Welcome, Green Man listeners, to an explanation of its ending. There's been an amazing response to the show, but also a lot of questions. For anyone who finished this story wishing for more clarity, or confused or distressed, we would start by recommending listening a second time -- all may reveal itself. However, we know a little explanation can help a lot. In this spirit, here is a short coda from the creators. Fair warning, spoilers ahead -- so don’t listen if you haven’t yet finished the show.

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Rayo departs, leaving the kid behind; the kid’s father returns and Rayo must make a decision that will change both his future and his past. 

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Rayo and the kid grow closer; Rayo discovers what fate befell the kid’s missing mother. 

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The kid sees the strange tattoo on Rayo’s back and Rayo learns what the image stands for. 

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Rayo frees the boy and the two form a tentative alliance as they hunker down in the boy’s family cabin. 

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Rayo takes shelter for the night in an old hunter’s cabin and considers his options; the next day he comes upon a boy chained to a tree. 

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On his way to being transported to a new prison, convict Rayo savors all the colors of nature until a vehicular crash allows him to flee into the depths of the verdant wilderness. 

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Green Man - Trailer

A third-person audiopod narrated by Scoot McNairy from the duo who brought you the two hit podcasts, OUTLIERS and CROOKED RIVER. Rayo is a convicted murderer a third of the way through a twenty-year prison sentence. He passes his time in his cell gazing through the bars at the distant trees, because the only thing brain-damaged Rayo loves in this world is the color green. When his prison transport bus overturns on a mountain highway, Rayo flees into the forest. But when he comes across a young boy—brutalized by his father and left chained to a tree—Rayo is forced to choose between rescuing the boy and preserving his own precious freedom. Rayo decides to help the boy. And then things get complicated. 

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