I have been paying attention. And I know the previous plot lines were shaken up a bit when Peter disappeared. So Bell's actions are based in Dr Bishop's loss of his son, which would not have been there in the previous timeline.

And Jones was allegedly not smart enough to have done it all on his own.
So what was he doing in the first few seasons? What was the point of that?

I am beginning to feel that the first two or three years of the show were wasted time.