently good and believed that what she was doing was right. Also, it was his fault she was sent back in time so he has a resposibility to her. That history doesn't seem to mean much now. Why is Curtis back? He is an uber - all-knowing and all-powerful - with a questionable purpose. It bums me out that he is back.
I miss Alec/Keira's partnership. I miss the arc regarding Julian/Alec's relationship; I was encouraged by their reduced conflict which had intriguing possibilities. I would love to see Sonya find out about Kagame's subterfuge in recruiting her; I think the change to her character and its effect on the future of liber8 interesting. Someone said he/she had liked the idea of a nonviolent Julian as opposed to the ruthless Theseus he was supposed to become, and so do I. I suppose Garza will change that. I like Garza/Keira's temporary peace and I hope it lasts. And this is in response to a comment I had read: didn't Keira give Alec1 to the freelancers so he wouldn't be killed? I thought she had said something to that effect. Unfortunately, that recording was heavily corrupted and I missed much of what happened after Alec1 held a gun? to Alec2.
Well, I've never posted on a show forum so I'll start with that. :) Thanks!