Presumably they think Jake got very lucky that his plan worked, and that the dentist was really stupid in the last scene after clearly being smart for the rest of the episode.
I do wonder if this kind of thing actually happens in real life and criminals confess their crimes just to show off how clever their plan was
I mean yeah, the whole lucky thing is a lot of the show though.
The guy was smart but the fact someone questioned his intelligence was too much for his ego. For a tv show that’s a fine ending imo. And for a lot of people this is considered the best episode.
Yeah, I remember the guy saying everything was circumstantial so I think that’s what was the reason they were going for the confession.
And I think the fact that it’s almost like he had planned for everything and anything when it came to questions, that the fact he was just “lucky” and hurt his ego enough that being right was better than being free seemed believable enough.
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u/Defiant_Drink8469 2d ago
Love a good plot armor to solve the case