‘The Suspect’ Recap: ‘Episode 3’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Three of ‘The Suspect’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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Over the course of the past couple of weeks, we’ve talked at length about one particularly fascinating question regarding the Sundance Now series, The Suspect. Specifically, did Dr. Joe O’Loughlin commit to the darkest act imaginable because he is losing control of his mental faculties? Because this series has done little to answer that question and that’s not a bad thing by any means. For such a move has kept us engaged and helped to get to know the characters better, specifically Joe of course, and how he at times… is not the most noble man. Which only adds to the delicious mystery of this series, which is finally starting to reveal its answers to us.
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For the next episode in this tale, offered up quite the surprise. One that may have informed us as to whether or not Joe is indeed the culprit here and it accomplished this feat, by having Joe take matters into his own hands. Because he was at this point, lost and beside himself and even his alibi wasn’t quite what he thought or hoped it would be. Since it was revealed that he wasn’t with his lover for the entire night. All of which prompted him to close this case on his own, so he could put this dark chapter behind him and teach the police a proper lesson regarding investigative work and that led him… to Liverpool to learn a great deal about Bobby Moran and the late Catherine. 

Because what better place to find the truth than at the source and well, that led to some fascinating revelations. Such as how Bobby Moran was actually Bobby Morgan, and he had quite the sorted and broken past. One mired in darkness and abuse, and that could of course, put Bobby into the mindset where he would be fully prepared to commit an act of murder. But what was equally as intriguing about this search, and Catherine’s murder… was that another name kept popping up often in Joe’s investigation. Specifically, his best friend in the whole wide world, Jack. Because he also had association with Catherine, and he was responsible for sending Bobby to Joe in the first place and well… that raised Joe’s eyebrows.

For that was just… too perfect an association to be coincidence and what Joe learned about Jack beyond that, was also cause for concern. After all, Jack’s ties to Catherine might have been romantic in nature, and the more Joe dug into the mess, the more discomfort he experienced. Since it turned out that Jack might have romantic eyes for others in Joe’s life as well. Since Joe did bear witness to Jack playing dad in the very house that Joe used to call home. And there was of course… a discussion about Joe’s wife being pregnant in this tale and all that… cannot help but make us wonder, if Jack is involved in a scheme designed to bring down Joe, and there is good cause to go along with that line of thinking.

After all, if he’s interested in having Joe’s life and knows his current mental standing and knows his illness well… he could work behind the scenes and make it seem as though Joe is the monster in question without anyone giving it a second glance or thought and well, now Joe is going to have to move faster and harder to discover if that suspicion is the truth. Simply because the police are ready to properly charge him and will stop at nothing to find him and that will make the final two episodes of this season, about as thrilling as they get. Because now, it’s obvious there is more at play here than what we initially thought, and the answers will likely come fast and furious as we barrel toward the finale. Until next time.  

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