Rellik recap: episode five – the acid killer revealed!

After red herrings, dead herrings and sex scenes galore, the show’s biggest mystery has now been solved – so what on Earth is left to disclose in the finale?

With red herrings, dead herrings, an opportunistic copycat and the mental gymnastics of trying to keep the plot straight after five weeks of convoluted backwards narrative, Rellik has delighted in leading us on its danse macabre, like a particularly murderous conga in reverse. Tonight’s penultimate episode finally staged what is surely the biggest reveal, confirming the identity of the ninja-garbed assassin who had apparently made it their mission to ruin Gabriel’s life.

Congratulations to those of you who predicted that the killer was DI Elaine Shepard, shown coolly slitting the throat of drunk psychiatrist Jonas Borner, her face fitfully illuminated in the darkness by some slightly improbable welding sparks. A recent transfer to Gabriel’s squad, Shepard had three burning passions: collecting vinyl records, melting the identifying marks off her victims with hydrochloric acid and Gabriel himself. She also wasn’t working alone, sort of. Those heart-to-hearts with her unnamed flatmate? That was actually a hallucination of her murdered mother, which would explain why they were usually talking about Shepard’s banged-up dad Henry. So does it all add up? Let’s look at how the episode would play out forward.

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