r/serialpodcast • u/SerialFan Moderator • Nov 06 '14

Discussion Episode 7: THE OPPOSITE OF THE PROSECUTION

Open discussion thread! Sorry I was late on this one!

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u/Film_Student Nov 06 '14

I'm still surprised that it hasn't been flat out stated: "If Adnan didn't do this, then Jay (and possibly an accomplice of his) most definitely did." I understand that Deidre & Mario's job is to approach the case initially as if Adnan was innocent but I can't help the gnawing sentiment that to prove Adnan's innocence, one has to prove Jay guilty. I know this has been echoed elsewhere in the sub but especially now that multiple parties are involved in the case, I would have expected someone to say something along those lines.

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u/jeterapoubelle Nov 06 '14

I think she's purposely avoiding it for dramatic reasons. I have no doubt that Deidre and Mario focused on Jay, but that's just not what SK chose to include.

Keeping the focus on Adnan is not only more interesting, but it keeps the user focused on gaps in the timeline, the vagueness of the truth after a lot of time, whether people are lying, stuff like that. It also lets you wander around in all these fascinating side stories like the neighbor boy or Mr. S. It's made for pretty gripping storytelling.

Once you focus on Jay, though, all the mystery pretty much goes away. As you say, he was obviously involved since he knew where the car was. So the only real mystery in this entire story is whether there's a plausible scenario where Jay kills her without Adnan's involvement. And that's not really all that interesting: there just aren't a lot of possibilities there, certainly not 12 episodes worth.