Haven 5x07 Nowhere Man

Oct 25, 2014 20:57

I really liked this ep. Hands down, it's my favourite of the season so far. I'm not sure why, exactly, since it's a "been there, done that" theme in sci fi; maybe because Audrey was finally back, maybe because it was a Nathan ep where it was actually about Nathan and not about him angsting over Audrey trapped in Mara's mind/body/whatever (which, y'know, I don't mind everyone centering everything around The Girl every once in a while, but that particular storyline was getting kind of old), maybe because it was reminiscent of S1, what with Audrey, Nathan, and Duke being the focus (no Vince, Dave, or Dwight). Regardless, something about this ep worked for me.

That being said, a couple of reasoning flaws:
* Mara shouldn't have proved that she and Audrey aren't connected. Once they find a way to bring Nathan back, she's lost her main bargaining chip
* why didn't Audrey point out to Mitchell et al that if she really were able to control the Troubles, she would bring Nathan back? (Although now that I think about it, if they believe she's Mara, Mara wouldn't care about Nathan. So I guess I just answered my own question.)

I actually considered last week that if Mara and Audrey are separate people, and Mara's the one who's immune to the Troubles, then maybe Audrey's not immune anymore. But then I dismissed that theory because Nathan was wrapped around her naked body and didn't say anything about not being able to feel her, so there went that thought. BUT I WAS RIGHT. I don't get to say that very often about this show. ;)

Current theory regarding the Trouble of the Week: Morgan's fiancée is the photographer Audrey talked to at the Farmer's Market, and it's her (and her camera) who causes people to flash into nothingness. Morgan knows but doesn't want others to know. Afraid of retribution against his fiancée, maybe? So he killed Glenn because he doesn't want Nathan to solve the problem.

"You saved me, Nathan," she tells him, and she doesn't mean saving her from Mara; at least, not entirely. If not for Nathan, Audrey Parker wouldn't exist anymore. She'd be lost to the barn, one of a dozen personalities that's fallen by the wayside over the centuries, whiling away the twenty-seven years until she emerged with all new memories that didn't even belong to her.

He's saved her, in ways that she can't even put into words, and none of it is worth anything if she loses him.

...now, if I can just find a way to turn that into an entire fic.

Well played, Haven. Now let's keep it up next week, mmkay?

(still spoiler free, please and thank you!)

fandom: nathan/audrey fic, fandom: haven

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