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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Based on Eloise's reaction, it's looking more and more like this is some sort of virtual reality experiment. Matrix/holodeck kinda thing. In that context I suppose that the MIB/Jacob dynamic might represent the suspension of disbelief necessary to keep the illusion. That, like the Matrix, for the VR environment to remain stable and convincing, the participants need to have free will, which carries the risk of destroying the whole experiment. And what's left undetermined is, would blowing the experiment open be a good thing or a bad thing. Perhaps the VR world is an alternate to some unpleasant reality and it's all for their own good. Or perhaps it's a punishment of some sort.
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Excited and interested in this theory, and I suppose I won't even be mildly disappointed if this is all a much better way of handling that kind of story than the film "eXistenZ".
Also, I should probably read "The Third Policeman" before this show ends. I've been meaning to do that but keep getting sidetracked by other books.