History WhatAnIdiot / HeavyRain

'''Instead''': Not a single one of them does this. Most of them presumably play the Killer's games and either die in the process or give up halfway. The grocery store owner in particular doesn't even ''open'' his box; he instead keeps it with him for months, if not years, doing neither his boy nor the cops any favors, all the while moaning how "[[NeverMyFault no one did anything to save [his] son]]." And he continues refusing to speak, even when a private investigator comes to interview him about it. [[spoiler:Granted, staying quiet at that point ''was'' RightForTheWrongReasons, as Shelby was actually the Killer, but the store owner had no way of knowing that.]]

'''Instead:''' ''He turns his back on a serial murderer'' to open the grate! Unsurprisingly, the killer pulls out a gun and tries to shoot him. Ethan is only saved by the intervention of a [[DeusExMachina cop who happens to be there for his own reasons]].
** That said, the killer only attacks Ethan if someone else makes it to the warehouse. If Ethan arrives at the warehouse alone, the killer lets him go as promised, and even offers to let Ethan shoot him.

* It is mentioned repeatedly that Ethan was in a coma for six months after Jason was hit by the car and killed, meaning that, given the timeframe, Ethan would have been unable to kidnap children due to the coma, physical therapy and more likely than not being kept under close watch by the Hospital Staff.\\

'''Instead:''' His wife, therapist and even Ethan himself all forget that he could not have possibly committed the entire first round of Killings, and either the police and/or Norman never do a background check on him, or if they do it somehow isn't on the background check.

* At a certain point in the game, Ethan's Ex-Wife brings in an origami figure and tells the cops that her husband showed up on her doorstep with this, muttering concerning things\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The police would follow up on this in a rational and sensible manner and call Ethan in for an interview, as the evidence she has presented is circumstantial at best, and possibly even fake (we, the audience know that she is telling the truth, but the police can't possibly know that). In addition, she and Ethan have joint custody of Shaun, and if Ethan goes to Jail, she would get full custody, meaning that she has a good reason to lie about this\\

'''Also:''' The person at the door is a Jehovah's Witness. Despite Adrian telling him to go away, he lets the man ramble on instead of just slamming the door in his face and return to Madison.