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Re: Trance's Bonsai Tree (Minor Spoilers)

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Gerardo

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Date Posted: 2/01/05 4:18pm
In reply to: Maigrey 's message, "Re: Trance's Bonsai Tree (Minor Spoilers)" on 24/11/04 10:09am

>The tree is a physical way for the writers to show us
>all the different paths Trance attempts, to correct
>the timeline. It's not supposed to be 'magical' but a
>metaphor for the different branches of their
>reality... She went through many [if not thousands] of
>combinations until she found the correct one, which of
>course happened to be the final choice. She could
>backtrack to select another choice - but most seemed
>to end up with her losing at least one member of the
>crew.
>
>There's some nonsense in Season 4 about the necessity
>of protecting the Bonsai, which never made sense. Just
>watch instead and try to enjoy [even through the
>cringeworthy Engle speeches]. So far in S5 the tree
>doesn't appear - but I ain't holding my breath. :)
>
>Maigrey

Also -- look carefully, that same episode. Some branches do grow back all by themselves. Maybe not exactly as before, but that's the whole point, I guess.

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