Me: can I go to bed now?
The little Sam Reich that’s infiltrated my brain:
🎶🕺EVERYBODY DO THE WENIS
THE WENIS IS A DANCE
EVERYBODY IS A GENIUS
WHO KNOWS IT IN ADVANCE 🕺🎶
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I did not expect that Game Changer post to blow up at all, and I also did not realize that this “Sam Reich has been replaced and/or possessed by Sam Dalton” theory has been going on for a while, and Deja Vu is only the latest, largest puzzle piece.
I’m increasingly enchanted by the idea of a season finale in which the cast finally realize what’s going on and have to work together using their wits, improv skills, assorted chekhov’s guns and hopefully the power of friendship, to save their friend and boss Sam Reich while Sam Dalton gloats at them, cackling, that he, Sam Dalton, has been here the whole time.
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The Season's Been Laid Out in the Cards...
The above are a direct depiction of the editing of the show:
Lou views the wall of evidence with Sam Dalton, and says 'So it seems like it's about Objects. Do we have these things? Do we put them on the numbers? (This is correct to escape the step)
The lore provided for Sam Dalton's disappearance reads: "SAMUEL DALTON PRESUMED DEAD Friends and Colleagues gathered this past Saturday to mourn the passing of Samuel Dalton, who disappeared during his magic act last July. Dalton had encircled himself with household objects over the numbers of a clock when a bolt of lightning struck a magnet overhead leaving behind only his smoldering footprints. He is survived by his two sons, Ray and Bolt Dalton, who have since denounced the magical arts."
Brennan suggests someone goes out to start collecting the objects they need, and someone else "stay in here and see if they exist in this space". Sam looks shocked and delighted, looking offstage at someone, and biting his hand to stay quiet. Brennan notices, and asks "What are you biting your hand about?" suspiciously. Sam dramatically mimes zipping his lip and says nothing.
A couple of things that are not in the editing but personal theory notes:
This editing compared to the fairly clear and concise wrap-up on rewatch, especially Sam's over the top reaction to this bit, and the multiple maintained clips that carefully compare the red room to hell/purgatory (Siobhan calls it Sartre-esque, etc) while we are now seeing a decay makes me fairly sure it's foreshadowing.
Escape the Room aired in March, but if we have a 13 episode season again the finale will be in July, when Samuel Dalton disappeared.
I do not know if the episodes are meant to be in order, or if they're exact #s, but there are many things Sam has given this season (Plant, Watch, Jacket) as either prizes or challenges directly, OR episodes could be more metaphorically interpreted (Ace of Cheetos - the single episode designed to torture the snacker, Two of Pillows for the Newlyweds)
Episodes like 6x03 the Three of Coats for Sam Says 3 with a wardrobe challenge or 6x06 Deja Vu with a with a watch prize and time theme have all of the above etc
The Playing Card Items: Ace - Cheeto, 2 - Pillows, 3 - Coats, 4 - Lint Rollers, 5 - Plants, 6 - Clocks, 7 - Vases, 8 - Shoe, 9 - Fire Extinguisher, 10 - Guitar, Jack - Smoke Detector, Queen - Surge Protector, King - Paper Clip
The Other Items Surrounding Samuel Dalton: Scales, Phonograph, Typewriter, Rotary Phone, Photo Camera, Video Camera, Pocket Watch, Bowler Hat
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I AM CONVINCED OF ONE THING AFTER THIS GAME CHANGER EPISODE…
The wenis is a dance
And that it will MOST DEFINITELY COME BACK ON A LATER EPISODE!
After all, “everybody is a genius, WHO KNOWS IT IN ADVANCE”
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I've seen a lot of people comparing Sam Reich's mind games with saw, batman's riddler or even Loki, but what Sam reich really is an incarnation of is the celestial toymaker.
A somewhat malevolent (CEO) entity obsessed with the power of games, that will not hesitate to tweak the rules in his favor but will in any circumstances abide by them. Not a trickster god, not a god of mischief, but a force of *game*. God forbid that man ever lays hands on a celestial toyroom
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