James’s notebook
Connects disappearance, cipher and the continuing investigation. Record what is directly visible separately from what is later inferred.
Open the Sources →Object and prop register
Things that carry evidence
A rewatch index for objects that organise thought, control movement or preserve information. Recurrence is observation—not automatically symbolism.
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Crossword grids
Represent John’s public puzzle identity and a reproducible body of published work. A grid becomes case evidence only when the episode makes it relevant.
Browse the crossword index →Boards, easels and diagrams
Make sequence, route, exclusion and contradiction spatial rather than leaving every relationship in memory.
Read the production record →Doors, keys and thresholds
Track who can enter, who is seen entering and which access route is merely assumed.
Compare the threshold motif →Clocks and intervals
Separate a displayed time, a remembered time and an interval inferred from testimony: they are not equivalent evidence.
Open the timeline case →Cameras and screens
A recording preserves a selected viewpoint, not continuous reality. Coverage, blind spots and identity assumptions all matter.
Open the CCTV case →Maps, routes and vehicles
Use only when a case depends on sequence or travel, keeping story geography separate from filming geography.
Open the atlas →Household objects
Build a rewatch note →Evidence rule
Each entry needs an episode, scene position, visible function and later reuse. Thematic meaning is labelled as editorial interpretation.