There\u2019s something about a brand new crime drama being released as a boxset on BBC iPlayer that inevitably means the more eager among us will tear through a series in no time. That is, of course, the case with BBC\u2019s Better<\/a>.<\/p>\n Airing every Monday evening too, the new thriller<\/a> follows DI Lou Slack (Leila Farzad<\/a>) and Col McHugh (Andrew Buchan<\/a>) as they navigate \u201cthe complex and powerful bonds of loyalty and family\u201d.<\/p>\n From the same producers as Chernobyl<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0This Is Going to Hurt<\/a>, and written by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent (Humans, Spooks), the new five-parter is a dark tale about redemption and human conscience.<\/p>\n The main question on our minds when watching is whether or not Lou will succeed in tearing away from her life of corruption and actually bring down Col, the man she\u2019s come to love like a brother.<\/p>\n So, what happened with the pair as they became increasingly aware of one another\u2019s plans? Read on for everything you need to know about the finale of Better, which writers exclusively teased to RadioTimes.com<\/a> was one of \u201chigh drama<\/a>\u201c.<\/p> The final episode of Better<\/a> opens up with Vernon (Anton Lesser) taking the blame for Bulgey\u2019s (Garry Cooper) murder. Of course, Bulgey broke into Vernon\u2019s home to enact a murderous revenge mission against Lou after being fired by Col. It didn\u2019t end well for him, with Vernon shooting him dead and wiping away any traces of Lou having been in the house.<\/p>\n To be on the safe side, he burns his house down and confesses to the police. He\u2019s questioned by Lou and her colleague, but later turns on her and orders her out of the room.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Esther (Olivia Nakintu) takes an extended period of leave after finding out about Lou\u2019s corruption but Lou visits her home to tell her that the force needs more people like her. Back at home, Lou asks Ceri (Samuel Edward-Cook) how she\u2019s supposed to live with her guilt, and later, the pair formulate a plan to get rid of Col\u2019s money, which totals to around \u00a380,000.<\/p>\n They start to make personal cuts, divvy out the money and Lou calls people anonymously to give them tips about crimes and perpetrators. She asks to be removed from Col\u2019s criminal case, which is good because Col previously told her that he \u201cnever wants to see\u201d her again. Lou is on a mission to turn her life around.<\/p>\n As part of this, Lou visits Noel (Kaya Moore) in prison with a Yorkshire resettlement program officer but the young criminal doesn\u2019t seem to appreciate Lou\u2019s attempt at helping him live a \u201cclean life\u201d, as she puts it. He proclaims that she\u2019s trying to be his mother and quickly leaves the prison visiting area.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Col has retreated into himself and takes to gardening in the rain, rather than continuing to make growth plans for his drugs business. Because of this, his new right-hand man says he can \u201ctake care of things for a while\u201d, thereby getting the green light to order a hit on Vernon in prison.<\/p>\n We then see Noel go into Vernon\u2019s cell and stab him, with Noel whispering to him that he\u2019s sorry. This now means that Noel will now be serving a much longer sentence, but has remained loyal to Col.<\/p>\n Once Lou is informed of this, she breaks down and we later see her attend Vernon\u2019s funeral and be handed his personal belongings. She then visits her mother who she clearly has a tumultuous relationship with, but the two talk about redemption and whether a person can be \u201cbeyond saving\u201d.<\/p>\n Lou then tells Ceri and Owen (Zak Ford-Williams) of her plan to confront Col, telling them to move away indefinitely until she has things sorted out. It\u2019s an emotional goodbye but she then goes on to retrieve a gun she\u2019s hidden in someone\u2019s back garden. Armed and going to meet Col, she persuades him to meet her by telling him that she has a suicide letter from his daughter Aoife.<\/p>\n She\u2019s lying as she looks down at her empty hands with no letter in sight. But when they meet in the middle of a forest, Col is aware that Lou is lying to him. It\u2019s because, as he explains, he was the first one to find Aoife. In our first flashback of the series, we see Col run up the stairs to his home to find his daughter had overdosed on a supply of his own drugs.<\/p>\n She did leave a letter and it was one that told her mother and brother how much she loved him, but simply said \u201cf**k you\u201d to Col, which he said led to the fire going out in him. He\u2019s emotional recalling his past and talks about a different way of doing things, which is Lou\u2019s cue to urge him to go to the police station.<\/p>\n \u201cCome in with me tonight, let\u2019s go together and tell them everything,\u201d she says. \u201cEverything we\u2019ve done, what have we got to show for it, Col? We both want it to end, we both know we have to pay, there is no way out. I know\u2026 this is exactly what we\u2019re looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n And then in a drastic change of heart, Col agrees. He seems uncertain but lo and behold, the pair walk up to the police station ready to confess. That is, until they see that nobody is at the front desk.<\/p>\n They wait and time passes but nobody appears, thus meaning that the reality of what they\u2019re about to do becomes increasingly obvious. But in the final second of the finale, just when we think they could get up from their seats and leave the waiting area, the door opens.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a classic cliffhanger because who is on the other side of the door? Could it be that Lou\u2019s colleague Phil (Gavin Spokes), who is heading up Col\u2019s case, could be there? Or could it just be another officer on their way out and none the wiser?<\/p>\n Either way, the finale and those final moments in particular prompt us to think of genuine morality and whether, if you\u2019re vastly well-meaning, will one always follow through? We\u2019ll just have to wait and see if there\u2019s a season 2<\/a> to answer our burning questions.<\/p>\nWhat was the ending of Better?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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