"War Stories" observation about Book.

POSTED BY: Cybersnark
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 08:37
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CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:51 AM

Y'know, when some piece of technical jargon or schematics is handed to someone who isn't familiar with that specialty, there tends to be a fairly recognizable response.

They take it, glance at it in the vain hope that it's already been translated into dummy-speak, then a slightly dismissive grunt as they hand it away.

In the beginning of "War Stories," when Book and Simon are having that Shan Yu discussion, Simon makes a point by handing Book a printout of River's brainscan (seems to look kinda like an x-ray, dolled up to show a spiderweb of neural passages). Simon quickly turns away, doing the whole absent-minded genius thing, but note the split-second of Book's reaction that we see (the camera follows Simon).

Book looks at the brain scan. Not a "yes, very nice" look, but an actual "ah, I see" look. He squints a few times, as if he's actually seeing (and making sense of) details. There's also a little brow-furrowing, as if he's trying to recall something that he knows, but is out-of-practice with.

Suddenly I'm thinking it's not just crime and weapons that our "Shepherd" knows a bit about. . .

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

MANTICHORUS

Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:37 AM

It appears our friend the "Shepherd" is more talented than we thought...
All of you working on theories about who "Book" really is, has "Cybersnark's" observation helped (or hindered) your theory?

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