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when joe the detective sees The Lodgers footprint....

posted 11 years ago by dcabigail
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Joe sees a footprint and it make him think of all the pieces of the puzzle coming together. Obviously, he draws the wrong conclusion about the Lodger ( or does he?) but my question is why does the footprint trigger joes memories of the Lodger? How was that a trigger?

[–] dcabigail 10 years ago

anyone?

[–] man_westooth 10 years ago

Joe had already been put on the case by the police, and he probably recognized the footprint from one of the previous crime scenes (even though he came to the wrong conclusion).