re: Wayward Pines TV show (Fox )- discussion thread- HODOR only no spoilers

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Anyone have thoughts about the latest episode (9)?

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Haven't read the books, so don't want any final spoilers, but I've kept up with the show. I knew that there was more to Pilcher than altruism or even a benevolent God complex. I assumed that he had some hand in inadvertently creating the Abbies and therefore felt responsible. Now I'm more of the mind that he saw the end coming, did everything straightforward (as the show suggests) but then developed a malevolent God complex with regard to the people he chose to "recruit." I think he's playing this like the "father" in the Matrix reloaded. He has a fairly large stock of people and will keep destroying and rebuilding "Wayward Pines" until he gets whatever result satisfies his ego or whatever it is he's looking for.

And I defended the dude for pretty much the entire show (all the way through the end of episode 8. Apparently in the books he's much less "complicated" and just a straight-up tyrant.