Inside ending explained in detail: Grieff’s rescue and the mysteries left open
A chain of desperate choices
Janice wrongly thinks Ben has downloaded child pornography. In fact, Harry’s troubled verger Edgar gave the vicar the memory stick. Harry tries to protect both his son and Edgar, but ends up imprisoning Janice while seeking to prove Ben’s innocence.
When Ben attacks Janice with a hammer, Harry believes she may be dead. He prepares to accept blame, then realizes she could expose Ben and considers completing the killing. Beth, a journalist, seeks Grieff’s help after Janice disappears. The available account does not say what ultimately happens to Ben.
Grieff’s bargain and rescue
Grieff is on death row for killing his wife. He has withheld his motive and the location of her severed head, but offers to reveal where it is in return for a stay of execution. The promised location is a ruse: it helps Grieff send men working for his father-in-law to Harry’s home to rescue Janice.
Grieff explains that he narrowed down Janice’s location because no missing-person report had been filed. He reasoned she was either at home or at Harry’s, where she was due to tutor Ben. Beth first visits Janice’s home, then goes to Harry’s after finding Janice is not there.
A death and open questions
At Janice’s home, Beth encounters Harry’s wife, Mary, trying to return the tutor’s missing laptop. Their confrontation ends with Mary walking into the path of an oncoming bus. The account describes her death as the greatest burden on Harry’s conscience.
Janice is rescued, but Grieff’s reason for murdering his wife remains unexplained, and her head’s location is still unknown. In the final scene, he tells Harry by video link that he may reveal the circumstances of the killing one day. The series resolves some questions while leaving others unanswered.
Key points
- Grieff helps arrange Janice’s rescue from Harry’s home.
- He located her by reasoning from the absence of a missing-person report.
- Mary dies after a confrontation with Beth at Janice’s home.
- Grieff’s motive and the location of his wife’s head remain unknown.