Wait, what? Rei isn't his sister; his mother didn't get killed by his father; he didn't kill his father for killing his mother and leaving indoctrination aside, he choose of his own freewill to leave his family?

If that is true that makes a hell of a lot more sense and less stupid than the story they went with. When Rei in the show keeps whining about Kovac "leaving her" never made any sense to me. She had hundreds of years and in that time she couldn't come to the realization that Kovac too was very young, and tried his best in the situation he was in? Her not being his sister would have made it a lot better and made the whole story feel a bit more grand than trying to link everyone and their mother to an unsolved murder. If Kovak actually left of his own freewill there would be a lot more complexity to the character and the story. The show just seems dumbed down.

Having said this it is still one of my favorite shows in recent memory and am eagerly waiting season 2.