I’m no zoo keeper and I don’t play one on TV, but those cages and barriers look awfully skimpy to me. They don’t line up with other gorilla sanctuaries I’ve seen (via photos). Those fences and gates don’t look strong enough to hold back a baby gorilla, much less a full-grown one. Well, if it isn’t an issue about gorillas escaping, I’d be concerned about humans (including children) climbing into the enclosures. Well, most people. I do have a list.

Guyler’s explanations seem to give Mark some cause to pause while he considers the situation in a different light. Still, it doesn’t add up, given what we have seen of Gail’s demeanor and behavior the week before (esp June 9^th and 10^th). Even Mark should have noticed the tells that Gail has been showing this week. Gail’s behavior didn’t sound like desperation back then, so much as connivance and chicanery. So I suspect that Guyler is just play-acting to what he perceives of Mark’s values and priorities. Just like any good swindler.

Once again, Jules Rivera seems to have type-cast Mark Trail into one “Catch the Swindler” plot after another. There’s got to be other kinds of adventures Mark would be interested in. In the Olde Days, Mark was at least interested in exposing poachers, cheaters, arsonists, and the occasional conspiracy nutjob. Hell, maybe Mark should join the FBI or the Secret Service if he wants to make catching swindlers and frauds his life’s work. At least, the FBI and Secret Service in his own parallel universe, that is.