@slurpeez108 wrote:
I have my own theory about Barrett being “the outsider” to SB. E&A said in their official podcast for 2×9 that after the hiatus, we’re going to see King George on trial for the killing of a mouse and a botched frame-job of a werewolf. If proven guilty, he must travel to a state penitentiary outside of SB, which would make him lose his FTL-idenity. As a former DA for SB, King George (aka “Decker”) was an official for the state of Maine prior to the curse being broken. I think that Barrett is also a state official who comes to SB to watch George’s/Decker’s trial. Jennifer Morrison gave a recent spoiler that Barrett isn’t recognized by the other residents of SB as a fairytale character, but he could be from another far-off land. According to the casting call, Barrett has a dark side he tries to justify. I think he could be the “something extra” that the Charmings have to find a way to deal with. His presence in town could stir up trouble if he’s someone with a “dark side” who could be suspicious about magic being in SB.
That is an interesting theory, but I’d interpreted their comments in the podcast sort of differently. The question they were asked is if George would be formally arrested for murder. They said that SB isn’t exactly open to outsiders, (and I admit, their use of that particular word does seem to link to Barrett), and if he was convicted of murder he’d have to go to a state penetentiary, and the charges would be for the murder of a mouse and a frame job on a wolf. They did say that we’ll see what happens to George, but I got the impression it’d be some sort of special, SB justice, as opposed to a proper, real world trial, which would involve a whole lot of extra cover up stuff to make it look real, and frankly, I doubt any SBers would think he was worth the effort of setting up all that cloak and dagger stuff. Given that SB operated in and of itself for 28 years, largely shut off from the outside world, I don’t necessarily think that George was registered with any real world, official, legal organisation in order for him to be SB’s DA. Just like the SB school system didn’t have to answer to any state regulations, and Dr Whale wasn’t officially registered on any medial board anywhere. I’m thinking that George’s punishment will be something slightly more medieval, as opposed to a real world trial and a jail sentence.