Of all of the mysteries in Discovered season 2, one demanded a lot consideration that the showrunners needed to be cautious about how and when the present would offer solutions. The extra devoted amongst Discovered’s fanbase would possibly take into account it among the finest procedurals on TV, largely as a result of just about each episode advances the primary characters’ tales along with the usual case of the week. One of many main storylines in Discovered season 2 arose from Margaret lastly reuniting together with her son Jamie, after which quite a few characters started to marvel if the boy was actually who he claimed.

Now that NBC has canceled Discovered with out a third season, it’s doubly lucky that Jamie’s identification has been confirmed by all the pieces however DNA (the outcomes of which have been decided but stay unseen). By all accounts, together with his personal kidnapper’s, it seems that Jamie was at all times supposed to be Margaret Reed’s precise long-lost son. However whereas talking with ScreenRant, Jamie’s actor, Parker Queenan, has revealed that many of the forged was stored in the dead of night on that exact plot level. When requested if he knew Jamie’s true identification forward of time, he responded:

“Not until I got to set, but once I got to set, they gave me all the answers. I don’t remember if I asked or if they just gave them to me, but it was a weird thing because in a conversation that was probably five minutes long, they told me everything. They were like, ‘Pretty much, here’s the story, this is Jamie. This is everything that happened to him.’ I was like, ‘Great.’ But I was the only one who knew. No one else in the cast was allowed to know who he was, and if he really was who he said he was. Everyone always had their theories. Is he this person? Is he lying? Is he holding something back? But they were fortunate enough to let me in on all the secrets.”

Naturally, it’s troublesome to maintain a secret from that many individuals with out curious minds starting to pry. Some individuals even resorted to bribing Queenan within the hopes that he’d present them with solutions, however he did his greatest to remain true and honor his character’s secrets and techniques. As he explains:

“It’s cool to see how people interpret those things and what the different actors think of the character. It takes a few episodes to really get there, and I would always gauge the cast and the crew. I’m like, ‘What are you thinking?’ And people really didn’t know. Some people thought he really was [Margaret’s son], and some people didn’t. It was divided. That was a cool thing. I was bribed by people to tell them the answers, but I kept solid.”

What Jamie’s Id Secret Means For Discovered Season 2

The Solid’s Suspicions About Jamie Are Truly Real

Jamie Reed’s Discovered season 2 storyline has been steeped in thriller from begin to end, however it’s the characters’ reactions to Jamie’s sudden reappearance that helped gasoline fan theories that he may be an impostor. It now is sensible that the forged’s performances have been so convincing, as Queenan’s feedback reveal that the actors and characters each harbored their very own views about Jamie’s identification. Each ounce of uncertainty that seems onscreen when discussing whether or not Jamie is basically Margaret’s son stems from the actors’ personal doubts about how the thriller would possibly unfold.

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This performs out in Queenan’s efficiency as properly. As a result of he already knew that he was the true Jamie (which explains his lately revealed potential to make use of Discovered’s Margaret Imaginative and prescient), he by no means comes throughout as insincere in his portrayal of the character. Jamie’s actually evasive at occasions, however it feels real as a result of Queenan additionally knew about Jamie’s different secrets and techniques and why he was hesitant to inform Margaret about Carrie’s position in his disappearance. In the end, holding everybody however Queenan out of the loop allowed all the forged to promote the thriller with out having to mislead the viewers by performing out of character.

Our Take On Jamie’s Secret Id In Discovered Season 2

His Actor Might Maintain The Secret To One other Unresolved Thriller

Whereas Queenan’s feedback verify Jamie’s identification as Margaret’s son, there’s nonetheless one different thriller to which the actor might maintain the reply. After Dhan provides Jamie’s DNA outcomes to Margaret, she by no means shares them with the remainder of the workforce. This might trace at one other thriller, corresponding to whether or not Margaret’s ex-husband Darryl is basically Jamie’s organic father. With Discovered electing to depart the DNA outcomes unaddressed, it could fall on Queenan or the producers to at some point reveal the outcomes’ significance to followers who stay endlessly inquisitive about them.

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