I love your theories (although cryptic Mister I-Used-to-be-Just-As-Creepy-on-Criminal-Minds-When-I-Screwed-Over-Hotch was talking about something that happened "a long time ago," which might eliminate Alice from the running.) I have a theory. It could be Daleks bunnies ...
And I'm thinking that Rex has more strategic ability as a matter of course than Jack or Gwen. Give the latter two specific tactical things, and they're awesome (and Gwen looked fabulous in that suit!), but they always screw up when they think of the bigger picture. Which may be the reason I love them. At least Esther has the excuse of being a non-field agent newbie.
All affectionate quibbling aside, the acting continues to be top rate, the small personal interactions are fantastic, and RTD and his writing team have turned this into a great piece of speculative fiction; they've imagined at least one realistic response to what Miracle Day might spawn socially and politically.
Well, the long-time-ago in a galaxy far-far-away option would be Gray, but I don't think it's Gray. For one thing, he's not quite as long-long-ago as others, and for another, I'm thinking he blew up when the Hub blew up and that's the last of him. I'm going to bank on Alice for the moment, although I suspect you're right, she's not nearly as long ago as she would need to be.
The problem with the whole scheme coming from Alice--assuming this is a scheme from Alice designed to hurt Jack/kill Jack, is that from everything we know of Jack, he wouldn't actually defend himself. First off, he hates himself for killing Steven. (He'd do it again if her had to, maybe, but still...) second of all, he was completely accepting of Gray burying him for 2000 years (shame they couldn't tie in "being burried for 2000 years" with "Hey, Jack has *wrinkles*!)
Oh, I agree it would be problematic - but at this point, Jack doesn't know it's Alice, so him putting on the defensives isn't out of character. And I agree, I think he'd let Alice kill him, but not at the expense of destroying the planet through everyone else having endless life.
I like your theory of Alice being involved. I re-watched the first three episodes before viewing the fourth, and I noticed 456 was mentioned several times in the first one. I missed it the first time.
As with all my theories, I'm not sure it's actually viable, but I do like it. It would sort of complete Jack's circle, and they've certainly been referencing CoE enough....
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And I'm thinking that Rex has more strategic ability as a matter of course than Jack or Gwen. Give the latter two specific tactical things, and they're awesome (and Gwen looked fabulous in that suit!), but they always screw up when they think of the bigger picture. Which may be the reason I love them. At least Esther has the excuse of being a non-field agent newbie.
All affectionate quibbling aside, the acting continues to be top rate, the small personal interactions are fantastic, and RTD and his writing team have turned this into a great piece of speculative fiction; they've imagined at least one realistic response to what Miracle Day might spawn socially and politically.
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But. Wow. OWWW.
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