The Dogs of "Beware of the Dog"

[Guest revelations1_1]

After the 1st dead dog is taken from the street, I have to lean toward replacement rather than resurrection. I believe there is an "Evil One" at work here. The tendencies of the the show up to this episode is that Frank has been studying evil. When Frank is attacked by the dogs (but not killed) I felt that a warning was issued by the Evil One that, now, he has turned his eye upon Frank for a soon-to-come final battle between good and evil. Kind of a "throw down". . .

[Raven Wolf]

Good point!!!

Your post also made me think of an old Native American belief... that if you are bitten by an animal, and survived, that you then are bestowed with the Power of that animal. It becomes your "Totem". So, in this way, Frank is "baptized" by the evil energy that had been manifesting.

[Earthnut]

Erin, yes, I had forgotten that. BuI have always understood that we have our own animal totem from birth. Does this mean you have the power of both animals?

[Libby]

Tom: I really need to rewatch this episode, because the scene that's currently uppermost in my mind is when the Old Man is pushing Frank towards the dogs surrounding his shack. There's something there that I don't understand - from memory, the dogs are passive, yet Frank reacts as though he's recognising something that's not obvious.

Erin: That Native American belief sounds a lot like the basics of smallpox vaccination - that taking in a small, survivable, amount of the power of the disease gives the strength to resist any further infections. Maybe that's what the Old Man was doing to Frank.

[Earthnut]

Oh my gosh, Libby, yes, I too need to watch this episode again, especially that one scene. There is definitely more going on then I remember.

So far resurrected is still in the lead.

[Guest revelations1_1]

Libby: I am gleefully glad your memory took you to that particular scene. That is another point to my previous post. The dogs (manifestations of the Evil One), in the scene you are thinking, are telling Frank "we know who you are and we are watching you". The dogs knew who Frank was in the earlier scene. The scene later (the one in your mind) is the vice versa, when Frank realizes what the dogs are. The writing in this series is Top 3 of all-time in my mind. Superb!!

[seesthru]

I voted resurrected, but really it's both and neither. I don't think it' keeps the same bofy, but is the same spirit.. It doesn't get a new body either. It materializes as it dies... so that it never ceases to exist because there must always be a fifth dog. That dog. Kind of like cloning at the instant of death. But not cloning.

[Earthnut]

I agree with the resurrected. they may accually be immortal spirits taking on the form of dogs.

This is my favorite reply and to me the most believable.