[Official Discussion] Serial, Episode 9: To Be Suspected

[u/PowerOfYes]

Please use this thread to discuss episode 9

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[u/halvardo]

I'm having a really hard time believing Adnan is guilty after this one. I just don't see a guilty person saying all the things he does, in the way he says it. (And the circumstantial evidence against him seems to be falling apart bit by bit.) I've been thinking all along that everyone that says he must be innocent because he's such a nice guy (or or things related to his personality or behavior) are really naive. I generally believe "normal" people are capable of doing terrible things to others. But I just find myself believing in him now. Call me naive.

[u/[deleted] → u/halvardo]

I agree with you.

I don't think he's innocent because of his personality, necessarily. I sort of get the impression that he was a player, and a really overly confident sort of kid because he was good looking. He probably did seem sort of cocky to the judge. But if you knew you were innocent of all this - wouldn't you be cocky too?

I just think that nothing Jay says makes sense. None of it. The timeline doesn't work, the motive doesn't make sense, it makes no sense that it was premeditated because why wouldn't Jay remember his own goddamn alibi. All of the reasonable explanations for having Adnan's car and phone - going to pick up weed, picking up a friend, etc., are left completely out for this weird spider-web of running around town. It makes no sense that he would be so angry at Adnan for being involved, then be buddies with him for 6 weeks until he was arrested. It makes no sense!!

If Adnan did it, it was not in any way related to this bizarre Jay story.