Season finale will finally reveal that Ricken is a goat's outie. Discuss.
The roundup of compelling clues so far:
- he's described to be very outdoorsy, somehow scaled a mountain
- his friends exhibit goat-like behaviour - Rebeck chews like a goat and smells weird according to Devon
- his parents conceived him as part of a performance art piece so it's not a stretch to think they might have let Lumon experiment with Ricken, his entire life has been one big performance piece
- Ricken's phone alarm during the book reading is a cowbell, the same thing that was used in the Mammalians Nurturable room to get everyone's attention
- goat merch all over Ricken's house, there's a goat head bust and an abstract goat painting
- his shaggy beard is similar to a goat's, and during the book reading his voice reduces to a weird bleat-like noise, I think the OTC may have affected him unexpectedly which also leads to him catching himself off-guard coming up with strange phrases like "hamburger waiter" - the goat consciousness has kicked in and his vocabulary is jumbled up (more than usual at least)
- "The Ewe You Are" fits too well as a pun and I just really want this theory to be true now
EDIT (19 Mar): Thank you all for your delightful comments and upvotes, and for the gold! It's been brought to my attention that this post has officially made it onto an Esquire article titled "6 Best Fan Theories Before the Finale". Enjoy, and praise Kier!
2ND EDIT (19 Mar): If this post wasn't convincing enough for you to believe Ricken is tied to a goat, I've posted Part 2 here.
3rd EDIT (22 Mar): 2.4M post views and 11k shares later, we've made it onto a NYT article y'all!!! Wouldn't have done it without your support, thank you all for believing in goat-gate. Emile thanks you. 🐐❤️
