Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-33188476-20170120003955/@comment-33188476-20170211180734

68.67.247.58 wrote: Red herring is a term for a smoked herring, as in cooking terms. And it looked nothing like a real herring, just because his name was herring doesn't mean he was one. He looks like a yelloweyed rockfish, due to the spines and color, because there isn't a species of herring that is actually red. A red herring is "something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading or distracting"