Aren't they all believers in Melisandre's magic. It's worked pretty well, so far.

Malcontents would be the noun form, right?

I know. I'm a little disappointed in his storyline. I'm hoping Arya will just get the hell out of Braavos and never see him again.

I figure once she strikes Trant, she's won't be going back to the Jaqen. She'll go back for her sword.

I hope they're not all just food for some future race of human/alien.

He was in full uniform, which, typically, we didn't see him wearing. I think hat, too. So that could have served to make it more difficult in ascertaining his age.

"The biggest weakness? It would mean Ethan didn’t actually see Theresa and Ben on those gurneys, implying he really is a little crazy. Which would be worrying."

I believe what we have seen on the outside could perhaps be flashbacks.

Nice post. A lot to think about.

Also, not no. We have no idea what actually snatched Pope. Could all be part of a ruse.

Ethan may think it was just 5 weeks ago. What if he and family have been held in stasis for 12 years. Kate says Evan showed up after ten years not having aged a day.

Still think keeping people in some kind of suspended animation for years is what is behind the time perception disorder.

Maybe it was symbolic. As in, he's as much a prisoner as anyone there.

Also, Kate's hair went from short to long in a matter of weeks, so a fair amount of time has passed either way you look at it.

Right. That would mean he was lying about unconscious for years before they brought him out. With next week's preview, I'm not sure if this theory will continue to hold water, though.

He looks a little like Frankenstein.

Or he tried to escape, knowing if he got caught, he'd be killed.

Funny you should say that…there was a scene in which Pope's secretary looked a lot like an older Juliet Lewis.

I thought he found the backpack in the tree because of the map. That was just my assumption. The time thing…I think they might be held in a state of limbo/unconsciousness for years and then brought out and that is why their perception of time is off? Flashbacks to wife and kid could be from the past (when Ethan first…

Couldn't take my eyes off her hip bone. It was the star of that scene, if not the episode.