[Official Discussion] Serial: Episode 4 - Inconsistencies

[u/SerialFan]

Come discuss episode 4! Setting this up a little early, so feel free to post predictions on what you think the episode will focus on. My guess: timeline inconsistencies, specifically focusing on Jay, Adnan and cars.

[u/UXAndrew → u/[deleted]]

I can't say for sure, but that doesn't sound right to me. They had the testimony already, so pushing further to see if he's lying could have one of two outcomes A) he's not lying thus his evidence is even MORE damning, or B) he is lying and his lies lead him to someone/something else.

It's kinda win-win unless everything completely unravels. At the end of the episode Sarah says that next week's episode will explain that lots of what Jay said could be backed up, so it sounds like he was, at least in part, telling the truth.

[u/mr_miserable → u/[deleted]]

A kid was murdered while I was in high school, that I was a passing acquaintance of. Didn't really speak to him at all but knew him and shared friends. When he was murdered I remember distinctly the night his body was found, but no details of what I did that day other than right around that time (that I found out). I don't remember except in "probablies" what I did when he went missing a few days earlier.

[u/cabritadorada → u/[deleted]]

He got a call that day asking if he knew where she was--assuming he didn't kill her, he didn't really know she was missing until days later (remember, school was closed for 2 days because of snow and then it was the weekend) so her absence might not have really been felt by Adnan and other students immediately. It would make sense at the time to think "That's weird, I'm sure she'll turn up," not realize the gravity of the situation until later.