Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-2245905-20140806211028/@comment-14168656-20140807204446

HolyDrumstickofLove wrote: One thing has me leaning towards the possibility of Gerard.

It bugs me that no one in the show has suspected him of being the Benefactor. He is basically the only person I know of that seems like an obvious suspect... obvious enough that someone in the show should have asked him a few questions, and yet they have not.

Usually, when someone is such an obvious suspect, everyone in the show suspects that person, and the show uses that as a distraction from the real villain and gives an opportunity to remind you that the character is still there, waiting to strike at a later date.

To me it almost seems a little like they are trying to set it up to be a surprise that Gerard is the Benefactor, so they aren't bringing him into the season, yet.... That or Michael Hogan just isn't being brought in this season.

That makes a lot of sense. The only thing I wouls say is that the only person anyone has acused is Peter, so it's not like they're throwing names around and just conveniently forgetting Gerard. This is the first time they don't seem to be trying to guess who it is.

Styles thought Deaton was the Alpha. Everyone thought Lydia was the Kanima. Styles guessed Matt was the Kanima master, and people thought Argent, or Ms. Morell might have been the Darach.

The Benefactor appeared in Episode 2, and this season it's just like 'yeah there's a Benefactor that wants to kill us all and... " The went 5 episodes with only Kate trying to find out who it is, and no one taking any guesses until Styles suggested it might be Peter. Monday's episode is being set up to the first Pak attempt to figure it out.