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* "Spiders" is highly symbolic, not just in terms of neo-Nazis, but also in terms of insects. The name of one of the victims in the episode is Nora Mariposa. Mariposa is [[BilingualBonus Spanish for "Butterfly"]]. And the name of her killer? Spider. Earlier on, Spider symbolically mentions that without spiders, mosquitoes and flies would over run the earth, meant to symbolize their perceived enemies. But Nora wasn't a fly or a mosquito, she was a Mariposa (hence a butterfly). Butterflies help the earth. By killing her, Spider symbolically proves he and his group are hurting society more than they are helping it.

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* "Spiders" is highly symbolic, not just in terms of neo-Nazis, but also in terms of insects. The name of one of the victims in the episode is Nora Mariposa. Mariposa is [[BilingualBonus Mariposa is Spanish for "Butterfly"]]."butterfly"]]. And the name of her killer? Spider. Earlier on, Spider symbolically mentions that without spiders, mosquitoes and flies would over run overrun the earth, Earth, meant to symbolize their perceived enemies. But Nora wasn't a fly or a mosquito, she was a Mariposa (hence a butterfly). Butterflies help the earth.Earth. By killing her, Spider symbolically proves he and his group are hurting society more than they are helping it.
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* "Spiders" is highly symbolic, not just in terms of neo-Nazis, but also in terms of insects. The name of one of the victims in the episode is Nora Mariposa. Mariposa is Spanish for "Butterfly". And the name of her killer? Spider. Earlier on, Spider symbolically mentions that without spiders, mosquitoes and flies would over run the earth, meant to symbolize their perceived enemies. But Nora wasn't a fly or a mosquito, she was a Mariposa (hence a butterfly). Butterflies help the earth. By killing her, Spider symbolically proves he and his group are hurting society more than they are helping it.

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* "Spiders" is highly symbolic, not just in terms of neo-Nazis, but also in terms of insects. The name of one of the victims in the episode is Nora Mariposa. Mariposa is [[BilingualBonus Spanish for "Butterfly"."Butterfly"]]. And the name of her killer? Spider. Earlier on, Spider symbolically mentions that without spiders, mosquitoes and flies would over run the earth, meant to symbolize their perceived enemies. But Nora wasn't a fly or a mosquito, she was a Mariposa (hence a butterfly). Butterflies help the earth. By killing her, Spider symbolically proves he and his group are hurting society more than they are helping it.
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** Probably a long uphill battle of controversy. All the same, it would be better if the school got it over with, rather than continue letting more bright promising students taint their minds with his warped teachings.

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** Probably a long uphill battle of controversy. All the same, it would be better if the school got it over with, with and ripped off the metaphorical band-aid, rather than continue letting more bright promising students taint their minds with his warped teachings.
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* "Spiders" is highly symbolic, not just in terms of neo-Nazis, but also in terms of insects. The name of one of the victims in the episode is Nora Mariposa. Mariposa is Spanish for "Butterfly". And the name of her killer? Spider. Earlier on, Spider symbolically mentions that without spiders, mosquitoes and flies would over run the earth, meant to symbolize their percieved enemies. But Nora wasn't a fly or a mosquito, she was a Mariposa (hence a butterfly). Butterflies help the earth. By killing her, Spider symbolically proves he and his group are hurting society more than they are helping it.

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* "Spiders" is highly symbolic, not just in terms of neo-Nazis, but also in terms of insects. The name of one of the victims in the episode is Nora Mariposa. Mariposa is Spanish for "Butterfly". And the name of her killer? Spider. Earlier on, Spider symbolically mentions that without spiders, mosquitoes and flies would over run the earth, meant to symbolize their percieved perceived enemies. But Nora wasn't a fly or a mosquito, she was a Mariposa (hence a butterfly). Butterflies help the earth. By killing her, Spider symbolically proves he and his group are hurting society more than they are helping it.



* "Mindhunters". All of the killer's victims had survived previous attacks. Can you imagine the fright they must have felt at realizing they were going to go through yet ''another'' such experience, and even worse, that they ''weren't'' going to survive this time? Especially the 14-year old girl who had escaped an AttemptedRape by spraying her attacker with tear gas. The terror she must have felt when it didn't work in this instance (he'd purchased a gas mask in anticipation of her using it) must have been tremendous.

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* "Mindhunters". All of the killer's victims had survived previous attacks. Can you imagine the fright they must have felt at realizing they were going to go through yet ''another'' such experience, and even worse, that they ''weren't'' going to survive this time? Especially the 14-year old 14-year-old girl who had escaped an AttemptedRape by spraying her attacker with tear gas. The terror she must have felt when it didn't work in this instance (he'd purchased a gas mask in anticipation of her using it) must have been tremendous.



* What is going to happen to the college that the killer in "Spiders" taught at once the media find out what he is and what he has been teaching.

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* What is going to happen to the college that the killer in "Spiders" taught at once the media find out what he is and what he has been teaching.teaching?



* "Joseph". A counselor begins on inappropriate relationship with one of her teenage clients. Bad enough, but it's implied that part of the reason she's attracted to him is because he reminds her of her late son. Which begs the question of what the hell did she do to HIM?

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* "Joseph". A counselor begins on an inappropriate relationship with one of her teenage clients. Bad enough, but it's implied that part of the reason she's attracted to him is because he reminds her of her late son. Which begs the question of what the hell did she do to HIM?



** I believe that's meant to be the suggestion. Her comment about "If I died tomorrow, no one would know or even care" implies that, apart from the group in the house, she really doesn't have anyone. She probably had coworkers and neighbors but not necessarily who were close enough to notice right off the bat, and Johanna could have "changed" jobs and moved before she could do or say anything to make someone suspicious.

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** I believe that's meant to be the suggestion. Her comment about "If I died tomorrow, no one would know or even care" implies that, apart from the group in the house, she really doesn't have anyone. She probably had coworkers and neighbors but not necessarily who were close enough to notice right off the bat, and Johanna could have "changed" jobs and moved before she could do or say anything to make someone suspicious.
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** They specifically use era-appropriate camera work in episodes where it's realistic that someone would be filming. It's a stylistic choice for certain episodes that would have lost its effectiveness if it was used every time.

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** They specifically use era-appropriate camera work in episodes where it's realistic that someone would be filming. It's a stylistic choice for certain episodes that would have lost its effectiveness if it was used every time.time.
* The detectives always respond as if they've seen the exact same flashbacks the viewers did. They know details the person had no logical reason to include (even if you're not hiding anything, even if you have total recall, there wouldn't be a point to mention every little thing). The victim's husband in "Schadenfreude" had no reason to mention that the phone rang twice and hung up the last time he talked to his wife; even if he noticed it at the time and remembered it years later, he had no way of knowing it was relevant, but thank goodness he did, because it tied into another suspect's earlier statement (who ''also'' had no reason to include that he planned on ringing twice and hanging up as a signal to the victim he'd be coming over, but thank goodness he included that detail). It gets to absurd levels when the detectives ask things like "Who was the blond girl at the door?" and the witness easily names them. It means they made a statement that said "A girl with blond hair was standing in the doorway" instead of saying something like "I noticed one of my former students, Chelsea, standing in the doorway." If the audience can't get the information from the flashback, the detectives didn't get the information in the statement, even when it makes no sense.
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** I believe that's meant to be the suggestion. Her comment about "If I died tomorrow, no one would know or even care" implies that, apart from the group in the house, she really doesn't have anyone. She probably had coworkers and neighbors but not necessarily who were close enough to notice right off the bat, and Johanna could have "changed" jobs and moved before she could do or say anything to make someone suspicious.

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