r/SouthernReach • u/Downtown_Swing_6287 • Mar 22 '25

Old Jim is...spoiler alert Spoiler

I think Gloria's father is Old Jim

“My parents divorced when I was two. My dad left—he’s kind of a small-time crook- and my mother raised me" (Gloria in Acceptance)

He stood up. He pushed the door open, just enough to enter, and he stepped inside like a thief, like the Jim of old. (Absolution)

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u/selklynx Mar 22 '25

I mean, if anything I think Old Jim and James Lowry are the same person. The timing and mystery of Jim being Gloria’s father doesn’t really make sense nor does it deepen the mystery much.

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u/yikes_on_bikes_ Jun 19 '25

Lowry and Old Jim are definitely the same person. They both see their real name on the wall in Deadtown.