Thought we'd check in on Terra Nova. There's going to be a long author's note at the end.
Jim Shannon was worried. Some people might say that this was nothing new, but this wasn't the average kind of worried. This was worried bordering on deeply concerned.
And the cause of Jim's worry? Commander Nathaniel Taylor.
The man who sought to secure humanities second chance appeared as he always had; strong and unshakeable. But Jim knew better. Underneath the hard exterior was a man who was barely holding himself together.
They had wrested Terra Nova from their enemies' grasp and had managed to rebuild it to its former glory, but it wasn't the same. There were too many faces missing, too many lives that would never be the same.
Jim's heart clenched at the thought of one of those faces.
A strikingly beautiful face that had belonged to a woman that was the epitome of strength and courage. A woman who had sacrificed herself to save his family.
Wash.
It had been four months and her absence was still felt throughout the colony. There wasn't a day that went by that he didn't think of her and wonder if he could've done something, anything, to save her. And seeing Taylor everyday didn't help.
It wasn't enough that he had been betrayed by his own son, but added to that was the fact that said son had killed someone who had meant so much to him. Executed her in cold blood whilst he had been forced to stand by and do nothing.
Even worse was that they hadn't found her body, so they couldn't even give her a decent burial. They had searched the entirety of Terra Nova and every person, dead and alive, had been accounted for except for her.
Jim's stomach rolled and his hands shook with rage. It had been a crushing blow to not be able to find her, and the only conclusion they could reach was that the bastards had thrown her body outside the gates. He couldn't bear to think about what the local wildlife would've done to her.
That was the last straw for Taylor. He had closed himself off from everyone. He was still a formidable presence in the colony, always standing on the balcony of the command centre and watching over everything. But he rarely mingled with the people the way he used to.
Any light-heartedness that used to surround him was gone. He was a soldier, nothing more and nothing less. Elisabeth had been the first to notice. Everyone else had been struggling with their own shock and grief, looking to Taylor to be their rock, not seeing the change that had overtaken him. But Elisabeth, with her doctor's eyes, had seen and understood.
She had tried to speak with him, tried to get him to talk, but it was like going up against a brick wall. That's when she had turned to her husband.
"It's not healthy, Jim. He won't let himself grieve. He's shut everyone out. He barely eats and we both know he's not sleeping. If he keeps going like this I'm going to have to ban him from going OTG. He's going to get himself killed."
Jim looked at his wife with weary eyes. "I know Elisabeth, but what do you want me to do?"
"Talk to him!"
"And say what? I'm sorry that your son is a homicidal psychopath who hates your guts and murdered your friend, but hey! Shit happens!"
He could feel all the anger, the frustration of the last months building in him, getting ready to explode. Why? After everything that they had gone through to get a second chance why did life have to throw this at them?
Elisabeth placed a gentle hand on his arm. "I know it's hard. I miss her too. We owe her so much, which is why we need to put our own anger and grief aside and help the Commander. We can't let him go on like this. If Wash were here she would say the same thing."
Jim closed his eyes, trying to hold the tears at bay. When he opened them again there was such sadness there that it broke Elisabeth's heart.
"If Wash were here this wouldn't be happening."
Sorry about this but I have been going over this in my mind and it's driving me crazy!
The finale just aired in Australia (I cheated and watched it online) and my Dad saw it. He enjoyed it but he didn't understand why they killed Wash. I told him the theory of her still being alive and he said it was possible, and I was glad to hear that it wasn't only us Wash fans that couldn't see any reason for her death. It got me thinking (dangerous, I know).
Simone said on Twitter that she doesn't know why they killed Wash. If Wash is really dead (God, I hope not!) then the writers must've had a reason so why wouldn't they tell her? I mean, you usually have to have a reason for killing off any character, especially such a great one. And you usually tell the actor/actress (why wouldn't you?).
The only explanation I can come up with is that Wash isn't dead. Simone can't tell us that so she says she doesn't know. Some people on FB seem to accept that she is dead but no matter how hard I try I can't because I can't think of a single reason why they would've gotten rid of her. I'm surprised that fans on Twitter haven't asked Paul Grellong and Jose Molina (the writers) why they killed Wash. I would be very interested in what they had to say.
What do you guys think? Am I making any sense or have I actually been driven mad by a tv show?
