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* ADayInTheLimelight: This episode is devoted to Charles and Gabrielle, the biological parents of David.
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* {{Bookends}}: The episode starts with Gabrielle whispering "My beautiful boy" to her infant son David. At the end, Farouk says the same thing after he possesses baby David's mind.
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* InternalHomage: Charles and Gabrielle's romance [[https://legionfx.tumblr.com/post/186192217049/david-x-syd-charles-x-gabrielle-parallels parallels]] David and Sydney's from "Chapter 1." They're both patients in a mental institution, one sketches the portrait of the other, the first meal they share includes pie, they stroll around the hospital together, they both kiss [[note]]done for real in Charles and Gabrielle's case, whereas David and Syd had to settle for a symbolic smooch to avoid activating her FreakyFridayFlip mutant power[[/note]], plus the girlfriend stealthily enters the bedroom of the boyfriend at night and they discuss leaving the asylum in his bed.
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* InternalHomage: Charles and Gabrielle's romance [[https://legionfx.tumblr.com/post/186192217049/david-x-syd-charles-x-gabrielle-parallels parallels]] David and Sydney's from "Chapter 1."[[Recap/LegionS1E1Chapter1 Chapter 1]]." They're both patients in a mental institution, one sketches the portrait of the other, the first meal they share includes pie, they stroll around the hospital together, they both kiss [[note]]done for real in Charles and Gabrielle's case, whereas David and Syd had to settle for a symbolic smooch to avoid activating her FreakyFridayFlip mutant power[[/note]], plus the girlfriend stealthily enters the bedroom of the boyfriend at night and they discuss leaving the asylum in his bed.
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* InternalHomage: Charles and Gabrielle's romance [[https://legionfx.tumblr.com/post/186192217049/david-x-syd-charles-x-gabrielle-parallels parallels]] David and Sydney's from "Chapter 1." They're both patients in a mental institution, one sketches the portrait of the other, the first meal they share includes pie, they stroll around the hospital together, they both kiss [[note]]done for real in Charles and Gabrielle's case, whereas David and Syd had to settle for a symbolic smooch to avoid activating her FreakyFridayFlip mutant power[[/note]], plus the girlfriend stealthily enters the bedroom of the boyfriend at night and they converse in his bed.
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* InternalHomage: Charles and Gabrielle's romance [[https://legionfx.tumblr.com/post/186192217049/david-x-syd-charles-x-gabrielle-parallels parallels]] David and Sydney's from "Chapter 1." They're both patients in a mental institution, one sketches the portrait of the other, the first meal they share includes pie, they stroll around the hospital together, they both kiss [[note]]done for real in Charles and Gabrielle's case, whereas David and Syd had to settle for a symbolic smooch to avoid activating her FreakyFridayFlip mutant power[[/note]], plus the girlfriend stealthily enters the bedroom of the boyfriend at night and they converse discuss leaving the asylum in his bed.
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* InternalHomage: Charles and Gabrielle's romance [[https://legionfx.tumblr.com/post/186192217049/david-x-syd-charles-x-gabrielle-parallels parallels]] David and Sydney's from "Chapter 1." They're both patients in a mental institution, one sketches the portrait of the other, the first meal they share includes pie, they stroll around the hospital together, they both kiss [[note]]done for real in Charles and Gabrielle's case, whereas David and Syd had to settle for a symbolic smooch to avoid activating her FreakyFridayFlip mutant power[[/note]], plus the girlfriend stealthily enters the bedroom of the boyfriend at night and they converse in his bed.
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* TryingNotToCry: Gabrielle is visibly struggling not to cry after she's unable to persuade her husband Charles to cancel his trip to Morocco. He's her LivingEmotionalCrutch, so she knows her sanity will crumble without him around, especially with the added stress of having to take care of their newborn son on her own.
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* HowDadMetMom: This episode focuses on how David's biological parents met, fell in love, got married and brought him into the world. Thanks to Switch's TimeTravel ability, she and David are able to observe Charles and his wife Gabrielle over three decades ago in the past, when David was a baby.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Meet the Xaviers.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Meet the Xaviers.]]
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* RapidFireNo: After Switch collapses from exhaustion and drifts into a deep slumber, David desperately utters "No" a total of 21 times (plus one "Wait") within five seconds as he tries (and fails) to wake her up.
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* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Charles expresses his concern that his telepathic ability might be passed down to his infant son, knowing full well how isolating and dangerous it can be.
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* LaughOfLove: Gabrielle giggles a few times when she and Charles spend time together during their FallingInLoveMontage.
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* QuakingWithFear: While operating Cerebro, Charles trembles with fright after he makes contact with Farouk's mind.
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* InTheBlood:
** We learn in this episode that David inherited a lot of traits from his biological father Charles: they're both incredibly powerful telepaths, they share a mutual [[SweetTooth fondness for cherry pie]], they both enjoy stargazing, and they're both brown-haired {{Pretty Boy}}s who are of the exact same height (their actors, Creator/DanStevens and Creator/HarryLloyd, are 183 cm / 6'0"). Like David, Charles also fell in love with a troubled woman while they were institutionalized at a psychiatric facility. David lampshades this.
--->'''David''': Wow. This is how they met? My parents. In a mental hospital. I guess it just runs in the family.
** Charles expresses his concern that his telepathic ability might be passed down to his infant son, knowing full well how isolating and dangerous it can be.
--->'''Charles''': What if I pass it on to him? And he ends up like me?
** We learn in this episode that David inherited a lot of traits from his biological father Charles: they're both incredibly powerful telepaths, they share a mutual [[SweetTooth fondness for cherry pie]], they both enjoy stargazing, and they're both brown-haired {{Pretty Boy}}s who are of the exact same height (their actors, Creator/DanStevens and Creator/HarryLloyd, are 183 cm / 6'0"). Like David, Charles also fell in love with a troubled woman while they were institutionalized at a psychiatric facility. David lampshades this.
--->'''David''': Wow. This is how they met? My parents. In a mental hospital. I guess it just runs in the family.
** Charles expresses his concern that his telepathic ability might be passed down to his infant son, knowing full well how isolating and dangerous it can be.
--->'''Charles''': What if I pass it on to him? And he ends up like me?
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**InTheBlood: We learn in this episode that David inherited a lot of traits from his biological father Charles: they're both incredibly powerful telepaths, they share a mutual [[SweetTooth fondness for cherry pie]], they both enjoy stargazing, and they're both brown-haired {{Pretty Boy}}s who are of the exact same height (their actors, Creator/DanStevens and Creator/HarryLloyd, are 183 cm / 6'0"). Like David, Charles also fell in love with a troubled woman while they were institutionalized at a psychiatric facility. David lampshades this.
--->'''David''': -->'''David''': Wow. This is how they met? My parents. In a mental hospital. I guess it just runs in the family.
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-->'''Charles''': What if I pass it on to him? And he ends up like me?
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* BilingualBonus: When Charles is connected to Cerebro, what Farouk says in Farsi is: "Can anyone hear me? My holy message? My message in a bottle, floating across space. If you hear me, if you are like me, I am here."
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* BilingualBonus: When Charles is connected to Cerebro, what Farouk says in Farsi is: "Can anyone hear me? My holy message? My message in a bottle, floating across space. space? If you hear me, if you are like me, I am here."
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* TearsOfFear: Charles is so overwhelmed with fear when he's telepathically linked to Farouk through Cerebro that a tear spills from his right eye.
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* MythologyGag:
** Instead of going for a more comic book-accurate Charles Xavier (who's unsympathetic, bald, paraplegic, and American as apple pie -- the latter would be the natural choice considering that his son David is an American on the show), the showrunners decided to repeat the convention established by the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' that the character is a NiceGuy who has British ancestry and talks with a British accent, plus his younger self is a brown-haired PrettyBoy who isn't wheelchair-bound.
** During their FallingInLoveMontage, Charles and Gabrielle are briefly shown playing chess, which is a nod to the chess games that Professor X and Magneto shared in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''.
** Instead of going for a more comic book-accurate Charles Xavier (who's unsympathetic, bald, paraplegic, and American as apple pie -- the latter would be the natural choice considering that his son David is an American on the show), the showrunners decided to repeat the convention established by the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' that the character is a NiceGuy who has British ancestry and talks with a British accent, plus his younger self is a brown-haired PrettyBoy who isn't wheelchair-bound.
** During their FallingInLoveMontage, Charles and Gabrielle are briefly shown playing chess, which is a nod to the chess games that Professor X and Magneto shared in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''.
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* ExtremeCloseUp: The final shot of Charles using Cerebro is a close-up of his eyes, which are shut tightly at first before opening wide due to his sheer terror of experiencing Farouk's mind.
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* SoleSurvivor: When Charles inquires if Gabrielle has any family, the nurse replies, "No one."
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* MindControl: Charles employs his PsychicPowers to "convince" everyone at the psychiatric hospital that he and Gabrielle are cured of their mental disorders, so naturally the couple's departure from the facility is hassle-free.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Most of the clips that are shown when Charles detects Farouk with Cerebro are from "[[Recap/LegionS3E7Chapter26 Chapter 26]]", so somehow Charles is able to see glimpses of his future meeting with Farouk.
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* FogOfDoom: A bodiless Shadow King appears as a thick fog of black smoke, and his consciousness travels halfway across world in order to inhabit and contaminate the mind of David, the infant son of his adversary Charles.
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* YouMonster: Charles considers Farouk to be an immoral monster and a "some sort of devil."
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* InTheBlood: InTheBlood:
** We learn in this episode that David inherited a lot of traits from his biological father Charles: they're both incredibly powerful telepaths, they share a mutual [[SweetTooth fondness for cherry pie]], they both enjoy stargazing, and they're both brown-haired {{Pretty Boy}}s who are of the exact same height (their actors, Creator/DanStevens and Creator/HarryLloyd, are 183 cm / 6'0"). Like David, Charles also fell in love with a troubled woman while they were institutionalized at a psychiatric facility. David lampshades this.
--->'''David''': Wow. This is how they met? My parents. In a mental hospital. I guess it just runs in the family.
** Charles expresses his concern that his telepathic ability might be passed down to his infant son, knowing full well how isolating and dangerous it can be.
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** We learn in this episode that David inherited a lot of traits from his biological father Charles: they're both incredibly powerful telepaths, they share a mutual [[SweetTooth fondness for cherry pie]], they both enjoy stargazing, and they're both brown-haired {{Pretty Boy}}s who are of the exact same height (their actors, Creator/DanStevens and Creator/HarryLloyd, are 183 cm / 6'0"). Like David, Charles also fell in love with a troubled woman while they were institutionalized at a psychiatric facility. David lampshades this.
--->'''David''': Wow. This is how they met? My parents. In a mental hospital. I guess it just runs in the family.
** Charles expresses his concern that his telepathic ability might be passed down to his infant son, knowing full well how isolating and dangerous it can be.
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* TheFifties: This episode is set in the 1950s, which is corroborated by the fashion, hairstyles, décor and level of technology. As is the social norm for young married couples who want to start a family in that decade, Charles and Gabrielle reside in {{Suburbia}}. She is seen holding the 1955 children's book ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'', which suggests that their infant son David was born in the same year.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Gabrielle is emotionally fragile, and she's only stable when her husband Charles is present. When he goes on a trip to Morocco on his own, she's left at home with their newborn son. Her mental health starts to deteriorate, and she eventually relapses into a catatonic state.
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* TalkingInBed: At the psychiatric hospital, Gabrielle sneaks into her boyfriend's bed at night, and while lying next to Charles under the covers, she recounts to him about a marvelous dream that she had where they were free from the asylum, living together as husband and wife. He tells her that if this is truly her wish, then he'll make her dream come true, to which she replies that she wants to begin the next chapter of their relationship right away.
-->'''Gabrielle''': I had the most wonderful dream.\\
'''Charles''': Tell me.\\
'''Gabrielle''': We lived far away from here. You and me, together. And the stars... they belonged to us.\\
'''Charles''': Sounds nice.\\
'''Gabrielle''': Just a dream.\\
'''Charles''': Doesn't have to be.\\
'''Gabrielle''': We're in the madhouse.\\
'''Charles''': Until we're not. Say the word. There's something I can do.\\
'''Gabrielle''': A trick? Well, in that case what are we waiting for?
-->'''Gabrielle''': I had the most wonderful dream.\\
'''Charles''': Tell me.\\
'''Gabrielle''': We lived far away from here. You and me, together. And the stars... they belonged to us.\\
'''Charles''': Sounds nice.\\
'''Gabrielle''': Just a dream.\\
'''Charles''': Doesn't have to be.\\
'''Gabrielle''': We're in the madhouse.\\
'''Charles''': Until we're not. Say the word. There's something I can do.\\
'''Gabrielle''': A trick? Well, in that case what are we waiting for?
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* PastExperienceNightmare: Charles seems to be calm and collected on the surface (which befits his high-class English background), but as a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran, he's haunted in his sleep by a traumatic memory where he almost died at the hands of a Nazi soldier.
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* AdaptationalLocationChange: In the comics, the psychiatric hospital where Charles first meets Gabrielle is in Israel, but in the show, it's located in England.
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* BilingualBonus: When Charles is connected to Cerebro, what Farouk says in Farsi is: "Can anyone hear me? My holy message? My message in a bottle, floating across space. If you hear me, if you are like me, I am here."
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* LoveTheme:
** "True Love Will Find You in the End" by Music/DanielJohnston plays during Charles and Gabrielle's FallingInLoveMontage.
** "She's a Rainbow" by Music/TheRollingStones is heard when they leave the asylum intending to start a new life together as a married couple, and the music continues when we first see them living in a gorgeous house in a suburb with their newborn son David.
** "True Love Will Find You in the End" by Music/DanielJohnston plays during Charles and Gabrielle's FallingInLoveMontage.
** "She's a Rainbow" by Music/TheRollingStones is heard when they leave the asylum intending to start a new life together as a married couple, and the music continues when we first see them living in a gorgeous house in a suburb with their newborn son David.
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A family history.
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* CommonalityConnection: When Charles and Gabrielle socialize for the first time, they bond over their love for cherry pie and their struggles with their mental health issues.
-->'''Gabrielle''': I'm not well, you know.\\
'''Charles''': Neither am I.
* DoubleMeaning: The first thing Gabrielle says to Charles is that it's a nice day, and he replies, "Beautiful." What he's also conveying is that he thinks she's beautiful.
* FallingInLoveMontage: A sequence of clips set to "True Love Will Find You in the End" by Music/DanielJohnston is used to summarize how the romance between Charles and Gabrielle gradually blossoms. They walk around the mental hospital while HoldingHands, he sends her his cute drawings that he knows will make her laugh, they play chess, eat cherry pie together (and they playfully fight over the last piece), he teaches her how to slow dance, and they stargaze at night, which then culminates into their FirstKiss.
* FirstKiss: While stargazing on the balcony of the psychiatric hospital, Charles and Gabrielle then [[HeldGaze gaze at each other]] for a moment before sharing their first kiss. It's the final shot of their FallingInLoveMontage, so the kiss signals that they've moved past the courtship stage and are now a couple.
* FreakyIsCool: Charles asks Gabrielle if she thinks his telepathy is weird.
-->'''Gabrielle''': Are there others like you?\\
'''Charles''': Maybe. I don't know. Do you think it's odd?\\
'''Gabrielle''': A little. But I like odd.
* InTheBlood: Charles expresses his concern that his telepathic ability might be passed down to his infant son, knowing full well how isolating and dangerous it can be.
-->'''Charles''': What if I pass it on to him? And he ends up like me?
* ManlyTears: Charles sobs when he's unable to awaken Gabrielle from her catatonic state with his PsychicPowers.
* MindOverManners: Charles explains to Gabrielle that he doesn't dig too deeply when he reads other people's minds because he wishes to respect their privacy. However, he does skim their surface thoughts without permission.
-->'''Charles''': I can hear thoughts. Memories. But it occurred to me that there should be rules. People deserve their privacy. So I don't pry when I'm in there.
* MonochromePast: When Charles experiences a PTSD episode where he relives his memory of nearly being killed by a Nazi soldier while he was in the British army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the whole scene is in black-and-white.
* PietaPlagiarism: Charles cradles his wife Gabrielle across his lap after she falls unconscious.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: When Charles is being choked to death by a Nazi soldier, he implants the telepathic command "Kill yourself" into his attacker's mind as a form of self-defense. The Nazi then lets go of Charles' neck, picks up the latter's service pistol and [[BoomHeadshot blows his brains out]].
* RuleOfSymbolism:
** The character Harold in the children's book ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' that Gabrielle reads to her infant son David is emblematic of the type of person that David becomes when he's older. At its core, the story is about a boy who loses touch with reality because he's preoccupied with the imaginary world that he creates with his purple crayon. Harold is totally lost within his own mind, just like the mentally ill David is.
** Harold symbolizes Charles as well, whose actor is Creator/HarryLloyd (Harry is the diminutive of Harold). Gabrielle's narration "Harold was over his head" is heard when Charles puts on the Cerebro helmet for the first time, and it foreshadows that Charles is in over his head when he finds Farouk.
* UnnaturallyBlueLighting: The scenes of Charles and Gabrielle at the psychiatric hospital are saturated in blue light to denote that it's an utterly drab and dreary environment for all the patients there.
* VoiceoverLetter: While Gabrielle writes a letter to her husband Charles, we hear her narrate its contents.
* WideEyedIdealist: Charles is idealistic compared to the more cynical Gabrielle.
-->'''Charles''': We can change.\\
'''Gabrielle''': People don't change.\\
'''Charles''': I don't believe that.\\
'''Gabrielle''': That's sweet.
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: David's plan when he travels back in time is to protect his baby self from being possessed by the disembodied Farouk, but David's presence ends up facilitating the infection. David's attempt at communicating with his mother Gabrielle causes her to faint, and then his father Charles arrives home from Morocco to find his wife unconscious on the floor. Charles assumes that the ghostly apparition (who is the adult David, but Charles doesn't know that) in his infant son's bedroom is the culprit, so Charles hurls the intruder away with his PsychicPowers. While Charles is distracted trying to revive Gabrielle, he doesn't notice that behind him, Farouk's consciousness is entering baby David's mind. The adult David's interference in the past sealed his own fate.
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* CommonalityConnection: When Charles and Gabrielle socialize for the first time, they bond over their love for cherry pie and their struggles with their mental health issues.
-->'''Gabrielle''': I'm not well, you know.\\
'''Charles''': Neither am I.
* DoubleMeaning: The first thing Gabrielle says to Charles is that it's a nice day, and he replies, "Beautiful." What he's also conveying is that he thinks she's beautiful.
* FallingInLoveMontage: A sequence of clips set to "True Love Will Find You in the End" by Music/DanielJohnston is used to summarize how the romance between Charles and Gabrielle gradually blossoms. They walk around the mental hospital while HoldingHands, he sends her his cute drawings that he knows will make her laugh, they play chess, eat cherry pie together (and they playfully fight over the last piece), he teaches her how to slow dance, and they stargaze at night, which then culminates into their FirstKiss.
* FirstKiss: While stargazing on the balcony of the psychiatric hospital, Charles and Gabrielle then [[HeldGaze gaze at each other]] for a moment before sharing their first kiss. It's the final shot of their FallingInLoveMontage, so the kiss signals that they've moved past the courtship stage and are now a couple.
* FreakyIsCool: Charles asks Gabrielle if she thinks his telepathy is weird.
-->'''Gabrielle''': Are there others like you?\\
'''Charles''': Maybe. I don't know. Do you think it's odd?\\
'''Gabrielle''': A little. But I like odd.
* InTheBlood: Charles expresses his concern that his telepathic ability might be passed down to his infant son, knowing full well how isolating and dangerous it can be.
-->'''Charles''': What if I pass it on to him? And he ends up like me?
* ManlyTears: Charles sobs when he's unable to awaken Gabrielle from her catatonic state with his PsychicPowers.
* MindOverManners: Charles explains to Gabrielle that he doesn't dig too deeply when he reads other people's minds because he wishes to respect their privacy. However, he does skim their surface thoughts without permission.
-->'''Charles''': I can hear thoughts. Memories. But it occurred to me that there should be rules. People deserve their privacy. So I don't pry when I'm in there.
* MonochromePast: When Charles experiences a PTSD episode where he relives his memory of nearly being killed by a Nazi soldier while he was in the British army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the whole scene is in black-and-white.
* PietaPlagiarism: Charles cradles his wife Gabrielle across his lap after she falls unconscious.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: When Charles is being choked to death by a Nazi soldier, he implants the telepathic command "Kill yourself" into his attacker's mind as a form of self-defense. The Nazi then lets go of Charles' neck, picks up the latter's service pistol and [[BoomHeadshot blows his brains out]].
* RuleOfSymbolism:
** The character Harold in the children's book ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' that Gabrielle reads to her infant son David is emblematic of the type of person that David becomes when he's older. At its core, the story is about a boy who loses touch with reality because he's preoccupied with the imaginary world that he creates with his purple crayon. Harold is totally lost within his own mind, just like the mentally ill David is.
** Harold symbolizes Charles as well, whose actor is Creator/HarryLloyd (Harry is the diminutive of Harold). Gabrielle's narration "Harold was over his head" is heard when Charles puts on the Cerebro helmet for the first time, and it foreshadows that Charles is in over his head when he finds Farouk.
* UnnaturallyBlueLighting: The scenes of Charles and Gabrielle at the psychiatric hospital are saturated in blue light to denote that it's an utterly drab and dreary environment for all the patients there.
* VoiceoverLetter: While Gabrielle writes a letter to her husband Charles, we hear her narrate its contents.
* WideEyedIdealist: Charles is idealistic compared to the more cynical Gabrielle.
-->'''Charles''': We can change.\\
'''Gabrielle''': People don't change.\\
'''Charles''': I don't believe that.\\
'''Gabrielle''': That's sweet.
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: David's plan when he travels back in time is to protect his baby self from being possessed by the disembodied Farouk, but David's presence ends up facilitating the infection. David's attempt at communicating with his mother Gabrielle causes her to faint, and then his father Charles arrives home from Morocco to find his wife unconscious on the floor. Charles assumes that the ghostly apparition (who is the adult David, but Charles doesn't know that) in his infant son's bedroom is the culprit, so Charles hurls the intruder away with his PsychicPowers. While Charles is distracted trying to revive Gabrielle, he doesn't notice that behind him, Farouk's consciousness is entering baby David's mind. The adult David's interference in the past sealed his own fate.
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