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Every verdict in the Easy case “The Ending That Was Never Filmed”, in an order where each step is proven by the statements already on file.
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This Easy case seats 16 suspects on a 4×4 grid. 12 of them carry a clue; the other 4 only have something to say about themselves. Every step can be proven from a single clue plus what you already know. The order below is one valid route; any order where each verdict is proven when you enter it reaches the same answer.
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Start: Iris (A3) begins the case proven a criminal.
The person to the right of Gemma is innocent.— Iris, actor (A3)
Step 1: Hugo (D2, paparazzo) is innocent. This follows from Iris’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Step 2: Olive (C4, studio boss) is innocent. This follows from Hugo’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Olive and I are either both criminals or both innocent.— Hugo, paparazzo (D2)
Step 3: Kofi (C3, makeup artist) is a criminal. This follows from Olive’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
The person between me and Gemma is a criminal.— Olive, studio boss (C4)
Step 4: Joan (B3, writer) is a criminal. This follows from Kofi’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
The person between me and Iris is a criminal.— Kofi, makeup artist (C3)
Step 5: Lena (D3, writer) is a criminal. This follows from Joan’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Nobody to my right is innocent.— Joan, writer (B3)
Step 6: Gemma (C2, makeup artist) is a criminal. This follows from Lena’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Exactly two of my five neighbors are innocent.— Lena, writer (D3)
Step 7: Cora (C1, actor) is innocent. This follows from Gemma’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
My column has exactly two criminals.— Gemma, makeup artist (C2)
Step 8: Bea (B1, makeup artist) is innocent. This follows from Cora’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
The person between me and Ada is innocent.— Cora, actor (C1)
Step 9: Dexter (D1, studio boss) is innocent. This follows from Bea’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Dexter and I share the same verdict: both criminal or both innocent.— Bea, makeup artist (B1)
Step 10: Ada (A1, writer) is innocent. This follows from Dexter’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Nobody to my left is a criminal.— Dexter, studio boss (D1)
Step 11: Esme (A2, writer) is a criminal. This follows from Ada’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Exactly two of my three neighbors are criminals.— Ada, writer (A1)
Step 12: Felix (B2, paparazzo) is a criminal. This follows from Ada’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Step 13: Pia (D4, paparazzo) is a criminal. This follows from Lena’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Step 14: Marco (A4, studio boss) is innocent. This follows from Esme’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
Exactly four of the twelve people on the edges are criminals.— Esme, writer (A2)
Step 15: Nico (B4, actor) is innocent. This follows from Esme’s statement and the verdicts already proven.
The final lineup
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ada innocent | Bea innocent | Cora innocent | Dexter innocent |
| 2 | Esme criminal | Felix criminal | Gemma criminal | Hugo innocent |
| 3 | Iris criminal | Joan criminal | Kofi criminal | Lena criminal |
| 4 | Marco innocent | Nico innocent | Olive innocent | Pia criminal |
What happened
There was no leak, only a publicity plan. Esme, Joan and Lena, the writers, invented a shocking 'secret ending' that was never meant to be filmed in full; Iris, the star, acted it out for one afternoon in costume while Gemma and Kofi did her make-up as though it were the real final scene. Felix and Pia, two paparazzi who for once were on the payroll, shot it from a rooftop and sold the pictures to every website in town. Audiences queued for weeks to see the twist. It wasn't in the film. Many asked for refunds; most stayed for the sequel.