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PRODIGAL SON THEORY!! SPOILERS NEXT PARAGRAPH!!
Skipping the explanation: Watkins is the reason why Ainsley is a killer.
John Watkins was Ainsley's "imaginary friend" when she was little. We know Watkins was a killer at that point in his life.
The season 2 teaser also has (I'm assuming) Ainsley as a little girl. She appears to be having a tea party with stuffed animals. There's an empty seat, possibly for an imaginary friend. I think the empty seat is for John Watkins. Reminding us that he visited Ainsley when she was little.
My theory is that Watkins was trying to teach Ainsley about killing. He knew that Martin intended to kill Malcolm, and we know (when Malcolm's an adult) that Watkins wants to make Malcolm a killer.
What if he wanted to make Ainsley a killer because he knew that there wouldn't be a chance to make Malcolm one? Maybe he even brought her animals to practice on.
Since Ainsley was so young when Martin was arrested, (and the tunnel was closed, ending the visits) she wouldn't necessarily remember everything she was taught. But if Watkins did bring her animals to practice on, and if she liked it, some part of Ainsley's subconscious might have remembered what that felt like.
When she slit Endicott's throat, her face is calm. Then there was some time before she stabs him multiple times. When Endicott falls, dead, and she's just standing there, Ainsley isn't ashamed or shocked by what's she's done. She's just calm and is curious why that just happened.
That's not a normal reaction. While her technique doesn't seem professional, her reaction seems like it's not her first time killing.
I think that's because of John Watkins and not because she's Martin Whitley's daughter. Thanks for sitting through that!
Yes!!! Prodigal son was soooo good! Malcolm Bright deserved better. And Ainsley too. The dynamics were so good I’m actually getting irritated again because I had heard the show could have been picked up by Netflix but it never happened😭 so much unresolved plot😭 I’m heartbroken again lol
IT WAS GOING TO BE PICKED UP??? WHAT HAPPENED???😭😭😭
I want my unhinged boi backkk😭
Gil stepping up as a parental figure, like I can't even begin to describe how much I adore found family or in this case the family that chooses you and you love them back. And the dynamic that he shares with his team, especially Edrisa, is very veryyy dear to me like I would fight for them. They are just sooo *incoherent mumbling and crying*
I think this is one of those shows where I genuinely loved the mother, because Jessica Whitly is not a plain character. She has her fears and yet she's just as unhinged if it's about her children or anyone she genuinely cares for. She's sassy too, I love that. I think being sassy and unhinged is a genetic thing in the Whitly family.
As I'm writing about them now, I miss them more. I remember watching it daily when it aired. What made it stand out from most shows, for me, is that it has a protagonist who is utterly haunted but it does not stop him from being absolutely hilarious. In fact, any other show would've made him stoic and something stereotypical. Distanced, so to speak. But everytime he's on screen, it feels like he's alive; we are not mere spectators. We feel his grief, his desperation to be his own person, his love, friendship, everything.
This makes him and every character on this show special.
I'm sooo happy that you decided to talk about this showww😭😭💖💖💖
The memes for this newest episode are fucking fire. 🔥🔥👀👌🏻 Some of you guys have me in tears I’m so proud of this fandom.
So I got my friend into Prodigal Son
