With Tui alone in the woods, about to give birth, and locals finally willing to testify against Matt Mitcham, events charged towards an emotional climax in the final episode of Jane Campion's 'Top of the Lake'.
Despite this, the pace of the narrative stayed admirably consistent with previous episodes, even as Detective Robin (Elisabeth Moss) headed into Matt's territory, ostensibly to hear his confession.
Robin had only one mission in mind - to get to Tui
Things took a harrowing turn, however, as Matt played his final card, and Robin was left reeling... from the professional consequences of hunting down Matt, and the prospect of continuing her relationship with his son.
All credit to Jane Campion and the actors, including Robin's mother, whose deathbed plea to her daughter not to get involved with Johnno now made more sense. I did not see this one coming - did you? - despite it being from the pen of Campion, which should have warned us to expect the stakes to go up a notch.
GJ (Holly Hunter) prepares to say goodbye
All of which led her to GJ, Holly Hunter's prophetic Thunderbird, who boomed, "Stop your helping. Stop your planning. Give up." Ok, then. This scene was the highlight of the episode, both unintentionally hilarious and sadly true, and set the direction for all that followed, including the chilling explanation of just how Detective Al did manage to afford that palatial waterside pad.
By the end, there was the kind of resolution that GJ would have recommended - a bunch of people, bruised by the past and making the best of what they'd been dealt, a satisfying conclusion to a bleak but gripping tale, against the most beautiful of backdrops.
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