Everyone is buzzing about Eye Candy and who the Flirtual Killer could be. I think we are over looking one important person — Bubonic. After last week’s episode it is clear that Lindy and Bubonic go way back and he enters her life at the same time Tommy and Ben do.
Lindy seems to the think the killer is someone she met on Flirtual but what if it is all a cover for Bubonic to make his triumphant return? Clearly Bubonic has a reason to get back at the police department and what better way than to create a serial killer that is almost impossible to find and mocks what they do. The likelihood that Bubonic is also behind Babylon is also pretty high. Let’s face it, whoever is running that black site has to be a genius with a computer.
Bubonic wants revenge. His girlfriend was killed when Tommy and Ben were trying to catch him, what better way to get revenge than use Lindy. Ben loved Lindy which interfered with Bubonic’s plot to gain her affections, so he had to go. Plus, after last week’s episode Ben might have been the only one left at the Cyber Crimes unit that she would have trusted.
Bubonic has the most to gain by separating Lindy from Tommy and Cyber Crimes and what better way to do that than to reveal that they were using her. This revelation leaves Lindy angry and essentially unprotected as she wants nothing to do with Tommy any more. Bubonic also has the skills to leave the trail of bread crumbs for Lindy to find her case file.
The Flirtual Killer is constantly referring to Lindy as perfect. Lindy has not only met Bubonic but she knows what he looks like. She has had many opportunities to turn him in and she hasn’t. For Bubonic, what could be more perfect? S
he doesn’t hide behind something false or pretend to be something she is not. Lindy puts everything on the line without pretense. During her first meeting with Bubonic he says she is the best and that he had been watching her much like the Flirtual Killer does now. Bubonic may feel like Lindy is a kindred spirit and seeks to make a connection with her by showing how similar they are. She is also kind of a bad-ass when it comes to computers so that has to be appealing to Bubonic the hacktivist.
One final thought: what if Hamish is their older brother? Seriously, think about their meeting, they clearly know each other and Bubonic is cool with Hamish knowing who he is and what he looks like. Hamish is also the one sensationalizing stories about the Flirtual Killer, or he and Bubonic could easily be working together.
Eye Candy airs tonight on MTV and the killer will be revealed.