r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 2d ago

Discussion Unknown Number High-school Catfish Spoiler

What the hell did I just watch? And what the hell was this person thinking?

I'm in shock that someone would do such a thing to their own child. And that she doesn't seem to have any focus on what she actually did.

The daughter didn't seem to grasp what her mother did when they told her but the father acted on it right away.

Was she totally jealous of her own daughter?

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u/Fearless_Feeling_873 2d ago

Yes, she clearly viewed her daughter as a sexual rival which is why she put down her body in a sexual manor. She knew her daughter was too young to do those sexual acts and so that was her "superior edge". They emphasized that she was super involved in school activities and being a coach. They tried to paint this as evidence that she was a loving mom, but it's actually more evidence of her wanting exposure to minors/Owen to prey upon. She was even going to all of his games. What kind of adult with a busy life does that for a child they aren't related to?

The local police dropped the ball on this one. You always start with the people closest to the victim. They didn't even verify that she worked where she said she worked! They could have easily uncovered her lies with a phone call to the company. That phone call would have told them 1. she is a liar 2. she has tech knowledge and 3. she has a lot of free time. I wonder what she did at her job to get herself fired.

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u/SpecialistWishbone77 2d ago

All of this...and to me it seemed clear not from the start, but pretty fast, that it was an adult...of course she specifically wasn't an evident suspect, but to think that a minor could not only write this messages, but hide their identity that well for such a long time...that needed some skills...in any case she is a total psycho and should not have been interviewed for this.

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u/Three-blind-222511 17h ago

When the texts spelled their they’re and there correctly I knew it was an adult

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u/Maxismydog1981 9h ago

It was clear it was an adult because it would hardly be news worthy if it was just some mean girl in Lauryn's class. The old journalism dictum, "Dog bites ban is not newsworthy, but man bites dog is."

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u/Comfortable_Smell_91 8h ago

I thought it was a male adult. Either one of the school staff or teachers or even one of the dads. Never even considered the mom... what a sick human being she is.

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 1d ago

I wonder what she did at her job to get herself fired.

They did speculate twoards the end that she never actually worked at any of those places to begin with.

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u/Excellent-Cable-1366 1d ago

Her face, behavior, mannerisms show only one thing - Jealousy. 

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u/bluecoastblue 1d ago

ugh. reading this it just dawned on me: what if she encouraged her daughter to start a romantic relationship with Owen so that she could get closer to him? maybe the plan all along was to get rid of the daughter so she gains sympathy and is now alone with Owen as they are both grieving? It's all so sinister. Surely there must be a way for the people affected to sue her for the psychological torture?

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u/Fearless_Feeling_873 1d ago

That could totally have been her plan, because it was never clear what the end game was. Sinister is the right word. Owen and her daughter were childhood friends before they started dating so I think either 1. she liked when they were friends because it brought him around the house, but she became jealous when they were an item or 2. he became her preferred age of victim. I've heard pedophiles each have a certain age they like and maybe he became an obsession once he turned 13/14. She needs to be in prison, children are not safe around her.