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Logan in denial: analysis & season finale predictions
Or: why I think Logan is going to try (and fail) to deal with the Orange Side on his own.
I really loved this little hint towards Future Things in an otherwise fluffy episode. “Sometimes passion makes you act a little silly,” Patton says light-heartedly, but Logan might have made another Connection…
…and I think it’s about his strategy for how to suppress the Orange Side’s influence.
Firstly, let’s go back to the iconic “Stop ignoring me!” moment.
We can see that Logan’s own reaction almost immediately breaks through Orange’s amplification of his frustration, anger, bitterness etc: even before the orange eyes have faded away, Logan displays shock, fear, and remorse. So, Orange’s influence has (for now…) gone as quickly as it came; when Logan speaks to Thomas, the anger from a moment ago has evaporated, replaced instead with a subtle hurt. He’s non-confrontational, softly-spoken—as if hesitant to raise his voice too much after what has just happened.
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