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Spoilers What gave it away to the viewer..

posted 4 years ago by mooville (40)
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I liked the show all the way through, but what I thought really gave away the killer to the viewer early on was how Jonathan claimed he was going on a business trip but was actually fleeing from the police. We later learned he wasn't even employed, so if he felt the need to flee that is an admission of guilt in itself since he'd have known something bad was going to happen to Elena the following day. He most likely had motive to kill before attending the party because he knew she was getting too close to his family. Not sure if this was already mentioned in other posts.. Still liked the show just thought it was a little frustrating this wasn't touched on, or even questioned..

[–] exatera (3953) 4 years ago

Well, they did ask him repeatedly why he fled, including when he was on the stand.

[–] mooville (40) 4 years ago

You're either not following or didn't read my post all the way.. Nobody ever asked Jonathan why he lied to his wife about going on a business trip. It seems pretty clear to me that he had incentive to kill, otherwise why would he lie about the trip and why flee?

[–] Batty67 (358) 4 years ago

Some fans of the show seem off-put that there was not a twist in the end about who killed Elena. But all along, there were statements like from her friend the lawyer, who said something like "I think he probably did it, too much evidence, but I think there is enough reasonable doubt to not get convicted." I remember thinking, yeah, it probably/logically WAS Jonathan, but they kept throwing out "muck." It would have been a short series if Grace stayed the hell away and he sat in prison, unable to come up with $2M cash for bail and anything beyond a public defender. On that note, his first defender stated he prided himself on his ability to READ clients, and he was completely fooled.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6349) 3 years ago

It *should* have been a short series. There were plenty of episodes in the middle there where nothing of consequence happened. Soooo much padding.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6349) 3 years ago

And weirdly he seemed to talk about the business trip even before the incident occurred.

[–] maximmm (3335) 3 years ago

The last episode kinda gave it all away ^^

*Spoilers* What gave it away to the viewer..

Spoilers What gave it away to the viewer..