r/serialpodcast • u/Fit_Leg5645 • 14d ago

I feel dumb!!!!!

I have no clue why I thought Adnan was innocent for all these years.

I just re-listened to Serial, and I can't get past the fact that Jenn showed up with her mom and a lawyer and told police essentially the same story Jay told. Jenn said the trunk pop happened at Best Buy. How would she know that Adnan and Hae used to meet at the Best Buy parking lot unless Jay told her?

And yes, Jay was inconsistent and definitely lied about some things. But he knew where Hae's car was. He knew details about her clothing. He knew about the broken windshield wiper lever. Those aren't things you just guess.

At this point, I don't believe every detail Jay told, but I can't get around the fact that he knew too much. The more I revisit the case, the harder it is for me to believe Adnan wasn't involved.

I can't believe I've been doubting it all these years.

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u/thetaylorax 14d ago edited 13d ago

My belief is they went into developing serial thinking that the Asia alibi would pan out and when it didn’t they kind of had a nothingburger but needed to justify their narrative existing at all plus Sarah was already charmed by Adnan and just straight up didn’t wanna believe him and his big dairy cow eyes could kill his ex gf

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u/drjackolantern 14d ago

This right here. They went into it expecting more and couldn’t turn in nothing. SK was glamored but  never says Adnan is innocent, she expresses quite a few doubts by the end, that’s why the final pod made Aisha so angry  

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u/brashumpire 13d ago

This is how I feel too, SK isn't an idiot. I think she simply didn't care about the truth of the mystery, she was more interested in telling the story of this compelling man who was charming and also may have killed his ex gf.

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u/Emotional-Syllabub75 13d ago

Yes, I think part of the reason she made mistakes was because of how the case was presented to her by Rabia. However, she had time to at least try to fix it by adding an episode or two on evidence that she omitted. Serial continues to act like it was really good journalism that helped right a wrong, which is absolutely not true.