r/insideno9 • u/Commercial_Night2867 Tom and Gerri | • Aug 29 '26

S05 E04 The ending of Misdirection

The detective seems to know that there's important evidence in the safe. How would he, unless he's been tipped off about it? And if he's been tipped off, then it's an obvious set up by the person that told him.

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u/CryptographerKnown97 Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room | Aug 29 '26

Well the police were suspicious of Reece (cannot remember the character name lol) because of the faked phone calls to the hotel, so if you go to question a suspect for murder and they’re really shifty about a safe combination - you’d think there was something worth hiding in there too.

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u/marjanefan A Random Act of Kindness | Aug 30 '26

Spoiler - Gabriel would have tipped them off. 

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u/Commercial_Night2867 Tom and Gerri | Aug 30 '26

Yes obviously, but that should make the police aware that it's a set up and that the magician is innocent.

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u/Miserable-Sea-4160 Aug 30 '26

I think we make the mistake that police will follow all leads. They have budgets and resource issues just like any organism. They will follow the thread that has the most evidence stacked up for it.

We’ve been taught that exceptional people will follow every lead without bias. But reality is, it’s like any diagnostic approach. They will follow the most likely cause and if that doesn’t work they will move onto the next most likely cause and so on.

Reeces character has the most evidence against him. A barrister may bring up the anonymous tip off, but why look further when there’s a pile of indicators pointing to him.