Yeah man it ' s nbd <| sep |> Sam is doing shady things and still having strong emotional responses to Alice while still trying to shut down BaptisteGemma investigations actively . He knows a lot and he blames himselfI ' ve not been participating in the sub until today so maybe this is already considered common knowledge or totally debunked but . It would be very interesting to me if Sam is the father of both Alice and fakeburnt Alice . The DNA test results were not tampered with and correctly returned a positive result for Sam ' s paternity . Sam may not be actively involved in the abductions but his behaviour suggests someone who is being leveraged and blackmailed . Or punished . He must be complicit in something . Hence the massive guiltblame trip on himself and active efforts to stop the investigation . Maybe Sam had to sacrifice one of his children under the false hopepromise that Alice would be returned ? I come to this conclusion for a few reasons 1 . The baddies must have known that fake Alice would be DNA tested . Maybe if you are a forensics wizard you could tamper with the results of one test . But subsequent tests ? Too risky . Everything unravels . 2 . Sam ' s behaviour makes a hell of a lot more sense if he is being blackmailed or punished . Maybe Sam discovered Gettrick prior to Alice ' s abduction ? Alice was then collateral for Gettrick to make sure Sam kept his mouth shut ? Or Sam gave permission for Alice to be used in a sting operation without Gemma knowing and it all went horribly wrong ? Sam plays the ' lets just move on ' card a bit too strong . He has shown he was willing to run into a burning building to save fake Alice . Does a parent who loves their child really try and stifle a new investigation ? Even with the smallest glimmer of hope ? His behaviour doesnt make sense unless he is being blackmailed . There is one other option . Its WAY out there . Gettrick is not imprisoning the girls . He is protecting them from Sam . Sam was the third person in Iraq . Sam is the monster . Stone knows about it . Sophie is not suffering from Stockholm syndrome .