Why was Armin Silva videotaping Fauxlivia?

[crocodilian]

Watching the 3.13 again, and knowing that Silva's not infecting her, that action becomes mysterious.

Was he perhaps intending to infect her, and then realized either that she was pregnant or that there was some other reason to be the host himself?

Silva was devoted to his ego, his immortality-- why wasn't he videotaping himself?

Was there something else in the water he gave her, something that wasn't the bug?

Big question mark.

[Rekka]

I'd need to watch it again, but didn't he sit in the seat where Fauxlivia had been in? I think he was using her to focus the camera in preparation to videotape himself in his moment of glory.

It was mostly a tool to fool with the audience, too.

[JodyA]

Most likely he was setting up for his historical moment in giving "birth" to his legacy. Fauxlivia was probably his witness so that she could tell others what really happened. If you look at his face right after Fauxlivia hurls, he looks a bit confused. He never expected the police to arrive. Apparently he put the cuffs on Fauxlivia loose enough for her to eventually break free. Silva never intended leaving that place alive. But he was taking a big chance that Fauxlivia wouldn't freak out and squish the bug as it hatched! :)

[crocodilian]

Most likely he was setting up for his historical moment in giving "birth" to his legacy. Fauxlivia was probably his witness so that she could tell others what really happened. If you look at his face right after Fauxlivia hurls, he looks a bit confused.

Yes, I caught that on the second viewing. She upchuks 'cuz she's pregnant. presumably. Surprises Silva, because he has no reason to think that there's anything wrong with her.


I'd need to watch it again, but didn't he sit in the seat where Fauxlivia had been in? I think he was using her to focus the camera in preparation to videotape himself in his moment of glory.

Doesn't seem that way . . .

He is setting up his camera, focused on Olivia and the chair she's handcuffed to . . .

It does look like he was setting up to film for posterity, and then Fauxlivia drops in accidentally, but so why does he set up camera on her?

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[Rekka]

Doesn't seem that way . . .

He is setting up his camera, focused on Olivia and the chair she's handcuffed to . . .

She wasn't handcuffed to the chair; only her hands were handcuffed. When the Fringe boys came to rescue her, Frank takes her away to the hospital, which leaves Lincoln with the dude.


It does look like he was setting up to film for posterity, and then Fauxlivia drops in accidentally, but so why does he set up camera on her?Sorry, I don't have time to make a screengrab right now, but he definitely is sitting in the seat Fauxlivia had been sitting in; take a look around the 37 minute marker. He fully intended on capturing his final moments on camera and to make tell the whole world he was sorry for killing those innocent people--but it was all for this: to cultivate a cure for the avian flu (that is why he needed to test the camera angles, etc. on Fauxlivia; to make sure the lighting and everything was *just* right aka perfect). And with the video proving everything, he will become immortal.

[crocodilian]

He fully intended on capturing his final moments on camera and to make tell the whole world he was sorry for killing those innocent people--but it was all for this: to cultivate a cure for the avian flu (that is why he needed to test the camera angles, etc. on Fauxlivia; to make sure the lighting and everything was *just* right aka perfect). And with the video proving everything, he will become immortal.

OK, your explanation of the camera work makes sense to me.

I will say that we don't actually know that what he was working on was a cure for the avian flu. That is what he once was working on-- most likely he still is, but he doesn't actually say so.

[JodyA]

The camera on Fauxlivia can also be a way the show is showing "reflection" or parallel to our Olivia. Faux is getting a taste of what it would be like to be a "lab rat". Our Olivia was experimented on while Faux only believes she was. At least she gets what it's like now.

[capri]

The guy was setting up the camera to immortalize his breakthrough, fOlivia crash landed on his desk so he handcuffed her and sat her on the chair till she recovered. That's all. At worse he would just have fOlivia witness his breakthrough, nothing else.The ambiguity was basically there to create the is fOlivia infected no she's pregnant tension.

[Ryan Trevisol]

Additionally, he was video and/or audiotaping his research . . . obviously he intended for someone else to continue his research after he was gone.