His & Hers

Mrs. Andrews says she has one more to go. She found a shoebox full of pictures in Rachel’s wardrobe. As a teen, Rachel made money by grooming her friends, selling pictures of their naked bodies, and using photos that showed the girls’ faces for blackmail.

After Priya suggests that Anna may be in danger, Jack is terrified. He also realizes how guilty he appears. He tries calling Anna multiple times, but his calls go straight to voicemail. Lying to Priya about his intentions, he sneaks out of the house and drives to the hotel, where he learns that Anna’s and Richard’s rooms have been canceled. Jack then goes to Anna’s mother’s house, only to find it empty and most of the house packed. While upstairs, he hears someone else in the house and attacks them, only to discover that he knows the person (Priya, not yet identified).

Richard is shocked that Anna doesn’t realize his wife is Cat Jones. Anna remembers that Cat pushed her to come to Blackdown to cover this story. In addition to Cat’s car, there’s an unidentified vehicle in the driveway. Inside, Richard helps Anna charge her phone. Anna looks at the family photos and discovers pictures of both Cat Jones and the teenage Catherine Kelly, realizing they are the same person. Catherine never returned to St. Hilary’s after the night in the woods, but the adult Cat must have recognized Anna when they met again. Terrified, Anna hears a scream upstairs.

Mrs. Andrews thinks about the ease of predicting how others will react in a situation and the similarities and connections between people.

Jack discovers that he attacked Priya, who was following him. She claims to trust him, but he appears guilty. She also tells him that Catherine Kelly, the fifth girl in the picture, still owns her parents’ nearby house. They decide to investigate the place. As they leave, Priya mentions the cancer drugs in the kitchen, revealing Mrs. Andrews’s diagnosis. They also find Richard’s cell phone.

Anna goes upstairs and sees Cat hanging from the ceiling. Richard has been hit over the head but is still alive. Anna assumes that Cat attacked Richard before killing herself. Richard murmurs a warning to get out. Cat’s eyes open, and she uses her feet to pull a chair closer while untying the knots in her noose.

Priya and Jack realize that Richard Jones is married to Catherine/Cat.

Anna grabs her phone, which has a tiny bit of charge but no signal, and runs as Cat unties herself. She flees into the woods while Cat follows.

Anna never revealed the truth about her 16th birthday. Rachel blackmailed her into silence using a nude photo from the party. One day, Anna returned home to find her new kitten missing. They put up flyers, similar to the numerous other missing cat notices in Blackdown. Anna received a black hat with a gray fur trim that she recognized. She skipped school, went to Zoe’s house, and broke into the shed. As she got closer, she heard cats crying. Inside, she found around 10 cats, including her kitten, missing its tail. Zoe stole pets, returned some for a reward, and killed the others for her sewing projects. Anna took the cat home and wrote a suicide letter detailing everything. She ultimately decided against killing herself and burned the letter (though it got stuck in the flue and remained legible). She studied diligently and earned a scholarship to a boarding school. When Anna left for boarding school, Mrs. Andrews was devastated.

Anna calls Jack, who is driving, and Priya answers. She tells them that she thinks Cat killed everyone in retribution for something that happened 20 years ago. Then she sees something surprising (her mother wearing a nightgown, though this is not yet disclosed).

Panicked after Anna’s call, Jack speeds toward the Kelly house. He swerves to avoid a deer and crashes into a tree when they are near. They cover the rest of the distance on foot. Priya has a gun and picks the lock of the front door.

Mrs. Andrews thinks about the way people categorize one another and reflects that she’s never fit in but has cared less as she’s gotten older. All four of the women she attacked “deserved” their fate, even the last one. She doesn’t care that Cat was also a victim.

Anna recognizes her mother, who seems disoriented. Mrs. Andrews claims to have heard a window being smashed, so she hid in the woods but worries she’s being followed. Anna recalls the last time she was in the woods: She was visiting her daughter’s grave on the night of Rachel’s death. She saw Rachel, but they didn’t speak. Mrs. Andrews leads Anna through the woods toward home. As they walk, she confesses that Priya came to ask questions, and she believes Priya knows she killed Anna’s father years ago. He was abusing her and threatened Anna, so she killed him and buried him in the garden, covering him with her vegetable patch. She has stayed there ever since to keep him hidden.

Jack grabs a poker as he and Priya split up to search the house. He finds Richard, now dead. Priya comes upon the scene, assumes Jack killed Richard, and demands he submit to arrest.

Priya has visited Mrs. Andrews many times, questioning her about Anna. Anna wants to call Jack, but he’s with Priya, and she no longer knows whom to trust.

Priya confronts Jack. She calls Rachel’s phone, which rings in his pocket. He protests that Cat Jones is the killer. He sees a glimpse of something out the window and refuses to submit. He attacks Priya, dazing her, and runs into the woods.

Mrs. Andrews (still unidentified) feels that she’s running out of time to find “her.” She means Cat, but the text’s vague pronoun leaves it initially unclear whether the killer intends to murder Cat or Anna.

Anna hears a gunshot as she and her mother flee the house. She sees Jack in the woods, and he calls out her name before being shot by Priya. Her mother pulls ahead and winds up struggling with Cat Jones, who holds a bloody knife after stabbing Mrs. Andrews. Cat accuses Anna of ruining her life, first destroying her childhood and then trying to steal Cat’s job and husband. They hear another gunshot, and in the distraction, Cat slips away. Anna and her mother find Jack’s car, the keys still in the ignition, and get inside. They see Cat in front of them, and Anna hits the gas, attempting to flee, but the car is in drive, and she pins Cat to a tree. Anna gets out to check for a pulse, and Cat tries to kill her when she comes near. Priya arrives and shoots Cat, killing her.