His & Hers ending explained: Who was the real culprit all along?

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**Warning: contains spoilers for His & Hers episodes 1-6.**

Okay, so I just finished watching this new Netflix thriller, and honestly, the title ‘His & Hers’ is totally misleading! Don’t go in expecting a love story. It’s actually a really twisted and suspenseful show about two exes caught up in a dangerous game with some seriously dark secrets. It’s less romance and more of a psychological cat and mouse chase – I was hooked!

Jon Bernthal plays Jack Harper, a tense and stressed-out detective, and Tessa Thompson plays Anna, a tough and determined journalist – the two were previously in a romantic relationship.

Just like Alice Feeney’s novels, “His & Hers” keeps you guessing until the very end. When viewers think they’ve figured out who murdered Rachel Hopkins, they soon realize the killer was someone much closer to home.

His & Hers ending explained

With five episodes gone, Jack is in serious trouble. He’s managed to avoid his coworker, Detective Priya Patel, all season, but the evidence against him is growing. However, he’s completely shaken when he discovers his sister, Zoe, murdered – and covered in her own blood, which he initially mistakes for a bath bomb.

Anna uncovers a surprising and potentially damaging secret: the new anchorwoman trying to take her job, Lexy (played by Rebecca Rittenhouse), is actually Catherine (Astrid Rotenberry), someone Anna and her friends used to bully. Catherine dramatically changed her appearance and name to get revenge on everyone who wronged her. And this is just the beginning of her plan.

The last episode of His & Hers begins with a memory of Lexy, previously called Catherine, on a family boating trip. It seems pleasant at first, but quickly turns sour when Catherine’s sister starts making cruel comments about her weight. In a shocking reaction, Catherine retaliates by intentionally wasting Andrea’s asthma inhaler, ensuring she won’t have it when she really needs it.

It wasn’t a smart decision, but the outcome is the same: Andrea passes away during the boat trip because she can’t access her necessary medication. This just proves you shouldn’t mock others.

Anna calls Jack, desperate for help, but he’s currently dealing with the grim task of finding his sister’s body. Despite this, he rushes to Anna’s side when she explains she’s in danger, and tells her he believes Lexy is responsible for not only Zoe’s death, but also the deaths of Rachel and Helen.

Jack’s plans are interrupted when Patel arrives, determined to question him about Rachel’s murder. The timing is terrible – Anna is in trouble, and Jack is covered in blood that looks very suspicious.

Richard has realized Anna asked for help, which is a bad situation. Despite their close working relationship – and a deeper connection – he starts to confront her. Frightened, Anna manages to pull a hidden gun from her bag and shoots at him inside the house. When the gun runs out of ammunition, she locks him in a separate room.

Just then, Lexy arrives to support her husband, but surprisingly, Anna manages to fight back. Instead of Lexy hurting Anna with a flowerpot, Anna hits her head against the wall.

Wow, things really escalated! Patel took a hit from Jack and ended up unconscious. I last saw her waking up disoriented right outside her home, with the police thankfully there to make sure she was okay. It was a pretty intense scene, honestly.

Okay, so Anna straight-up calls Lexy a psycho, and honestly, I kinda get it. But Lexy fires back, accusing Anna of leading everyone into the woods twenty years ago – the same trip where something really bad went down. They’re hinting at a past tragedy, and I’m already hooked to find out what happened.

There’s also a great line about drinking piss which I’d argue is Emmy-worthy.

During a scuffle, Anna loses a tooth and then angrily strikes Lexy, causing both of them to crash through a glass table. Apparently, no television fight is complete without someone going through a glass table!

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Jack arrived just as Lexy reached for the gun. He shoved Anna out of the way, unaware the gun wasn’t loaded. At that moment, a bullet struck Lexy from outside, where Patel had moved. Lexy, also believing the gun was loaded, had aimed for a fatal headshot, killing her immediately.

The scene shifts abruptly to the next morning at dawn, with Jack and Anna talking as police work to clean up the surrounding area.

Anna expresses her sympathy to Jack about his sister’s passing and offers to help with his niece, Meg. However, Jack is also seeking explanations from Anna about what happened years ago – the night in the woods with Zoe and their other friends – and wants to understand the events that occurred.

Anna explains that Rachel was the main person involved, with Helen and Zoe also knowing what was happening. On Anna’s sixteenth birthday, Rachel, along with Helen and Zoe, led Anna and Lexy into the woods, claiming it was for a party. However, after Rachel sent photos of them to some men, the men showed up, turning the supposed party into something dangerous.

The situation is deeply upsetting, but Anna and Jack have both experienced significant pain since losing their baby last year. It’s understandable that they would find comfort in each other, and their kiss feels like a natural result of finally opening up and sharing their vulnerabilities.

Investigators uncovered more evidence suggesting Lexy committed the murders. Meanwhile, Patel surprisingly seemed to have already forgiven Jack for the previous night’s incident, so things appeared to be going well. Or were they?

A year has passed, and things are finally looking up. Anna has returned to her job, she and Jack are expecting a baby, and they’re happily raising Meg as a family. They’ve worked hard to rebuild their lives after the heartbreaking loss of their first child.

The end… Except, wait. There’s more.

The episode starts with Anna narrating, as she always does. However, the opening lines feel strangely familiar – they’re actually the same ones used in the previous five episodes. This isn’t a sign of uninspired writing, though. We soon learn these weren’t originally Anna’s thoughts at all; she was simply reading a script written by someone she knows well.

It isn’t immediately obvious, but the story shifts perspectives when the narration switches from Anna to her mother, Alice (played by Crystal Fox). This change occurs specifically when Anna says the word “killing.”

Now, the story shifts to Anna reading a letter from Alice. The letter shows Alice has been doing much more than we’ve seen on the show.

Alice fondly remembered everything Anna had achieved, especially the joy of welcoming her daughter, Charlotte. However, after Charlotte tragically died while in Alice’s care, Alice was left with only old video recordings of Anna. She watched these videos every day and often visited Charlotte’s gravesite, desperately hoping for her daughter to somehow come back.

Alice happened to see Jack and Rachel together, sharing a private moment on a quiet road. However, that wasn’t what bothered her. It was what followed that sparked her violent reaction.

Six months after Anna disappeared, Alice finally watched a video from Anna’s sixteenth birthday. The joyful celebration quickly became horrifying as Alice discovered Anna had also been sexually assaulted in the woods. Even more disturbing, the assault was witnessed and even encouraged by people Anna considered friends, like Rachel, who laughed and sang “Happy Birthday” while it happened. It’s a shockingly disturbing scene that viewers won’t easily forget.

Alice breaks down watching all this, and then she concocts a plan for revenge.

Alice observes that people don’t typically suspect older women of being capable of violent crimes, explaining that some of her questionable behavior was dismissed as simple forgetfulness. She adds that older people are often overlooked and disregarded, like unnoticed back entrances and the workers who use them – essentially becoming invisible to society.

This actually helps Alice. She explains that things have stayed the same for a long time – the same locks, doors, and keys. She believes people could have prevented her actions, but they tend to ignore what’s obvious and only see what they expect to see.

The story follows Alice as she seeks revenge on the women who harmed Anna, ultimately leading to their deaths. While she initially only intended to see Catherine punished with imprisonment for her lesser involvement, a surprising turn of events involving Patel—an unexpectedly skilled marksman—changed everything.

Alice says, “Taking Rachel’s life brought you back. Taking Helen’s life kept you with us, and taking Zoe’s life gave you the family you’d been missing.”

Everything really fell into place, didn’t it? And for a crazy TV plot twist, this one actually makes sense. It’s over the top, sure, but totally enjoyable.

But before the show ends, presumably for good, Alice reveals why she’s written this letter to Anna.

Anna glanced at her mother, tears welling up as she watched Alice spending time with the rest of the family in the next room. Alice noticed Anna watching and returned the gaze, as if understanding exactly how Anna felt.

The show might be called His & Hers, but the story is very much hers and only hers by the end.

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David OpieFreelance Writer

David Opie is a freelance journalist who covers TV and film for websites like TopMob, Indiewire, and Empire. He’s a strong advocate for LGBTQ+ representation, often speaking on panels and championing queer stories. Beyond TV and film, he loves comics, animation, and horror – and he’s particularly hoping to see a Buffy the Vampire Slayerthemed musical challenge on RuPaul’s Drag Race*. Before becoming a freelancer, David worked as a Deputy TV Editor at Digital Spy and holds a degree in Psychology.

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2026-01-08 21:37