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ok, jason has given me permission to discuss his theory, which was that yorick's girlfriend beth is actually a man. he's basing this on the two dreams sequences that feature beth as well as the phone conversation where she had something important to tell yorick (but he interrupted her w/ a marriage proposal). i was inclined to scoff at this theory--first of all, i just figured beth was going to dump yorick for another guy or something, and second of all, i just can't see dc (even vertigo) doing something that radical (of course, there is always a first time, and nbc did it with freaks and geeks to some extent). i was piqued by the idea though, which is half the reason i went back to reread the entire series to date (i'm glad i did for other reasons--really, i'd lost the flow of the story and nearly forgotten about the apparent importance of the amulet of helene).

however, except for the first dream sequence, i don't think there's much to support this idea (yet). jason's right--in his first dream about beth, she warns him not to find her, saying, "you know why," and then dying a bloody vomity death--the same way the plague victims are shown to have died. but the second dream sequence, in arizona, features beth dying from an attack by a weird sci-fi looking wild animal--it claws open her gut, pretty much, which really doesn't seem to relate to the plague or her masculinity in any way.

still, the series has pulled more than a few surprises so far, so this is definitely something to keep in mind, and mad props to jason if he's right . . . keen eye, babe!