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Ethan's confession to Ava that he's not Phoebe's father makes what we
already know about his actions regarding the cover up even more
confusing than it was already.

He swapped his DNA sample for one he stole from the police evidence room
that had been in a box labeled as a cold case from 1993. But why had
Ethan even had a DNA sample taken? We still don't know. It couldn't have
been to prove that he is Phoebe's father because no one had asked for
proof. To the contrary, he claimed that he didn't want it known that he
was Phoebe's father. From his confession to Ava, we learned that far
from being Phoebe's father with the parental rights necessary to approve
her adoption, Ethan is nothing more to her than an agent acting on
behalf of her mother to protect her from, in his words, something worse
than Ava could possibly imagine. Is that true, or just another attempt
to mislead?

That still leaves the question of why Ethan would try to pass off DNA
from a 33 year old cold case as his. Was that DNA sample he gave for a
purpose other than a paternity test? Or was just a pretense for entering someone else's DNA into the hospital records under his name in case they
were subpoenaed?

So irritating. Now they'll draw this out for another year or longer,
only to write the ending the week before they spring it on us.
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Kaitlin <above.stairs@bobbie's.diner.INVALID> wrote:

Ethan's confession to Ava that he's not Phoebe's father makes what we
already know about his actions regarding the cover up even more
confusing than it was already.

He swapped his DNA sample for one he stole from the police evidence room
that had been in a box labeled as a cold case from 1993. But why had
Ethan even had a DNA sample taken? We still don't know. It couldn't have
been to prove that he is Phoebe's father because no one had asked for
proof. To the contrary, he claimed that he didn't want it known that he
was Phoebe's father. From his confession to Ava, we learned that far
from being Phoebe's father with the parental rights necessary to approve
her adoption, Ethan is nothing more to her than an agent acting on
behalf of her mother to protect her from, in his words, something worse
than Ava could possibly imagine. Is that true, or just another attempt
to mislead?

That still leaves the question of why Ethan would try to pass off DNA
from a 33 year old cold case as his. Was that DNA sample he gave for a purpose other than a paternity test? Or was just a pretense for entering someone else's DNA into the hospital records under his name in case they
were subpoenaed?

So irritating. Now they'll draw this out for another year or longer,
only to write the ending the week before they spring it on us.

TheyrCOre introducing a new contract character, Hudson. Possibly we will
soon know.

But in thinking about your questions, I go back to that scene at the
gallery.

Ethan asked the art gallery guy not to reveal his identity.

Prodded with the right bribe, he nonetheless outed Ethan. There is
possibly some tidbit in that exchange.



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marika wrote in <HVB4S.18891$9swf.9111@fx10.iad>:

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But in thinking about your questions, I go back to that scene at the
gallery.

Ethan asked the art gallery guy not to reveal his identity.

Prodded with the right bribe, he nonetheless outed Ethan. There is
possibly some tidbit in that exchange.

It just adds another layer to the confusion. At least it does for me,
anyway, but I'm easily confused by all of this stuff!

Ethan had paid the NYC gallery owner not to reveal his connection to
Delilah. But when Ava and Alexis showed up at the gallery asking
questions and offering more money, the guy reneged on the agreement.
When Alexis, acting as BLQ's and Chase's adoption lawyer, confronted
Ethan about his connection to Delilah, he told Alexis he was the baby's
father, with the legal rights necessary sign her over to Alexis's
clients. His motive in these actions--bribing the gallery owner and
adopting the baby to BLQ and Chase--was to protect the baby from, as he
told Ava, someone or something far worse than Ava could imagine.

My confusion here arises from the question of why Ethan would have
wanted to conceal his connection to Delilah from Alexis. If Ethan hadn't claimed to be the baby's father, the baby might have ended up being
bounced from foster home to foster home, or adopted to someone Ethan
would know Delilah wouldn't have approved of. If he isn't Phoebe's
father or legal guardian, then he doesn't have the authority to assign
parental rights to anyone. Isn't that where things would have stood if
the NYC gallery owner had kept quiet?

All that said, the person whose DNA Ethan stole from the 1993 cold case
file and must be that of Phoebe's biological father. It would make no
sense at all for him to have made that swap otherwise. Confusion reigns!
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