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THE 'REAL' ENDING

posted 16 years ago by pamela-71
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Does anyone have any thoughts on the ending?
pamela71

[–] tigudik 15 years ago

I still think that Ben/Peter (Paul McGann's character) was innocent of the first murder (the one of Rachel/Carla's daughter Annie). I know they show him on the pier with Rachel, telling her something and then, in the next scene we see her with flowers on a hillside, which is probably where Ben told her he had buried her daughter. But it seems to me he probably lied and picked a random spot, so she could have some kind of closure and find peace, since he knew how obsessed she was with being able to visit her daughter's grave, leave her flowers etc. That's what i think happened, although no one can be a 100% sure, since the ending was intentionally ambiguous.

out of all the things i've lost i miss my mind the least

[–] pamela-71 15 years ago

Your response made me want to watch this again. Maybe a second viewing will give a different persepective.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.
pamela

[–] morganseer 15 years ago

I had the same reaction. His character was kind, and he maintained his innocence throughout. But when Carla showed her desperation and vulnerability, he decided to give her some peace.
I could never see him as a coldhearted killer. Besides, a killer would never reveal the burial spot to a grieving mother who would have every motive to have it dug up and get him behind bars.

[–] hmbrown-2 14 years ago

He'd already served ten years, hadn't he?

[–] usersince03 13 years ago

When I saw it on telly back in 1999 I thought it was Amanda Burton's character who killed the kid to set up Peter/Ben. I think they got the wrong man when Ben was sent to prison

[–] Hugh Sullivan 11 years ago

Just to provide another point of view, I would say that he killed Annie. It seemed to me that she was no longer looking for revenge, but closure. She didn't want to live without closure and that part of him that was human could understand it. It's nice that the other people responded that they didn't think he did it, but I think that's a tribute to the well-crafted plot, and the fact that there were sympathetic people that didn't believe he did it.