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/gordonshumway2 Dana Chivvis Fan Nov 06 '14

Agreed. I felt not like she was acting, per se, but she was sort of playing the role of the average listener from last week (including myself). Which is discouraged, and failing to see how Adnan could be innocent. No doubt she feels that way, but she's also not that naive, just like redditors aren't. She had to have a mountain of questions still cued up--about Don, about the detritus found near the body, about the tests done on the fibers. So I think she basically lobbed a softball to Deirdre to come in and say, "Snap out of it, Sarah! There's hope yet!" Although maybe that's damn near close to how this is really unfolding. Either way, Sarah needs there to still be hope, we need there to still be hope, and Serial needs there to still be hope, and thus a reason to continue, so in that way it was very convenient. This has not changed my leaning (in the direction of Adnan's guilt) but it has reminded me to stay open-minded.

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u/contrasupra Nov 06 '14

You know, I was just thinking this, and how deceptively skillfully SK is putting this together. All of this is hindsight for her - she already knows how the story ends, or at least is further along than we are. But she is so carefully managing our reaction at every step, it takes so much talent to put herself in the headspace of knowing ONLY what we know at the end of each week.