Underworld (film)/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

• In Underworld: Awakening, Lida, the human scientist at Antigen in charge of taking care of Selene's daughter, was really devoted to her well-being, more than you'd expect for a scientist working for a biotech company on ethically questionable research. It seemed to this troper that the character was sort of unrealistic, then I realized that she probably had a lot closer relationship to "Subject 2" then we are told in the film. Do you think Antigen would have kept Selene out of cold storage for 9 months, even heavily drugged, for her pregnancy? They would have used IVF and implanted the embryo in a surrogate. Given how secret they kept the research, they would have chosen someone as a surrogate mother who already knew what the child was and could be trusted not to tell anyone. Thus, the obvious choice is one of the scientists in the research program; Lida may have actually given birth to Selene's daughter, so the reason she cares so much is that she sees "Subject 2" as her own daughter. ~Nat Fre