I think there is one more hint, re: Indian Wars, which happens in "Possession," where he talks about the children who were taken away from their tribes, robbed of their identity, and forcibly integrated under names such as "William Sherman," something that obviously affects him a lot. And before that we had Vanessa in the pilot dismantling his "only survivor of Custer's last stand" story by saying he only would have been a child back then, which may or may not connect to his actual background. So I'd say we know there's something here, much like we know there must have been several things that happened in Africa to knit Malcolm and Sembene as tightly together as they are, but we don't quite know what it is, yet.
I would buy shock and denial for the third victim, as well as the inability to leave quickly enough, since it should have been the following night (if they go by the "three nights around the full moon" werewolf rule), but for the stay at Malcolm's house I can offer nothing but the necessity to keep the wolf thing secret - well, as "secret" as it was by that time, since it probably was the non-surprise of that TV year - or plot convenience, which let him arrive just after the full moon, and leave just before the next.
I think the answer to both Ethan and Victor not telling anyone about their problems is massive guilt, as well as fear. Even though he probably wouldn't admit it, Victor seems scared to death of Caliban, and obviously of what he can do - i.e. murdering Van Helsing - and Ethan probably simply cannot abide to admit to himself what he is actually doing, and he's deadly afraid of being chained up like an animal. Ironically enough, since they both think of the other as "innocent," they can't confide in each other - and Sembene is too close to Malcolm, and Dad can't know, of course.
Malcolm having encountered a were being in Africa would make sense. I'm also reminded of the story he told about the lion - there are lots of tales about ferocious, man-eating lions (or tigers, but, wrong continent of course), and maybe he met a more supernatural variety of that.
A suspect apart from Ethan: my first thought was Mr. Hyde, but it could be something more obscure, too. Mostly, there were some details that didn't quite seem to fit with random, beastly attacks: the woman with the little girl was pregnant according to one of the neighbours, and the inspector later elaborates that her uterus was gone, without noting that the police knew she had been expecting. It's obviously a very Ripperesque detail, but it could also be seen as removing evidence of a forbidden relationship.
As for the prostitute, I kept wondering why on earth she would be waiting for a client in such a lonely spot? It's not like you'd expect many men looking for a nice evening to walk through a foggy park to find a prostitute. It seems more likely she was waiting for someone, and while she may have become a victim by chance, she also may have been called their by her murderer.
Two murders that may have happened for a purpose, and were covered up by making them look like Ripper murders. Or else my Christie-schooled mind has been playing tricks on me. *g*
The third ep certainly is a good episode for Victor. I wish I enjoyed Caliban a little more, but even though I know that a lot of his anger is justified, I mostly find him irritating. That makes the Frankenstein storyline a bit of a mixed blessing for me, and I enjoy Victor vastly more when he is with the gang.
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I would buy shock and denial for the third victim, as well as the inability to leave quickly enough, since it should have been the following night (if they go by the "three nights around the full moon" werewolf rule), but for the stay at Malcolm's house I can offer nothing but the necessity to keep the wolf thing secret - well, as "secret" as it was by that time, since it probably was the non-surprise of that TV year - or plot convenience, which let him arrive just after the full moon, and leave just before the next.
I think the answer to both Ethan and Victor not telling anyone about their problems is massive guilt, as well as fear. Even though he probably wouldn't admit it, Victor seems scared to death of Caliban, and obviously of what he can do - i.e. murdering Van Helsing - and Ethan probably simply cannot abide to admit to himself what he is actually doing, and he's deadly afraid of being chained up like an animal. Ironically enough, since they both think of the other as "innocent," they can't confide in each other - and Sembene is too close to Malcolm, and Dad can't know, of course.
Malcolm having encountered a were being in Africa would make sense. I'm also reminded of the story he told about the lion - there are lots of tales about ferocious, man-eating lions (or tigers, but, wrong continent of course), and maybe he met a more supernatural variety of that.
A suspect apart from Ethan: my first thought was Mr. Hyde, but it could be something more obscure, too. Mostly, there were some details that didn't quite seem to fit with random, beastly attacks: the woman with the little girl was pregnant according to one of the neighbours, and the inspector later elaborates that her uterus was gone, without noting that the police knew she had been expecting. It's obviously a very Ripperesque detail, but it could also be seen as removing evidence of a forbidden relationship.
As for the prostitute, I kept wondering why on earth she would be waiting for a client in such a lonely spot? It's not like you'd expect many men looking for a nice evening to walk through a foggy park to find a prostitute. It seems more likely she was waiting for someone, and while she may have become a victim by chance, she also may have been called their by her murderer.
Two murders that may have happened for a purpose, and were covered up by making them look like Ripper murders. Or else my Christie-schooled mind has been playing tricks on me. *g*
The third ep certainly is a good episode for Victor. I wish I enjoyed Caliban a little more, but even though I know that a lot of his anger is justified, I mostly find him irritating. That makes the Frankenstein storyline a bit of a mixed blessing for me, and I enjoy Victor vastly more when he is with the gang.