We've known from the drama's first episodes that the real Alice Bell is supposedly in the midst of the newfound group of women at the heart of Hunting Alice Bell – but of course, there's always the possibility that the vengeful serial killer wasn't telling the truth.
Things take a dark and sad turn for Charlotte – but what happens to the rest of the women in the group? And more importantly, just who is uncovered as the real Alice Bell?
"Sometimes when things are online, it's very easy to forget that these are real people, and how quickly we can get behind a rumour, how quickly it can spread, and realise that they are real people with real lives."
But who is Alice Bell? Read on for a full breakdown of the final episode of Hunting Alice Bell, complete with full spoilers.
Hunting Alice Bell ending explained: Who actually is the real Alice Bell?
Along with Fran's family and an angry mob outside the church, tensions are high as the women decide to carry Charlotte's coffin into the awaiting hearse themselves. The women confront Graham/TrueCrimeBuster (Ralf Little), who is live-streaming the whole thing to his angry online community but is soon carted away by police. Liam, Charlotte's stalker ex-boyfriend, confronts the women and tells them that they're the murderers and they effectively killed Charlotte, with Jay (Mason Dhokia) agreeing.
Darius (Aarian Mehrabani), one of Alice Bell's victims that survived, comes along after the funeral and is chatting to Fran. But outside the church, he whispers something in her ear that makes her look suspiciously at Julie (Amanda Abbington). Jay notices it and suddenly, the eye of suspicion is on Julie being Alice Bell as Jay details that after speaking to Liam about Charlotte's childhood, he's certain that it wasn't her.
Fran tries appealing to the group and tells them that they maybe need to rethink their hatred for Alice Bell and Charlotte if it was her, that she was just a woman that fell in love with the wrong person and made mistakes. She goes on to remind them of Alice's statement that she had read out by a lawyer on the news, which outlined that she "too deserves a home... peace... and to live my life without fear".
Outside, Julie walks out and Ros (Toni O'Rourke) follows her out. Ros reveals that she had initially planned to get close to all of the women but she "got stuck" on Julie as a lover and suspect. Ros tells Julie that she should tell her husband that she's gay and leave him, in order to live the life she deserves.
View Green Video on the source websiteIn a montage, we see Nick and Fran attend Violet's (Aiyana Bartlett) recital, Vanessa (Emily Barber) visiting her father in prison, Julie leaving her husband and children, and Ros receiving a surprise message from Alice Bell about her mother. The messages are swiftly deleted but say that her mother didn't blame Ros for not being there before her operation – only something that someone within that group of women would know.
"The only person who could've known that was how Alice Bell finished her statement was the person who wrote it," he says.
Nick starts recalling the early years of their relationship, how he met her right after his ex-wife died and needed Fran, how he dismissed any sneaking suspicions around Fran's lack of mentions about family or friends from when she was young.
That's right, Fran is Alice Bell.
What happens to the real Alice Bell?
She says that she changed his name to someone else's in the operating theatre log but explains that's "all I ever did wrong because I wanted to please him".
Fran wants Nick to understand and to tell her that they can continue to be together. She tells Nick that she can call whoever was on the phone and tell them it was a false alarm but that Nick would have to forget everything they've spoken about.
Upon hearing a car pull up outside, Fran and Nick go to the window to look out at it. But we then see Jay's bedroom light come on and he too stands at his window, looking at the car.
Did he hear Fran and Nick's entire conversation on the landing? It's highly likely. The prospect of Fran going away and starting up a new life somewhere else with a new identity or staying with her family is effectively in Nick's hands – but alas, that's the cliffhanger things end on.
On what she'd hope people take from the series, Roach shared: "I think it draws a line between information, an investigation and entertainment, the lines are really blurred there. We can see that in different cases that are in the public eye and out there in the media for us to consume. That is really drawn out in this where we see people's lives impacted and unraveling.
Similarly, Rudi Dharmalingam said: "Everyone will take away different elements of the story. It's completely subjective. But I think ultimately, on a big macro level, I would say that I like to think that people can appreciate how precious life is and how precious a family dynamic is. This is very specific and an online accusation, but whether it's a tragedy in the family or whatever. Things happen in our lives that can just turn everything upside down and you realise how lucky and how precious life and our families are."When chatting to Radio Times about what he wants viewers to take from the series, Ralf Little also shared: "First and foremost, I hope people are entertained and think the show's gripping, entertaining and watchable but get something from it.
"It's really easy to – whether it's leave a mean comment or whatever – forget that there is somebody who will read those. That there is a human being that you are talking about and that they are complicated and flawed, like everybody else. In this show, particularly, these are real people's lives and none of them are perfect, but their lives have been turned upside down."
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