Kind of freakish, though -- he knew way too much about Fahey and his case and how to interact with the cops for having had an hour or two of exposure before taking over Fahey's life.
It is very freakish! I wondered if somehow the killer realized an FBI agent was getting close to making the connection between the missing persons. We don't know exactly when the killer incinerated Rollins, when and who pieced the rental papers together from Rollins' trash (and why leave them on the floor like that?). We know Rollins left his building and killer came back as Rollins. If this is the same building where Finch found Rollins' remains (I assumed it was?), I guess killer got Rollins in there some other way that wasn't on the security footage Carter was watching...
Anyway, the timeline of Rollins' last moments and Agent Fahey's last moments isn't clear. But based on the scene between killer and Finch, we see that the killer can be an adaptable opportunist. And he's willing to kill without taking over someone's identity if it's going to be too much trouble. It's possible Agent Fahey crossed killer's path at the wrong moment, then Carter's call forced the killer into assuming Fahey's identity and he rolled with it.
Btw, I'm not picking apart the ep or the plot or the timeline! I enjoy pondering over what might've happened that we didn't see. Unlike some other shows, I trust PoI and believe that it all hangs together somehow. It's been a while since I've trusted a show this much! *knocks wood*
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Date: 2013-03-10 10:16 pm (UTC)It is very freakish! I wondered if somehow the killer realized an FBI agent was getting close to making the connection between the missing persons. We don't know exactly when the killer incinerated Rollins, when and who pieced the rental papers together from Rollins' trash (and why leave them on the floor like that?). We know Rollins left his building and killer came back as Rollins. If this is the same building where Finch found Rollins' remains (I assumed it was?), I guess killer got Rollins in there some other way that wasn't on the security footage Carter was watching...
Anyway, the timeline of Rollins' last moments and Agent Fahey's last moments isn't clear. But based on the scene between killer and Finch, we see that the killer can be an adaptable opportunist. And he's willing to kill without taking over someone's identity if it's going to be too much trouble. It's possible Agent Fahey crossed killer's path at the wrong moment, then Carter's call forced the killer into assuming Fahey's identity and he rolled with it.
Btw, I'm not picking apart the ep or the plot or the timeline! I enjoy pondering over what might've happened that we didn't see. Unlike some other shows, I trust PoI and believe that it all hangs together somehow. It's been a while since I've trusted a show this much! *knocks wood*