Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20150326202354/@comment-26235944-20150420045632

Grimmaniac wrote: Just to be sure, I checked some of the names from "Nameless" that Renard downloaded on his computer to make sure Harold Gunther wasn't one of those. To save you all some time, it's not one of the names, so it seems he really was a total stranger.

It definitely seemed to me at the time that Renard was becoming possessed or experiencing some sort of déjà vu, but re-watching it again, Renard seemed to watch Harold Gunther flip through his wallet multiple times, almost like he was reliving that specific moment... which of course is similar to how Renard has dreamed of the moment he was shot multiple times. Whatever happened to him seems very likely to be another side effect.

I think you're on to something, Lurkenfrau, with the "dark side" theory. Perhaps he now is vulnerable to having moments where he literally loses himself and all conscious awareness and is taken over by that "dark side", stuck in a senseless state of being, prone to doing evil. Thanks for looking up those names. I wouldn't have thought of that. :) And yeah, it did seem like Renard was suddenly possessed by something, didn't it...when he was looking at that guy flipping through the money in his wallet. It was like it triggered some criminal's memory of a previous robbery, or something. Renard had no memory of hitting the guy or taking his wallet...just like Simon, Hank and Janelle, had no memory of what they did when they were possessed by the Mishipeshu.