Jul 4 2009 04:17 PM ET

'Harper's Island': Who's the killer? And who needs to die?

Harpers-Island-show_l While many Americans tonight will be looking skyward and oohing and ahhing over their local fireworks displays, I’ll be staring at a blank TV screen, wondering why I have to wait another week for the two-hour season finale of CBS’ questionably competent but highly addictive Harper’s Island. (I know, I know…it’s a major holiday weekend, but since CBS has already shunted the murder mystery off to Saturday nights, I’m surprised they’re not airing Harper’s anyhow.)

Just because there’s no new episode tonight, however, doesn’t mean we can’t dish the show. (The surprisingly robust message boards on my blog item about last week’s Chloe-Cal death scene proved there are plenty of closet Harper’s fans lurking on the Internets.) With that in mind, I thought it might be high time for a couple of quick pre-finale polls about who’s in cahoots with John Wakefield in the rampant wedding-week killing spree, and which character we’re hoping will join the large and growing death toll before the final credits roll.

So…who’s helping Wakefield? I’d been thinking Jimmy and hoping Abby (what? sometimes I see homicide in her eyes!) since episode 1, but after last week’s end-of-episode reveal that Abby’s late dad was keeping a file on Jimmy, I’m almost certain the show will take it in a different direction. A few of you pointed out in the message boards of my previous Harper’s item that Henry was ridiculously bloody after Abby discovered J.D.’s body, and what’s more, how come he’s always trying to stop our heroine from firing her rifle in Wakefield’s direction? As for who ought to die, well…I’m voting for annoying tween Madison, whose wide-eyed stares and sing-song speaking cadence ought to be locked (permanently) in that darkened chamber in the tunnel underneath the Inn. Right next to her whiny, ineffective mother, Shea. Wrong? Yes. But anyone who’s watching this show – and enduring Madison’s bone-chilling line reading of “One by one” – understands where I’m coming from. Anyway, vote in the polls and head to the comments section and let me know your Harper’s theories. Then we can gather back here at PopWatch next Sunday morning to dish the finale!

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  • T

    why isnt Shea in the poll she is the second most popular choice online in general

  • T

    please add Shea to the killer poll she is my pick and generally in most other sites she is the second most popular choice after Henry

  • Rock Golf

    It’s showing early in Canada. Here’s an Ausiello style clue. The killer’s ***m* is ***t** *w****.

  • jared

    I’m so glad you posted about this! It’s been driving me crazy too. The show is such a guilty pleasure and I can’t wait to see the next episode.
    Madison needs to go. When Wakefield is heading up to the bar, you think she would give a little more warning than “Mommy”

  • erin

    i used to be almost certain that Jimmy was the killer but now that they are trying to make you think its him, i don’t think so anymore. No i’m leaning towards Henry because he never wants to leave Abby alone even though he has a fiance.
    as for who should die… absolutely Shea. she’s really annoying.

  • Ellen

    If Abby’s dad still suspected Jimmy, there’s no way he would give up his own life because Abby was in love with him. That would be beyond crazy. Henry seems another obvious choice but I’d be disappointed because he’s the only character left I have any lingering sympathy for – though that’s probably just because I heart Christopher Gorham. I think it’s got to be Sully. He started off dangerously annoying but has got more likeable recently – classic slasher movie development. He’s been characterised enough that we see him as a central character (unlike Danny, aka “who the heck is Danny?” or Trish for that matter. It really is a problem that 11 episodes in I can’t actually recall what she looks like), while staying obscure enough that we don’t really know anything about him.

  • T

    here are quite a few reason to suspect Shea
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232320/board/flat/141958996?p=1

  • susan

    I still have no idea, but I do agree that it cannot possibly be Jimmy now. This is the first time I have not known the ending to a mystery half way in and kudos for that, HI writers! I’m hoping it will not be Shea since I can’t figure out a good enough motive here and I hate it when too much new info is introduced quickly at the end of a mystery to explain everything. Henry seems to have many issues that make him believable as the killer. He so obviously loves Abby that my vote for the next victim is Trish since she is too stupid on this front to live.

  • serene

    I agree that it is Shea
    also a producer confirmed there is a second killer and it is one of :Shea,Henry,Trish,Abby,Jimmy,Sully and Danny
    everyone who is dead is confirmed to be 100% dead

  • Adam
  • Sarah

    I don’t think Jimmy is the second killer…I like him too much. Plus if he loved abby why go through the trouble of killing off her friends? None of them were contesting that he get her.
    I think it could be henry…He has motive for every person that was killed if you think about it.
    As to who i would like to see die? Now, don’t get me wrong, i like kids…but madison really needs to go. Really.

  • Ellen

    Am I the only one who gets a bit tired of Adam’s plugs for his own blog in every single blog post on this site?

  • Mike

    Shea, Shea, Shea…that is our killer! The way she is so freaked out when anyone talks to Madison makes me think she doesn’t want people to put the info together. I can’t wait till next week!

  • Melinda65

    No, Ellen, you’re not. Particularly when it seems as though often (if not always) the linked article seems to have nothing to do with what’s being discussed. I refuse to click on any link that is included in anyone’s comment, whether they seem legit or not.

  • Brandi

    SHEA KILL HER OR I WILL! Good Lord, I mean seriously. I’m sorry, but when Madison was taken and they all had the choice of staying or leaving.. they should have left! One life or at least 10. I mean seriously people, and then she’s all “how could you” “madison this, madison that” shes so freaking annoying! She thinks her daughter is worth more then every single other person, she should have stayed and let the others go, but even when they all stayed, did she say thanks? NO, she was all “how could you even think about leaving?” yeah, madison’s a kid, but shes still one annoying heck of a kid! Chloe and Cal would be alive now and getting married if it weren’t for her! Chloe and Cal forever.

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