"Experiment" is probably the wrong term. I think they went with it sincerely, but they withheld a particular key character so they had a way to "make things right" if the whole thing flopped. It worked out, in the short term, how they wanted, so it stayed. In the long run, I have gone from being a nearly line-wide…

I am of the belief that the New 52 was originally an experiment - that is the only way I can make sense of the whole thing. I think they intentionally didn't reintroduce Wally West out of the gate b/c they could use him as an escape valve if the reboot was a failure. I kept believing/hoping that the rebooted…

Got it. I see what you're saying, but I still think it's implicit that Jay was concerned about Adnan turning Jay in AFTER Adnan gets caught rather than being concerned that Adnan will proactively turn Jay in if Jay doesn't help. To clarify, there are two possible interpretations of the threat: the first is that…

No, I disagree. Adnan is using the threat to get Jay to cooperate with his disposal of the body. The threat was not that Adnan would voluntarily go to the police to rat out Jay. Rather it was that if Adnan got caught due to his failure to adequately hide Hae's body, then he was going to bring Jay down, as well. …

In fairness, I'm not sure what Serial was really about when all is said and done myself. It's hard to say that the Serial Serial doesn't get it when I don't think Serial itself ever actually figured out what it was about. That's not an indictment at all, as I quite enjoyed Serial (and I've been enjoying the Serial…

I think the threat wasn't so hollow - Adnan is securing Jay's silence by saying "if I go down for this, I bring you down for drug dealing." Nobody has to be dumb for that threat to be made or to work. At the time, Jay is a young black man dealing drugs in Baltimore - he's NOT going to want the police coming after…

Yeah, I think I've been just conversing so my initial line of questioning has gotten muddled. I started out looking for why people feel Adnan to be innocent on an emotional level. Then through discussion, I've been bouncing back and forth into reality, jury decision, etc.

Oh, well if we're saying the jury system is fucked, then I totally agree. If I were ever on trial for a crime I didn't commit, nothing would terrify me more than having my fate decided by 12 people forced to be in the room, analyze things they don't understand and come to a conclusion without regard to theatrics and…

Refresh my memory - was the DNA from under Hae's fingernails or from a bottle found near the crime scene? If it's from a bottle, then, shit, Adnan knows whether he left it or not. I would hope that he wasn't dumb enough to leave that sort of incriminating evidence around, so I assume he knows that his DNA will not…

I get what you're saying, but I don't think any of us can say whether the jury got it right or wrong. The evidence presented, the way it is presented and the way it is discredited all paint a picture that only 12 people in the jury room could see. We're analyzing what they've done with information that wasn't…

The motive may not be satisfactory, but we have a dead child who seemed to have been universally liked. That's never supposed to happen, so the jealous ex-boyfriend is actually one of the most satisfactory motives that is out there. Once we get beyond that, it is Jay trying to prevent Hae from ratting him out for…

I don't think there are any smoking guns in here about how broken the system is, though. Nothing was presented to establish that the cops set out to frame Adnan (which, frankly, I think is an unrealistic scenario, though it is one that is easy for people to entertain in a society currently so mistrustful of police). …

Well, none of us really know whether Adnan should have been convicted. The evidence presented at trial was obviously enough for that particular jury to unanimously conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Adnan was guilty. None of us were there and can say whether that was right or wrong. Even knowing everything I…

Thanks for the response, but this is still poking holes at the case against Adnan rather than getting into what about him makes you think he's not guilty. I just can't wrap my brain around why so many people are taking up Adnan's cause in an "I think he's innocent" rather than an "I think he should have been found…

A question to those who think Adnan is innocent: what about this case makes you think that he did not do it? I don't care about the "not enough evidence to find him guilty in a court of law" side of things. Rather, I'm just interested in what is out there that makes people think Adnan is innocent. He had a motive,…

My apologies for being late to the party, but I've been catching up on comments today. Since you're articulate and clear on believing Adnon's innocence, I was hoping to just get a bit of insight from you into why you don't think Adnon did it? (I pose the question to, and welcome responses from, other Adnon…

I'm surprising myself a bit by doing this, but I'm actually going to mildly defend Julie's decision to quit (and I have been strongly against every previous incident of someone quitting the game). I am probably giving Julie more of a free pass b/c she was likely dragged into the game as a loved one for Rocker, and…

Agreed.  I hated the "One More Day" storyline and was entirely opposed to the concept of "Brand New Day", but dammit if Slott hasn't won me over with writing the most fun comic on the market. We all knew Peter Parker would be back, but having Otto running around as Spidey for a while will make for some good stories…

I thought this issue was pure garbage, and it really makes me reconsider how much longer I'm sticking with this series.  They've been hyping issue 100 for at least the past year, and I really thought there would be something worthwhile there, but for me, this just wasn't it.  If the best Kirkman can come up with for…

I thought this issue was pure garbage, and it really makes me reconsider how much longer I'm sticking with this series.  They've been hyping issue 100 for at least the past year, and I really thought there would be something worthwhile there, but for me, this just wasn't it.  If the best Kirkman can come up with for…