Note: this article contains spoilers for Dublin Murders, including its finale.
Dublin Murders, the BBC's latest tentpole crime drama, came to a conclusion on Tuesday night (November 5). Although it's fair to say that its final episode left a lot of plot threads floating up in the air.
Its eight-episode run was filled with twists and turns, and anyone hoping to have it all wrapped up like a Christmas gift would have been left hanging. Sure, the two murders at the heart of it were both solved – but there are still so many questions.
If you don't want any spoilers, stop right here, thank you very much.
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The finale saw Rosalind confess to the murder of her sister Katy, a revelation that she would only make to Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene).
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Rosalind also dropped the bombshell to the police department that Detective Rob Reilly (Killian Scott) was, in fact, "little Adam from Knocknaree", but "all grown up, with an English accent".
The news, unsurprisingly, caused Superintendent O'Kelly to order Reilly to turn in his badge. It also meant that the entire investigation was now considered compromised.
Of course, this wasn't a shock to viewers at home, as we learned it at the very end of the first episode. It was made clear from the beginning that the local residents had been plagued by a disturbing mystery from 1985 and in a series of flashbacks we saw that three children – Jamie, Peter and Adam – entered the woodland, but only one made it out.
Having been traumatised by the events and left with no real memory of what had happened, Adam/Rob fled to a UK school and changed his name.
Fans of the show – just like those in the Irish town – had been wanting to piece together exactly what had happened on that fateful night.
In Dublin Murder's final episode, Reilly visited Rosalind in her holding cell. She told him that he was the one who survived in 1985 because he was "a reject" like her, while the others who died were wanted.
We were also given a look into what did happen in 1985, even if we've still been left without the full story. The three children had witnessed a teenage Jonathan Devlin helping his friend to rape his girlfriend, Sandra Sculley, in the woods.
After realising that they had been seen, the teenagers chased the children away. Peter and Jamie were never seen again. We still don't know what actually happened, and why Adam/Rob was found clinging onto a tree screaming and covered in blood. In keeping with the undertones of the rest of the series, it's still very much on the cards that there could have been something supernatural at play.
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Reilly met Jonathan Devlin, who told him that he and his friends had not touched him that night, and that instead they had run away. He then added that because of what they had done to Sandra in the woods, they had "raised the darkness" that night.
With so much still left unexplained, there's certainly scope for a second series. But how close is it to actually going ahead?
Neither the BBC, RTÉ or Starz have confirmed any plans for a follow-up, but we do know that screenwriter Sarah Phelps would absolutely be on board if they do. In fact, she's even talking about taking it through to a third season.
"I'd like cover the whole thing, cover the whole period of that time for Ireland. I hope we get to do more because I know what happens in the final scene," she told Radio Times.
The US premiere date for Dublin Murders is marked as Sunday, November 10, so it's unlikely we will hear anything until after that has aired.
But for all of you still gagging for answers, we'll keep you posted.
Dublin Murders aired on BBC One and is now available on iPlayer.
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