# Glass Onion (a Knives Out Mystery) was in Theaters Nov. 23 -29, now on Netflix (Dec. 23, 2022)

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**Created:** [November 22, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388 "2022-11-22T16:40:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/473 "2023-01-19T02:38:41Z")

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Good (implied) question.

First, let me say that the NYT crossword puzzle analogy is not as good as saying that it’s like a series of logic puzzles, e.g. [Blue-eyed islanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-logic-puzzle/605531). In any case, it doesn’t explain my fixation on the contract.

So, as I said in [my previous post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388/437): I’m wondering if anyone has any explanation for why Rian Johnson included a shot of the Alpha/Klear contract that Andi was about to sign. The movie’s flow and overall logic would have been fine without that 2-second shot.

Andi tells us that she controls half the company but she could be wrong, because of some shenanigans by Miles that Andi’s not aware of. So, when she’s kicked out of the company, it could have been because of some terms in the contract put by Miles’ lawyers. But, the Alpha/Klear contract makes this conclusion almost impossible to accept.

So, the inclusion of the contract creates an apparent contradiction with the rest of the movie, which leaves us with the puzzle: Why did Johnson include it? The entire movie is assembled almost flawlessly so it’s almost definitely not a film-making oversight.

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