Written by John Edward Betancourt
Caution: This article contains spoilers for the Season One Finale of ‘The Watchful Eye’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
It is definitely safe to say that fans of the Freeform series, The Watchful Eye, have been eagerly and patiently awaiting one thing from the story… answers. Answers to what motivated Abby to harm herself, who exactly has been stalking and harassing Elena and her friends and of course… whether or not Elena would be able to escape the clutches of the strange families of the Greybourne with her life and potentially with Matthew at her side, and well… it just so happens that the answers and resolution we have been waiting for… mostly came forth during this week’s season one finale. For ‘Hale Fellow Well Met’ is a story that basically saw all the façades in the Greybourne collapse with Matthew’s arrest and understandably so. For these families thrive on secrecy and well, when pressed, secrets are revealed. An experience that Elena was quite familiar with and well, with Matthew behind bars, a move orchestrated by Scott no less… since he used Darcy and her concerns to his advantage to create false evidence to place Matthew under arrest… the family was scrambling. Because a member behind bars meant trouble was to come for the family and well… the easy way to handle this was to pay off Matthew and make demands of him to ensure the family’s safety. Demands he wasn’t willing to meet, which put his future in a precarious place and well… while Matthew pondered upon tomorrow, the chaos surrounding this arrest set all kinds of new trouble in motion. For while the families were laser focused on how to handle Matthew and protect their secrets, James got desperate. After all, Alex knew things and that meant he needed to act quickly to keep his own cover now that it was revealed he was working for the families, so he decided to make his move post haste and that brought forth some incredible truth and accountability when everyone rallied behind Elena and Alex. Specifically, how James was doing a ton of wet work for Otis and that he was indeed the man stalking and scaring to try and shake Elena off of the trail, and he also admitted he was the man responsible for the blackout. All so he could get Dick Ayers back into his apartment. But what he didn’t cop to, was killing anyone in the upper echelon of the family. His job was to handle any external threats and well… the reality that Dick survived and that internal matters were handled by the top brass in the family… brought Elena to quite the conclusion. In that… Abby was likely harmed by her own flesh and blood. Since someone would have noticed she was digging into internal family documents that could have threatened fortunes untold. And really, the only person that could have conducted such an act and not arouse suspicion, was Dick. Because who would think of the doctor as a person of interest? So, she came up with a plan. One that would net her a payout large enough to get her mother off of her back and give her the freedom she so desired and that involved telling Tory the truth about Dick and the situation at hand. And wouldn’t you know it? After Elena spoke her truth, Tory found a way to confirm that horrifying reality, and in the process… put an end to her husband. Complicating this whole mess further, especially when one considers what else happened to Elena in this tale. Since Scott used his power and his desire to have that fortune, to wrest Ruby/Charlotte’s birth certificate from Elena. Leaving the plan in limbo, while motivating others to forge new alliances, since Scott was quick to align with Elena’s mother when given the chance and of course… Tory’s actions have made Elena an accomplice, since she asked Elena to help her hide the body. Setting the stage for a messy fight for those epic riches, and new allegiances and new troubles for us to experience, provided of course the show is granted a second season. Which we certainly hope it receives, because this is quite the fascinating and refreshing, and original series, and it deserves the chance to expand upon this engaging plot. But while we wait for that good news, we can bask in one epic finale. One that finally put the truth on display and truly exposed how deep the darkness goes at the Greybourne, courtesy of two families that only care about money and the power it brings.
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