Teddy: There's a girl...Dolores. Better than I deserve. But maybe someday soon we'll have the life we've both been dreaming of.
Ford: No, you never will. Your job is not to protect Dolores, it's to keep her here
If we take Ford's words literally, 那么Teddy存在的意义就是让Dolores留在镇上...一个奇怪的猜想,也许Teddy并不是Dolores等待的人,而Dolores离开Sweetwater的欲望并不源自对Teddy的爱和对新生活的向往。Teddy只是让她忘记了她要等的人和她的使命(Arnold让她摧毁公园的命令?)
比较一下Dolores的scripted speech的几个变化:
对Teddy:
1. There's a path for everyone, and my path is bound with yours.
2. There's a path for everyone. Your path leads you back to me.
对William:
I used to believe there was a path for everyone. Now I think I never asked where that path was taking me.
还有第五集结尾黑衣人杀Lawrence之前的那句:
As another old friend of mine likes to say, "There's a path for everyone. Your path leads you back to me."