It takes a while but eventually Mare heads over to see her friend. In finding out the truth and solving the case, Lori is distraught and takes her grief-stricken frustration out on Mare.

It also had nothing to do with John’s affair with Sandra Elliot either. John and Billy sorted everything out to hide and protect Ryan. Ryan realized what he did and put the gun back after getting nervous that it could link back to him. This explains the chips up on the wall too and why Erin was killed. Ryan only meant to scare Erin but the pair fought over the pistol, eventually leading to several gunshots ricocheting through the air. He sent a message from John’s phone, telling Erin he’ll be there before grabbing the gun and heading to the park to wait for her. Only, that night when everyone was over at Frank’s, he noticed John leave and on the phone to Erin. He promised to hide this if he ended things with Erin. Ryan admits that he knew about his Father’s relationship with Erin. In the station, we hear the true version of events from that night. John took the fall for his son, which explains why he was unable to actually describe the weapon, while Mare heads up to Lori’s house with the other officers, preparing to arrest Ryan. Mare’s voice breaks as she calls it in to the station. Struggling to hold it together, she heads up to the High School, realizing that he’s the real suspect from the way he rushes home. Mare immediately races inside to check the CCTV, noticing Ryan leave the shed in dark clothes. There’s only two people who have access to the shed – Glenn… and Ryan Ross. Somehow it turned up several days later, but with two rounds missing from the chamber. Now, the Colt pistol is the same weapon that was used to kill Erin. Glenn casually mentions to Mare how things have been going missing for a while – including his Colt Special pistol. Remember the gun incident earlier on? There’s another twist here waiting to unfold. With the case al wrapped up, Glenn Carroll throws a serious spanner in the works. The two kiss a passionate, tender show of love before parting ways. When Mare catches up to say bye, he admits that she’s one of the best things to happen to him and promises to return. Richard is called away for a year’s contract to another college. Unfortunately this is tinged with a bittersweet taste.

In fact she even dances with Richard too. Faye and Frank have their special day and Mare causes no drama. Part of that healing comes from the wedding which Siobhan sings at. Helen suddenly starts crying, telling Mare she should forgive herself for what happened too. Sitting with her Mother, she admits that she took out a lot of her anger back then on Mare, for which she’s forgiven herself for. Things are better between Frank and Mare too, with Mare mellowed out and no longer as hostile as she once was all those episodes ago. Mare admits that she knows she loved her son. It’s a hollow victory at best though, especially as it shows Carrie broken and in need of help. This also means that Mare gets to keep custody of Drew after all. This is, of course, a direct reference to the bath incident. It’s not so much an “I told you so” from Mare’s perspective, especially when Carrie tearfully admits she only started it again to stay awake. In terms of Drew’s parental rights, Carrie has started using drugs again. She allows Siobhan to head off to college, while her daughter touchingly retorts that Easttown is better with Mare sticking around. Mare however, has found peace with her daughter. She even manages to sort out DJ’s ear surgery too. She begrudgingly agrees, clearly carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. Just before John faces a lengthy stint behind bars, he asks Lori to look after DJ. His whole story sounds pretty credible, but for one glaring detail.

John admits that Erin called him out to the woods that night, angry and asking for him to pay for DJ’s ear surgery. Using a hairdryer to dry up her cast, she prepares to interview our suspects. Mare pries them apart, prompting an end to this skirmish.īack at the station, Mare’s shown the obscured photo from the end of the previous episode. Mare shows up just before he does, serving as a distraction as the two brothers fight. The two wrestle, with Billy pleading with him to pull the trigger. While everyone frantically tries to contact Mare, down by the docks John holds the gun up to his brother and contemplates whether to fire. She was just trying to honour her friend. Episode 7 of Mare of Easttown begins with Jess admitting that she burnt Erin’s journals because she believed this is what Erin would have wanted.

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