Just a hint from this week’s episode of Guilt: Grace Atwood should have been given in the middle of the mess she finds herself in. When you’re being investigated for murder, social media is not your friend. When you live in a world where every stranger with a cell phone wants to comment on your every little expression, it’s probably best to follow your lawyer’s advice and lay low. That’s not what Grace does, and it weights her down in a very dangerous way. At least Grace isn’t the only one in hot water, not by a long shot.
Following a false tip from Grace, Molly’s brother Patrick headed over to see the professor who likes his extracurriculars with his students. He never imagined he’d be the scapegoat for the professor’s fed up wife as she shot her husband and pinned the murder on Patrick. The professor’s wife may be the most malicious in this tangled web of liars. Meanwhile Patrick runs around London with a bullseye on his back. He hopes the federal prosecutor will believe him, and she does. Moreover forensics doesn’t lie, clearing Patrick once and for all of any wrongdoing.
Roz blackmails Grace’s stepfather James with an incriminating photo of him with some Russian mobsters. That’s not the sort of thing an upright, legitimate businessman wants coming out. Luckily Stan the Man knows how to fix everything. He sets up a drop for the money, while Roz insures herself by sending someone else to pick it up. Things don’t go as planned when a group of Manchester United fans get in the middle and run off with not only the cash, but Molly’s cell phone. Luckily the soccer boys also work for Roz, who gets everything she wanted.
Then there’s Prince Theo. He is still a plausible candidate to be the father of Molly’s baby. It would be a horrifying scandal to his crown, not to mention his fiancee, if Theo’s connection to Molly was exposed. It never hurts to have the authorities in your pocket. This explains why the royal breaks into Detective Sergeant Bruno’s apartment to blackmail him for his help.
Don’t worry, Grace is still getting the brunt of all things horrible. Overnight strangers and former friends alike are attacking her on Twitter calling her every name in the book, as well as a few very explicit death threats. The strain becomes so great that Grace can’t sleep. She takes one too many of Natalie’s sleeping pills and ends up in the hospital. While it is difficult to ignore what people say about you, Grace defines herself by social media the way almost all of Western civilization does now. Occasionally though, all that attention can be turned around from a weapon into a force field. Once Grace regains consciousness she takes back her power by announcing in a live stream all of her sins, except for killing her best friend. She’s not out of the woods yet though.
The professor’s wife has become unhinged. The police realize her guilt too late, long enough for her to go to the hospital and finish what she started with her husband. She then heads to Grace’s room to kill her as well. Grace panics for a split second before she asks the deranged woman, with a smile no less, if killing the philanderer made her feel better. The two share a smile just as the police storm in. Grace lives, and from then on is known as #AmazingGrace.
Did Grace redeem herself, or is there still apart of you that believes she is guilty?
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