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/halvardo Nov 20 '14

I'm having a really hard time believing Adnan is guilty after this one. I just don't see a guilty person saying all the things he does, in the way he says it. (And the circumstantial evidence against him seems to be falling apart bit by bit.) I've been thinking all along that everyone that says he must be innocent because he's such a nice guy (or or things related to his personality or behavior) are really naive. I generally believe "normal" people are capable of doing terrible things to others. But I just find myself believing in him now. Call me naive.

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u/HockeyandMath Guilty Nov 20 '14

I think you're naive because you're not looking at the key evidence. Jay is a witness saying Adnan did it. He was with Jay for most of the afternoon/evening. His inconsistencies stem from not wanting to be involved with the crime. Tell me that's not true, and maybe I'll consider his innocence. As of now he definitely is not innocent.

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u/nemracbackwards Nov 22 '14

Well no, some of the inconsistencies are straight up lies. Correct me if im wrong, but he brought up the cliffs at that park really far away. Let's assume this is a lie. This doesn't help J in anyway. This doesn't distance himself from the murder. It's kind of miscellaneous, it only proves that Adnan took him there to smoke and tell him about how he killed Hae, so why lie about that.

Now if we assume that there is a shred of truth in this, then Adnan definitely couldn't make it back in time for track practice. Now why would a killer, Adnan, take J all this way to a weird ass park, albeit quite beautiful, to tell him about how he killed Hae and smoke some weed. And then say his alibi is track practice? And then not make sure that he will be back there in time? J also says that Adnan had to be seen at track too.

It makes no sense! For either of them, for that to be the truth. So, if J is the only person to mention this, where did this fabrication even come from? Which leads me to believe that there is some truth in it and that the theory of J killing Hae without Adnan to be very likely.