{"id":249490,"date":"2022-05-26T17:31:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T17:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=249490"},"modified":"2023-01-24T18:20:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T23:20:42","slug":"the-staircase-episode-6-introduces-the-owl-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2022\/05\/26\/the-staircase-episode-6-introduces-the-owl-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Staircase Episode 6 Introduces the Owl Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following contains spoilers for\u00a0The Staircase<\/strong> (2022) Episode 6, \u201c\u201cRed in Tooth and Claw\u201d (written by Antonio Campos and Emily Kaczmarek, and directed by Leigh Janiak).<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cRed in Tooth and Claw\u201d is the long-awaited introduction of the Owl Theory. This theory was excluded in the original 2004 docuseries, but gained prominence because of a series of YouTube videos<\/a> uploaded in 2008. The videos and the theory were created by Michael Peterson\u2019s (Colin Firth) neighbor Larry Pollard (Joel McKinnon Miller). Larry poses the theory that Kathleen wasn\u2019t murdered, nor did she fall down the stairs. Instead, all of her injuries can be explained by a barred owl attack.<\/span><\/p>\n On the surface, the theory sounds far-fetched. Could an owl really be responsible for the death of Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette)? Based on the information available, it\u2019s not outside the realm of possibility. Barred owls are massive, and they have been known to attack people. Larry compiled a number of news reports about people who had been attacked by barred owls in the Durham, NC, area.<\/span><\/p>\n The theory Larry shares with Sophie (Juliette Binoche) is that Michael stayed at the pool while Kathleen left to set up Christmas decorations in the front yard. While she was there, a barred owl dive-bombed her. The struggle that ensued accounts for the drops of Kathleen\u2019s blood on the porch and the smear of her blood on the front door. Larry believes Kathleen tried to go upstairs to get a cloth to stop the bleeding, but ultimately fell to the bottom of the stairs, where Michael later found her.<\/span><\/p>\n
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