After reading on a website that McGowan – who at aged 10 killed five-year-old boy Robbie Harris – was now living under an assumed name in the town, Joanna has become obsessed with finding out the truth.
So, what is the truth? Here’s what you need to know as The Rumour comes to a dramatic end.
The Rumour ending explained: Who was Sally McGowan?
Things get so intense that Sonia’s shop is vandalised, prompting Sonia to viciously blame Joanna for spreading the rumour (though notably, not denying it). When a reporter breaks the news, a mob turns up at her door.
But this does nothing but grow Joanna’s obsession with finding Sally’s identity, moving her focus to Kay, another woman in town, even cornering her with allegations – but she also isn’t Sally, and is almost killed as well.
Next suspect is her mum’s partner, Liz (Ellie Haddington), after finding out about a prison painting that’s similar in style to her work as an artist. Believing the painting holds the answers, she tries to track it down.
At one point, Joanna even went by a different name: Lucy.
At the beginning of the finale episode, Joanna confronts her mum – and Bea confirms that she is, in fact, Sally McGowan… but she didn’t kill Sonia, and didn’t attempt to kill Kay.
Who killed Sonia?
But it seems there was more than one person keeping a secret in town – and it’s revealed in the final episode that Joanna’s friend and confidante Rachel (Lucy Speed) is actually the sister of Robbie, the little boy Bea killed all those years ago.
Rachel killed Sonia by putting a bag over her head, and then filled Kay’s house with gas to suffocate her.
Discovering the truth – that it was Bea all along – Rachel had kidnapped Joanna’s son Alfie, and then called Bea threatening the young boy’s life, luring her to a woodland cabin she had previously shown Joanna.
How does The Rumour end?
She then met with Rachel, who had doused the cabin in petrol and knocked out Alfie with a sedative. Threatening to set the place ablaze, she commands Bea to sit down, sharing that she had been searching for her for her entire life, under the instruction of her mother, who only had her to replace Robbie after his death.
Thanks to one of the mums, Joanna realises she’s heading to the cabin and makes a dash for it. Sneaking into the cabin, Bea spots her and starts to deliberately antagonise Lucy, prompting her to lunge at her and start the fire.
The next day, as the gossip mill continues around the town now that the truth is out, Joanna and Michael, now reconciled, pack up and leave with Alfie, ready for a completely fresh start.
Bea, who has survived, is seen living with Liz in a different country.
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