NOTE: SBK1 and SBK2 writers omit details that would help us form the killers profiles.
01. SBK1 is hard to deduce. All we know is that the victims were wealthy. Why those in particular? There are a lot of wealthy people living in Boston. Forensic details that would reveal more about whether the victims put up fights or were surprised into submission would be helpful. This info is glossed over quickly. Silver Bells is just a signature of the killer(s). What is its metaphorical meaning? That's the question.
02. Mitchell Hawthorne could no more fit into Cam's belt than the Mayor, Gunther or a young Detective Cutter, that is if you are seriously considering one of them as SBK1. The same belt was not used for all the killings.
03. A wild guess at SBK1 would be Madeline’s parents — two ‘Silver Bells’ (i.e. two in their Silver Years.) This would possibly make us toss a coin on Ross, Sr. or Maddy’s Dad being in the grave Garrett dug up. Either way, Mitchell and Maddy both decided to avoid a scandal.
04. Very strange — the last scene of S01E01 Madeline holding her hands in lap, with Mitchell’s oximeter on her finger, sits in the portrait pose of Whistler’s mother, hospital bed curtains and art hanging on the wall next to her like in the original painting. Acting imitating Art. The episode is named Arrangement in Grey and Black. The original James McNeill Whistler oil painting was named Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 in 1872. Whistler drew many imitators (i.e copycats) of his work and later wrote about his disdain for them.
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05. SBK2 will be a big shocker if it’s X. I’m sure. But, my best guess is Cam. Sophie may be his partner.
06. Cam has a history of drug abuse and mental illness with blackouts. He’s not sure what he saw, or if he was even in his body. There hasn’t been any indication of it, but I think Garrett stabbed Cam that night in self defence. We all saw how violent Cam can be (i.e. beating the drug dealer with the pipe.) This could have been an unrelated event to SBK1 that took place that night.
06. At age 12, Cam is in therapy for mental and drug-related problems. Cam's 9 y.o., Jack, has mental health issues requiring professional treatment.
So far, in this series, there has been no mention of medical treatment for mental health issues with a young Garrett.
07. ‘Kidding on the Square’ as the writers do quite a bit, the mention of psychopathy and predatory birds in one’s environment creates a huge epiphany with Cam as he recalls and looks around in his parents home and sees them everywhere in the house. Cam has predatory birds tattooed on both biceps. (S01E01)
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08. Of course, Brady Ross would be the wild card, if his father turns out to be SBK1. Since the writers give us no info about his family, Brady would have access to more leads, as a police officer, to a cold case of a 12 to 14 y.o. boy whose father disappeared about 20 years ago.
09. Brady is a rogue police officer, who does whatever he wants. He doesn’t follow the orders given him by his superiors. He can’t control himself and behaves unprofessionally. He is angry and aggressively goes after the Hawthorne men, even young Jack. He has a knee-jerk reaction to the slightest provocation and runs with many mistaken hunches. (S01E10) The last scene left off with Brady aiming a gun on unarmed Garrett.
10. Perhaps a third party (Tessa, Jack, Cam or X?) will take Brady down some way before he shoots Garrett. I keep thinking that the crossbow is bound to come up again sooner or later. You never know about these things.
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