someone on here posted about how Benoit seemed more radicalized after the events of Glass Onion (if i can find the post again I'll link it) and i haven't stopped thinking about it
here's what we know about benoit blanc
he's a famous detective who has worked on a variety of high-profile cases
his father was a cop
his mother was religious and they stopped speaking to each other
he listens to musicals
he is very observant
he is not religious
he lives with a man (confirmed off-screen to be his partner, ambiguous onscreen)
he is bad at mystery games
we know glass onion took place in May 2020. as part of this case, he watched a powerful white man try (and eventually fail) to steal the work of one Black woman and try to silence/intimidate another. and right after that he likely observed the way cops treated people (especially people of color) during the protests of summer 2020
In knives out, Benoit Blanc works closely with the cops, but also willfully invites a suspect he knows is involved in the death of Harlan. While he does not do anything to obscure her potential guiltiness, he does let her protect herself.
in glass onion, Blanc agrees to help Helen with the case outside of law enforcement. the cops don't even show up until AFTER the glass onion building bursts into flames.
In wake up dead man, Jud is already assumed guilty despite circumstantial evidence, but Blanc's reading of him shows him to be kind-hearted and incapable of murder. While he does work with the cops, he intentionally gets in the way of the law and helps protect Jud because he knows him to be a scapegoat.
i think it makes a lot of sense over the entire timeline's narrative that Blanc would become more aware of the systemic issues in the justice system after the first two cases we've seen as movies, and that he would be more willing to go outside the law to make sure justice is served
