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Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Before episode 6 and all previous episodes.
Thus far, the show has failed to answer any of the big questions about whats happening to Noah.
However, the show has continued to provide new reveals that provide hints as to possible explanations.
The most psychological explanation is that Noah experienced conversion disorder because he thought a worm was behind his eye.
He still cut a gash into a childs head with no preparation, approval, or explanation.
He later chalks his hallucination up to either exhaustion or transference countertransference when talking to Cleo, his assistant.
The explanation is obviously flimsy and a lie, but his boss backs his explanation to the disciplinary board.
However, she sends him home, providing two explanations.
Firstly, he doesnt look like hes well, and she thinks his hand might be infected.
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He first hears the voices when hes in the elevator, and they seem to distress him.
However, he doesnt tell anyone about the hallucinations.
They pop back up again a few times in the episode.
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None of these can be fully explained by the transference countertransference explanation that hes posited thus far.
on the photo of the farmhouse meant.
The initials stood for Benjamin Walker, Lynns ex-boyfriend.
Cleo finds information about his living relatives after searching for information at the request of Eli.
The main character of Before goes to the home where his relatives lived last and meets Benjamins brother.
The pair were estranged before his death, despite having a close relationship when they were younger.
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He also responds to Elis question about whether anyone spoke Dutch with the hilarious answer, Dutch?
Are you f*kin with me right now?
which implies that Noahs 17th-century Dutch didnt come from his mysterious connection to Benjamin Walker.
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However, the show makes a shocking reveal about how Eli and Lynn became acquainted.
When they arrived, Eli was the psychiatric doctor on shift.
As such, Benjamin dies while Eli is doing chest compressions on him.
She asks him to assure him that he has a plan before he leaves the hospital early inBeforeepisode 6.
However, she decides to go to his office to speak to him about Noahs treatment plan.
When she gets there, only Cleo is present, and she says she can pass a message along.
Before Denise gives Cleo a message, her eyes are drawn to the wall full of papers.
Because she sees Noahs photo, she knows that this has to do with her foster son.
Denises discovery of the conspiracy theory wall could very well factor into Elis job at the hospital.
The place, shape, and color will look familiar to Befores viewers.
Noah has always had a peculiar birthmark on his chest.
This revelation furthers the theory that Noah is Benjamin reincarnated.
The idea is so widespread that scientists have even done studies on the phenomenon.
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