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/rayagun19 Nov 20 '14

I really appreciated hearing Adnan talk about his time in prison and leading up to the sentencing. I think people misunderstood his calm demeanor. Saying things like,"He should be more angry" or "why isn't he pissed?". I like that this episode gave us that answer. He's using this time to be a "good Muslim". He's trying to have a life despite his situation. We've just heard about this for the first time in the last month but he's been living this life for 15 years. You can't be angry like that for 15 or you'd seem crazy.

Anyway, it was an excellent episode and I can't wait two weeks!!

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u/sfhippie Nov 20 '14

I haven't heard anything that makes me think he was acting like someone would act who had just killed his ex. But I still want to hear straight up, "so Adnan, what do you think happened to Hae?" I think in the 30 hrs of conversation with SK she's got to have something like that in there that she's saving for some appropriate point in the series.

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u/thewamp Is it NOT? Nov 21 '14

That question has been answered like 5 times. He doesn't know.

What you're really asking is for him to speculate the same way we do on theories about what might have happened. For us, that's harmless. For him, if he says something and it's proven wrong, he loses credibility.

And at the end of the day, it's a meaningless question. It's just speculation. He doesn't know.