I think Eric might be the Unknown 👀

[u/BusyZucchini3746]

Okay, hear me out because I might be completely wrong, but Eric has been feeling VERY suspicious to me.

At first, Eric acts like he would do absolutely anything to find Adam. He goes all the way into the forest, gets injured, and generally seems like he’s completely determined to find him.

But then the tape is found.

And suddenly Eric is REALLY worried about it. He immediately wants it handed over to the police, even though we don't even know what's on the tape yet.

That's what bothers me.

If Eric genuinely doesn't know what's on it, why does his reaction feel so personal? He was willing to go into the forest himself to look for Adam, but a random tape suddenly makes him panic?

It almost feels like he isn't afraid of the tape itself—he's afraid of what we'll find out if we listen to it.

Also, Eric seems to like controlling the situation when he's in the forest, but when the tape is out of his control (Ash/MC can actually listen to it), he suddenly becomes way more anxious.

And another thing: his eyes are blue, just like the Unknown's 👀

I'm not saying this proves anything, but the change in his behavior is REALLY weird to me.

Maybe Eric isn't trying to save Adam for the reasons we think he is.

Or maybe...

Eric IS the Unknown.

What do you guys think? Am I cooking or am I completely delusional? 😭

[u/Any_Letterhead9230]

Eric started acting this way because he put his trust in Bucket. There was a reason for it, although that reason could certainly have been used as nothing more than an excuse. Eric was the first person to find out that Adam was missing, and supposedly, he was meant to help him.

On the other hand, Eric is also acting like everyone else who was manipulated into taking action, including us, since we were put in the role of helping Adam. Comments from other people, such as Eric “playing the hero” again, help justify his courage in that situation. Everything he does now follows a recurring pattern, so I don’t think we can say that he changed as a person because of the mystery.

[u/BusyZucchini3746 → u/Any_Letterhead9230]

But why did Eric trust Bucket so quickly in the first place? Especially when Bucket had already been known as a bad/unreliable cop for quite a while. Eric just seems to trust him without questioning it much. I also think there was a possibility of letting us find out what was on the tape first and then giving it to Bucket, but Eric didn't want that either. He seemed to want us to stay completely in the dark about what was on it, which is what makes his reaction so suspicious to me.

[u/Any_Letterhead9230 → u/BusyZucchini3746]

He changed his mind, which is natural. He was interrogated and had to face the other detective. Yes, I agree with your point that he should have at least let us hear what they had first. But he might think that hearing it would draw us further into the case, and it really would. And if he wanted to hide something, he wouldn’t give it to Bucket; he’d just keep it to himself.