The Colonel and I watch BENEATH THE SURFACE

[amyk]

How does Face not know his friend got adopted?

I think maybe Face knew his friend got adopted but not that it was because he stayed back at the orphanage when Face went to that concert or whatever it was and that friend then met the people who maybe were going to adopt Face.....I may not have this all right because it's been a while since I saw the episode.

[amyk]

I still think that's always been his name... the episode that said otherwise wasn't thinking. The orphanage knows him by that name, so clearly it's the one he had growing up.

I agree that it has to be the name he either had at birth or was given at the orphanage. Even when Murdock calls the orphanage in the episode FAMILY REUNION to find out about him, doesn't he say that he's calling about "Templeton Peck"? And that is also the name that the orphanage knew him by in BELLS OF ST. MARY'S and I think there's even a trophy or something with his name on it. I agree that the episode with EG saying all those aliases has to be wrong. Or maybe she just didn't know that his original name was Templeton Peck and that he changed his name many times and then returned to Templeton Peck. But I really don't think Face was going to legally have his name changed all those times (nor do I think a court would allow that so many times). And he would have had to do that all before he joined the army, which he did when he left college!

[HoudiniDerek]

Dec 10, 2023 22:27:54 GMT -5 amyk said:

I still think that's always been his name... the episode that said otherwise wasn't thinking. The orphanage knows him by that name, so clearly it's the one he had growing up.

I agree that it has to be the name he either had at birth or was given at the orphanage. Even when Murdock calls the orphanage in the episode FAMILY REUNION to find out about him, doesn't he say that he's calling about "Templeton Peck"? And that is also the name that the orphanage knew him by in BELLS OF ST. MARY'S and I think there's even a trophy or something with his name on it. I agree that the episode with EG saying all those aliases has to be wrong. Or maybe she just didn't know that his original name was Templeton Peck and that he changed his name many times and then returned to Templeton Peck. But I really don't think Face was going to legally have his name changed all those times (nor do I think a court would allow that so many times). And he would have had to do that all before he joined the army, which he did when he left college!

Doesn't the father in the pilot call him that too?

[amyk]

I think all the priests and nuns who ever refer to him call him "Templeton Peck" or some variation of it. And of course Leslie knows him as "Temp" too. Everyone who ever knew Face when he was younger seems to know him as "Templeton Peck."

[Katia]

Dec 10, 2023 22:24:16 GMT -5 amyk said:

How does Face not know his friend got adopted?

I think maybe Face knew his friend got adopted but not that it was because he stayed back at the orphanage when Face went to that concert or whatever it was and that friend then met the people who maybe were going to adopt Face.....I may not have this all right because it's been a while since I saw the episode.

I still think it's a bit weird... Face knew he skipped out on that meeting, he knew his friend was adopted after it (if he did know)...

Dec 10, 2023 22:27:54 GMT -5 amyk said:

I still think that's always been his name... the episode that said otherwise wasn't thinking. The orphanage knows him by that name, so clearly it's the one he had growing up.

I agree that it has to be the name he either had at birth or was given at the orphanage. Even when Murdock calls the orphanage in the episode FAMILY REUNION to find out about him, doesn't he say that he's calling about "Templeton Peck"? And that is also the name that the orphanage knew him by in BELLS OF ST. MARY'S and I think there's even a trophy or something with his name on it. I agree that the episode with EG saying all those aliases has to be wrong. Or maybe she just didn't know that his original name was Templeton Peck and that he changed his name many times and then returned to Templeton Peck. But I really don't think Face was going to legally have his name changed all those times (nor do I think a court would allow that so many times). And he would have had to do that all before he joined the army, which he did when he left college!

You also have to swear that you're not changing your name for fraudulent purposes... (I'm sure he wouldn't care about that, but it is a thing.)

[amyk]

I'm still not sure that Face knew this couple was coming to the orphanage to meet him when he went to that concert or whatever he went to.