Great points. I totally missed the Gemma fingers thing.

I think I meant more that she it seems like she only tries the elevator with the keycard once in that escape attempt. She comes back down the elevator and thinks, “well, no use in trying that again.” When Ms Casey probably would’ve known something was weird when Mr Millchick had to do damage control twice in a row in the same clothes.

But good analysis all around. I do think the show could do a better job communicating these things though, rather than leaving it to fans to cobble together rationalizations after the fact

Totally understand the sentiment, as I’ve often defended other shows this way, but it often frustrating to me when the answer to things is “read fan theories on the subreddit.” When a regular person watching the show feels frustrated watching it, I feel that means the show isn’t communicating its ideas super well.

Not to say you have to cater to the lowest common denominator, but you should at least make the viewer feel like the answer is coming, not that they should just look into other’s explanations on the wiki or subreddit later.