Where the first episode of Limetown<\/em>, aptly titled \u201cWhat We Know,\u201d began as a documentary-esque recounting of the tragedy of Limetown and summary of what was already figured out by others, the second episode begins to fill in some of the details about the mystery while simultaneously raising more questions, as the narrator, Lia Haddock, interviews surviving residents of Limetown in the hopes of figuring out what happened. Episode 2, \u201cWinona,\u201d is the story of the first interview with a woman going by the name of Winona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Episode 2 starts with a little bit of confusion and a whole lot of questions as we hear a voicemail from Winona, asking to meet Lia to share her story. After this initial voicemail, Lia explains what the voicemail is about and what to expect from the following interview, but by dropping us straight into the episode with a mysterious voicemail, the podcast reminds us of the lack of knowledge we have about the mystery, despite what little we learned in Episode 1, and makes us interested in hearing what exactly Winona has to say, and makes us invested in her story. This method of starting the story by dropping us straight into an event, rather than introducing the event first, reminds me of the introduction to the first episode, which begins with a 911 call that sparked the mystery of Limetown to begin with. This similar introduction creates a pattern of raising questions that we hope will be answered in the following episodes, and makes sure that we continue to listen to the entire story without losing interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later on, during the actual interview with Winona, we\nhear about Limetown directly from one of its residents. We learn that every\nresident had a designated role, and that the town seemed to be the perfect\nsociety- Winona describes that there was no need for money and everyone was\nfriendly and respectful, regardless of role, and talks about how she loved the town\u2019s\nstreaming of old films on Tuesdays. This anecdote not only gives us information\nabout the mysterious town, and clues about what could have gone wrong in\nLimetown, but also makes Winona\u2019s story more personal. When we hear about her love\nfor the old film screenings, her story feels much more authentic than just a listing\nof facts or an objective report, and this authenticity makes it a lot more\ninteresting to listen to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, although having the interview told by Winona\nherself in the podcast, rather than having a summary by Lia, makes the story\nmore personal and adds more meaning to the investigation, Winona is still a\nvery unreliable narrator, as she has frequent lapses in memory and refuses to\nspeak about certain topics. In fact, when asked questions, she responds with something\nalong the lines of \u201cyou\u2019re not asking the right questions.\u201d This makes\nlistening to her story a little frustrating, because the podcast has built up\nall of this suspense and all of these unanswered questions, and we finally get\nthe chance to hear an explanation, but Winona\u2019s testimony seems rather\nunsatisfying. This makes the investigation seem more realistic, and it helps us\nunderstand Lia a lot better- we feel the same dissatisfaction and frustration\nas she does, and we want her to uncover the answers so that we can hear them\nfor ourselves. We become more invested in her as a character and an investigator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually, Winona reveals something that makes the\nmystery much more interesting. She describes seeing two men at night, drawing\nthe exact same picture at the exact same time with the exact same movements,\ndespite being in separate rooms. This unexplainable scenario raises even more\nquestions about Limetown\u2019s purpose while simultaneously giving us an idea of\nwhat strange events might have caused \u201cThe Panic\u201d that sparked the\ninvestigation. After this shocking recounting, Winona concludes her story and\nthe interview ends. Lia leaves, describes her reactions to Winona\u2019s story, and\nthe episode seems to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, episode 2 adds an unexpected twist at the\nvery end of the story- a panicked recording of an intruder shouting Lia\u2019s name\nand banging on her door, before stopping and leaving no trace after the fact. This\nstyle of ending follows that of episode 1, where we get a mysterious phone call\nfrom an alleged survivor of Limetown (who ends up being Winona). This similarity\nmakes me think that the next episode of the podcast will have something to do\nwith this intruder, and it makes me eager to listen to the next episode. I also\nthought it was interesting that both episodes of the podcast begin and end by\ndropping us into some action, and I think this creates a repeating pattern of\naction, explanation, then action again, which keeps us engaged and excited to\ncontinue following the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Episode 1 of Limetown <\/em>drew me in based on the premise, and held on to my interest with its compelling interviews and cliffhanger ending. Episode 2 continues to keep me engaged by continuing to add more questions that need to be answered while still adding details to and progressing the story of Limetown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Word count: 857<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Post 2 Where the first episode of Limetown, aptly titled \u201cWhat We Know,\u201d began as a documentary-esque recounting of the tragedy of Limetown and summary of what was already figured out by others, the second…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":778,"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}