I've been wanting to add my take on Olivia, and hope I dont cause any offense, as it is absolutely not intended. This is purely an observation of Olivia, not a generalisation.
When Olivia speaks of "the truth will one day be revealed", I think of religious leaders encouraging their parishioners to believe what they are telling them because one day the truth will all be revealed.
When she appeals to the public via the media, she is seeking our trust that the truth will be revealed, and I equate that to what the teachers and leaders in religion do when their disciples are questioning their religious "truth".
When people who have been religious hit the wall for some reason and question their own beliefs and look for proof and reasons to continue their faith- they are assured by their religious mentors that the truth will be revealed- ie judgement day, or, the day jesus will return etc etc.
The leaders cannot give them facts and proof and evidence.
All they can give them is encouragement to stay committed, and their word that the truth will be apparent IF and only IF you continue to believe!!!!
They also encourage the weaker faithed to not listen to outsiders who will be trying to sway their thoughts towards other destinies that are not in the interests of the person or their future. (To me this equates to Olivia and Ians idea that the media are trying to sway our thoughts so therefore we should not read or seek information via the media)
I dont believe Olivia has any alternative scenario for what could have happened that night. She must have had doubts at some stage that Gerard might be involved. She would have had to. But she is going to suppress these thoughts as she has before if she has had doubts about her religious faith.
What I'm suggesting is, that even though she is telling us that the truth will come out- she doesn't have any suggestion or probably even thoughts on what this might be. She is merely trying to say, it cant be Gerard. Thats what I think anyhow.
As an aside, I spent several years homeschooling my own children for reasons that were many and varied but NOT religious, and whilst doing this we came across many a family who hoemschooled because it allowed them a degree of isolation from the general community and its evil/other influences.
They wanted to maintain their puritan views and beliefs without the external influences of alternative beliefs and lifestyles.
In effect, they avoid associating with anyone whose belief system is not in line with their own.
I'm not saying that is why Olivia homeschools, but just that a fairly common trait I found amongst Christian homeschooling families was their desire to stay cocconed from society in general so that their beliefs were not threatened and scrutinised and undermined, and that the minds of their children were not tainted by outside influence.
I see Olivias refusal to acknowledge the evidence that is presented before us, as a similar thing.
To me she appears to be avoiding the evidence, so she can continue to believe what she prefers to believe, and the easiest way for her to achieve this is to block it out.
She doesnt want to doubt him, therefore she cant look at the evidence against him.
Am I making sense??
This is all MOO