This is it. The moment of truth for this show. Can they make good on what they've been building on all season and give us some hope in the Second-Coming of Amanda Woodward Era?

First things first, let's wrap up that pesky murder mystery thing. It's quickly established that Vanessa was the mastermind behind all of this when she goes to speak to Michael in prison. He uses his one phone call to get in touch with David to warn him that he anticipates Vanessa will whisk David's little brother out of the country before the police can determine through forensics she's the real murderer. David grudgingly obliges his father's request to kidnap Noah again if it means his safety. Vanessa hunts Noah down at Violet's apartment, where she is watching over David's brother for him, and the two end up fighting when Violet refuses Vanessa entrance to claim her son. The fight spills over into the swimming pool, where Violet drowns Vanessa. That pool really is a deathtrap. Amanda shows up just in time to witness this and vouch for Violet when the police arrive. Can you say: "Indebted?"

Violet was watching Noah because David had to rush Lauren to the emergency room. The life of a hooker finally caught up to Dr. Whore, albeit through no fault of her own. One of her johns slips her some drugs pre-sexing when she refuses to take them voluntarily, and she overdoses. Lauren is so bad at this. She gets all of the baggage of prostitution without any of the fun. Next time just do the drugs willingly, Laur.

Now, let's get into the complex love pentagon of Jonah/Riley/Ella/Auggie/Violet. Because Riley starts fretting over wedding planning and the machinations of her mother, Jonah gets the bright idea they should elope to Vegas. Riley's about as keen on that idea as she's been about anything relating to their engagement, but she pretends to be down for it. Jonah picks up on this hesitation using his woman's intuition when Ella lands Jonah an opportunity to pitch his movie, which actually finally gets bought (for real this time), and Riley readily offers to postpone the eloping so he can focus on that. Jonah straight dumps Riley! She's left to just sort of sulk until Auggie finds out and tries to swoop in. Riley's surprisingly not having that. She sends Auggie back to the bottle for comfort, but not before Violet spies him laying a kiss on Riles. Violet symbolically burns her crayon drawings of Auggie. So, no Riley for Auggie and no Auggie for Violet, but wait! Jonah wanders into the waiting arms of Ella. They make love and it's as awkward as we all thought it would be. But the drama. The drama!

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