The Debt said:

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I'm gonna say one of the high school students got pinned for it. They are all looking for an adult who could hide a daughter, but something is gonna point to a student.

The student claims innocence (because he is) but the prosecution/police demand the whereabouts of the girl. But he doesnt have a clue because he didnt do it. He does time instead of death penalty because he pleads he did it. Then they find her prints in the walgreens and it's obvious they have the wrong person.

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They showed them finger printing the bike. They will convict the kid who was playing on the bike...

GiveEmHellBill said:

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"You gave a very vivid description of prison rape...........I think that's going to haunt me awhile."

And I am just so blown away by probably the greatest old age makeup work I have ever seen. 2015 Hayes is just so incredible I cannot believe it's makeup.

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This. I don't think I even realized it was him at first. Every single time 2015 Hayes comes in I comment on the makes up. Compare that to Old Mandy Moore and her new husband on This is Us where they just sprayed some gray on their temples and drew on some crows feet and called it a day.

Finally got around to the second episode last night, I have a few thoughts.

-The West Memphis 3 thing is a little too on the nose, but I figure that's just a setup to send this thing in another direction.
-The three time lines is confusing at times, but not terribly so, once it's all over I'd love to see it recut in a more linear fashion.
-Ali is so good, he's basically playing three characters in this thing at the 3 different points in time. He'll get a nomination at the minimum, but I'd put money on him coming out with an Emmy. I've become a fan of his, he's great in everything. Even on Luke Cage, which isn't good, he was great.

My theory:
-I'm thinking his wife's book becomes a bigger part of this as it goes along. I think it's going to expose some things that paint a lot of people in a bad light, including Hays and West which will cause rifts between them, and Hays with his own family. They are really establishing how important Hays's relationship with his wife is, I just don't think the book is her account of the events, I think it's bigger than that. My hail mary on this thing is the book is ultimately what pieces this whole thing together. Hays is in a constant loop of forgetting and trying to remember, going so far as to leave himself messages on a recorder. Perhaps he reads his wifes book again and figures out what he's been missing all along.

Y'all want some more info about the kids maternal grandmother?


It's Meryl Streep.

"I'm interested in the intersectionality of marginalized groups within authoritarian and systemic racist structures."

Head Ninja In Charge said:

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"I'm interested in the intersectionality of marginalized groups within authoritarian and systemic racist structures."

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I laughed my ass off when she said that and both Hayes and his son looked at each other and kind of rolled their eyes.

Max Power said:

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My theory:
-I'm thinking his wife's book becomes a bigger part of this as it goes along. I think it's going to expose some things that paint a lot of people in a bad light, including Hays and West which will cause rifts between them, and Hays with his own family. They are really establishing how important Hays's relationship with his wife is, I just don't think the book is her account of the events, I think it's bigger than that. My hail mary on this thing is the book is ultimately what pieces this whole thing together. Hays is in a constant loop of forgetting and trying to remember, going so far as to leave himself messages on a recorder. Perhaps he reads his wifes book again and figures out what he's been missing all along.

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I think it may be the opposite - he's read the book enough time and reveres his wife so much, that version of the story has become his memory. He believes it to be the true accounting. Instead, he will remember flashes of what really happened and finally figure it out.

Pignorant said:

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Yellow King?

Yup. That incredibly obvious plot point was something only a true detective could have picked up.

2015 Wayne's doctor said his CT scan looked fine. Theory: Wayne's memory loss is a psychosomatic response to his failure to solve the crime. Prediction: As he digs deeper and rexamines the case, his memory loss will fade.

I thought the doc said "there are no changes"

AgLaw said:

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2015 Wayne's doctor said his CT scan looked fine. Theory: Wayne's memory loss is a psychosomatic response to his failure to solve the crime. Prediction: As he digs deeper and rexamines the case, his memory loss will fade.

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I'm pretty sure they are talking about Alzhiemers. It's cant be 100% diagnosed until after death so I think thats what he referenced with the comment about the doctor not being sure about what he had.

Thought episode three was boring but it is really hard to manage expectations with this show.

I'm so glad this season isn't crap like Season 2. I'm liking it so far.

Kids definitely lied to parents on where they were going and also where they have been going.

For some reason I feel like Hays wife has some dark secrets and is involved somewhat.

cclearman said:

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yeah, there was something ominous about their conversation in 1990 (Ep 3) that made it seem like they knew something / covered something up.

also, the description of a brown car with a black man and white woman....she's pretty light skinned? and she was with a guy in one of the first episodes (outside the town hall meeting). didn't get a look at his car

she was in San Fran in the late 60s / early 70s and got into "some bad stuff".

I was feeling like he ended up covering for her and she's involved...somehow.

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I don't think she'd write a book about it if she was involved.

Meat packing company owner is a suspect. Lost his daughter so created the foundation paying for the reward. Maybe he wanted a replacement for his daughter.