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Forbes
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘The Survivors' Twist Ending Explained—Who Killed Bronte And Gabby?
Shannon Berry as Bronte in "The Survivors." Courtesy of Netflix Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Survivors on Netflix. Netflix's new Australian mystery thriller The Survivors is climbing up the platform's streaming charts. Read on to dive into the wild ending of the six-episode limited series, including the answers to who killed Bronte and Gabriel, and whether the killer was finally brought to justice. The Survivors takes place in Evelyn Bay, Tasmania, Australia – a town still haunted by a tragedy that happened more than 15 years prior. Toby Gilroy and Finn Elliott died during a storm after taking their boat to rescue Finn's younger brother, Kieran Elliot, who was at the towering caves that border the bay. Kieran's mom, Verity, blames him for his brother's death and believes he was careless for going to the caves and calling Finn for help. What Kieran has failed to tell his mother is that he wasn't the one who summoned Finn; it was Olivia Birch, who was with him that night. Kieran departs Evelyn Bay for Sydney, taking his father's advice that if he didn't leave his hometown, his mother would "destroy" him. Years later, he returns with his partner, Mia Chang, and their daughter. Mia also grew up in Evelyn Bay and suffered an immense loss on the day Finn died in the storm. She lost her best friend, Gabby, and there are still many unanswered questions swirling about her whereabouts, including whether she's alive or dead. Unfortunately for Mia and Gabby's loved ones, Evelyn Bay has only really cared about investigating the deaths of Toby and Finn, refusing to find out what happened to Gabby. Bronte, a photographer in town working on a project about the accidents, takes it upon herself to look into Gabby's disappearance further. 'In 2025, you cannot make a show about a young woman being murdered without trying to understand the context of that, the preconditions of that,' Showrunner Tony Ayres told Netflix's Tudum, adding that it's 'the kind of society we live in, which valorizes male deaths, but ignores female deaths.' Gabby wanted to go to the caves to see Kieran on the day of the storm. Kieran's friend, Sean Gilroy, who knew the caves well, brought her there and led Gabby into the deepest and darkest part. The two carved their names into the side of the caverns. Sean kissed Gabby, but she resisted the kiss, and he became agitated. 'I want to go home now,' Gabby said to Sean. The caves were rapidly overflowing with water, and there was no way she would be able to navigate an exit without him. But it turns out Sean abandoned Gabby and left her there. Sean later told Kieran that instead of helping Gabby get to safety, he left her to die alone in the caves to drown. 'I felt stupid, so I bolted," Sean admitted to his friend. 'All I could think of was … when you found out she'd dogged me … you'd laugh yourselves sick," Sean also told Kieran, explaining his fear of how his friends would react to his rejection. Sean's father, Julian, also knows what his son did that night, and he tries to cover it up – even after seeing how her disappearance impacted her family. Julian was the one who threw Gabby's backpack into the bay to make it look like she drowned in the sea and not in the caves. After learning what happened to Gabby, Kieran feels a sense of guilt for helping perpetuate the toxic environment where his friend could do something so horrible to cover up the truth. Mia reminds him, 'What Sean did was because of Sean" and asks him to forgive himself. 'You have to forgive yourself, Kieran. For everything.' Sean killed Bronte in The Survivors after she pieced together that he had killed Gabby. Bronte traveled to Evelyn Bay to investigate Gabby's disappearance. When she went to the caves where Gabby died, she discovered the rock Gabby and Sean had carved their names into and began taking photos. 'Most people have forgotten about Gabby,' Bronte says to Sean. 'All the memorial stuff is all about the men. Why isn't she included?' However, Sean, not ready to take responsibility for his actions 15 years later, isn't going to let this information come to light. Sean attacks Bronte and beats her to death on the beach. He drags her body into the ocean and runs when he sees Kieran's dad, Brian Elliott, walking toward them. Sadly, Brian is unable to save Bronte despite performing CPR. "The Survivors" on Netflix. Aedan O'Donnell/Netflix In the final episode of The Survivors, Sean tries to kill Kieran inside the caves after telling his friends all of his secrets. Kieran manages to survive, and Sean is finally held accountable and arrested for the deaths of Gabby Birch and Bronte Laidler. Gabby's mother, Trish, can finally receive the closure she needs after 15 years. In the final scene, the families of the victims gather together to remember their loved ones and throw flowers into the sea. While the ending of The Survivors isn't necessarily a happy one, Ayres told Netflix that it plants a 'seed of hope.' He continued, 'If we keep working together and if we drop our barriers and shields and all the things that keep us apart, then we might get to a better place.' The Survivors is streaming on Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.
South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Why Disney+ K-drama Nine Puzzles has no romance between Kim Da-mi and Son Suk-ku
Actress Kim Da-mi has revealed that she and co-star Son Suk-ku ultimately decided against including a romantic element in their characters' relationship in the Disney+ original series Nine Puzzles, even though they initially considered it. In a recent interview, Kim reflected on her role in the mystery thriller , which follows criminal profiler E-na (played by Kim), who reopens a decade-old unsolved case for which she was the only witness, and detective Han-saem (Son), who continues to suspect her. As new puzzle pieces emerge, the two are drawn back into a string of murders. Kim said she was captivated by the script upon first reading. 'I couldn't stop. At the time, the cast hadn't been finalised, so I had even more room to imagine. I had never done a mystery before, and when I heard director Yoon Jong-bin was involved, I couldn't help but be intrigued,' she said. Play Describing her character, Kim said: 'E-na is someone you want to comfort. She's a person who wants to believe in people. It hurt my heart to play her.'
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
New historical mystery-thriller series to be launched at literary festival
A new historical mystery-thriller series by an Oxfordshire author will be launched at a Headington literary festival this weekend. Amanda Roberts, who lives in Islip, will unveil her third novel, Lady of the Quay, at HeadLitFest on Saturday, May 10. The one-day festival will be held at Headington Quarry Village Hall. Headington Quarry Village Hall (Image: Greg Blatchford) Set in 16th-century Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, the book begins the Isabella Gillhespy series, which follows the only daughter of a wealthy merchant who finds her inheritance is not what she expected after the unexpected death of her father. Ms Roberts, a member of the Royal Society of Authors and the Historical Novel Society, was inspired to set her new series in Berwick-upon-Tweed after a family holiday in the town in 2021. The Elizabethan ramparts and the town's unique past, marked by its strategic importance and frequent changes in ownership between the English and the Scottish from the 11th century to 1482, sparked her imagination. Ms Roberts' first novel, The Roots of the Tree, is a true family story that follows her mother's struggle with the discovery that her biological father was not the man she had known all her life. Her second novel, The Woman in the Painting, is a dual-timeline historical novel set in 2019 and 1645, in her home village of Islip - the site of a little-known battle between Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army and three of the King's regiments. The book was awarded the silver medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club Historical Fiction Book of the Year Awards in the time slip/time travel/dual timeline category. The narrative of Lady of the Quay, as summarised on the book jacket, reads: "1560, Berwick-upon-Tweed, northern England. "Following the unexpected death of her father, a series of startling discoveries about the business she inherits forces Isabella Gillhespy to re-evaluate everything she understands about her past and expects from her future. "Facing financial ruin, let down by people on whom she thought she could rely, and suspected of crimes that threaten her freedom, Isabella struggles to prove her innocence. "But the stakes are even higher than she realises. "In a town where tension between England and her Scottish neighbours is never far from the surface, it isn't long before developments attract the interest of the highest authority in the land, Sir William Cecil, and soon Isabella is fighting, not just for her freedom, but her life. "She must use her wits and trust her own instincts to survive." Ms Roberts is also a member of West Oxfordshire Writers and Oxford Independent Authors.
