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(Spoiler) Two questions

posted 10 years ago by palatin_m
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Two things I didn't get:

1. I understand that in the beginning the police can't search the whole area for Tui since it's too large and she could be pretty much anywhere. But why don't they start searching in the area near the cabin where Tui stayed after Jamie dies? It must be so easy to figure out how far a pregnant 12-year old can walk in a certain amount of time. Just search within the estimated radius and BAM, you find the child that's been missing for months. I feel that no one in the town takes her disappearance seriously.
Also they could have just followed Jamie after they found out that he steals food and brings it to some place... I just don't get why they don't find her earlier.

2 . How does Robin realize that she needs to go to Al's house in the end? She's looking at the pictures of the children in the barista. She has seen those pictures many times by then, what exactly is it that makes her realize that there's something wrong with Al?

[–] frankey200 10 years ago

How does Robin realize that she needs to go to Al's house in the end? She's looking at the pictures of the children in the barista. She has seen those pictures many times by then, what exactly is it that makes her realize that there's something wrong with Al?

I don't know either, but as I was watching it with my wife, as soon as my wife saw those pictures, she said "Al is the bad guy!".

Call it female intuition....

[–] MTulliver 10 years ago

2. Because I think she was recalling how he was always reprimanding the kids who worked at the cafe, like he was in charge of them somehow.

[–] nerd-alert77 10 years ago

2. In the café there's a photo of Al, Bob Platt and a lot of the young baristas. Robin already knew that Bob Platt was involved in something shady (from what they found on his computer)and she noticed that April Stevens (whose death was reather suspicious)was one of the baristas, so she realized that Al was involved in the case. Perhaps she even suspected that he had given her Roofies when she passed out in his home (after one or two glasses of redwine - that really puzzled me then).