Allan Shore's friend came to the office and asked for help. His wife committed adultary with her colleague and Allan's friend was immensely hurt for her disloyalty. A divorce seems in order although giving up $7 million, or half of his wealth, to such a woman seems ludicrous at the time. Allan's friend provided him with information of where and when his wife sees her lover. Allan, in his usual way of handling such things and feuled by his anger toward this woman, teamed up with Tara and went to that hotel room before that woman met her lover and planted bugs as well as video cameras. Well, every one was pretty disgusted by Allan's acts, including himself. But it was effective and in my view gave that woman what she deserved. Tara had another chance to see how Allan really is like and couldn't resist his charms. While I thought Bobby bore an astounding assemblance to me in terms of his world views, Allan strikes me as exactly what Bobby would turn into if he could be honest to himself and be purely rational. When we subject ourselves to the law, to the conventions, to moral standards, we fall victim to many irrationalities. And only when we decided to break away, to take the law, or justice to our own discretion, can we prevail the standards, the way of life and the existentiality of being. But wait, that's in fact pure idealism, for the clash between the ubiquitous social prejudice and institutions, coupled with conservatism and ignorance, and such audacious quest results only in absolute misery.
How so? you must ask. Well, let's examine the two sides more carefully here. The ignorant and conservative are blessed with the majority and can and will reinforce themselves through public media. The liberal, however couragous they are, find themselves in such an awkward position, where their couscience tells them what's right and what they ought to do, whereas life sets strict boundaries to what they can achieve and what they are put up with from day-to-day life. Yes, that is, they cannot remove themselves from the surrounding conservative minds and, by definition, the liberals are the ones always quetioning their belief system and struggling to influence others with what they think is right. Of course we're not concerned with those that remove themselves from society and keep their own thoughts and ideas to themselves. For what is the true relevance of them anyways? Now we look back to evaluate Allan Shore. In my view, he's the one who knows what's right and what's wrong. Frustrated by the reality, he employs desperate measures and extreme punishments however he likes. In his world, similar to Bobby's, the results mean a whole world more than the means. Yes, if the dirty ways work, so be it! While Bobby sets clear boundaries to his acts, namely, within the boundaries of the law, stretched in some cases, Allan has only comtempt for all existing rules and is not timid to break them whenever needed. Here comes in the 1st clash. If he goes too far, the existing rule, the law, can and will penalize him. With his hands tied, he finds leeways of the law to implement his plans and uses the weakness of the human race as the perfect protection. He feels disgusted though, for it is the dark side of the system, which he's trying to overthrow, that provides the very safety he can operate under. In addition, the mere appearance of his acts purchased him the hatred of those who deem themselves as righteous and instead of celebrating Allan's success, they categorize him as one of those crooks who contaminate the world. Not liked by both worlds, that is, the dark world hates what he is fighting for and the bright world hates how he is fighting, Allan is lost in such struggles and is constantly questioning his existence. One is not powerful enough to change the whole world and yet he is always told as well as passionately felt from within that it is his responsibility to bring dawn to the human race. We shall see how D.E.K. is playing this out in future episodes. And before this post runs out of control, let me wrap it up here with one last word. We give in our individual rights to form a society and is given back partial rights as a reward. Do not fantasize for absolute freedom, for that's what we and our ancestors have fought to prohibit.