”None of them were larger than he was, but their muscle tone was extraordinary. You’ll understand why I did the things I did.” But you’ll remember this conversation one day, Ethan. Only difference being, I’m aware of this fact, and it’s something you’re going to learn slowly and painfully and at great cost of human life. Even my people in the mountain struggle with the fear. You and I are exceptions, cut from the same cloth. That they have the courage, your fearlessness, your will. ”Your fatal flaw, Ethan, is that you’re under the mistaken impression that people are like you.

He knows from experience that people can’t necessarily handle the truth. If they disobey, then they must pay the price. He throws the biggest tantrum since that other God flooded the Earth.

Pilcher is beyond furious, but then he has a good role model from the God depicted in the Bible. He rips the gossamer from around their eyes and lets them see and experience the full horror of what has happened to their world. Humanity isn’t designed to allow itself to be contented, sooner or later someone is going to come along who wants free will and will do whatever it takes to get it. The thing of it is, no matter what you do, it is impossible to make people happy. He was trying to recreate a 1950s sensibility.

Pilcher has eliminated all the distractions that kept people from interacting face to face, such as the internet, iPads, iPhones, that allowed people to become mired in social media instead of having actual relationships with people. The people are nestled in their Eden, a place called Wayward Pines. The question is, was it meant to be saved? Not as difficult to understand as it has been for other figures throughout history, especially since humanity only exists at this point in time because he made it so. And each of you had to do one thing.ĭavid Pilcher is suffering from a god complex. From the harsh truth of the world that exists beyond the fence. I protected you from the knowledge you couldn’t handle. ”What else could I have possibly done for you people? I gave you food.

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