So you think one of these characters could be the culprit?
Nope–it would be too obvious.
Heres the thing about a good mystery, though: Therell be a lot of red herrings.
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A red herring is somethingusually a personin a mystery that draws your attention away from the truth.
Its the magicians trickLook here, not there.
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But Belinda quickly realizes hes Greg from another season of the showand now hes asked all about her.
Right now, hes being telegraphed as a huge threat.
(Plus, he better not hurt a single hair on Belindas head or I riot.)
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Timothy Ratliff
Why its too obvious: I mean…he has a gun.
Heres the thing, though: Hes very much being set up as a character with nothing to lose.
His world is going under and hed do anything not to let his family know.
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Hes way too drugged-up now and hes only got one gun.
Rick Hatchett
Why its too obvious: Hes clearly got a past.
Hes killed people before and hes specifically on this trip to kill at least one person.
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Plus, thanks to his oversharing friend, he now has a bag full of guns.
Why it cant be him: He has experience with this.
Theres no way hed fire indiscriminately into the wilderness like the killer does for the big shooting.
Bullets are flying everywhere and Ricks a professional.
Plus, hes on his own emotional journey of character growthitd be a shame to see him backslide.
Amrita would be so disappointed.
Then whos left?
Plenty of people could be the real killers of Season 3.
Heck, there could be multiple separate murderers that arent actually connected.
What do you think?
