
Mare arrives in the nick of time and aims her own gun at John, who, desperate, yanks it up to his temple. “Who’s going to miss a fuck-up like me? You said you got a family, and I’ve got nobody.” “Everyone thinks I killed her anyway,” Billy scoffs, demanding that John shoot him. She stumbles into the water, where John is holding a gun at Billy, convinced he must kill his brother to ensure the truth doesn’t come out. Angourie Rice On the Future of ‘Mare of Easttown’īut back by the river, Mare doesn’t have any of this context.


Prior to the finale airing, met with Inglesby to learn how and why he decided on this shocking turn of events. “It spoke to the show in a way that I felt was really organic,” he explained. There’s inherent shock value in making your killer a kid, à la Sharp Objects, but Mare of Easttown writer and creator Brad Inglesby says he was going for something less grimy when he landed on Ryan Ross as culprit. We know Erin McMenamin’s murderer, and he’s not an abusive father, a disgraced deacon, a cruel ex-boyfriend, or even an alcoholic first cousin once removed. After spending the past six weeks debating the hundreds of theories that circulated after each episode of the HBO detective drama aired, we finally have an answer. īy the time Mare of Easttown’s season finale draws to its much-anticipated close, you’d be hard-pressed not to admit the saga needed to end this way. Warning: spoilers for the finale of Mare of Easttown ahead.
