Stay Close Finale – The show begins with Ken (Hyoie O’Grady) walking down the pier to Vipers, where Lorraine Griggs (Sarah Parish) is watering flowers. He orders tonic water. Lorraine asks about the bruising on his face and promises he will not have any problems at Vipers. He starts a conversation about Carlton Flynn, which she pretends to know nothing about. He is not happy with her response.

A forensics team removes 15 corpses from the underground bunker. Detective Erin Cartwright (Jo Joyner) and detective Michael Broome (James Nesbitt) discuss the case. There is no evidence, Carlton’s body is among the corpses.

Ray Levine (Richard Armitage) contacts Megan “Cassie” Pierce (Cush Jumbo) to alert her of him knowing about what she did to Stewart Green (Rod Hunt). He agrees to wait at the pier. On the way to the pier, she receives a call from her fiancé’s mother, Francis Shaw (Alibe Parsons), claiming a strange woman is in her room. Megan ignores her claims until she says the woman tells her to call Cassie.

She arrives at Oneida Park Residential Care Home to find Francis alone. She describes the woman as looking like an “angel.” When Megan leaves the facility, she encounters Barbie (Poppy Gilbert). A fight ensues, with Barbie stabbing Megan in the back. Megan jumps on top of her and struggles to get the knife away when Barbie bites her hand. The knife is slung underneath a car. As Megan tries to retrieve the knife underneath a vehicle, Barbie jerks her leg back. The fight ends with Barbie falling on top of the knife in Megan’s hand.

Broome talks to Leanne Morgan (Steph Lacey) who is tracking Ray’s cellphone. Del Flynn (Ross Boatman) rushes to the scene to ask if one of the corpses is Carlton’s. Broome ensures Del, someone will contact him as soon as they know something. Ray’s mobile phone is tracked to the pier.

Megan is transported to the emergency room via ambulance. The medical examiner retrieves Barbie’s body as Ken tries to reach her by phone. The detectives head to the pier in search of Ray. Ray turns off his cellphone as the police spot him standing on the pier. He flees the scene when he sees the police cars. They trap him near the boardwalk. Broome arrests him on suspicion of murder. Erin tells Broome about Megan and Barbie.

Ken follows Lorraine as she leaves Vipers.

Dave Shaw (Daniel Francis) arrives at the hospital. She apologizes for her secrets putting them in danger. They express their love for each other and hug.

Broome brings Ray a prison uniform. Unless he speaks with Cassie, he will refuse to talk. Broome says your request is unheard of and the police make the rules. He tells him about Megan’s attack.

Megan tells Dave the lies got easier. He knew something was stopping her from marrying him. She apologizes for putting their family in danger as Broome walks him. Megan is transported to the police station to meet Ray. Erin alerts Broome that Barbie’s car was tracked to Vipers. He frantically calls Lorraine with no answer.

Ray denies killing the men found in the underground bunker. She knows he loved her. He asks if she killed Stewart. Broome calls Vipers to speak with Lorraine but gets Rudy (Aidan Kelly) instead. He orders him to see if Ken was at Vipers earlier. Rudy says someone who looked like Ken left about an hour ago and Lorraine shortly after.

Ray found Stewart’s body in the wood. He saw Megan running from the scene. Megan says she received a message from him to meet her in the woods. He denies leaving the message. When Megan arrived at the ruins, Stewart was dead. She accuses Ray of killing Stewart. He chopped Stewart’s body up and placed it in plastic bags. He disposed of the bags in a river. He arrives at Fester’s (Youssef Kerkour) a bloody mess. She was nowhere to be found. She apologizes for leaving him alone to deal with it.

Broome breaks into Lorraine’s apartment to find Ken lying dead on the floor and Lorraine holding a knife. She asks him to put the weapon down and call for backup. Distraught, he calls for backup. Del hired Ken to find Carlton. Ken admitted to killing Harry and threatened her. She says men like Ken deserve to be killed. Broome breaks down and asks why. She killed the men for revenge. She says all the men deserved to die because they were violent with women. She walks away to get a drink.

Her husband beat her for no reason. He got better after she got pregnant, but shortly afterward beat her until her uterus ruptured. She can’t get pregnant. She killed him when he tried to force himself on her. He took his life for her child’s life. She admits to luring the men into the woods by telling them a girl would be there waiting. The first man she killed was Guy Tatum (Thomas Dominique.) She dragged the men’s body into the bunker on a dolly. She doesn’t have any problem sleeping. She wanted Megan to know Stewart would no longer be a problem.

Megan visiting Vipers piqued Lorraine’s interest in finding out what happened to Stewart’s body. He confesses his love to her and asks why she did it. She threatens to kill herself to avoid going to prison. He takes the knife out of her hand and promises to stay close. He cries as he arrests her. Lorraine is handcuffed and taken away, leaving Broome distraught.

Del is handcuffed and put into a police cruiser. Ray shows Broome where he disposed of Stewart’s body. Lorraine stole Ray’s camera to ensure he didn’t have any pictures of her in the woods. She put Carlton’s credit card in Ray’s car. She admits to killing other men to protect women. Carlton’s body was never found.

Broome stares at the investigation board, with Lorraine’s mug shot. She is put into a paddy wagon. Fester wishes Ray good luck as he leaves. He stops at church, where Dave and Megan are getting married. Outside the church, Dave tells Megan about picking up Kayleigh Shaw (Bethany Antonia) and her friend, Bea (Rachel Andrews) in a remote location. He spotted Carlton’s car sitting near the area, where he picked them up. A few days later, he saw Carlton’s car on the news. He dumped the car in the river. A friend escorts Dave back to the celebration while Megan asks to be alone for a few minutes. She has a flashback of Kayleigh telling her about Carlton chasing them. Kayleigh gives her Carlton’s necklace.

Carlton chases Megan through the woods to his car. He grabs her from behind. She punches him and tosses him into the back of the car as Lorraine watches from a short distance away. She never told Bea about Carlton. They ran out of gas and called Dave. As the car enters the water, Carlton pleads for someone to help him.

Megan watches Dave dance with Kayleigh and Jordan Shaw (Dylan Francis).

 

Stay Close Review

The finale was a major disappointment. The only good thing about the show was ruined in less than 30 minutes. Is it even remotely possible for Lorraine to take down 15 men, utilizing a butcher knife? The vicious killing of Stewart Green couldn’t possibly have been done by a woman.

Ken’s makeup is horrendous, doesn’t even close to looking genuine.

Megan appears to be in critical condition but walks into the police station without assistance to meet Ray.

During the meeting, Megan and Ray are left alone while he is uncuffed. Would this ever be permitted? How is it, Ray is not charged even though he admits to chopping up Stewart’s body and tossing it into a river? Shouldn’t he have been charged with desecration of a human corpse?

The series was drug out beyond belief, with a rushed ending that turned out to be nothing more than mush. Is this is a work of Coben’s ghost writer?

If Harlan Coben wants his works to have a hint of realism, he will have to do much better the next time. We will have the opportunity to find out since Netflix just signed a multi-million-dollar deal that includes 14 of the author’s books.

A major disappointment, giving it a 4.5. Get more

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