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[Spritey]

He just took his glasses off because they were uncomfortable or something.

His vision obviously isn't THAT bad if he can get around without them. And he has pockets. So I don't think this needs to be debated. Worst-case scenario, it's a minor continuity error.

[Sinkes]

[mokie]

[Susil]

Regarding the key...

My thought, halfway through the entry was this: Alex seems pretty sly. I'll bet that key doesn't open his door, but is just a way of luring Jay to a particular place. Obviously I was wrong on that count - however, I suppose now Alex knows for sure Jay has the key. Quite how that'd benifit Alex, who knows. Someone suggested (forget who but it was a cool idea) the tape Jay found was a dummy - blank, or a videoed message from Alex. Or a rickroll.

And... Jay still has this key now. He could, quite potentially, attempt a return to Alex's place (there's surely enough stalking footage to figure out how to get there) - in fact, thats quite a good possibility for how the series returns to the present.

My biggest questions...

1. WTF is with one solitary tape? I mean, neither of the times Jay has been in Alex's room have we seen more than one tape, despite Alex obviously still doing a lot of filming (see the handheld in #45). They could be boxed up, but why keep one out? Especially if its particularly incriminating and you've got people trying to sneak into your house. The other comon suggestion is that ALex is making good on his promise to burn all the tapes - the lighter hints at this - but again, why save this particular one?

2. What was the point in bringing Jay out to the woods, then deciding "meh, off you go, I'll just chill here"? If Alex suspects Jessica knows too much, he'd have suspected that from before they set off - why would he suddenly decide they need to come back from her? Perhaps he had plans to try and kill Jay, but chickened out? Maybe we've seen Alex trying to cover up a moment of humanity?

I'd still fall in the camp that he didn't much care for Jay coming out, but did it to lure the masked team out - though to what ends I don't know. We know Tim makes it out of the 7 month gap alive, so Alex can't have done anything too lethal to him. It just seems... strange to take Jay on a seemingly purposeless hike.

Bleah... too many questions!


ALso - The only character we've seen smoke (IG at least) is Tim. Just food for thought...

[Robodashy]

 

[sweetgums]

I really find it hard to believe that Jay and Jessica were "dating" by the time of this entry. I mean, Jay's life at that point was pretty much revolving around Alex (and no, not like that), when would he have time for dates? A normal social life, even? What does Jay do in his spare time anyway?

Anyway, regarding Jessica, judging by the way Jay worded the message it seemed to me that they had been keeping in touch with each other when it came to Alex. It was probably meant as a "back-up" for Jay, I think: in case he didn't come out of the woods at least someone would know what happened to him.

Also, during the successful!ninja secene I was totally expecting Alex to appear super pissed at any moment as soon as Jay turned around. The entry might not have had any "scares" but it definitely built up the tension. I kept pausing the video every 5 seconds.

[kori]

 

[Lytrigian]

The glasses may or may not be significant. However, one of the first things Alex did after killing Bruce was to retrieve his glasses from where they'd fallen. Maybe he removes them now if he's expecting violence. Jay certainly was -- he made sure he had his knife.

I have to think that Alex knew perfectly well that Jay had the key, and that the tape was most likely a plant.

Clearly, Alex's insinuation about J & J's relationship was just that. Or he was implying they're in some kind of conspiracy against him.

[awakeasaurusrex]

[Radiolab Hope]

Jay the character's favorite basketball team had just won an important game, and labeling the tape "56-42" was an ad hoc and arbitrary expression of his smugness about the successful ninjutsu feat he just performed.

Alas, that's the most sensical hypothesis I'm able to come up with.

[12th]

[Radiolab Hope]

Judging by his wheels, he is the dealer.




...did I just solve the entire series?

[redherring]

[tijde]

[ExpertMothafacka]

So, fellas, i think this entry is underrated. Okay, there was no slendy, or blood at all, BUT this entry gives us a stable point in time. Now, jay has some clue about the timeframe, and from that point, we can order the tapes.