Lezlie gave Daniel the mushrooms then specifically told him to confront his past. Because of this, Daniel took the mushrooms and had a vision of Trey and George. Because of this, Daniel then went to visit Trey and then George. Because of this, Daniel heard Trey's version of events. Because of this, Daniel asked John…

Why was Lezlie in the story? He was crucial - he was the catalyst to get Daniel to finally try to confront his past - which meant not only the mushroom trip (and how do you know it didn't help him?), but also his visit to Trey and George's place, and listening to his taped confession. After doing all those things, he…

George kills himself in the pilot - but Trey doesn't discover his body and hide it until the final episode of Season 1 - 5 days later.

True - although I did notice, when Daniel had the flashback mushroom trip and was staring down at the campfire, that it looked like there might have been more than 3 people down there.

"The Christopher thing is probably a homicide that they were both complicit in…"

George asked Trey if he killed Hannah moments before killing himself. That would be rather bizarre behavior from someone who had committed the murder themselves.

I re-watched it not long ago - he says that a bunch of kids, including himself (but not that night) had sex with Hannah, plus one adult (although he doesn't say it was her uncle - or mention a name).

I think you should go back and watch the scene from the pilot. From what I recall, Trey hadn't seen George for awhile - and then on the day that Daniel was being released, George takes the bus to Paulie and calls Trey to meet him by the site of the murder. When Trey arrives, they exchange about 8-10 sentences, then…

Cool. Thanks for the link!

"Is it meant to reflect the only three people who know what happened to Hanna: Daniel, Trey, and George?"

I don't think any of us are claiming that it's anything close to the quality of Rectify (honestly, what is?). It's just a better-than-expected meditation on wrongful death row convictions, politics, etc, that is much more gray than black and white.

I think if you admit any part of it, all of it is admissible - both the first part where he's telling the truth and says he found her dead - and the second part, where he clearly 'confesses' for the plea deal. Plus it was witnessed by several people that could testify. So I'm not sure, during a retrial, that the…

As I wrote below, I think the setup (if that's really what Trey was intending) is a hard sell at the moment. The sheriff knows both Trey and Daniel went to visit George, and that Trey left Daniel there the following morning - and that Daniel left a note and then went riding away by himself. How could Daniel (without…

Actually he didn't really pressure George at all; he just told George that, if there's a new trial, he was planning to tell the truth. It's possible George thought this meant that Trey would tell them he knew George lied about seeing Daniel rape Hannah, but that was never made clear - and he never said anything…

"I don't understand why Trey tried to hide George's body."

I think the frame job is a hard sell at the moment. The sheriff knows both Trey and Daniel went to visit George, and that Trey left Daniel there the following morning - and that Daniel left a note and then went riding away by himself. How could Daniel (without driving, since he had no drivers license at the time of…

"… but it openly aspired to be more and failed except with the squarely targeted demo that "loves" it and does think it's great because it knows what baud rates are."

Yes, yes, yes, fellow Rectifiers - watch The Divide. Although it ends next week, you can binge watch the 8 episode season in no time. Not only is it Rectify-adjacent in the Innocence Initiative / death row theme, but just as Rectify was rather like old home week for Deadwood, The Divide is rather like old home week…

Yes, and considering the shows they have unrolled in the last couple of years, I would say they made a mistake passing on either one of them (I'm not sure they could have done both because of the overlap).

Sorry - I was a bit slow, but I realized a little later that perhaps you meant exactly that. And I agree wholeheartedly :)