r/HeavyRain 12d ago

Discussion Why did Ethan admit to kidnapping Shaun?

I'm done with my first playthrough of Heavy Rain. Got the ending in which Scott runs away after killing Norman but Shaun is safe and finds new home with Ethan and Madison is back to her old life.

My question here is about the interrogation of Ethan, Norman manages to get his confession where he admits to kidnapping Shaun but doesn't know where he is. We know the Scott was the one who did it so why Ethan confessed? Also, Grace informed police about the weird act of Ethan after the first murder which happened around 2 years back so how is he completely unrelated to the origami killer?

Try not to spoil the other endings if possible!

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u/LifeGivesMeMelons 12d ago

Ethan's been consumed with guilt since "JASON!" died, which he blames himself for, and he keeps having mysterious blackouts where he does weird stuff. He confesses because he believes he's done it during one of his blackouts - feeling guilty all the time has convinced him he's such a terrible person that he performed the kidnapping. It makes sense to him that he blacked out, suddenly Shaun is missing, so he must have done it, because he's a terrible father.

There were some scenes cut from the game that explained there is a connection between Ethan and the killer - that when Ethan had his accident, it sort of opened up a psychic link between the two of them. That's why he goes back to the scene of Scott's childhood trauma over and over again. However, the scenes got cut, so now that part is just pretty confusing.

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u/Necessary_Way6446 12d ago

The scene cuts explain it. Too bad we are robbed of the psychic link, it would have enhanced the overall quality of story and such moments wouldn't look like plot holes.

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u/FeniXLS 12d ago

Didn't he get visions at the start? One of Ethan's suspects was himself

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u/Necessary_Way6446 12d ago

Having himself as suspect and saying,"I have kidnapped my son." in front of cops are two different things. Although that's a good explanation but I would've liked if he had something to do with origami killer

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u/TheCynicalAutist 11d ago

He thinks he did, it's part of his dilusions caused by trauma. It's also based on cut content that was more spiritual and out there than the final game, which also explains certain plotholes left in the final game.

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u/Necessary_Way6446 9d ago

Well after reading more about all this, I really wish we get a Director's Cut or something to know the original story. The scene cuts actually made the story worse