The Twelve (2022– )
8/10
liked it but I'm left confused
14 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I think the overall show was nice. Nice cinematography, decent script and acting (Sam Neill in particular was amazing).

I do have two problems with The Twelve though.

Firstly, Vanessa was unbelievably irritating. She would get pissed off at people for no solid reason. I get it, you may disagree with people but for God's sake let them be; you can't change them anyway.

She was an annoyingly woke SJW who only focused on dumb, trivial things.

Lastly, what's up with the ending? Now please bear with me as I'm trying to make sense of it.

I don't understand why Kate and Diane didn't just simply tell the police that Claire had accidentally strangled herself. That would've been the easiest thing to do instead of going about it the way they did, hiding things, lying etc. They could have given the police the negatives as proof it was an accident.

I mean why did they hide the truth? Kate said it was because she was scared she was gonna be accused of killing her niece given her past but look what happened. She was still found guilty! She also said Diane was scared the police would uncover the truth about what had happened in 1992 had they revealed the truth but since it was a pretty well-hidden secret, maybe they wouldn't have? Just like they didn't in the trial either.

Also, why would Kate and Diane hide the negatives unless Kate was found guilty? Why did Diane end up burning them?

The only 'plausible' explanation I can think of is this. Diane and Kate hid the truth because they were scared Kate was gonna be accused of killing her niece given her mental health diagnosis and her dark art/past. They were scared the 1992 case would be dug up again and the truth would come out about how Kate had accidentally killed Belinda and how her siblings had covered for her. That might have got them all in trouble. They might have thought that denying any involvement in Claire's death would acquit her since there was no body (which Kate had disposed of probably for that reason).

Kate and Diane agreed they would use the negatives as proof only if Kate was found guilty but during the trials Diane found out Kate had a secret affair with Nathan (Diane's ex husband) while married as well as after the divorce and so she decided to take revenge on her for sleeping with Nathan, having killed Belinda and maybe her past antics/odd behaviour by burning them?

Also, why did Nathan lie so much? What was he trying to hide?
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