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well, that's certainly not the kind of twist I was hoping for!



It's not even much of a twist - they made it pretty clear in ep 5 already that Billy is a pedophile.

Plus in behind-the-scenes interviews Kate Winslet said that the reveal of who the killer is is absolutely mind-blowing, and there was nothing mind-blowing about this. I doubt many viewers were even aware of Billy's name by now - not the kind of character who'd make it on a lot of people's radar.

I noticed they were very careful not to show anything meaningful in the ep.7 sneak peek, so I am really hoping this all turns out to be misdirection.


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In the PREVIEWS it looks like Mare's telling LORI her husband JOHN is DEAD.

So My guess is JOHN took Billy Fishing because he didn't want him CONFESSING to the COPS about the INCEST with ERIN which John probably feels will disgrace the family.

So John probably tries to kill BILLY, and Billy kills John in Self Defense (before probably also killing himself after that).

So the next question is what happens to Erin's son after that (who John and Lori were also considering on adopting).

Would child protective services still let Lori have him and raise him???

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I didn't see the previews but I'm with you - John took Billy fishing to kill him and pin the whole thing on him. John is the one having incest and is trying to cover everything up.

Maybe the note indicates Erin admits the father isn't John's, but Mare's son? Maybe he killed himself because of it? It is a little far-fetched but his show is nuts already.

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JOHN may have killed KEVIN because he was JEALOUS of him seeing Erin.

Then he makes it look like KEVIN kills himself (the same way as he hoped people would assume whoever KIDNAPPED KATIE kills Erin).

It's also NOT the page Jess RIPS out of the JOURNAL that she hands to the CHIEF but some kind of a PHOTOGRAPH. So it may also be a PICTURE of JOHN with ERIN, and that's probably why the CHIEF tries to contact MARE (who probably also should have done what he told her to do and WAIT for BACKUP unless she arrives in time to STOP JOHN from killing BILLY and kills JOHN herself).

Then she'll also become a TRIPLE HERO (Basketball hero/Solving Katie's disappearance and Erin's MURDER).

And you're also right about HOW NUTTY the characters are who inhabit this town!!!

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I never even considered Kevin being murdered until you mentioned it. I mean, to frame a suicide is a little crazy, but I'm not putting anything past anyone anymore.

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Since MARE says NO ONE goes up to that attic anymore, and the EMS had to pull Kevin's body away from her, perhaps she also refused to let anyone investigate her home???

But MAYBE DYLAN also knows about KEVIN and ERIN??? And maybe he's angry at JESS for setting him up with a date with ERIN (when she already knew Erin was pregnant but then still went along with the process of blaming Dylan for getting Erin that way)???

And maybe DYLAN is also plenty pissed about how he's been "CATFISHED" by JOHN or by KEVIN into taking the blame for being the baby's father???


Because when he's in the hospital, and he has his father put the baby on his lap so he can look at it, perhaps he also figures out WHO the child looks like???

So maybe DYLAN will also show up at the LAKE looking for JOHN, and he may also have that GUN with him (the one in the PREVIEW that maybe use to belong to MARE's dad) that KEVIN might have given to DYLAN in return for some drugs???

And maybe we'll also see some kind of a gun fight take place between BILLY, JOHN, DYLAN, and MARE at the lake before the BACK UPS show up???

IF MARE also discovers the death of her son KEVIN was actually a HOMICIDE during the SHOOT OUT, then that will probably also end the GUILT that Mare is feeling and make her daughter also feel much better as well???

And then MARE could also end up with still another grandson to raise (if KEVIN is the father of Erin's child instead of JOHN or BILLY).

One could also see JOHN "CATFISHING" BILLY by sending ERIN to live with him. Because Lori also said Erin had lived with them before she went to stay with BILLY. So JOHN may also have first gotten ERIN pregnant and then blames it on BILLY???

If JOHN's DNA indicates he's NOT the father, hopefully that will also mean KEVIN turns out to be the father. But that also means Frank's DNA should have looked like a match when he got tested (with KEVIN being his SON and sharing 50% of the same DNA)???

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If Kevin ends up being the father, then Mare ends up with one or both of her grandkids and possibly reuniting with Frank.

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Unless Carrie goes back to using drugs again, she'll probably get CUSTODY of DREW.

A REUNION with Frank probably also won't happen. If anything he'll get back together again with his fiance once the REAL father of Erin's son is revealed

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frank has already been ruled out as the father.

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Yes but the woman he was engaged to still broke off her relationship with him after he was tested. So apparently she also still has doubts about Frank and about being married to him for some reason.

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I agree. I assume there is a twist and I have no idea what it is.

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https://booksvooks.com/fullbook/the-return-pdf-roberto-bolano.html?page=10

mysteries, he said, with detectives, especially the ones where the hero dies at the end. But that never happens, I said. Of course it does, little sister, in old pulp novels you can buy by the pound.


Perhaps the story ends with MARE in bed with GUY's character RICHARD, and with him reaching down UNDER the BED for an ICE PICK???

🧐

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This comment didn't age well

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I think it's fine in the context of the show.


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Yes it did. They were hoping for another twist and they got one.

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