The twists aren’t overextended to the point of exhaustion, and the series’ length isn’t inflated to provide more content. Think of all the twist-driven network dramas that have overstayed their welcome (in part) because they’ve overextended their plot. Her diary hinted at an "incident" so she visited neighbour Helen (Karen Bryson), whom Rachel had telephoned on her last day alive.It's here she spotted a VHS tape (we're surprised she even knew what it was) and subsequently nabbed it and used boyfriend Chris's video player – they discover it's the CCTV footage from the night of the fire in the school from 1990.With her soon-to-be-dead boyfriend Chris Chahal (for some reason, only ever referred to in Jenny, unaccompanied, went to Heaven in the evening but Bobby wasn't there. Or, as Coben put it in the But the ending is also just that: an ending. She killed Chris to cover up her part in the manslaughter. He decided to pay a visit and ended up killing Helen, setting fire to her house and, somehow, also kidnapping Jenny.She was finally reunited safely with her father when he and his lover/dead wife's friend made an ill-judged rescue attempt, which resulted in Bobby's suicide. Whodunnit, whydunnit and what was just a red herring?The series from crime author Harlan Coben tells the story of Tom Delaney (Hall) and what happens when his daughter (On May 17, 1990, Sophie – along with her friends Rachel, Helen, Bobby and Craig – decided to light a fire in the school in protest at one their teachers who hadn't treated them very well.

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Simple... ish. All the answers have been given, and even though curious fans might wonder how Tom, Jenny, and their family will recover (not to mention what happens to Sophie, a cop, in prison), that’s not the story “Safe” set out to tell. The kids manage to get the CCTV footage and remove the tape from the school, so no fault was attributed to them – a local drug addict/vagrant took the blame instead.The trio of Sophie, Helen and Rachel decided to stay in the community (to do good apparently, in a bid to make amends).Rachel married Tom Delaney (Michael C Hall), but later died, though not before revealing her awful secret to her eldest child, Jenny.Sophie joined the police and, after Rachel's death, ended up in a relationship with Tom.Bobby (Milo Twomey) went to the city to open the '80s-obsessed Heaven Lounge, whilst Craig was interred in Jasmine Hall for his mental issues, with Rachel visiting him out of guilt.His father, Eric Pratchett, still lives in the gated community and could best be described as the "grumpy neighbour" who got shouty with Jenny in the opening episode.

So, unbelievably, we're only on Day Six since the party, the death of Chris Chahal (Freddie Thorp) and the disappearance of Jenny Delaney (Amy James-Kelly).

Let's not waste any more time, hitting Safe S1:E08 after the break. He's just not very bright.Pete Mayfield (Warren) is Tom's best bud and colleague and, early on, another contender for murderer/kidnapper.It was the arrival of DC Emma Castle that may have made viewers think Pete was up to no good, as she had already been photographing him for some time before the events of the deadly house party.Emma was Pete's daughter(! And Pete himself turned out to be a bit of a hero, getting stabbed an' all.Sophie killed Chris Chahal, because he knew all about the school fire and her involvement and threatened to tell the police.The DS visited the Marshall house party to pick up her son but in the process, ended up confronting Chris, who got a bit lippy with her – he was already annoyed with Sophie as she'd "lectured" him previously on drug possession.Chris recorded a confession from the policewoman on his phone (After deleting the recording from his phone, the DS fled the scene and left the body to be discovered by Sia, thus kicking off the events of the series. Awww. You may be able to find more information on their web site.

He calls the cops and turns in one of their best detectives.“Safe” ends with shots of Sophie walking into her prison cell and Tom walking back into his gated community. She spent the night away from home in the train station and decided to confront Helen about the truth.

Long before the finale, Zoe’s husband Neil (Joplin Sibtain) admits to exposing his wife’s affair with a student in a fit of rage. Seeking vengeance and thinking the school was empty, Helen, Bobby, Craig, Rachel (Katy Carmichael), and Sophie (Amanda Abbington) set fire to the building and ended up killing multiple students who couldn’t get out.Though they covered their tracks at the time, years later Jenny and her boyfriend Chris find out what happened and the guilty parties start trying to cover their tracks. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. It cements the series’ introspective look at how close-knit groups can become corrupted — and protect each other — when things go awry. In doing so, he made it much more satisfying — like the perfect piece of cake, not too big or too small — but he also served up an example of why even the most outlandish murder-mysteries are stronger when they’re allowed to die out short and sweet.Just look at how much ground is covered in “Safe.” At the start of the season, there are three major mysteries:The answers were given in reverse order of importance (almost). You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io Rather than throw in a last-second reveal that upended the answers that had been building over the last few episodes, Coben chose to structure his project as eight episodes and out.