Can someone please tell me what I just saw in Vol. 5?

basically vol.5 is centered around jude murray, adam murray’s father. we thought he was dead after we heard the original 911 phone call in vol.3 where the intruder killed lynn and took adam. but we find out he escaped the house and is alive. he’s being relocated as a result of his family being taken. while he’s hiding out in a safe house to wait to be relocated, he starts taking the prescription drug timoril to help cope with his MAD. except, the medication only makes him hallucinate. we can tell he is distraught over the death of his wife and his missing son, while the alternate N comes into his house. you can see how that ended for him.

as for the claymation scenes with the shepherd, they’re more loosely connected to the overall story. i’m not quite sure how to interpret these scenes, but i saw a theory that suggests jude represents the shepherd, the farmer represents his wife lynn, and the dead/revived sheep represents adam. i’ve also heard another theory that the shepherd is lt. davis, but i’m not smart enough to figure out all the lore.

hope this helped at least a little bit lol.