Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-5430952-20200104163125/@comment-33467404-20200113062730

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: ChishioKunrin wrote: To be fair, in order to fake that footage, she would probably need audio of Watts actually saying such things, considering that Watts' faked footage of Penny required him to use existing footage of Penny. On top of that, Jacques' reaction to the video was pretty telling. He became incredibly nervous, and when he was told to sit down, he fled. Seems very guilty.

Had it just been silent footage or a photo of Watts sitting in Jacques' office, then they could've called bullshit and asked why she expects them to believe that's real. But it had Watts, his actual voice, saying things that were very, very specific to the exact situation that transpired. It also had Jacques' voice literally saying Watts' name, addressing him. Yeah, but Jacques reacting that way was even more absurd. He didn't manipulate his way into the Schnee family and control of the SDC by being someone who falls apart because he forgot to prepare for his actions being exposed. Also, Jacques giving Watts his personal log-in without preparing for a double-cross seems like the dumbest move ever for someone like him. This was lame story-telling, plain and simple. Made him look like an amateur.

Here is a more plausible way for this to have played out: Weiss plays the footage and Jacques becomes nervous, but rapidly transitions into being indignant. Jacques says the footage is clearly faked, raises that his daughter is disgruntled after being disinherited for her life-endangering actions at the charity ball, and then demands to know the source of the "so-called" footage. At this point either Weiss refuses to out her mom as the source, giving him the opportunity to further attack the authenticity, or does and he immediately responds by highlighting Willow's alcoholism to impugn her credibility.

Would have been a far more believable scene had it played out that way. It also would have been more believable if they fought over it, only for Ironwood and the other Council members to say clearly there needed to be an investigation to determine the truth of the claims. At that point, they get interrupted by the whole business with the heat being turned off, so any further action or discussion is delayed. However, instead we get this ridiculous display. I seriously hope they aren't basically concluding things with Jacques this way as that would be like Adam all over again, only worse. Or maybe Jacques tempts Weiss to arrest him, but with him behind bars who will step in to take his place? Without him to run the company, the SDC would go bankrupt and massive lay-offs would ensue. Leaving the workers and miners jobless, and maybe even homeless. (The writers would have Willow step in as the CEO of the SDC.)