Indeed, the true overarching riddle of the Harper's finale was this: What were they drinking in the writers' room during their last-act brainstorming sessions? The following is a (chronological) list of just some of the plot developments from last night's show that made absolutely no sense:
Why didn't everyone with a gun open fire when Wakefield was on the ground? Why did they keep Wakefield tied up with belts back at a police station that had to contain at least one pair of handcuffs? How come Shea took a cat nap before telling the group about Jimmy's arrest record? And what kind of a mother wouldn't have noticed her pre-teen daughter had wandered off to chat with a mass murderer in his jail cell? Why is it that Sully didn't shoot definitely guilty Wakefield, yet seemed eager to blow away possibly guilty Jimmy? What possessed Sully, who'd previously been ready to quit this clambake, to not get on the boat with Shea and Madison? How did Wakefield make it out of the church with a flare embedded in his stomach? Why did Abby drop the shard of glass and the telescope while trying to flee from Henry? (There's too much intelligence in Elaine Cassidy's eyes to believe her character would be all "Look, ma! No weapons!") Isn't it better to have a weapon of some sort when angering the man who hanged both of your parents? Why did Henry need a signed confession from Jimmy when he'd already pinned the murders on Wakefield, when he'd left blood and tissue samples from Jimmy's body, and when Shea, the sole adult survivor, had suspected Jimmy was the accomplice anyway? If you were Jimmy, wouldn't you have grabbed a weapon to use against Henry instead of using your own body to hurl him over the cliff? After watching most of your close friends and family die, would you really make out on the Coast Guard boat taking you off the island? (And a bonus question my husband shouted at the TV when Abby used that screwdriver against Henry: "Why on earth would you stab his f****** foot?")
