One thing I noticed was that the mirror Ben broke was whole when he put it on the truck, so was his vision only a vision, and he saw a broken mirror where there was none - or did he restore the mirror?
I don't think he can restore things that aren't alive, so presumably he saw the mirror as broken in reflection to Justin breaking the mask. There seems to be a theme of shattered masks and mirrors going on this season - Justin saw Ben in the mirror earlier too (emerging from himself).
If Iris goes to jail, will that have the effect of increasing Justin's flock, drawn to the martyr whose sister betrayed him?
That's one possibility, and I thought the most likely... until I stumbled, just now, across another intriguing theory. We saw in season 1 that Justin could influence his psychiatrist's writing. (I.e. the psychiatrist thought he was writing one thing but in reality was writing another.) And who was writing down Iris' confession? Tommy Dolan, in his handwriting, not Iris or a policeman. In theory, it's possible that Justin is going to frame Dolan for the murders by having induced him to write down what Dolan thinks is Iris' confession, but will read as his own. We'll see next episode, I presume. In any case, if Iris does go to jail I want my jail scenes. I'd miss her if she weren't on the show anymore.
There's a new housekeeper, it appears, in the home, so is the second maid gone like the first? Will Justin continue that trend, or turn to other sources for release? Will he become even more tightly self-contained without his sister's unwavering support, or begin to embroil Tommy Dolan further?
Three things: 1) If he continues to have sex with girls that drives them insane the morning after, it's bound to come out, and with Iris no longer covering for him, it could result in a big scandal before the church he's building is ever finished. I don't think Dolan would/could cover that up for him, either. 2) On the other hand, having the insanity inducing sex with helpless housemaid might have been the direct result of Iris being in his immediate proximity, either because having sex with Iris herself is the one line he won't cross, or because he wanted to punish her for the children. Which is now over, too.
3) And thirdly, it could be that he subconsciously behaves that way because he wants the news to get out, because he wants someone to stop him, just as he asked Norman to kill him before it's too late in the season 1 finale. Might be why he rubbed the housemaid sex in Norman's face, too. Assuming Norman will recover from the stroke one day, next time perhaps he won't hesitate.
I wonder if Apollonia had minor powers before she was raped, and if Sofie's presence strengthened them like a battery charger? As Sofie grew, refusing to accept that she herself had power, might she have pushed her abilities into her mother as you say, and now they are returning to her?
That would be my theory. Apollonia was gifted, but Sofie has the full powers, and now that Apollonia is no longer around to subconsciously channel them into, she has to deal with them herself. Which, btw, also fits with what the gospel-bringing guy told Justin - that the previous generation has to die before the new prophet can achieve his full power. Sofie, who had the prophet dream, too, is the only one of the three whose parent of the same sex (and that's apparently where the power lies) is definitely dead now. So she, as opposed to Justin and Ben, has come into her full power.
Why Scudder left the carnival - running away from Management? Because Management didn't always run the carnival, as Samson reminded us. Presumaly Management bought it specifically to track down Scudder.
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I don't think he can restore things that aren't alive, so presumably he saw the mirror as broken in reflection to Justin breaking the mask. There seems to be a theme of shattered masks and mirrors going on this season - Justin saw Ben in the mirror earlier too (emerging from himself).
If Iris goes to jail, will that have the effect of increasing Justin's flock, drawn to the martyr whose sister betrayed him?
That's one possibility, and I thought the most likely... until I stumbled, just now, across another intriguing theory. We saw in season 1 that Justin could influence his psychiatrist's writing. (I.e. the psychiatrist thought he was writing one thing but in reality was writing another.) And who was writing down Iris' confession? Tommy Dolan, in his handwriting, not Iris or a policeman. In theory, it's possible that Justin is going to frame Dolan for the murders by having induced him to write down what Dolan thinks is Iris' confession, but will read as his own. We'll see next episode, I presume. In any case, if Iris does go to jail I want my jail scenes. I'd miss her if she weren't on the show anymore.
There's a new housekeeper, it appears, in the home, so is the second maid gone like the first? Will Justin continue that trend, or turn to other sources for release? Will he become even more tightly self-contained without his sister's unwavering support, or begin to embroil Tommy Dolan further?
Three things: 1) If he continues to have sex with girls that drives them insane the morning after, it's bound to come out, and with Iris no longer covering for him, it could result in a big scandal before the church he's building is ever finished. I don't think Dolan would/could cover that up for him, either.
2) On the other hand, having the insanity inducing sex with helpless housemaid might have been the direct result of Iris being in his immediate proximity, either because having sex with Iris herself is the one line he won't cross, or because he wanted to punish her for the children. Which is now over, too.
3) And thirdly, it could be that he subconsciously behaves that way because he wants the news to get out, because he wants someone to stop him, just as he asked Norman to kill him before it's too late in the season 1 finale. Might be why he rubbed the housemaid sex in Norman's face, too. Assuming Norman will recover from the stroke one day, next time perhaps he won't hesitate.
I wonder if Apollonia had minor powers before she was raped, and if Sofie's presence strengthened them like a battery charger? As Sofie grew, refusing to accept that she herself had power, might she have pushed her abilities into her mother as you say, and now they are returning to her?
That would be my theory. Apollonia was gifted, but Sofie has the full powers, and now that Apollonia is no longer around to subconsciously channel them into, she has to deal with them herself. Which, btw, also fits with what the gospel-bringing guy told Justin - that the previous generation has to die before the new prophet can achieve his full power. Sofie, who had the prophet dream, too, is the only one of the three whose parent of the same sex (and that's apparently where the power lies) is definitely dead now. So she, as opposed to Justin and Ben, has come into her full power.
Why Scudder left the carnival - running away from Management? Because Management didn't always run the carnival, as Samson reminded us. Presumaly Management bought it specifically to track down Scudder.