Hit episode 50 of that new crime doc and it completely flipped my opinion

I started watching The Staircase Files last Tuesday night, thinking it was just another true crime show. By the time I hit episode 30, I was hooked but still on the fence about the main suspect. Then episode 50 dropped a witness testimony I'd never heard before, and I had to rewatch episodes 20-25 to see what I missed. Now I'm sitting here at 2am realizing I've binged 6 seasons in 4 days and my whole theory about the case is wrong. Has anyone else had a random episode completely change your mind about a show you were already deep into?

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oliviabutler1d ago

Hasn't it been interesting how a single piece of new information can make you rethink everything you thought you knew, like those moments in real life when you find out something about a coworker and suddenly their past makes way more sense?

wade_dixon1d ago

Read an article the other day about how our brains basically rewrite memories on the fly when we get new info (like turning a coworker from "grumpy" to "going through a tough divorce" in hindsight). @oliviabutler nailed it with that coworker example, it's wild how a tiny detail can flip the whole story we told ourselves about someone. Makes you wonder how many other things we've got totally backwards just because we're missing one piece of the puzzle.

craig.olivia1d ago

My brain did the exact same thing when I found out my neighbor was a chef, suddenly all that "grumpy" oven noise made total sense.