The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

Previously on the Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair...

Chief Pratt killed himself?

You'd think so, but no.

Murdered.

A couple of good whacks at the back of the head.

That's like Nola.

Pratt was protecting somebody

who was afraid that now he'd talk.

Found fingerprints on the gas can,

but no match...

which means it was someone with no police record.

Hello?

The arsonist who set fire to Harry's house

was arrested tonight.

We found a handgun

and a necklace with Nola's name on it

in Montburry Lake.

Any idea how they got there, Mr. Quinn?

The black Monte Carlo at the scene of the crime,

that was yours all along, wasn't it?

Look at the headline.

Nixon resigned in August, 1974.

There is no way

that that photo was taken in August, 1975.

Who are you protecting?

And that's when I found them...

the letters between Harry and Nola

that he'd stolen.

I found these after she disappeared.

They're all from Harry Quebert.

They're all the letters in his book,

"The Origin of Evil."

I've given you everything.

The truth is in your hands.

What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

This is " The Origin of Evil ."

The moment I've been dreading for 33 years.

"Dear Marcus,

if you're still looking for answers,

this may interest you.

This book is the truth. Harry."

"The Seagulls of Sommerdale" by Harry L. Quebert.

You know, once they find their mate,

they stay together for life.

I think you should put seagulls in your book.

If you want,

I'll put them on every page.

So, when you get

to the end of your novel...

Mm-hm?

You wanna make sure you give your readers

one last twist. Thank you.

One last twist?

Yes, you wanna...

you wanna keep 'em on tenterhooks

until the very end.

So, when you get to the end of your novel...

Mm-hm?

You wanna make sure you give your readers

one last twist.

One last twist?

Yes, you wanna...

you wanna keep 'em on tenterhooks

until the very end.

Okay...

You want me to... yeah, okay.

Because it's like... you play cards?

You know, I thought you were dead.

I'm just a ghost now.

It's the first time I've been to your place.

It's impressive.

Thank you.

You live alone?

I do.

You what?

I do.

You do what?

I... live alone.

You should change that.

I'll try.

Can I get you a drink?

I would like that, thank you.

Okay.

And thank you for your hospitality.

To figuring it out.

I knew you would.

Congratulations.

I, um...

I have the, uh, videos of their interrogations,

if you'd like to see them.

May I?

Please, yeah. Please.

Mrs. Dawn,

how long have you known?

Not until the day...

not until the day Nola's body was found at Goose Cove.

The whole town was in such a frenzy.

I started...

I started to feel sick,

so I went home earlier than usual...

I can't believe this doesn't scare you!

This whole thing could explode at us!

Calm down.

I'm not gonna calm down!

- Calm down! - I'm not calming down!

Calm down! No one is going to suspect.

All roads lead to Quebert!

The body's on his property.

Yeah, and what if he's found not guilty?

Travis, he won't be!

Come on!

Wait a minute.

Wait, w-where are you going?

We're not done!

Geez...

What's going on, Travis?

I heard you talking about Nola.

Huh?

Jenny...

What?

I...

I don't know how to tell you this.

Okay.

I know how Nola Kellergan was killed.

He told me what they'd done...

Don't worry.

I'll take care of everything.

And that he kept Nola's necklace

all these years

so he'd never forget.

I had to protect him.

He was all I had.

But then...

Except when Marcus Goldman came,

started stirring everything up,

I panicked.

I wanted him gone!

I sent him those threatening messages.

I set fire to Harry's car.

But he ignored my warnings, so...

Jenny started acting strange...

preoccupied,

after Nola's body was discovered.

I'd ask her what was wrong,

but she... she wouldn't tell me.

And then, one evening, I was up,

going to the bathroom, and, uh...

I saw her car drive by the house.

I was worried sick about my little girl.

I wanted to know where she was going.

Jenny!

Jenny! What are you doing?

This is crazy! What... Stop it!

You don't understand, Daddy!

- Stop it! - Go away!

Go away!

Stop!

After Pratt confessed to sexually assaulting Nola...

he had nothing left to lose.

I could see he was about to crack.

One day, he calls me.

He said...

we should talk.

So I-I went to see him.

You're panicking, Gareth.

They don't have anything tying you to Nola,

other than a fuckin' blow job.

It'll pass.

Just sit tight.

I'm not facing the Lord with this on my head.

I'm dying, Travis.

My life is almost over.

And what about mine?

You have to do what's right for you.

I'm turning it in.

Complete confession.

Maybe then I'll have some peace

after what we did.

And, uh...

how did Robert Quinn end up with the gun

and Nola's necklace?

Jenny.

She thought that if...

the investigation turned to us,

well, we'd be screwed.

So she...

she asked her father to get rid of them in the...

And you let him take the blame?

Just...

just long enough for us to...

to-to leave the country.

See, I-I knew he'd want to protect her.

And the photo?

It was pure luck.

Chief Dawn,

if you could walk us through what occurred

on August 30th, 1975?

Shut it off.

I, uh, I was the...

I sometimes wonder what my life would've been like