I am a member of the "Pete as Chimera" camp.
Seems that TPTB have been channelling M. Night Shyamalan
Spoiler:
Pete has never interacted with any of the other regular characters. He has only had direct interaction with one other person on screen, his buddy from the FBI who did the background check on Sam. In Chimera, Sam did say "Pete's been hit" to Jack but Jack never acknowledged Pete's presence.
In New Order, Pete misses Sam's promotion ceremony. He supposedly had been briefed on the SGC and would have been invited. Even if the promotion was a surprise to Sam, which it wasn't (promotion lists are published in advance of the first promotion from the list is made. EVERYONE knows their sequence number), her friends would have made an effort to get her S.O. there to watch. I would certainly be miffed if my girlfriend missed my promotion ceremony.
Then in this ep, Pete again has no meanful interaction with ANYONE else. Most of the time he is alone with Sam. Even during the take down of the warehouse when the special ops soldier informs Sam that the warehouse is empty and Pete asks "How could that be?", no one acknowledges his existance. Daniel is unconscience when Pete is close to him, then when Daniel is awake, Pete is on the other side of the warehouse, masked from Daniel's view by the big honkin' SUV.
Pete as a figament of Sam's imagination "fixes" a lot of problems with Sam's reactions. Her unconscience mind is plaing tricks on her (or maybe alien influence left over from "Grace"!)
In New Order, Pete misses Sam's promotion ceremony. He supposedly had been briefed on the SGC and would have been invited. Even if the promotion was a surprise to Sam, which it wasn't (promotion lists are published in advance of the first promotion from the list is made. EVERYONE knows their sequence number), her friends would have made an effort to get her S.O. there to watch. I would certainly be miffed if my girlfriend missed my promotion ceremony.
Then in this ep, Pete again has no meanful interaction with ANYONE else. Most of the time he is alone with Sam. Even during the take down of the warehouse when the special ops soldier informs Sam that the warehouse is empty and Pete asks "How could that be?", no one acknowledges his existance. Daniel is unconscience when Pete is close to him, then when Daniel is awake, Pete is on the other side of the warehouse, masked from Daniel's view by the big honkin' SUV.
Pete as a figament of Sam's imagination "fixes" a lot of problems with Sam's reactions. Her unconscience mind is plaing tricks on her (or maybe alien influence left over from "Grace"!)
Seems that TPTB have been channelling M. Night Shyamalan
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