it definitely does!! shannon is the light of emily's life so i'm sure they've crossed paths. emily is more into aliens and conspiracies when it comes to her podcast listening choices but she does like to watch true crime shows when she's procrastinating on her lesson plans and would probably just out and say "DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE GIRL WHO SURVIVED SOME MAN LITERALLY CHOPPING HER ARMS OFF oh sorry we're in public" if his line of work came up. does he spend much time at the velvet tiger aka shannon and james's bar?