in the end i was the mean girl, or somebody's in-between girl

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So basically, I've picked my suspect.

I'm convinced that Terry Marek is the one who put Rosie in that water. What I won't speculate on is what went down on the 10th floor, who beat up Rosie, who did or didn't see anything of import. (Though I am convinced that Jamie saw nothing, did nothing, etc. But that's just because I love him.)

Here's what I know, and I'll be the first to admit that some of this could just be totally innocuous, normal, non-incriminating behavior. Unless it isn't!

1. Terry and Michael Ames were heading off to Las Vegas together the night of Rosie's death.


2. Terry was going to pick Michael up at the ferry (you know, the one that goes to that indian casino?) but he canceled on her last minute. (Which also means that Terry doesn't have an alibi. Unless she does and I missed it.)


3. Sally Ames tells Linden and Holder that she and Michael have an open relationship, basically indicating that, while they don't like to broadcast it, she doesn't really care who he sleeps with. Jasper also indicates that his father's infidelity is no secret to anyone.


4. Contrary to that, Michael Ames tells Terry that the reason he can't be with her is because of Sally. He says, "I have a life with Sally. I have a family."


5. Terry and Michael were not only going on a romantic trip the night of Rosie's murder, but they were apparently house-hunting together and Michael was planning to leave Sally for her.


6. Backing up the point above: It appears that Michael was conspiring with Jamie and Nicole Jackson to help sabotage both the mayor's re-election campaign and CDF (his wife's company) in order to start his own company and to get out from under her thumb. If this is true, and if he was originally planning on leaving her, then moving in with his girlfriend seems like a logical next step after the separation.


7. Michael cuts off communication with Terry immediately following Rosie's murder, even stops paying her rent. What was the catalyst for that? Why would you plan a Vegas getaway with someone one minute, and then leave them high and dry the next if something major hadn't happened? What was that something?


8. Terry is obsessed with Michael Ames. Hear me out on this one. He cuts off communication with her right after Rosie's murder. Ignores her in public (Rosie's wake). Stops paying her rent. He even meets with her in secret one night/early morning to break off the relationship, but she still tells Linden the next day: "I know what you're thinking. Why he would want someone like me? We have a connection." I might add that she divulged this information completely unprompted by Linden, and she was very... let's say... weird about it. Additionally, even after he's given her the brush off, she always seems really excited to see him and desperate for him to take her back, asking him what she can do to fix things. I believe there is very little that Terry wouldn't do for Michael.


9. She freaks the hell out when she finds Denny in the trunk. Okay, who wouldn't? But she seemed a tad more traumatized by this than maybe she should have been. Could it have brought back some unwanted memories?


10. When she finds the photographs of Rosie in Stan's desk, she is first shocked, but after she closes the drawer, she looks a little guilty if you ask me. (But guilty and "suspicious" could read the same way, so who knows!)


11. As far as I know, Terry is not aware of the fact that Rosie was alive when she went into the water.


12. Terry is the one solid connection between the Larsens and the political sub-plot. Unless you count Janek's man burying the bones for Ames. Which is a bit of a stretch considering Stan cut ties to Janek seventeen years prior.


13. Saving this one for last, just because it doesn't really stand out to me: Terry breaks down at Rosie's wake after seeing Ames there, locking herself in her niece's room and putting on some Neko Case to drunkenly cry to. This is not particularly incriminating. Since "being sad that Rosie died" is pretty much the Larsen family's favorite past time.

I don't know who beat and chased Rosie, but I am fairly confident that Michael Ames was involved. I sincerely doubt that Terry went out to the casino looking for Ames, got the wrong idea and killed Rosie out of jealousy. What I would more easily believe is that Terry helped Ames cover up Rosie's murder without realizing that her niece was still alive when she went into the water. The fact that Rosie was trapped alive in that trunk has been made into a big deal and is something that only a few characters are aware of. It has to mean something. If she did have something to do with putting that car into the water, I'm certain it's going to come as a shock to her that she could have saved Rosie after all. (EMOTIONS.)

I think it's possible that Michael Ames and Terry both think he killed Rosie and that she was dead when she went into the water. But if Terry is the one who got rid of the car for him, it may have been her who is ultimately culpable.

I'd maybe be willing to buy that Terry potentially killed Rosie in a jealous rage and that Michael is trying to stay as far away from that murderous psycho as possible, but... I have a hard time believing that.

Okay flist, who is your number one suspect and why? OR HAVE I CONVINCED YOU?

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I can't wait to see it all unfold. It looks like there may be flashbacks and I'm really looking forward to those!