Mallory had witnessed Jeanette breaking into Martin’s home and spotted a blonde in the window, but since she never saw the mystery woman’s face, Mallory assumed it was Martin’s girlfriend or sister.
As for the mystery of Annabelle, that was the name of Martin’s gun, which he almost killed himself with.
Below, showrunner Tia Napolitano breaks down that shocking ending, Kate and Mallory’s potential romance, and Kate and Martin’s final face-off.
TVLINE | What does it say about Jeanette as a person that she was capable of doing that, and that she has been keeping that secret and is now leading everyone to believe that she is a wronged woman? It makes me feel bad for Jeanette that she has a secret like that… She was led to believe popularity and happiness and that she should strive for that, no matter what.
TVLINE | In that moment when she hears Kate calling for help, what do you imagine is going through Jeanette’s mind? Risk and reward.
TVLINE | Kate is very quick to forgive Mallory, and after that moment where she kisses her, is it safe to say that Kate is in love with Mallory? I think we’re seeing the beginning of something.
Also, the heartbreak that he made her like him and then made her fall in what she thinks is love with him, and all of that was inappropriate, and now she’s in a position where in order to escape, possibly she has to kill someone… It’s just a journey, and that scene is designed to make you feel all of it.
He deserves to say, “You’re going to have to work to get back into my life, Ben,” and I like that Ben, with his look, is saying, “I’m going to do that work to get you back.” So I thought that felt authentic and the right place to leave them.
TVLINE | Do you see the final scene with Jeanette as a jumping-off point for Season 2? Season 2 is wide open.
I’ll tell you one of my favorite cinematic moments is Kate and Jeanette looking into the mirror in the basement together, that same mirror that Jeanette looked into in the pilot, and we go into the mirror as the audience, and they sort of look like the twins from The Shining.
TVLINE | That’s another thing I saw a lot of theories about online was the mirror and how it might be a two-way mirror, and maybe somebody was behind the mirror and saw her.