'SO POWERFUL!'
Broadchurch stuns viewers with ‘incredible’ final episode as Trish Winterman’s rapists are caught
BROADCHURCH'S final mystery has been sold and viewers are aghast.
With Trish Winterman's rapist being revealed as 16-year-old Michael Lucas, under the sick instruction of football coach Leo Humphries, the rapists were caught and the final mystery was solved.
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One viewer praised the show for its portrayal of sexual assault, writing: "So incredible to see programmes such as Broadchurch tackle issues of sexual assault and challenge the 'boys will be boys' mentality."
Another said: "Speechless. This show is incredible. Tough but such an important watch," while a third added: "Broadchurch handled the subject of rape so sensitvely yet extremely authentically, this series has been phenomenal and very powerful."
Television presenter Gaby Roslin added: "What a tough watch. So depressing. Outstanding ending. Excellent writing & acting."
After eight weeks of suspense and mystery, Trish Winterman - played by Coronation Street legend Julie Hesmondhalgh - was given justice when the man who brutally raped her was caught in the final ever episode of the ITV mystery drama.
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Earlier in the episode, taxi driver Clive Lucas was arrested on suspicion of rape after his wife discovered his drawer full of taken belongings, that include Trish's house keys.
A tense interview with Miller and Hardy saw Clive confess he stole from his passengers, and that's why he had Trish's keys.
But the police revealed how his DNA was on the sock used to gag Trish during the rape.
After intense questioning and the evidence mounting, Clive revealed it was his son Michael who was with Leo Humphries on the night of the rape, and that Clive had merely picked them both up and driven them.
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In a series of flashbacks, it was revealed how Leo had groomed Michael into becoming his rapist protege, and even pimped his own girlfriend out to him in his sick game.
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He then took him to Cath's 50th birthday party, before revealing his "party kit" - the bag of twine.
The pair then went outside where they overheard Trish arguing with her husband, and then Leo forced Michael into raping Trish as he sobbed.
After being charged, Leo bragged about how "proud" he was to have raped and filmed the women he attacked.
In a disturbing twist, it then was suggested that DS Ellie Miller's son had unwittingly seen the films Leo made and gave to Michael.
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Trish was shocked that her rapist was just 16-years-old and struggled to understand how he could do it.
Meanwhile, Ed Burnett found a bag with the bloody-twine on his land and called it in and finally revealed what he had been hiding - he heard the rape take place.
"I heard her being raped," he told them.
"I didn't know what it was. I heard some sounds coming from the edge of the waterfall, I thought it was just drunk sex. I didn't know what it was until later.
"I could have stopped it, I could have helped her."
After reviewing the CCTV of Ed's farm from when the bag was dumped, Miller discovered that it was footballer Leo Humphries who was responsible for the bag with the bloody twine being found.
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Elsewhere, the Lattimers finally split up after Mark's suicide attempt with Beth admitting things had been over since before their son was murdered.
"I have to go, I have to sort myself out for a while. It's too difficult being here, I think that's what's done me in. Seeing you and the girls.
"I'll be alright, I just need to put myself back together."
As the episode came to an end, in front of the cliff that began it all, Miller and Hardy went on to continue their crime fighting, though it won't be shown on-screen.
Writer and creator Chris Chibnall confirmed earlier this week that this episode was the last ever.
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