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antenna_ears
Since: Apr, 2020
MetaFour
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(Old Master)

Alice thinks X about Bob. Throughout the episode, she sees a bunch of stuff to comfirm her hypothesis.
In the end, she (or someone she talked to) confronts Bob, and Bob explains what every piece of evidence really meant.
The example I'm thinking of, from The Nanny, Fran assumes Niles is a serial killer because he's been shopping for knives, calling the morgue and wearing sneakers. In the end, Niles reveals he's written a play - the sneakers were so he could walk on stage, the knives were props and the morgue was research. Often, the explanations are increasingly ridiculous as a form of Lampshade Hanging.