Written by Nick Antosca, Peter Blake and Tara Shivkumar
Directed by Jonathan van Tulleken
After learning Anna escaped, Max shoots Crystal and Luke in the gut, locks them in the hold, and appropriately cages Robert like a dog.
Max covers the deck with gasoline, sets the Galilee ablaze and watches as it floats down titular river.
Considering scene picks up immediately after last week, it should still be daytime, but we've magically transitioned to night.
(Laughs).
Anna humiliates Max at the grand opening of his restaurant by playing a conversation Natalie secretly recorded in prison with Nevaeh. Then Noa chips in with a video proving he manipulated Amy Brancato into confessing to Melissa's murder.
Max strangles Anna, but the police intervene.
Lexi bails Tom out and Natalie meets Zack at their house.
En route, Max assaults a police officer and escapes.
At the house, Max holds Zack at knifepoint and begins a mock trial - The People versus Anna Deveraux and Tom Bowden.
Anna admits she could've got Max acquitted, but didn't want Natalie to know that her father was a monster.
Here's the big reveal.
Shortly before killing Melissa, Crystal ripped the baby out of her, so Luke (not Adam), was Max's son all along.
A struggle breaks out, resulting in Tom and Anna holding Max underwater.
They decide against drowning him and agree he should die in prison.
Some time later during a family barbeque, it's obvious that trauma still resonates, demonstrated by Tom thinking he's seen a movement in the trees and Anna nervously looking over her shoulder.
To quote Juliette Lewis's masterful monologue in 1991 remake:
"We never spoke about happened, at least not to each other. Fear, I suppose, that to remember his name or what he did would mean letting him into our dreams. And me, I hardly dream about him anymore. Still, things won't ever be the way they were before he came. But that's alright because if you hang onto the past, you die a little every day. And for myself, I know I'd rather live. The end."
Assessment
Series ends on a fairly satisfying note and overall, succeeds in justifying its existence.
Like 1962 film, Max survives, differing from original novel (which episode is named after) and 1991 remake.
As the police leave, Max is standing menacingly on the roof.
Who knows if intentional, but shot instantly reminded me of Jason towards the end of Friday the 13th (2009).
I can't see another season happening, as story has nowhere left to go, but anything's possible.
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