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[Foood]

[DHawk314]

[Foood]

Yeah, that does sound pretty TTA-esque.

Still, I hope we get a more thorough explanation for Entry #29 soon. They've done a good job doubling down on explaining stuff this season.

[pravado]

I still think 29 is a continuity error and that they won't go back to it, but that's just me

[DHawk314]

[aidansean]

[FossilizedSauce]

[Toadbert]

It's kind of hard to ignore because it forwarded the plot, making Jay try to find the trail it was on. It was also referred back to sometime at a later entry. The one when Jay found Alex sitting in the tunnel and ran away, I think.

[pravado]

Yeah but they backed themselves into a corner with it

In order for them to explain it they'd have to basically say that Jay's handheld camera warped into his hand, and that he was warped here in entry 52s end and that time didn't exist in this entry because it's daylight out and had to happen very shortly after the entry where bruce was killed because of the fresh blood (the day after was entry 27 and jay clearly didn't go there that day, and we saw his journey in entry 28 during the day plus it was raining then)

so without introducing time travel, it can't be jay, and if they introduce time travel than they're going to run their series into the ground

the only other explanation is that alex took the video shortly after killing bruce, but why even bother making the entry. plus, there was a shirt there, and there was no shirt there when bruce was warped away, so that's another problem (that they overlooked? because 49 or 50 or w/e it was came out way after 29)

I've personally never seen them answer any questions thrown at them for entry 29 and even in the dvd commentary they kind of just ramble over it without talking about it

[Toadbert]

Alex filming it seems most likely to me. It was his chest cam at the time. Why the shirt was there always bugged me too. Any reason I could give for it would just be wild speculation.

The theory that TTA somehow stole the footage from Alex and hid it on Jay's laptop to try and lead him there just seems like the simplest and probably only answer.

If they don't acknowledge it in the commentary then it does seem likely that they're just going to leave it up in the air.

[Lithp]

Or it's a reveal that they're trying to avoid giving away.

But I'm not really sure what the issue is.

[Foood]

I'm under the impression that, since Season 2 was originally going to be the last season, there was going to be some more important information revealed at the end of the seven months. Entry #29 would've fit somewhere along that timeline. But since they decided to do another season, we got a watered-down ending to the seven months and nowhere for Entry #29 to go.

But Troseph, if you're reading this, PLEASE give us some sort of official explanation for it. Even if it's a cop-out one. Just something so it can be put to rest.

[Jordan]

[aidansean]

Here's a thought that's just as difficult to reconcile as the rest. Maybe the operator kidnapped Alex in the night. (Alex thought ahead to strap a chestcam on while he slept, and somehow strapped the handycam to his hand with the strap. Whatever.) The operator chases Alex through the woods to the tunnel where Alex sees the bloody shirt, and then the operator standing at the end of the tunnel. This could be the operator's messed up way of telling Alex what he wants him to do. That would sort of explain why Alex is so worked up about Jay not following him that day.

[TheBigFinish]