Yay! And I'm excited that someone knows Murphy is a way cooler visitor than Sister Pete. Yeah, Murphy deserved so much more screen time than he got, and if that extra time had been spent macking on a hot guy, I wouldn't have objected. (How about a little fling or gentle flirtation with Toby's dad? They were the two best men in the show; it would have been so sweet.) He hits so many of my kinks: honourable guy who'll stand by his code of ethics, big doofy blue collar guy who's way more perceptive than people give him credit for... Him and Elliot could be good friends, if it wouldn't give Toby a nervous breakdown.

I like that the show never resolved whether Toby got convicted for Chris. I'm sure Toby would blame himself. For starters, Toby never met a bit of guilt he couldn't carry; for seconds, who wouldn't be wracked with guilt after watching their lover suicide moments after rejection? Though I could imagine that eventually, Chris might be the one death he comes to peace with.

I was super-happy when I re-watched and saw that Murphy was the one to pull Toby off the railing. :-) Assuming Murphy wasn't watching at the exact moment, I could well believe he would believe Toby did it. Actually, cognitive illusions are kind of a fascination of mine, so I could well believe that even if he was watching, he could believe Toby did it. With all the yelling before, and Chris yelling his protest as he went over, and all the history of violence... Hell, even Pete thought it was reasonably likely.

I made sure that when Elliot first asked about Chris, Toby snapped at him to shut him up. From there, I'm sure Elliot learned to be careful whenever he poked. God, there's so much ugliness to creep out, I had to keep a special section in my scene-plotting for ugly revelations. I don't think Elliot knows how Harrison died, either.

Thank you, vanillalime! I love your comments.

S.