The Curse Of Oak Island Contradiction That Has Fans Frustrated

On "Hatching the Plan (via History)," the team gets some clarification that points out they've potentially misread Zena Halpern's map labels concerning a hole, a hatch, and a valve. It turns out the hole and hatch labels are meant to be read together. In the same episode, they also find a road anomaly that should align with the "valve" label on the corrected map. However, as they go over the finding, it appears the team mistakes the anomaly for the "hatch" label location. Let's just say this moment has vexed fans on Reddit.

Redditor u/EdmundGerber wrote, "They just had an 'expert' point out the difference between the hatch and the valve, then they get it completely wrong." u/lumberj73 also shared their irritation at the contradiction, writing, "We just watched this episode and noticed the same thing- the anomaly is where "the valve" is...NOT the hatch. I was waiting for someone to correct Jack but no? We try to not take this show seriously but dammit! That was annoying!"

Some fans on Reddit pointed out that the scenes in the episode could have been filmed in a different order, so the final scene comes off as very contradictory compared to what the crew finds out in the beginning. But if that's the case, it's still no excuse. As u/FortCharles wrote, "Even if it was filmed in different order, it should have been edited differently or explained in the episode." Season 9 is still ongoing, so maybe we'll get more episodes that cause less inconsistency.