If you just finished the sixth episode of His & Hers on Netflix, you’re probably sitting there with your jaw on the floor, staring at a blank screen and wondering if you even know how to read people anymore. I know I am. I’ve spent the last hour pacing my living room trying to process it.
Unless you’ve read the Alice Feeney book, there is absolutely no way you saw that coming. It’s one of those endings that doesn't just close the story—it forces you to go back and re-watch every single episode from the pilot to see where you were being lied to. Because as the show reminded us in every single voiceover: there are two sides to every story. Yours and mine, ours and theirs, his and hers. And in this world? Everyone—and I mean everyone—is lying.
Let’s dive into the wreckage of that finale. I want to talk about the hidden details, the frustrating plot holes, and that final reveal that changed the entire DNA of the show.
Fair warning: We are entering HEAVY SPOILER territory. If you haven't finished, run away now!
The Beginning of the End: Lexi’s True Colors
The episode starts with that shot of the dead fish—grim, right? It’s such a sharp bit of foreshadowing for the rot hiding under the surface of the Kelly family. We’re transported back to the lake house in a flashback, and we finally see young Kathleen (who we’ve known as Lexi).
I felt for her at first, being the "black sheep" of a toxic family, but then... wow. Seeing her empty her sister Andrea’s inhaler was chilling. It wasn't a mistake. It wasn't a panic-induced lapse in judgment. It was cold, calculated, and—let’s be honest—completely sociopathic. Watching her sister gasp for air while she just watched with that blank expression? That changed how I saw Lexi for the rest of the show. She isn't just a career climber; she’s a predator who has been playing the "grieving little sister" role for twenty years.
Remember the Sheriff’s detail about the funeral? How she played the part of the heartbroken child perfectly for the cameras, only to be caught eating donuts and smiling the second she thought she was alone? It recontextualizes her entire rivalry with Anna. She didn't just want Anna’s job; she wanted to erase anyone who knew the "real" Catherine.
That Lake House Standoff was BRUTAL
When we got back to the present, the tension at the lake house was thick enough to cut with a knife. Richard finally showing his true colors as an entitled, misogynistic jerk was one thing—watching him blame Anna for being "manipulative" while his own wife was literally a murderer was the height of irony.
But that fight between Anna and Lexi? That felt real. It wasn't some polished, choreographed Hollywood stunt; it was messy, desperate, and heavy with decades of resentment. They were trading blows like people who had nothing left to lose. I actually winced when Anna lost that loose tooth—it was such a visceral, "un-glamorous" moment for a lead anchor.
The tragedy here, though, is the sheer waste of it all. Lexi spent her whole life harboring a grudge against Anna for the "woods incident," but we know the truth: Anna was just as much of a victim. It was Rachel Hopkins pulling the strings the whole time. Lexi ruined her soul and committed multiple murders over a grudge against the wrong person.
The Plot Hole I Can’t Shake
Okay, I love this show, but we have to talk about one thing that made no sense. Why on earth would Lexi—who we now know is a brilliant, careful sociopath—confide in her bully, Rachel, about killing her sister?
Lexi is smart. She knows how to hide. Why would she hand the one person who made her life a living hell the literal keys to her prison cell? It feels like a "forced" plot point just to make the blackmail story work. We really needed one more flashback—maybe a moment of shared trauma or a drunken mistake—to explain why Lexi would ever let her guard down around someone as manipulative as Rachel. Without it, it’s the one part of the script that feels like it’s missing a page.
Priya: The Literal MVP
Can we get some love for Priya? In a show filled with liars, narcissists, and vigilantes, she was our only moral anchor. She’s the only one who actually did the work, followed the evidence, and kept her head on straight.
When she confronted Jack, I’ll admit—I was worried. Jon Bernthal plays "guilty and brooding" so well that I actually started to doubt him. The evidence looked bad. The matching shoe prints, the DNA cross-contamination, the fact that he canceled the tracking on Rachel’s phone... Priya had every reason to arrest him on the spot. But when it mattered most, she saw the real threat. She took the shot that saved Anna, and there’s something poetic about Lexi—a woman who lived by violence—dying at the hands of the very law she thought she was above.
THE TWIST: I was so wrong...
For a second, I thought the "His & Hers" title was leading us toward a Gone Girl style ending. I assumed Anna was the killer and Jack was just the loyal, broken husband covering for her—that they were bound together by a shared bloodlust.
And then we saw Alice.
Finding out Anna’s mother was the mastermind? Chilling. Absolute chills. That reveal was a masterpiece of "hiding in plain sight." The image of this "frail, confused" grandmother sitting in the dark, obsessively watching old tapes of her daughter practicing news segments because she had nothing else left... it’s both heartbreaking and terrifying.
Alice wasn't just grieving; she was marinating in rage. When she found that unmarked tape of Anna’s 16th birthday... the "grandmother" persona died, and the vigilante was born.
The Woods: A Mother’s Justice
The footage of what happened twenty years ago was the darkest thing I’ve seen on TV in a long time. The sound design in that scene—hearing them sing "Happy Birthday" while that assault was happening in the background—was enough to make me feel sick. It stripped away any "mean girl" excuses for Rachel, Helen, and Zoe. They weren't just bullies; they were monsters who were effectively pimping out their classmates for money.
In that moment, the show asks you a very uncomfortable question: Is Alice a villain? In her eyes, she wasn't murdering innocent women; she was taking out predators who destroyed her daughter's soul. It was pure Punisher energy (which is funny considering Jon Bernthal is right there). She used her job as a cleaner to steal keys, faked her dementia to create the perfect alibi, and framed Lexi with surgical precision.
That final shot of the series is what I’ll be thinking about for weeks. Anna finds her mother’s letter, realizes the truth, and she doesn't call the police. She doesn't cry. She looks at her mother with a smile of pure, dark pride. It’s a "thank you" for the blood shed on her behalf. They aren't just mother and daughter anymore; they are a two-woman secret society.
A Couple of Lingering Thoughts...
The Background Check: Seriously, how did Anna, an investigative journalist, not realize Lexi was Catherine? Alice figured it out just by looking at a yearbook. I guess Anna was too blinded by her own trauma to see what was right in front of her.
Jon Bernthal’s "Curse": Can we celebrate the fact that he actually survived a role for once?! Usually, if Jon Bernthal is in a thriller, he’s a goner by the finale. Seeing him as a soft, protective dad with Meg was the highlight of the episode.
The SIDS Tragedy: Learning about baby Charlotte was the missing piece of the puzzle. It explains why Alice went to such extremes. She felt she failed to protect her granddaughter, so she was never going to let anything happen to Anna again.
Book vs. Show: While the book is a classic British thriller, moving the setting to the humid, moss-covered woods of Georgia gave it a "Southern Gothic" feel that worked so much better for the TV format. It felt like the heat was making everyone crazy.
What did you guys think? Was Alice justified, or did she go too far? And that final look between her and Anna—do you think Anna will eventually follow in her mother's footsteps if someone else crosses her? Let’s talk about it in the comments!
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