Am I missing anybody? Let me know if I’m missing anybody.
This includes–I think–three times in which the other characters think the character is dead but the audience knows all along that they’re alive (Eleanor, Flint, and Silver); and three times in which the other characters and the audience are all led to believe that the character is dead (Vane, Billy, and Thomas; with Billy, the audience finds out that he’s alive before the other characters do but we still spend a few episodes thinking that he has drowned).
I’m not sure where I’m going with this, really, but it’s an interesting pattern. Also, the first season took place in the time leading up to Easter Sunday–the resurrection themes continue…
Aaaaand to round out the post, some Wild Speculation about Flint’s Treasure Island fate, which I’m sticking under a cut:
My thoughts on Thomas Hamilton possibly being alive are:
Thomas Hamilton did not deserve to have his father turn on him, have his close friend betray him, be torn away from the two people he loved most in the world and be chucked into an awful place where he eventually died so if the writers are going down the route of “he was smuggled out of the country and is just keeping a low profile and will be eventually reunited with the love of his life and they’ll both finally be happy at last.” then GOOD.
I think this would be evidence that Thomas is actually NOT alive – surely Lord Fuckface would have told Flint he was alive to try and save his own skin at the end of Season 2?
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