Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25323055-20140819213349/@comment-25273017-20140820173107

Jestermonkey4u wrote: Tbh...I am just waiting until it is said on the show (I don't count #'s) before I consider it fact. I understand that might seem a little ridiculous but it's just a personal preference of mine.

As to why Meredith would put her own name on the list...technically SHE didn't. She only put names that were conveyed via the Banshee network.

"But why wouldn't she omit her name before completing the list?" There is no benefit to doing that since she obviously knew how to "cheat" death.

It seems like some ppl are confusing the origin and meaning of the lists. None of the names were added for any reason other than a Banshee predicted that persons' death. Making the list available to assassins w/ rewards was an intent that went beyond its original conception. I think she might have put herself on the list, because she knew she would "die". Maybe her suicide was fake or planned, or maybe she is going to die, but later.

I also agree, that she is the Benefactor, but being controlled by someone much more superior and evil. She doesn't connect (for now) to Season 1, to Hale Fire, doesn't make sense that she called the Benefactor "he" and that  she helped Lydia with the second cipher key.

The point that some serial killers sometimes put themselves in the middle of investigation or to play game, seems to weak for the plot. If they do that, then I would be REALLY disappointed - because it's not a criminal show. It's a supernatural show.