EPISODE 7 (the SEASON/SERIES FINALE)

Have you seen Ep. 6 yet? Why would Billy LIE to JOHN saying that he'd killed Erin if he didn't??? And why would their father have seen Billy with BLOOD all over his clothes the night Erin died???

The problem with the JOHN theory is he didn't react at all to the news of Erin's death. Remember how Mare asked him and Billy to help break the news of Erin's death to her father??? John had no reaction to the news, whereas later on Billy freaked out and left Mare's hous without drinking his beer (after MARE was asking him questions about when ERIN had lived at his place).

But John was also acting ODD when he suggested that they go FISHING, and Billy also seems to SENSE it. So you're right about how something's up, and whatever happens is probably also going to end with the DEATH of JOHN (because in the PREVIEW CLIP we also see his wife LORI hanging her head as if MARE comes to tell her that JOHN is dead).

And that's probably because Billy kills him for some reason (which may also be because John tries to kill Billy -- because he doesn't want him CONFESSNG to the COPS about his INCEST with Erin -- which John probably feels would disgrace the family).

So Billy may also end up killing JOHN in SELF DEFENSE with Mare also being a WITNESS to it.

Maybe you're right. Because This article also seems to think so:

https://www.tvfanatic.com/2021/05/mare-of-easttown-season-1-episode-6-review-sore-must-be-the-stor/

If Billy has been forthcoming and is ready to confess, why is he hiding a gun from John? And what did the photo Jess took from Erin's journal have to do with anything?

Chief Carter wanted to urgently reach Mare, who was on her way to the cabin as if he wanted to warn her of something.

Dylan's actions aren't those of an innocent man. But if Billy killed Erin, what does Dylan have to hide? Why is he tied to Jess? Who are the "three" of them? Did he mean his friend, himself, and Jess, or did he mean Dylan, Jess, and Erin?

A gun to her face didn't silence Jess. It inspired her to get help. She could have cowered in fear, but she did the right thing. Good on her.

Either Billy isn't the killer and is confessing to avoid an entirely different family incident, or whatever Jess uncovered adds another new layer to the crime in Easttown and how screwed up the youth who live there have turned out to be.

Maybe it's a bit of both.

Ok. You've definitely convinced me now that you're right about John.

Because This list is absolutely BRILLIANT !!!

But IF you're right, that would also mean Lori is married to the worse kind of a PSYCHOPATH imaginable as well. Not only would he be a SERIAL CHEATER, but a SERIAL KILLER who was willing to blame his own brother for the murder of someone else???!!!

There's just no other way to describe someone who would be that EVIL !!! But unfortunately it does make sense now that you've pointed it out. Because you can also SENSE that's what BILLY suspects is the reason why John told Billy they'd go FISHING one last time.

And IF he's the one who buys that NECKLACE, then it may also mean JOHN killed KEVIN over his JEALOUSY that KEVIN was seeing Erin, and then made it look like a SUICIDE (which could also explain why Erin's BODY got moved to that other location). Because JOHN may also already have killed 2 people and made it look like someone else did it before he tries doing the same thing again with BILLY.

But how does DYLAN fit in to all of this??? Because DYLAN is also a PSYCHOPATH to have put that GUN into the face of JESS and threatened to KILL her after also BURNING UP Erin's JOURNALS and also taking the money for her son's EAR SURGERY.

So what's HIS connection to all of this if JOHN's the KILLER???

Surely Dylan's purpose hasn't just been to DIVERT our attention's away from JOHN this whole time???

I was thinking re Kevin possibly not dying by suicide...that an addict could easily be overdosed and then hanged...and no one would think twice about the drugs being shown to be in their system at autopsy. Mare said "a neighbor" called telling her Kevin was seen around their home...but who was this neighbor? Mrs. Carroll? Maybe that is what started Betty on her hypervigilant watch for prowlers. Or maybe the neighbor was part of a murder of Kevin plot, and played a part of the staged suicide scenario, calling to get the body found.
I think Billy has been a fall guy for John his entire life. He said that someone needs to hold John accountable for once. He may even have been a victim of incestuous abuse by John, as I still believe Ryan is. There is a very dark secret in the Ross family, and I believe Lori agreed to misdirect Mare after Billy on purpose, "to protect the family," just as Jess has, up to now, been taking orders from Dylan on feeding the cops bad info. I think Lori now knows the truth, and that Billy isn't it. But something about seeing Billy pay for any crime that may come out, is preferable to the truth she now knows being exposed. Still not sure that family incest or even Erin's murder is big enough of a secret to cause Lori to deliberately set up Billy, and Billy to be willing to effectively end his life of freedom to protect it. I can't see either of them doing these things just to protect John. Perhaps the "family " is code for a pedophile ring, drug operation, etc. That the Rosses have been protecting for a long time.
I wonder if the murder weapon is Mare's father's gun.
I also wonder if Richard is in the story as a vehicle for subliminal clues for us. His name is Richard Ryan...so maybe Ryan should be looked at more closely. His book is called "May's Landing" and we know the family reunion was at a lake. On May 29.
I still think Kevin is the key to solving all the mysteries.

Good points. I still wonder why we saw John and Lori’s son pummel that kid in the cafeteria with the tray. That kid knows something and he has a violent temper.

How would John's son Ryan have gotten to the park at 2am that night?? His mother was also at the bar with Mare the night Erin died.

And If ERIN was asking both DYLAN and John for money for her son's surgery, you also have to wonder who else she may have asked for money. Because if she knew DYLAN wasn't DJ's father and she's asking him, why not ask as many other people as possible.

I'm also thinking maybe DYLAN told ERIN to meet him the night she died in that other park (so that he could give her the money she needed while Brianna was sleeping). Then John and Billy show up and there's a confrontation with Erin stepping in to try to break it up.

Then after DYLAN learns the baby isn't his son he takes the money back again the night they burn Erin's journals. But it also doesn't explain what made her so hysterical when she got the message saying to meet her there. Since Dylan had the baby that night, maybe he said he was leaving him there if she didn't show up???

And if JOHN's the one who sent her a message telling her to meet him there at that PARK, what could he have said to her to get her upset???

John and Billy had also been to Frank's engagement party that night, and they had also been to the same bar where MARE was with LORI and meets RICHARD.

Could Erin have called JOHN and told him what Brianna and Dylan did to her asking him for his help? Since the only number they found on her phone that night was the call to the Deacon, could he have called JOHN asking him to go check on her that night because he was worried about her???

Could John have also deleted any calls that Erin had on her phone that were made to him??? Because the COPS had her phone records but never mentioned who sent her the TEXT message saying to meet them at that park. And even if John deletes a call to him or a TEXT from him, wouldn't there still also be a record of it anyhow with the phone co???

Becca (the former girlfriend of Mare's daughter) was also pissed at her that night for some reason. Because when Siobhan reached over to her in bed she jerks away from her.

Where was Dylan that night?

Someone above suggests Dylan snuck out to give Erin money for the ear operation, and THAT'S why he went back to her place (to recover it). Two problems: If he gave her the money at that time, how did the funds travel back to her secret hiding spot? (By the way, how incompetent are the police that they didn't find the journals, necklace, or cash hours after her death??). Second: How would he know where to meet her? A general problem with Erin's slaying is that her phone records should betray who she intended to meet, which means she didn't plan to meet anyone (except the priest), which suggests the killing was opportunistic... which perfectly fits the M.O. of the abductor Potts. Except he didn't do it.

So how did John know where Erin would be? The only plausible explanation that comes to mind is that she had another phone, maybe a burner he gave her. I don't see how others just stumble upon her while carrying an old revolver.

Maybe John lured Dylan out of the house so the kid's alibi would be screwed and he'd take the fall (or Kenny might murder him).

Kevin's Death

We have a suggestion that Kevin's death might not have been a suicide, which would make the series too soap-operaish. It's possible a drug addict scrounging for things to hock could stumble upon a forbidden affair (it's also possible he sold his grandfather's gun, which was somehow used in the killings. Maybe someone bought it off him rationalizing that the drugs he'd do were less dangerous than a firearm). Speaking of kids poking their nose into other people's business, when Mare asks Lori about the reunion, and it's noted that the family brought their kids along. This is where her son could have seen his father intimate with Erin. Maybe his father never cheated with the old mistress; Lori simply guessed that and her son nodded.

The Photo

I'm guessing it's a "family" shot of John, Erin, and the baby.

"Some things have gone missin' from around the house. A stupid cup that nobody cares about -- GONE. A pizza slicer -- a real good one -- GONE. And my gun was missing, too, but never mind that, please find my pizza slicer." When did it go missing? "Well... hmmmm... it must've been the night of the high profile homicide you've been working on, but it was returned to me almost immediately. Now about that pizza slicer..."

Forget the murder. He had a loaded gun stolen from property invaded by trespassers and he didn't figure, "Hey, I should report this..."? Never mind that he had been concerned enough to set up surveillance cameras and call the police more than once.

Finally, was it ever explained why Dylan ventured out that night?

Ryan was suppose to be at home with his sister that night while his parents were at Franks party and then at the Bar.

And RYAN was suppose to have been the one to TEXT ERIN the message telling her to meet him (with her thinking she was meeting JOHN).

But WONDERFUL points about how John would just leave that PRE PAID phone lying around that he didn't want Lori to find.
Because if his son could find and use it, then so could his mother.

And That park's also suppose to be 13 MILES away from the other area where Erin's body was found.

So Ryan rides his bike to the SHED, from the SHED to the PARK where he waits for ERIN, and then rides it back to the SHED again so he could leave the GUN that he killed her with there???

The whole thing is ABSURD to say the least.