An Imperfect Crime
The Perfect Mother is a new play by British playwright, David Hare. It tells the story of a mother who sets up a scenario with varying versions of events from one night in order to find out who killed her son, Damien. ..
What does Anya tell the police and her mother about that night?
Anya tells us that she started kissing the man because she was drunk and he looked like a nice guy. She then says that the man pulled her down and started to kiss her. She then says that she felt something cold hit her and when she looked up, the man had disappeared.
Anya was out with her friends when she heard a knock on the door. She believed it was Damien, her drug dealer, and she left him in the living room to answer it. When she got back, he was dead and her phone had been taken. She covered herself in blood to make sure no one saw her and ran out of the house. But why would she throw away her phone and clothes if that’s the case?
What does Anya tell Vincent in episode 2?
Anya tells Vincent in confidence that when she got to Damien’s apartment they did cocaine together and ended up kissing and getting physical. Things took a turn for the worse. ..
Damien started abusing her, pinning her down. They wrestled, he grabbed her round the throat, and he eventually raped her. She locked herself in the bathroom and passed out. When she woke up, she heard noises outside, which is presumed to be his dealer’s voice.
Anya touched Damien’s chest to see if he was breathing and found that he wasn’t. She picked up the knife to defend herself if anyone was around. ..
Eventually she dropped it and ran, leaving a bloody handprint on the wall. This doesn’t look good, although a neighbour’s statement claims that she heard a scuffle upstairs and someone shout “no” which could be Anya.
What evidence backs up Anya’s story?
The police have found GHB in Anya’s blood, which supports her rape story. It is also revealed that this wasn’t the first time either, as her brother Lukas explains to Matthias over in Berlin that Anya was actually abused by her previous boyfriend, Leo, and he agreed to keep it a secret. ..
The timeline and little details seem to hint that Anya was not in the bathroom at all. Although she’s let go in episode 3, Mani (the police investigator) remains suspicious over the whole version of events. And it’s not helped when Helene finds a vial of GHB under the sink in Anya’s bathroom. So what’s the truth?
Claire has been keeping tabs on Kamal all along, and she’s finally decided to take action. She hires a Private Investigator to track down Kamal and bring him to justice.
Anya is arrested and a warrant is issued for her arrest after word gets out that she was involved in the theft. She slips out of town and goes on the run. ..
How does the finale begin?
Episode 4 of The Perfect Mother begins with Helene stopping her daughter before she leaves for Berlin. ..
Matthias is concerned about his family falling apart and of course that’s not helped by Helene sleeping with Vincent last episode. Lukas confronts Matthias about what happened to Anya and calls his parenting into question.
Was Kamal involved in killing Damien?
According to the French version of events, Kamal was at Damien’s that night and the whole thing was an accident. Kamal is responsible for what happened and is fully responsible for what happened.
Damien tried to rape Anya but she was able to use her phone to call for help. Kamal, who had been following Damien, slipped in along the rooftop and helped her. She was drugged and could barely stand up at this point. ..
Damien saw Kamal, a terrorist suspect, and felt threatened. He grabbed the terrorist suspect by the throat and plunged a knife into his stomach. Kamal tried to protect Anya, who was also in the room.
Anya is from Libya and actually in the country illegally. Damien fell in love with her from the shelter but he went home with Kamal because he believed she was cheating on him and wanted revenge. When Helene asks Anya about the GHB under the sink, she feigns ignorance and claims she has no idea what it is.
Anya implores Helene to go to the police and tell them the truth. Of course, this could mean the very real prospect of Kamal being deported. Now, Kamal is actually married and his wife lives with their son in the night shelter. Kamal took the money and gave it to his wife to help with their mounting bills. It turns out Anya had no knowledge of their marriage, and when she finds out she’s completely shocked.
Does Anya incriminate Kamal?
Anya eventually calls Kamal, who apologizes for lying about being married. She incriminates him and the authorities head out to track him down and bring him in. Instead, Kamal jumps off a balcony and kills himself. Damien’s watch is among the possessions and he’s found guilty from the authorities. ..
The police never mentioned that they had other DNA on the knife, and Mani admits to Helene at the station – once word of Kamal’s death reaches them – that they’re going to compare Kamal’s DNA with what they’ve taken from the knife to see if it matches.
If it does, then Anya will be free to go given she wasn’t directly involved in the killing blow.
Claire finds out about Damien raping Anya and she’s shocked and refuses to believe this. However, this does close out her subplot in the story.
Matthias arrives at the police station in Paris, informing Helene that Leo attacked Anya and raped her a year earlier. Anya left to go to Paris to try and heal herself, which is why she worked at the shelter to try and help others going through issues of their own.
What does Julie confess? What’s really going on?
Julie shows up at Vincent’s place with a different version of events from the night. She informs him that she had an alternate account and that everything went wrong. Here, we see the final, final version of events as they actually are.
Anya was the one who started this whole fiasco involving Kamal. She was manipulative and even worse, had the whole thing planned out from the start.
Anya has been blackmailing professors for the past two months and she knows how to use Damien’s position to her advantage. She knew that he was very loaded and she wanted to make him her next victim.
Julie’s confession confirms that she was in on the blackmail and was actually the bait in all this. Their strategy involved drugging GHB voluntarily. ..
Julie got cold feet and didn’t want to go ahead with the plan involving Damien, explaining their fight at the club, and why Anya was alone with him. ..
Anya took GHB herself and then blackmailed Damien.
Anya, a neighbour of Damien and victim of his abuse, was beaten and raped by him. She then stabbed him multiple times with a knife, after which she called Kamal to report the crime. When he arrived, he found Damien’s dead body. ..
Anya and Kamal scrambled back over the rooftop, and Anya emerged out the front door. This leads us up to the end of the show.
How does The Perfect Mother end?
The assault in Berlin appears to be the catalyst for Anya acting in this manner. Helene implores Vincent to protect Anya no matter the cost, which he does. Eventually, she’s free to go.
As the episode ends, Helene watches as Vincent walks off in one direction and both Anya and Matthias walk off in the other.
The Episode Review
After four different versions of events across the four episodes, The Perfect Mother’s finale is a pretty mediocre effort.
Anya was found guilty of killing Damien, as well as setting up a blackmail scheme. There is no justification for what he did, but there is little justice against Anya, who gets away with murder after setting up Kamal. ..
After further investigation, it was found that Kamal was not actually involved in any of the wrongdoing. This has reframed a lot of the drama across the run-time. ..
The motherhood plotline has meandered its way through different plot points, especially the subplot involving Matthias, Helene and Vincent. This setup creates an obligatory love triangle that feels ill-fitting in a series like this. ..
The private investigator storyline in this episode has been a bit of a mess. The whole subplot involving Lukas has been pretty poor while the main plot has just dragged on and ultimately led nowhere.
The knife debacle in this episode has definitely kept you guessing until the end. The different version of events across the different episodes has left a lot to be desired, especially seeing how this whole thing has been handled.
It would have been nice to know that there were multiple pieces of DNA on the knife in episode 1, rather than prolonging that out to this final chapter.
The Perfect Mother ends with a passable ending that concludes what’s otherwise been an average crime drama.
In the first season of “The Perfect Mother,” a mother must navigate the challenges of being a successful single mom while also trying to maintain her relationship with her son. The series is set in the fictional town of West Egg, New York, and follows the daily lives of its residents.
In a recent article, we explored the ending of The Perfect Mother Season 1. We found that many viewers thought that justice was served and that the show had delivered on its promise. However, some people feel that the ending could have been better. Do you think that justice was served in the end of The Perfect Mother Season 1? Let us know in the comments below!
