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Fridge Brilliance
- Odie tells Riley in Episode 2 that the mayor wouldn't approve her request for a 21-Gun salute at Ryan Reynolds's funeral because gunshots scare her. This makes a lot more sense when you know the mayor is a literal dog, whose species tends to hate loud noises like gunshots.
- The Connor Creek town motto is "Good Enough," while Truman's is "Never Settle." This is an early hint at how little Truman actually cares about the town.
- Each episodes's title sequence features a tarot card that hints at what will happen in the following episode (see Rewatch Bonus on main page):
- Episode 1: "The Closed Book" shows The Secret History of Connor Creek book that Artie and Paul discover in Episode 2.
- Episode 2: "Death" foreshadows the climactic tarot card reading at the end of Episode 3.
- Episode 3: "The Loose Lid" depicts a jar of olives, which Desmond is shown trying to open during Paul's dream sequence in Episode 4.
- Episode 4: "The Rule of Threes," which Dr. Edwards references in Episode 5.
- Episode 5: "The Bad Egg" foreshadows Barney's death (and subsequent breaking of his prized "dinosaur" egg) in Episode 6.
- Episode 6: "Cards on the Table" depicts three cards, one with a jawbone, one with a briefcase, and one with a traffic ticket. This foreshadows the meeting with Rita (the jawbone, which is her necklace), Sybilus (the briefcase), and Helen (the traffic ticket) in Episode 7, where they figuratively "lay their cards on the table" about the werewolf plight.
- Episode 7: "The Bleeding Heart" foreshadows Silas's death in Episode 8.
- Episode 8: "The Battle Axe," depicting a pickaxe, foreshadows the use of the pickaxe from the town crest in the final battle of Episode 9. It also refers to Truman, since "battle axe" can be used as an insult for an aggressive, domineering, and forceful woman.
- Episode 9: "Fresh Meat" refers to the raw meat Vern gives Paul as a parting gift in Episode 10.
- Episode 10: "A Cautionary Tail" shows what might be a mermaid tail coming out of the water. Later that episode, Artemis's first pitch for a potential next season has to do with mermaids. (Which gets hinted again in the Epilogue.)
- Each confirmed werewolf has a job in town carefully chosen to secretly support the werewolf community while passing as human:
- Sybilus, the banker, is in charge of the silver deposits, one of the most important substances to the werewolves. He is also a town councilmember and the one who works with Miner Mole, presumably to keep an eye on them.
- Helen, the meter maid, monitors the roads, possibly looking out for dangers. We see she keeps a close eye on Paul and Artemis by giving them tickets throughout their time there.
- Rita, like Sybilus, is on the town council. Her job as a mortician also offers her some refuge in audacity (though considering she's the only morbid one of the group, that might have nothing to do with being a werewolf).
- Odie Doty knew everyone in town and read everyone's mail, so he not only knew everyone's secrets, he safeguarded them too. If anyone started getting suspicious of the wolves, he would know.
- Olivia owns the ammo shop, which is conspicuously separate from the gun shop. Aside from Olivia being able to have a monopoly on silver bullets (the one thing that can kill a werewolf), one known method of gun safety is to keep the ammo stored separately from the guns. In a town that has had multiple werewolf scares in its short history, it would make sense to have one of the werewolves as a gatekeeper in this arena.
- This makes it a big deal when she decides to combine with the gun shop in the Epilogue, showing the town divide has healed enough for Olivia to trust Riley.
- Desmond said himself that people come to the bar to unload their troubles, so like Odie he has an ear to the ground on the town's feelings towards werewolves. It's also likely his way of keeping a low profile.
- Vern is the butcher, who provides meat to the wolves.
- The reveal in the podcast that Paul is roommates with the head of the Los Angeles Paranormal Society explains a lot about how easily he believed the werewolf angle.
- In Episode 7, the werewolves meet with Paul and Artemis in the main part of the Dead Canary. Why do it in such a public setting? Because the bar is owned by their leader, who made sure the place was clear of any non-Connor wolves.
Fridge Horror
- Odie's death, after the werewolf reveal, becomes this - the werewolves not only lost one of their own in Odie, but were then scapegoated and hunted for his death.
- The reveal that Truman didn't intend to make Paul a werewolf - she either got sloppy and turned him by accident or she actually meant to kill him.
- Since the werewolves are implied (though never confirmed) to be Long-Lived, will Paul outlive his twin?
- In the podcast, the twins talk early on about their parents, in a way that implies they have solid memories of them. But in a later episode, they reveal they spent their teen years in and out of foster homes. Which begs the question: When and how did the twins lose their parents? (Doubles as Fridge Tear Jerker)
- Truman's reported background, pre-series, is that she moved from place to place every few years. Considering she's later revealed to be a born werewolf and was not in control of her transformations... well, one can imagine the damage she might have caused in the meantime.
