Brooke Shields is setting the stage for the You’re Killing Me season finale by hinting that an even “bigger mystery” will begin to unfold as the episode comes to a close.
Warning: Spoilers below from season 1, episode 5, of You’re Killing Me.
“There’s always a plan to have the big twist at the end,” Shields, 61, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the season 1 finale, airing on Acorn TV Monday, June 22.
Shields — who plays author-turned-amateur sleuth Allison “Allie” Chandler — explained that once the creative team knew they had “characters we could rely on,” the show could take a few risks with the story.
Brooke Shields and Amalia Williamson. Mike Tompkins/AcornTV
“They’re our go-tos, whether it’s Andi (Amalia Williamson) and Allie, whether it’s Jack (Tom Cavanagh) and Allie, or Jack and Andi, or the kind of cast of characters that are kind of wonderful, eccentric people that surround them that are unbelievably fun to watch,” the actress mused. “Once we knew we had all that, then we knew that what we could do was we could really be smart about how we crafted the bigger mystery, the bigger disappearance of a person, the continual threat that was out there.”
That “bigger mystery” will come to the surface during next week’s finale, as Allie and Andi Walker, her Gen Z writing partner, dive deeper into the disappearance of Andi’s mother — and where she could be now.
Earlier in season 1, Detective Jack Kerrigan (who has the hots for Allie) discovered that Andi’s mother is alive after leaving without explanation when her daughter was a child. Where she is and why she left, however, remains unknown.
“By the end of the season, you really can’t believe that you don’t know what just happened and what is going to happen,” Shields teased. “You think there’s going to be resolve, and then all of a sudden you’re like, ‘What?’ It’s just really good writing, and that holds people.”
Tom Cavanagh. Mike Tompkins/AcornTV
Cavanagh, 62, exclusively told Us that You’re Killing Me is “not really a paint by numbers thing,” noting the show will continue to keep fans on their toes going into season 2. (The mystery series was renewed for a second season in May.)
“I’m reading the script and I should know [what’s coming], and I didn’t have it [figured out],” he revealed. “I think that’s about as large a compliment as I can pay to somebody in and to say you should watch it, because it might not be what you expect, and why you expect, and who you expect.”
During the Monday, June 15, episode titled “The Perfect Alibi,” Allie slept with Andi’s father, Kevin (Jefferson Brown), during his brief visit to Founder’s Cove.
After solving their latest murder case — of who killed a local school teacher married to a town podcaster — Allie admitted that her feelings for Jack were partially to blame for her out-of-character behavior. (She had sex with Kevin while Andi was also living under her roof.)
Andi, meanwhile, told her father that she is still looking for her missing mother. Her dad, however, dropped a bombshell on Andi before he left, claiming her mom had an affair with her boss shortly before she disappeared.
Amalia Williamson and Brooke Shields. Mike Tompkins/AcornTV
According to Cavanagh, the season finale will bring to light more than one mystery — and leave fans with maybe more questions than answers.
“It was a very high stakes scene,” the actor told Us of a finale moment between Jack, Andi and Allie as they try to hunt down Andi’s mom while facing an unforeseen danger. “This finale is cracker jack, like, this is great.”
Sullivan’s Crossing could be losing another cast member if the show returns for season 5. Amalia Williamson, who is currently starring alongside Brooke Shields on Acorn TV’s You’re Killing Me, spoke exclusively to Us Weekly about her future on Sullivan’s Crossing, saying, “I don’t know.” Williamson, 26, noted that she has to work around her […]
Williamson, meanwhile, exclusively told Us that despite Andi and Allie’s opposite approaches to writing and solving crimes, they “need each other to get the things done.”
That mentality will be a major focus in the finale.
“Allie is the people person, she gets the interviews, she finds out what makes people tick, she’s the motive queen, and then Andi’s the forensics,” Williamson, 27, added.
The Season 1 finale of You’re Killing Me airs on Acorn TV Monday, June 22.
