ETA: I should warn you, if you're going back to read my reviews, that there are spoilers in the early S2 ones and/or their comments for a handful of episodes. It should all straighten out and be spoiler-free around 2x07/08/09, in that area.
Since Jarod raised it, I mean. When little Jarod asked Sydney, I knew Sydney would reject him, though not as harshly as he did--and that he would be lying since I remembered how he reacted to the snow globe and Jarod saying he was his son when he visited Jacob.
Now I think of it, Jacob's and Jarod's names have some similarities. But Sydney didn't name him, did he?
Now I think of it, Jacob's and Jarod's names have some similarities.
That keeps striking me, too, I think mostly because I've been typing them a lot. :) But, no, when Jarod asked if that was even his real name, as I recall, Sydney said he thought so, and that that's what he was told. So any similarity seems to be a coincidence.
I do wonder about names on this show, though, and not just the fact that most of the main characters appear to be missing parts of theirs. They do have some characters with remarkably similar names (e.g. Kyle and Lyle), and I've also noticed that often when there's an important guest character in the B-story, the same first name will show up on a completely different character in the A-story an episode or two later (or possibly vice versa). I can't decide whether there's some deep, hidden meaning there, or whether they're just not very creative with names. :)
I remember Sydney saying that, but he might have decided it was for the best, just as he did when Jarod wanted him to be his father. OTOH I can't imagine him naming a test subject with a name deliberately like his brother's. If he did name Jarod, it might be subconscious. With this show it's hard to tell. His mother called out that she loved him, but I don't think she said his name.
I haven't noticed the reusing of names. I'll have to be more alert. Lyle and Kyle have to be deliberate on the writers' part though.
It's hard to say with this show, but I'm inclined to believe him on that one. Hmm. There may be some confirmation of that later, actually, but I'm not positive.
I haven't noticed the reusing of names. I'll have to be more alert.
Actually, now that I think about it, the examples I remember are from S2, so you don't have to be more alert to catch them, just alert. :)
ETA: I should warn you, if you're going back to read my reviews, that there are spoilers in the early S2 ones and/or their comments for a handful of episodes. It should all straighten out and be spoiler-free around 2x07/08/09, in that area.
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Oops, answered your unedited comment. Yep, I saw that warning in Astro's post. :-)
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Now I think of it, Jacob's and Jarod's names have some similarities. But Sydney didn't name him, did he?
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That keeps striking me, too, I think mostly because I've been typing them a lot. :) But, no, when Jarod asked if that was even his real name, as I recall, Sydney said he thought so, and that that's what he was told. So any similarity seems to be a coincidence.
I do wonder about names on this show, though, and not just the fact that most of the main characters appear to be missing parts of theirs. They do have some characters with remarkably similar names (e.g. Kyle and Lyle), and I've also noticed that often when there's an important guest character in the B-story, the same first name will show up on a completely different character in the A-story an episode or two later (or possibly vice versa). I can't decide whether there's some deep, hidden meaning there, or whether they're just not very creative with names. :)
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I haven't noticed the reusing of names. I'll have to be more alert. Lyle and Kyle have to be deliberate on the writers' part though.
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I haven't noticed the reusing of names. I'll have to be more alert.
Actually, now that I think about it, the examples I remember are from S2, so you don't have to be more alert to catch them, just alert. :)
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