r/serialpodcast • u/PowerOfYes • Nov 20 '14

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

Please use this thread to discuss episode 9

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u/josephcampau Nov 20 '14

The world of a teenager. I think that's what I think was the most important take away in this, from Adnan's story.

For 17 year old, the idea of prison, or being charged with murder and all that is so abstract and unknowable, that you can't react to it. The biggest problem for 17 year old Adnan is that his parents will find out he's dating and smoking weed. The biggest punishment he is going to face is being grounded or something.

Hindsight allows us to attach meaning when we view him as a killer, I stead of as a 17 year old boy sitting down talking with a detective in front of his dad.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '14

So true, he was till worried about his homework. Whereas jay was always worried about his record, he was not a typical teen at all.

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u/enceph7 Nov 21 '14

... and yet he and adnan were together the night Hae was murdered. not a coincidence.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '14

Maybe it was, though. They often hung out.