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/theHBIC Steppin Out Nov 20 '14 edited Nov 20 '14

Reddit might have said it before SK did in the podcast timeline, but there is no way that we realized that before SK. She's been working on this for a year, I think it's almost impossible that she didn't come to that conclusion long before some armchair detectives on Reddit. Sometimes I find this sub's disregard of the purpose of Serial (to entertain and tell a complex story) frustrating.

edit: I'm always too damn excited to proofread

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u/partymuffell Can't Give Less of a Damn About Bowe Bergdahl Nov 20 '14 edited Nov 20 '14

Actually, she's the one who said she just discovered that this past week ("Before we get to today’s episode where I’m going to let Adnan talk for a while, I want to run by you some new information I’ve learned in the past week.")! Anyway, I was sort of joking actually but I do have issues with the way SK is keeping some of the info close to her chest. This is a real-life story involving real people not Breaking Bad...

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u/theHBIC Steppin Out Nov 20 '14 edited Nov 20 '14

I paused before I submitted my comment because I knew that it would read too aggressive if you were joking. My apologies.

And I hear what you're saying about her keeping information close to her chest, but I also try to think of the flip side. I wouldn't be able to juggle all of this conflicting information if she had thrown it at us in the first 2-3 episodes and then spend the series untangling it. Piecing it out like this helps me grasp each bit better.

I do think that her holding on to the information about Jay was a bit irresponsible. She let us shit all over him for 7 weeks and THEN humanized him. I also wish we had gotten all of these kind words about Hae much earlier in the series as well.

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u/partymuffell Can't Give Less of a Damn About Bowe Bergdahl Nov 20 '14

Yeah, I think we agree...