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Seriously? The windchimes tipped Marlene off?


I found that part to be a little unrealistic when she saw the house listing of the doctor and saw the windchimes and immediately came to the conclusion Peyton was connected somehow, as if Peyton's the only person on the planet who has windchimes.

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I thought that was stupid too. I can understand her not trusting her and having a bad feeling about her but there definitely needed to be something more to link Peyton to Claire's family than just windchimes.

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After she noticed the windchime, didn't she look into the info on the house and see the doctor's name? Then went to check out the newspapers to see if she could find a picture of his wife? Maybe I'm remembering the sequence wrong.

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No you're right but the issue is a simple set of windchimes that many people have shouldn't have immediately made her suspicious and think Peyton was connected to the doctor that molested Claire, just because Peyton had given Claire windchimes.

Also Marlene acts as if shes never heard of windchimes before, like at Claire's house when she went "What is that annoying noise?" as if shes never heard the sound of windchimes before. Then later shes like "Well Peyton's the only person i've ever known to have these windchime things shs must be connected to the doctor somehow".

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No you're not. You are absolutely correct. I feel the same as Mr Babadook as far as the initial realization for her :)

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Maybe because she realized it was the same wind chimes?

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Its still a stretch, as if only Peyton has those wind chimes.

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I think the point was that the chimes tipped her off and she did more research to be sure.

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Yes, that was ridiculous. And those pictures weren't even that clear.

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