Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-24781217-20140721063321/@comment-24152851-20140724033744

No problem. I've already stacked up a folder with Scarlett Fever pics which I haven't got round to uploading yet, the episode was just so brilliant. I particularly love that one, because its Scarlett showing her nature, but not yet taking on her creepy appearance.

I'd say Shawn and Sky were probably the first finalists in a long time who truly 'deserved' the win. Everyone keeps saying Mike didn't deserve to win since he wasn't there for half the time (and I have to agree with that).

Now with Jasmine and Manitoba, I've done some extensive analysis on the issue, which I have already posted on Julie's wall as a question, and on the tvtropes WMG page ("Wild Mass Guess", which allows speculation to go wild). I don't think Jasmine is truly Manitoba's wife per se, but due to the excessive similarities they share I think there's definitely a connection between them. One of the reasons why everyone hates Mike (other than being offensive) is because his portrayal is unrealistic (putting on a hat and turning into an Australian Indiana Jones). So I've been trying to shed some realism by coming up with viable explanations, here's what I think is going on with Manitoba and Jasmine: With what I've found from a little research on MPD/DID, so called "alternate personalities" (or more accurately "identities") arise whenever a person is exposed to excessive stress (typically some kind of trauma), so severe that the only way the mind can cope is to have the main identity retreat into the subconscious (as a natural defense mechanism). A new identity will take the place of the old one and have its own set of memories and awareness (probably related to what "created" them in the first place), and if there is sufficient exposure to the stress and enough time the identity will become pronounced enough and breakoff into a completely new individual. What I suspect has happened with Mike is, while he was visiting Australia, he experienced some kind of stress/trauma which somehow involved Jasmine. Most likely she saved his life, and so what his mind has gone and done is modeled the new personality after her, taking on all of her mannerisms, personality, and skills. If Jasmine's surname truly is "Smith" then his mind would've taken that as well. Also, since Manitoba's so similar to Jasmine (and being the reason for his instigation) he would very likely have developed affection to her, and might even have believed her to be his wife. Jasmine may or may not be aware of what he thinks, but nonetheless would've had some integral interaction and involvement. Maybe she even played along in being his wife in order to help him through that period of time.