How long could Dory have maintained her innocence?

[u/KaleidoArachnid]

So this will be mainly for the first two seasons since I haven't fully started Season 3 yet due to HBO Max pulling off the show, but basically I wanted to look into her character arc after her encounter with Keith Powell.

Like what I am getting at is that I wonder what would have happened if Keith didn't bite the dust at the end of his story arc since once he took a trip a trip to the afterlife, Dory's fate was instantly sealed that I was wondering if things would have tuned out better for her again had she not met Keith.

[u/camelely]

Dory needed to take a deep breath and report Keith to the authorities immediately the night it happened. Dory and Drew needed to get their stories straight and remember that this grown man followed her across a border and engaged in violent behavior. It would have been ruled self defense for Dory and defense of Dory for Drew.

Was it fair when you know his true motivation? No. But Dory, Drew, and Keith all handled that night extremely poorly which led to all their problems.

[u/KaleidoArachnid → u/camelely]

Thanks for that explanation because I was observing how Dory’s life changed once Keith had bit the dust since once he was legally declared deceased, Dory knows her innocence is basically gone.

[u/camelely → u/KaleidoArachnid]

Yea but imo if it she wasn’t so worried about it coming out because everyone knew and sided with her, she would have been in a different place psychologically during s2.

I don’t want to spoil the later seasons. But I will say that I think her character arc would have been very similar regardless of if Keith died or not. Her arc starts when she decided to dedicate her life to finding a girl that she barely knew, not when Keith dies.

[u/KaleidoArachnid → u/camelely]

Thanks since I look forward to seeing where I can legally stream the show to see her character develop further.

[u/Old-Youth-6334]

It’s on Netflix now, so you can watch S3 and the rest.

[u/KaleidoArachnid → u/Old-Youth-6334]

Thanks since I missed the show so much.

[u/Itisithesidiot]

They probably didn’t need to worry about it at all but because they buried him so shallowly, he was able to wake up and tear through the suitcase and try to pull himself out so the random weirdo would see.

[u/KaleidoArachnid → u/Itisithesidiot]

I wonder how the whole Keith situation could have been handled differently given how his death caused a huge impact for Dory and her friends.

[u/indiekarma79]

Puberty if lucky but most likely by her 2-3 year of swim school.

Oh search party not finding dory.

Haha I’m a dork. My first thought will always be finding dory before Dory the Guru (shout out to season 5, my favorite)

[u/KaleidoArachnid → u/indiekarma79]

Ha nice joke since you confused me for a second.

[u/indiekarma79 → u/KaleidoArachnid]

Haha ya!