My vote's on explanation #2 with just a dash of #3 (we have no evidence either way on #3. He may well have. That's my story and I'm sticking to it .)
Explanation #1 hadn't honestly occurred to me but that could be the case.
If you later want to tell me that someone was somewhere where I, the viewer, did not see him, you'd better do it just a couple of episodes on, before I forget that I didn't see him where I didn't see him.
Right on. Now, maybe in season two we'll get a flashback that reveals that he was there. But you're right it would have to be soon enough after the ep in question to have the impact. OTOH, there have been tv series where something has happened in one season and than up to a full season later, we got another POV or find out more about what happened, throwing that first episode into a completely new light. I'm afraid in this case they're just going to drop it, either through carelessness or an attempt to keep up the John mystique. Revealing that he was there would in a way weaken that. It could be on purpose, to make the character more frustrating, and therefore prompting all this discussion.
Explanation #1 hadn't honestly occurred to me but that could be the case.
If you later want to tell me that someone was somewhere where I, the viewer, did not see him, you'd better do it just a couple of episodes on, before I forget that I didn't see him where I didn't see him.
Right on. Now, maybe in season two we'll get a flashback that reveals that he was there. But you're right it would have to be soon enough after the ep in question to have the impact. OTOH, there have been tv series where something has happened in one season and than up to a full season later, we got another POV or find out more about what happened, throwing that first episode into a completely new light. I'm afraid in this case they're just going to drop it, either through carelessness or an attempt to keep up the John mystique. Revealing that he was there would in a way weaken that. It could be on purpose, to make the character more frustrating, and therefore prompting all this discussion.
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