#unless you've already known about it for weeks months years decades in which case nvm

[givehimthemedicine]

the HNL footage of Will's checkup is screwy

timeline shenanigans, NINA, both, or just showbiz baby?:

in 2x1 Will goes to HNL for his appointment at the lab with Owens, live footage of which is watched on CCTV by lab personnel in another room. we're shown a seamless transition from the live scene to the monitor, so you'd think that indicates the footage would be a faithful recording of exactly the same scene we saw happen. it's not.

when Owens plays it back in 2x2, it's slightly different:

most or all lines are a different take with slightly different deliveries, but most notably, the line where Owens asks Will about his heart is missing.

Owens' phrasing of his cold/frozen question is different.

at one point during the checkup, Owens scratches his nose. in the playback, it happens when he asks how Will felt when he saw the storm. but that isn't when it happened in the live scene - it was earlier, before the part Owens is playing back, when he asks Will to tell him about the episode he had.

there's a guy standing behind Owens throughout the live scene who I want to say is missing from the footage, although he could simply be standing just out of frame, I'm not sure

footage for your review:

2x1 live scene: Will: There was this storm. Owens: Okay. So how did you feel when you saw the storm? Will: I felt……. frozen. Owens: Heart racing? Will: Just frozen. Owens: Frozen, cold frozen? Frozen to the touch? Will: No. Like how you feel when you're scared, and… and you can't breathe, or talk. Or do anything. I felt.. felt this evil -

2x2 playback: Will: There was this storm. Owens: Okay. So how did you feel when you saw the storm? Will: I felt…. frozen. Owens: Actually frozen? Cold? Will: No. Like.. like ah, like how you feel when you're.. scared, and you can't breathe or, talk or, do anything. I felt.. felt this evil -

now, I know shows do this all the time, where they'll roll a pared down version or a tighter take of a flashback or whatever in order to save time. but when it's ST and HNL and Sam "NINA" Owens and the fact they took out a line involving Will's heart of all things...