C-001S1E1 · IdentityConfirmed
John enters James’s police world
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- Identity substitution
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C-002S1E1 · KnowledgeConfirmed
Colleagues initially read John as James
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- Assumed identity
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J-001S1E1 · Long caseConfirmed
James is missing
- Reading
- Long-case anchor
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J-002S1E1 · ObjectConfirmed
Notebook and cipher form a structured trail
- Reading
- Intent remains open
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C-003S1E2 · TimelineInterpretive
Test each claimed interval separately
- Reading
- Casebook reasoning lens
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C-004S1E3 · MovementInterpretive
Route order and sightline are evidential
- Reading
- Casebook reasoning lens
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C-005S1E4 · ConstraintInterpretive
The “impossible” movement depends on an assumption
- Reading
- Casebook reasoning lens
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C-006S1E5 · HistoryConfirmed
John’s puzzle-setting past enters the case context
- Reading
- Broadcast record
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J-004S1E6 · KnowledgeConfirmed
The original impersonation reaches its breaking point
- Reading
- Series hinge
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J-005S2E1 · IdentityConfirmed
John returns in an official consultant role
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- Role change
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C-007S2E1 · TestimonyConfirmed
The case begins from two confessions
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- Premise, not solution
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C-008S2E2 · TestimonyConfirmed
A room of witnesses creates a consensus problem
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- Premise, not solution
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C-009S2E3 · Movement
Camera coverage frames the movement problem
- Reading
- not yet recorded full broadcast check
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C-010S2E4 · Geometry
Snooker expertise frames the reasoning lens
- Reading
- Preview boundary
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C-011S2E5 · Layout
Witness claims must be placed on the room
- Reading
- Preview boundary
- scene details
C-012S2E6 · Long case
Weekly and James-story boundaries converge
- Reading
- Preview boundary
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