Sharp Objects on HBO

I had someone in my family that "theorized" early on that it was the daughter, Amma, doing the killings, but that was without any clues, just speculation thrown out there. So, it really threw me for a loop when she found the tooth and Amma said, "Don't tell Mama," as if that was all she was afraid of. Not afraid of going to jail, just didn't want to displease Mama. Shows you what a psycho Adora was to hold control on all these people and turn Amma and her young skater friends into killers. Because, during the credits, they showed those friends holding the girls down while Amma strangled them. Then they show Amma killing her new friend in St. Louis but they show that really quickly. I just can't figure out as to the "why" of it all, other than Adora twisted her daughter so much that she drove her mad, plying her with rat poison and antifreeze in the "blue liquid" she gave her. My guess is that the two girls she killed did something she didn't like. Wasn't Adora tutoring them? Or am I thinking about the skating girls? And then her new friend at the end was taking attention away from her by saying she wanted to be like Camille.

I had someone in my family that "theorized" early on that it was the daughter, Amma, doing the killings, but that was without any clues, just speculation thrown out there. So, it really threw me for a loop when she found the tooth and Amma said, "Don't tell Mama," as if that was all she was afraid of. Not afraid of going to jail, just didn't want to displease Mama. Shows you what a psycho Adora was to hold control on all these people and turn Amma and her young skater friends into killers. Because, during the credits, they showed those friends holding the girls down while Amma strangled them. Then they show Amma killing her new friend in St. Louis but they show that really quickly. I just can't figure out as to the "why" of it all, other than Adora twisted her daughter so much that she drove her mad, plying her with rat poison and antifreeze in the "blue liquid" she gave her. My guess is that the two girls she killed did something she didn't like. Wasn't Adora tutoring them? Or am I thinking about the skating girls? And then her new friend at the end was taking attention away from her by saying she wanted to be like Camille.

Remember also that, when Camille went out partying with Amma and her friends, it was clear they were also into drugs and drinking, so that's going to turn Amma into something other than her possibly normal self.

I hadn't made the connection with Amma also killing her new friend in St. Louis. That credits-scene was so quick and jumbled that I'd missed that and never tied it in with her mom asking Camille if she'd seen her. That right there should have been the biggest red flag for those of us trying to guess the ending...right up till the end.

I didn't *guess* it but I knew the pacing was WAY off for it to have just been Adora as the killer. There was too much denouement happening, and then when Vickery and Big City started just talking about Alan possibly helping with the teeth-pulling, I again thought it was strange to have this just being discussed as an afterthought---rather than finding out some better, more action-packed way. They had the pliers, though... and I never connected them with anyone other than Alan at that point.

But I just couldn't figure out the weird pacing or why there was still so much "show" left after revealing the killer.

And now I know why. I'm going to have to rewatch the finale and pick up on all the stuff you guys caught that I missed.

Remember also that, when Camille went out partying with Amma and her friends, it was clear they were also into drugs and drinking, so that's going to turn Amma into something other than her possibly normal self.

I hadn't made the connection with Amma also killing her new friend in St. Louis. That credits-scene was so quick and jumbled that I'd missed that and never tied it in with her mom asking Camille if she'd seen her. That right there should have been the biggest red flag for those of us trying to guess the ending...right up till the end.

I didn't *guess* it but I knew the pacing was WAY off for it to have just been Adora as the killer. There was too much denouement happening, and then when Vickery and Big City started just talking about Alan possibly helping with the teeth-pulling, I again thought it was strange to have this just being discussed as an afterthought---rather than finding out some better, more action-packed way. They had the pliers, though... and I never connected them with anyone other than Alan at that point.

But I just couldn't figure out the weird pacing or why there was still so much "show" left after revealing the killer.

And now I know why. I'm going to have to rewatch the finale and pick up on all the stuff you guys caught that I missed.