My thought is that we ' re just seeing Dolores ' intended loop 30 years ago , with some weird flashback glitches thrown in . The way she just stumbled into their camp , though we assumed was her running away from the loop we ' d seen in the first episode , may have been the start of a different loop where she sets the guests on an epic journey . If William is the MiB , then his presentday journey is the first time he ' s experienced something outside of Ford ' s loopsgames , as he ' s stated . I think he ' ll wind up disappointed when he finds that Dolores ' selfdiscovery is actually just a loop . <| sep |> It ' s more complicated than it first looks . Ontario tenants are only allowed to sublet or assign their leases with permission , but , Ontario landlords may only withhold permission if they have a good reason to refuse generally , the refusal reason is that the proposed subtenant or assignee would not pass the same background checks the landlord uses for their other tenants . udtgal ' s reply below is illuminating . I don ' t see anything in the Residential Tenancies Act preventing the tenant from charging for assignment , but it ' s also not clear to me that it ' s wise to try to sell a tenancy .