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it's weird that Mollie would overlook Ernest helping to murder her sisters but wouldn't forgive him for poisoning her

posted 6 months ago by RustyShacklefurd (2026)
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Ernest is arrested by the FBI for his role in the murder of Mollie's sisters and then agrees to testify against his uncle. He's then allowed to see Mollie after she recovers from being poisoned and she doesn't seem upset at all that he literally helped to murder her sisters. It's as if the murder of her sisters suddenly meant nothing to her. But then she finds out that he poisoned her, which she survived, and that's the end of their relationship. It doesn't really make sense that she would so easily overlook his role in the murder of her sisters but would then totally give up on him because he poisoned her even though she survived.

[–] spurtle467 (1518) 4 months ago

I wondered if she had gone into the room with him under the pretence of appearing quite understanding and civilised so he was more likely to give her the answers she wanted and when he did that was it. I mean she may have accepted what he'd done already with no chance of any reconciliation, considered there was some truth to his love for her, while also being a confused and manipulated man, but gave him one last chance to show her some honesty.

After presenting her character as a rather wise and careful woman, the illnesses and murderous events surrounding her family in relation to her husband and the other white folk, did end up making her look pretty naive I have to admit.

[–] saltfat (43) 14 days ago

It was really weird and so unrealistic! She was so close with her family and they were killed in the most brutal ways and she was like :(

That's it? Okay. I was waiting in horror for her reaction to the revelation and there was just...nothing.