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Spoilers: I don't understand what exactly Anne did

posted 9 years ago by evil_henchman
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So we learn in the last episode, that Anne was the one who had the affair with PJ. She also did have his book.

But what does that mean? How was Anne involved in the rape of Jocelyn? Did she hire the guy who did it? Did she know the people who did it or was she even not involved at all? The fact that she had the book that was taken that night suggests that... what? She was there? The book was given to her by someone else?

If all Anne did was having an affair with PJ, it was extremely wrong of Crystal to murder her. Did Crystal just snap or did she realize something more that escaped me?

Did I miss something or were none of these things explained?

[–] micirisi 9 years ago

I was left with the impression Anne was the person who had the cop rape PJ's wife or at least that is what the Judge's wife thought.

He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator.

[–] evil_henchman 9 years ago

That's what I can't imagine. How would she have gotten a cop to do that? The cop also said "THEY made me do it", not SHE. And who took PJ's software? There's a good chance she knew about it, but I never got the impression that it was more than that.
I think the wife just snapped and it would have been much smarter to ask her some questions.

[–] julia-solovjova 9 years ago

I think it might be something to do with Brooks. When she says -- all i've done for the company. That could be something to do with the software

[–] TurnerJazz 9 years ago

Well that's the question for season 2, isn't it.

She hired the cop to steal the book for sure. Who made him rape Jocelyn, we still don't' know for sure. Anne showed a lot of contempt for her, so it makes sense that she wanted her raped. But like you said, the cop implied he was forced to do it. So who has the power to do that and why would they want to?

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[–] P-K-One 9 years ago

I doubt this was personal.

If they had just stolen the book, PJ would have figured that out and taken steps. Immediately released the software to be first to market, patent the software to make sure nobody else could release it,...something.

Jocelyn's rape diverted attention, made it seem like a home invasion/crime of lust rather than a robery reduces the probability that PJ would check if something was stolen. It also distracted PJ. He had to take care of his traumatized wife instead of focusing on other stuff.

As to the "they"...I think this might just be a change implemented after the pilot. Not all storylines survive from pilot to finished show. Stories change and characters change. For example, in the pilot the preachers girlfriend blows the bank manager to get the check to clear. Is that the behavior of the woman we see on the rest of the show?

[–] Ithilfaen 9 years ago

If they had just stolen the book, PJ would have figured that out and taken steps. Immediately released the software to be first to market, patent the software to make sure nobody else could release it,...something.

He didn't because his software wasn't stolen that night.

The show is a big bunch of red herring. Isn't it awfully convenient that Crystal kills Anne before Parnell can talk to her?

They give you just enough for you to play detective and fill the blanks with information you think you have.

The cop never said he got the book. He said "they made me rape her. I just wanted to get the book but they said it had to happen that way"

Then Parnell asks Jocelyn about a book. Then Jocelyn says that book went missing and it was the one that had PJ's software in it. Then Crystal finds the book at Anne's place and Anne says she got it as a gift to herself.

Nothing says all these events are connected. With what we do know, anything is possible including: Anne took the book because she knew PJ cherished it. Maybe she even knew the software was in it (no way of knowing that because she doesn't talk about it and the cache was further in the book). Someone else wanted the software. They knew it was hidden in a book. They hire the cop to get it and make it look like a rape. He does the deed but the book is already gone. Maybe PJ had already relocated the software.

Regardless, the only connection between the rape and Anne is one we just create from bits and pieces that could just as well lead to someone else.
Why hire a cop? For a newcomer in a small town, that probably wouldn't be the best choice unless you knew this one cop wasn't going to turn you in. Whoever hired him knew he was corruptible or had something on him.

As to the "they"...I think this might just be a change implemented after the pilot. Not all storylines survive from pilot to finished show

lol for a 10 episode whodunnit stint, the writers would be mediocre if they didn't already have a clear idea of who did the deed right from the start.

Anyway, the show is full of ridiculous holes.

A psycho is coming to kill you because you rape someone. You:
a) confess to everything and try to bargain for your life with information about who hired you to do it
b) just pretend pointlessly that you didn't do it until you're stabbed repeatedly and you wait a few minutes to make sure it's your dying breath before you whisper "they made you do it"

You created priceless software that is valuable enough to be hidden. You:
a) upload it in an encrypted form to a secure server or a cloud somewhere nobody would ever think to look for it.
b) hide it encrypted on an air-gapped computer you put in a bank vault somewhere
c) put it on a usb drive and hide it in a book in your house like you are in an Agatha Christie novel.

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[–] firstwinsgop-1 9 years ago

PJ's BFF told Parnell that only two people knew the drive was hidden in the book. Parnell then suggests that maybe the mistress knew too and presses PJ for her name, but PJ didn't know her.

So Anne was the one that told the conspirators (whoever they are) where the drive was hidden. Was she there that night? Did she know the robbery was going to be masked by a rape? We don't know the extent of her guilt, but we do know she betrayed PJ and was working for the people that raped Jocelyn.

[–] defcon79 9 years ago

Crystal and Purnelle are bad people with no morals or conscience like many rich people, there's plenty of times they showed this. She murdered Anne because she thought she knows she can get away with it and she thinks she has a right to do it because she's better than other people. She has had no problems with her husband doing criminal acts as long as it doesn't affect her.

[–] julia-solovjova 9 years ago

It was the other way around. It was Anne who thought she could get away with things. Chrystal kept her cool during the whole time, maybe too cool for a grieving mother, but when she realised she's been lied to, she finally snapped. As for Pernell, Chrystal never knew what he and KD were up to.

[–] jamesjkelly1982 9 years ago

Yeah so this is what I get from it, Brooks wanted PJ's program so he sent in Anne to seduce him to get it but she ended up falling in love with PJ only to be rejected when PJ had a guilt trip and told Anne that he loved his wife.

So this had the effect of not only ruining the plan to seduce him in order to get program but now Jocelyn was in the way of Anne being with PJ and them being rich together.

She goes back to Brooks explains getting the program is going to prove more difficult than first imagined so Brooks uses his financial might and power to provide resources to a plan B which Anne may or may not have been complicit in deciding should be a rape which would be a cover for the theft as nobody would notice or that was the plan anyway.

So they buy some crooked cops who then gain entry to Jocelyn and PJ's home commit the rape and steal the book with the program which Anne took as her momento and completed her mission only to be foiled by Parnell and Crystal and "PJ".