Thoughts on the Killer's Identity
So, my buddy and I were talking (as we always do when a new episode drops, it's become a pastime) and I mentioned that Episode 5 should be an interesting one since it would likely be primarily about taking down the Crooked Man's organization now that the mystery was essentially solved. He firmly disagrees. He thinks that the killer has yet to be identified, and the Crooked Man is just another bait-and-switch like Crane (who I never thought was actually the killer, it was too simple). He says we still have no evidence that CM ordered the deaths of Faith and Lily or had to do with the removal of their ribbons, and he thinks that TellTale is too smart to give away all of the surprises in the 4th episode. I've been thinking a lot, and I'm not sure what to think now. What do you guys think? Any chance that yet ANOTHER unknown villain lies in wait to be discovered in Cry Wolf, or is CM really our man after all?
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If the crooked man killed the girls it would be disappointing, as it would not be a shock or twist and many people thought he was the killer in episode 3
Consider the Crooked Man invited Bigby to have a chat. If Telltale is competent they'll use this to throw us a fastball and unveil that, yes, the Crooked Man is indeed innocent. But then they open themselves up to the trap of ending episode 5 on some sort of cliffhanger, and I'm sure none of us would forgive them for that. Especially not after that godawful, almost 4 month wait between episodes 1 and 2.
Otherwise, it'll just be one prolonged ending fight scene, where we fight against Mary, lose, get saved by contrivance, get Auntie Whatsherface to magic up some way of defeating Mary (despite the latter being immune to magic - there's always deus ex machina), kill Mary in a predictable, but satisfyingly blood way, kill Crooky, the end.
It would be a bit predictable if he ordered their deaths.
Didn't Jersey and nearly every enemy said "because the CM wants" lol.
He ordered.
In the first episode, the woodsman was also a false lead. In episode 2(?), Crane was a false lead. There was probably another one, and now Crooked man is.
I bet he wants Bigby to find out who's been killing his girls. Note that Psycho Mary was NOT at Crooked man's HQ She said "god save the queen" too. That was really strange. She also said that their gang was going to have "a relationship with you guys." That foreshadowed the meeting with CM at the end of ep 4.
I say the someone else is trying to take the neighborhood away from the crooked man, and that person killed Crooked man's girls to make Bigby go after CM and kill their opponent for her.
Crooked man wants to explain this all to Bigby, then set him loose on the real killer.
faye kane ♀ girl brain
i don't think that any of the prestented fables are the killers . Dead hookers is bad business for the Crooked Bastard and Porgie, the devil etc seem to be under the Crooked Bastard's crooked thumb.
Edit: It could be goldilocks if there is a political motive to it.
I'm thinking there's another villain who's behind everything, someone we've already met, maybe.
I hope not. Introducing a new character that's "behind everything" in the very last chapter would be fucking cheap!
I'm hoping for some big twist that will make everything make sense, be it a little predictable or not (we as a community pretty much suspect everyone, so some things may turn out right). For example I knew Crane wasn't guilty by the end of ep2 and through the whole chase after him that took place in ep.3 and it was still fucking amazing. I don't expect less from ep5. :-)