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[LittleKuriboh]

I think it proves one thing conclusively.

Alex is Batman.

[Sumias]

[I3K3E3]

this is a very good point.....cameras set up all over the house to watch the boys....so setu p to be "mom" and "dad".....
that means some thing is controlling a system of cameras that are hidden in jeffs house....now the question is whether jeff and alex made this system....
or whether it was placed there by something else....

[NoMoreGaems]

I still say they're living with older relatives, that would keep the top levels of the house pretty much reserved for them. Alex's statements are either the result of serious mental imbalance or else "pretending they're alive" doesn't mean he believes it, it means he covers for his family arrangements by saying they're alive. So when he says his parents have grounded him, he really means his grandparents/whatever, and he just didn't feel like explaining the situation to the entire internet.

I will say this, and perhaps burn in hell for it, but TribeTwelve had a better method of dealing with the "Where are the parents?" question than EMH did.

[Scion of Flame]

I don't even know if I believe that. Saying their parents are dead doesn't dodge the question of "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BARRICADE DOORS IN THE HOUSE?!" from whoever they're living with.

Maybe they live with grandparents? I dunno. They might also just have relatives that come check on them sometimes or...whatever. I dunno. I just know that the voices we've heard inside that house have to belong to someone...and if not their parents...then who?

[I3K3E3]

scion, is it possibl we are dealing with a what, not a who, when we're talking jeffs new "parents"????

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[BuenoBoy]

I think if they lived with someone who they were calling their parents, it would be a non-issue. They wouldn't go out of their way to let us know their real parents were dead if that was the case.

[quitthecarnival]

Sumias: I'm almost positive they were at Vince's house last night.

I personally think it's going to be used as a way to have all the boys relate back to the papers from Corenthal. We have Jeff being left behind and stuck in a burning school (which is one of my worst fears ugh), Alex pretending his parents are still alive in some way or another, and we've all seen Evan's crazy multiple times. Now we just need Vince.
However, I don't know how Alex fits into the papers since he hasn't been mentioned in any.

[Sumias]

[Mattwan]

I'm kind of leaning toward "clumsy continuity fix" at the moment. The biggest thing for me is Jeff's creepy "Insurance money can go a long way," which I took to mean that A) he and Alex have been living on their own, even if that's not the way it would work in the real world; and B) they really, really want us to drop the whole "where are the parents?" issue.

I was distracted at a few important moments during the Ustream last night. At one point I re-focused just as it looked like Jeff was explaining what he'd told the police about Damsel. Did he say that all he did was tell them that she'd been the last person to see Jessa alive? I may have misinterpreted the context in which he was saying that, so some clarification would be much appreciated. As much as I love the guys, I don't want to sit through the 2-hour video again.

[Scion of Flame]

Yeah, fairly certain they weren't at Jeff's either. I really don't know about the parents situation...but I do think we need to be viewing the boys in a different light via their psychological states.

If my theory is right then...well, Evan may be nuts and talking to people, but Alex is right up there with him on the Batshit Crazy scale.

I don't think they want us to drop the issue other than him being angry that we brought it up. It's a natural reaction. Still don't think it's a clumsy continuity fix with the LACK of clumsiness in the rest of the series. If they wanted to cut parents out of things before, they could have. Just doesn't feel like it fits their production value up until now, you know?

@Mattwan Jeff did say he told them about Damsel being the last one to see Jessa alive 'and some other stuff', I believe.

Extra Note: ...Are they dumb in thinking that the Rake couldn't just get out the window in Alex's room? I mean...really? I'm pretty sure if it wanted to be loose again, it would be.

[NdRo]

Possible theory on the parent's inconsistency:
Remember that video (I forget which) that had the two versions of opening Jeff and Alex's front door, in gagged Jeff version there was someone who doesn't line up with the rest of the cast in background, possible parent/ Family member?

Also, I remember reading a wild guess that both versions of the door opening happened and are different versions of reality. Maybe the parents being around is also a difference between two concurrent realities and we're only just now noticing the subtle differences.

Probably not, but interesting idea.

[quitthecarnival]

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