Adapted from Jane Harper’s 2020 novel of the same name, the six-part series takes place in the fictional Evelyn Bay, a community still reeling from a severe storm that claimed three lives 15 years previously. And it faces further heartache when a young outsider investigating the tragedy is found dead on its shoreline.
Here’s a look at what went down in the compelling final episode.
‘Were we so wrong about our sons?’
Mother Verity (Robyn Malcolm), however, is initially having none of it. “You seem remarkably determined to implicate your brother in something awful,” she barks during a heated family argument, which leads to another shocking home truth. On chastising him for moving to Sydney soon after the tragedy, Kieran drops the bombshell that he did so on the advice of his now-Alzheimer's afflicted dad Brian (Damien Garvey). “He told me that I had to get away from you. If I didn’t, you’d destroy me,” he says, referring to how she continually blamed him for Finn’s death.
During a visit to Toby’s father Julian (Martin Sacks), Verity starts to wonder, “Were we so wrong about our sons?” She’s soon reassured that Gabby didn’t die on the boat and that both Finn and Toby are entirely innocent. When asked how he can be so certain, the show settles one of its two big mysteries.
What really happened to Gabby?
More concerned about the mockery he’d receive from friends Kieran and Ash (George Mason) than Gabby’s survival, Sean swims away, essentially leaving her for dead. Unfamiliar with her cave surroundings, Gabby is unable to navigate her way to safety and as the tide rises, she tragically drowns.
After recovered CCTV footage shows him getting into an argument with Bronte (Shannon Berry) the night she was murdered, Julian starts the episode as chief suspect. Could he have silenced the amateur sleuth after she got a little too close to the truth?
The real culprit emerges during Kieran and Sean’s investigative journey to the caves. Recognising he’s holding the torch he’d seen Bronte carrying the day of her death, the former asks the latter how he got his hands on it.
“The way she looked at me like I was worthless,” Sean tells Kieran, trying to justify how he then punched her head so hard she suffered fatal blunt force trauma. On realising he was now essentially a serial killer, the coward fled the scene just as a confused Brian was on his nighttime walk: the latter’s efforts to resuscitate Bronte explain why cops found his DNA on her body and his disturbing visions of the incident too.
Did Kieran make it out alive?
If that wasn’t enough, Kieran very nearly becomes Sean’s third victim when the pair get into a scuffle in the waterlogged caves. Indeed, he looks to be a goner when he’s hit on the head with a rock. And he’s nowhere to be seen when Sean emerges on dry land just in time for the police, who by this point had discovered crucial DNA linking him to Bronte’s death, to take him into custody. However, much to the relief of his waiting mother, a bloodied Kieran eventually staggers into view.
The aftermath
The Survivors lets Bronte have the last word, however, with footage from the true crime project she was working on before her death.
All six episodes of The Survivors are now available to stream on Netflix. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.
Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( The Survivors ending explained: How did Gabby and Bronte die? )
Also on site :