Well, Piper does consistently *recognize* Trickster -- and whether he calls him 'JJ', 'Tricks', or 'James' gives you a clue to what *Piper* thinks is going on.

I don't know that Trickster saves Piper just yet, I'm not sure what the ending it yet.

And Wally needs to be thumped a bit. He was incredibly stupid in COUNTDOWN (but so was everyone else). I'm tempted to give Linda a big stick and let her loose.