Even he seems taken aback, telling her she hardly knows him. Not until Episode 8 do listeners learn that, despite his loquaciousness behind bars, Syed did not testify on his own behalf. Of course, he has a Fifth Amendment right, but it's information that should have been shared sooner. Only in Episode 10 do we learn that part of Syed's pending appeal is arguing that his lawyer should have negotiated a plea agreement. And why wait until Episode 11 to share that the now-sympathetic-sounding man doing life once stole from his mosque? Perhaps because people would have stopped listening had the information been given sooner.