We definitively know what happened to Julie and Will Purcell.
Its too bad that Wayne will never know…or will he?
Do you want to swap confessions?
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Hoyt then threatens Waynes family and leaves him behind to find his own way home.
We wont see Hoyt again, which seems like a waste of Michael Rooker.
Their time down there goes better than poor Toms.
They see drawings of Princess Mary, Sir Junius, and Queen Isabel.
Roland is pissed that Wayne gave up on the case after talking with Hoyt.
Now lets hit the original timeline.
In 1980, Wayne is in trouble for leaking information to Amelia.
Threatened with a demotion to public information, he refuses to burn her.
You hate the public, argues Roland.
When he shows up for the gig, its clear that he is going to hate it.
With Wayne avoiding her, Amelia goes to see what the deal is.
Hes being a real jerk, saying shes the asshole here (nah, its you).
Its good to see how weak you really are, she fires back before leaving.
Their relationship isnt doing much better in 1990.
After his showdown with Hoyt, Wayne meets with Amelia at a bar.
She suspects hes been cheating, but he assures her, Its only ever the case.
Despite just saying earlier that he would tell her everything, he does not.
Theres always been this big secret between us, he admits.
Its all tied up in a dead boy and a missing girl.
Lets put this thing down, says Wayne.
1990 Roland is also at a bar, but his confrontation is physical, not emotional.
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Speaking of payoff, here we go.
Roland gets Watts address and the partners are ready to finish this once and for all.
They go inside and he lays it all out.
So Watts paid Lucy to let Isabel hang with Julie in the woods, with Will tagging along.
They then laid the boy in the cave where he was found.
Once Julie grew up, Watts helped her get away.
Unfortunately, Julie never showed at their designated meet-up spot and hes been looking for her ever since.
Watts is emotional, talking about being too late.
He becomes angered when they get up to leave, refusing to kill him or turn him in.
You dont want to live with it, says Roland, fing dont.
At Julies grave, Roland and Wayne apologize.
You deserved better than this, confesses Wayne.
Weve got an ending, I guess, opines Roland.
They share a very emotional hug.
Mike took her disappearance the hardest, having always thought that he would marry Julie when they grew up.
And guess what his dad did?
Ran a yard business!
And Ghost Amelia is back!!
What if the ending really isnt the ending at all?
she asks, as we see Mike recognize Julie at the convent.
What if theres another story?
Oh s, the nuns protected her and faked her death!
Wayne has a flashback to running into little Lucy.
What if it was all one long story that kept going and going until it healed itself?
Wouldnt that be a story worth telling?
Wayne thinks so, driving out to Mikes house to see for himself.
One problem: his dementia hits him right as he arrives.
Confused, he calls Henry to say hes lost.
He goes out and gets some water and an address from the woman who he doesnt realize is Julie.
Henry and Rebecca both come to get their dad.
On the way home, Wayne asks his daughter, Did I lose you?
She assures him that he hasnt.
What will he do with it?
Solve the case and take the glory?
Give it to his girlfriend Elisa (who just disappeared)?
But then, we focus in on Waynes eye as he possibly remembers?
That sends us back to 1980.
Amelia finds a drunk Wayne and offers him a do-over for their argument.
She wipes it off.
They walk out together into the light.
The season then ends with Wayne in Vietnam, tracking the enemy and disappearing into the jungle.
Who was this seasons Truest Detective?Ghost Amelia.
I mean, shes the one who actually solved this thing.
What did you think?
Was this worth the ride?
What/who do you want to see in a fourth season?
