Three Pines Episodes 1 & 2: Ending Explained.

Based on the novels by Louise Penny, Amazon Prime Video’s mystery series Three Pines revolves around Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he goes in search of Blue Two-Rivers, a girl belonging to an Indigenous community who has been missing for over a year since then. As Gamache attempts to unravel the mystery behind Blue’s disappearance, he is tasked with investigating the death of CC de Poitiers, a writer who is electrocuted in a town called the Three Pines 1″ and “White Out – Part 2″ spins about Gamache’s investigation into the CC case, which soon becomes a murder investigation. The show’s second episode ends with surprising developments in a row and here’s everything you need to know – pretty much the same! SPOILERS AHEAD.

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Three Pines Episodes 1 & 2 Concept

White Out  Part 1 begins with Missy Two-Rivers, Blue’s mother, leading a protest against Quebec police for failing to locate her daughter. Gamache steps in and promises to help them in any way he can. Using her resources, she discovers that Blue was last seen with her boyfriend Tommy Kis, and Tommy’s brother Kevin. Gamache asks his friend Pierre Arnot to find the license plate number of the vehicle they used to find the girl for the Two-Rivers family. Meanwhile, in Tres Pines, CC from Poitiers is cheating on her husband Richard Lyon with their photographer Saul Petrov. CC and Richard’s troubled marriage affects their daughter, Crie. During a curling event that is taking place around town, CC is seated in a chair next to a heater. she takes off her gloves and touches the chair with her bare hands, and CC gets electrocuted and dies. Gamache’s superior assigns him to investigate the death of the writer, who storms into town with his subordinates Jean-Guy Beauvoir and

Isabelle Lacoste. The trio work with local police officer Yvette Nichol. After a round of questioning, Gamache discovers that every single one of the Three Pines villagers had an issue with CC and her behavior, leading him to suspect them. Pierre reaches  Gamache and informs him that someone posted a photo of Blue a few weeks ago, suggesting that she appears to be alive. The Chief Inspector meets Blue’s family and shows the photo, but they think Blue is dead because that’s what she would have called her if she were alive. They also show him a denim jacket that Blue had, which also resembles the jacket he was wearing in the photo. “White Out – Part 2” begins with a flashback to CC killing his mother Eleanor for torturing her. In the present, Nichol discovers that CC’s husband, Richard, is an electronics expert, causing Gamache to become suspicious of him. The Chief Inspector questions him and even finds out that the husband knew about his wife’s affair with Saul. Jean-Guy Beauvoir, who has been watching Saul, witnesses the photographer attempt to burn a hard drive, but Gamache concludes that he loves CC enough not to kill her. Nichol breaks the case by finding out that CC is related to Emilie Longpré, who Gamache reveals is CC’s aunt and Eleanor’s sister.

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Does Crie Really Kill CC? Why?

After suspecting that Emilie is the killer, Gamache goes to her house to question her, only to find that she ran away after confessing. Gamache plays the video and listens as Emilie recounts how she put niacin in CC’s coffee and set up the “electric chair” to kill her niece. Although Gamache initially believes his words, he understands he made a mistake after seeing CC’s boots. In her confession, Emilie makes no mention of the rubber boots that are an integral part of the killer’s plan.

Without the boots, CC would not have been electrocuted. After suspecting that Emilie is the killer, Gamache goes to her house to question her, only to find that she ran away after recording a confession. Playing this, Gamache overhears Emilie saying how she put niacin in CC’s coffee and set up the “electric chair” to kill her niece. Although Gamache believes his words at first, he understands he made a mistake after seeing CC’s shoes. In her confession, Emilie makes no mention of the rubberless boots being an integral part of the killer’s plan. Without the boots, CC would not have been electrocuted or electrocuted.

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Why Does Missy Kill Herself?

After Gamache begins investigating the case of Blue’s disappearance, he makes remarkable progress. Not only does he find a photo proving Blue is alive, but he also gets a report from a police officer who saw Blue alive with Tommy. After collecting the evidence, he is forced to complete the lost case. Even then, Missy believes her daughter is dead. She firmly believes that her daughter would have called her if she had been alive.

When the investigation comes to an end, she commits suicide by jumping off the terrace of police headquarters. Missy must have killed herself to put pressure on the police to do a better investigation to find out what really happened to Blue. He recognized that protests will not change the way the system works, especially if the victim is from an indigenous community. Missy may have thought his death would make the police more accountable to the public and their community. Most likely, you know that your death would draw media attention to the officers, who will have no choice but to investigate the case fairly and satisfactorily. If that’s not the case, Gamache explains, Missy must have been confronted with the possible truth. She must have humiliated herself to heartbreak when she’s probably starting to think that Blue has run away from her and doesn’t want to come back to her. As a mother,  Missy doesn’t want to know that her daughter has been looking for a way to get away from her ago. After enduring the emotional turmoil caused by Blue’s disappearance for more than thirteen months, the prospect of her daughter severing all ties between them may have prompted Missy to commit suicide in agony.