> At a Glance
> – Alice, Anna’s elderly mother, murdered three women to avenge her daughter’s teenage assault
> – The victims-Rachel, Helen, and Zoe-once plotted to have Anna attacked at her 16th birthday
> – Alice framed Lexy (formerly Catherine) for the crimes before dying
> – Why it matters: The finale forces Anna to choose between protecting her last parent or telling her detective ex-husband the truth
Netflix’s limited series His & Hers turns a small-town murder into a family reckoning when TV anchor Anna Andrews returns to Dahlonega, Georgia, to cover a killing and discovers her estranged husband, Detective Jack Harper, leading the case. By the final episode, streaming since January 8, the true killer is revealed-and it’s the last person anyone suspected.
The Triple Murder Mystery
What begins as one death snowballs into three. Rachel, Anna’s high-school friend and Jack’s former lover, is found murdered. Days later, Helen and Zoe-also part of that teenage clique-turn up dead, each body branded with identical messages and friendship bracelets.
- All three victims conspired to have Anna assaulted in the woods at age 16
- Outsider Catherine Kelly escaped that night and later reinvented herself as news anchor Lexy
- The shared past makes both Anna and Jack prime suspects
The Real Killer and Her Motive
In handwritten notes discovered after the final murder, Alice, Anna’s mother, admits she orchestrated the killings once she learned what the girls had done decades earlier. She:
- Faked dementia to avoid suspicion
- Used each death to manipulate Anna’s return and extended stay
- Planned for Lexy to take the fall, capitalizing on the woman’s own teen crime: emptying her asthmatic sister’s inhaler, leading to the girl’s drowning
Alice dies before she can be arrested, shot by Jack’s partner while trying to finish framing Lexy.
Aftermath for Anna and Jack
A year later, Anna and Jack have reunited, adopted Zoe’s orphaned daughter Meg, and expect a child of their own. Anna now anchors news in Atlanta while Jack rejoins the city’s police force.
The series closes on Anna holding her mother’s confession, deciding whether to shatter their rebuilt life by telling Jack that his sister’s murderer was Alice-and that Lexy was innocent.
Key Takeaways
- Alice murdered three women to avenge her daughter’s assault
- Lexy was framed but had her own dark teen history
- Anna must live with the secret that her mother killed Jack’s sister
- The couple’s reconciliation hinges on whether that truth stays buried
