Trigger warning: This article mentions sexual assault, pregnancy loss, gun violence, and other sensitive topics.
In the penultimate episode of The Good Daughter on Peacock, Charlie and Sam came together after their father's passing to finally hash it all out. Charlie revealed the truth to her sister, and as they honored their father's last wish, they stumbled upon a financial secret Rusty had been keeping. The episode end with the cliffhanger of a visitor arriving at their family home.
The Good Daughter episode 6 opens with the answer to the question of who Charlie was worried about seeing: Huck. He asks to speak to Charlie and Sam about something important, and she peppers him with questions about Kelly. But he didn't come to confess anything about Kelly. Sam asks Huck if he burned down their house, given the event's proximity to his sister's trial.
A flashback confirms that Huck did burn down their house, and he quickly confesses as much to Charlie and Sam. Ben bursts outside and tackles Huck to the ground. He punches Huck senseless after learning the truth from whatever he found upstairs. Ben knows that Huck brought the Culpeppers to the house, resulting in Gamma's death, Sam's shooting, and Charlie's rape.
While Charlie and Sam watch Ben beat Huck, Charlie flashes back to the day everything happened and realizes Huck said "brother." Huck says they called everyone brother and begins sobbing out an apology. Ben found his confession upstairs. Huck gave Zach Culpepper $5,000 to kill Rusty and then the man that raped his sister. Sam confronts him and doesn't let him out of it easily.
Huck confesses the truth to Sam and Charlie
As Sam now relives the memory, a flashback reveals that Huck was the one who dumped Sam's body into the creek and tackled Zach Culpepper off of Charlie. He ran into town and confessed to his parents, but they wouldn't let him turn himself in. He also didn't see the point in turning himself in after the cops had already killed one Culpepper. They are rightfully angry at what he did.
Huck tries in vain to explain that he was angry, too, and after going to the war, he returned home to help kids and make up for what he'd done. Now, they confront him about the deal: $2,000 a month to Zach Jr. for Zach Sr. to stay quiet. Huck's parents made the deal, and he learned about it 10 years ago before his mom died. Huck later came to Rusty to confess, but Rusty didn't want to make Sam and Charlie go through everything again with new appeals and trials.
Rusty made Huck turn over the money to him and write out a confession. Huck reveals that Rusty wanted to take control of the money so it would leave Sam and Charlie with a decision: Keep paying the money or give Huck's confession to the cops. Later that night, the cops arrive to take Huck into custody. They turned him in for stealing Kelly's murder weapon.
Charlie reads Huck's confession and realizes it doesn't reveal what happened to her in the woods. Ben tells her that Rusty told him before he died. Charlie admits to Ben that she miscarried in New York and kept lying to him. She punished him for her anger. They finally clear the air and settle their differences, including not being able to have kids. Ben loves her no matter what.
Later, Charlie still believes that she's the reason Daniel Culpepper died, but Sam and Ben explain why that's not the truth. Huck is responsible, and the cops took part in the cover up. Sam tells Charlie they can stop the payments, which would lead Zach Sr. to talk, and they would have to be subpeonaed to talk. There's an easy way out. But Sam's wheels begin spinning about whether Kelly pulled the trigger.
Who is the real killer in The Good Daughter?
Ben pulls up the security footage from the school again, and with fresh eyes, they notice that Judith didn't even look at her husband when she ran toward Emma's body. Sam also takes note of a strange line near Kelly's arm when the gun was fired. Charlie asks if Douglas' body was released, and it hasn't been. She remembers running into Judith picking up dry cleaning for his funeral two days after the shooting, and the bag contained the shirt she was wearing during the shooting.
They begin theorizing that Judith held onto the shirt to get rid of gunshot residue. Charlie remembers Huck admitting he argued with Judith about getting more time with Kelly after school. Sam remembers Ava said that Kelly was at school too much. Ben remembers Judith said that she was tutoring Kelly after school three days a week. They realize Judith was present during the shooting, Douglas was the target, and Emma wasn't even supposed to be there.
Even if Kelly didn't pull the trigger, the gun was in her hand. Charlie pays Judith a visit while keeping her phone on a call with Ben and Sam as they wait in the car nearby. Judith welcomes Charlie into her house and offers her tea. Charlie remembers coming into this house after her attack, and she thanks Judith for keeping her secret. Charlie mentions secrets turning you into a person you don't recognize, which makes Judith seemingly understand Charlie's intent and that she could have called the cops.
Judith asks Charlie to help her superglue a family heirloom plate back together. As they hold the plate back together, Judith admits that she walked in on Douglas having sex with Kelly and that she knew Kelly was pregnant. She confronted Douglas about Kelly's pregnancy and that they were going to raise the baby together. He wanted Judith to quit her job, and she hated him for making her feel like nothing. Judith knows that Charlie's recording, but she presses on.
She admits that she took advantage of Kelly's kindness and convinced her that she was going to be forced to have another abortion. But Kelly didn't want to shoot anyone, even with her anger about the abortion. Kelly froze when Douglas entered the hallway, but Judith raised the gun in Kelly's hand and pulled the trigger herself. She shot twice to make it look like Kelly was serious and to make herself come out of the situation as the heroic, grieving widow.
Shooting Emma was a mistake that happened because Kelly wouldn't let go of the gun, resulting in a struggle and the gun going off. Judith also planned to shoot Kelly in the head, but the gun ran out of bullets. After that revelation, Judith asks Charlie to leave and offers a parting Bible verse from Exodus. Judith loads a gun and asks for Charlie's phone before rattling off a confession to the murders. Charlie begs Judith to let her help, but she turns the gun on Charlie.
Judith wants Charlie to leave, clearly intending to end her own life. Upon hearing this, Ben runs out of the car. Judith pushes Charlie outside the house. She bangs on the front door as Judith walks into another room and fires the gun. Charlie falls to the ground and cries as Ben runs up to hold her. In the early morning, Sam sits with the Coins to go over Judith's confession and Kelly's fate. Sams lays out the facts of the case and how law inforcement completely dropped the ball.
What happens to Kelly and how the series ends
She also throws out a light threat about reopening past secrets she could bury them with, but the Coins try to exert their power. Sam doesn't lay down easily. She wants them to sign off on five years in jail for Kelly or she will start talking. She presents the deal to Kelly and her mother and advises against taking time to think about the deal. It's as good as they're going to get.
Ava promises to raise Kelly's baby without any intervention from her father until she gets out of prison. Kelly believes she should be punished for Judith's death, too. But Sam assures her that the sentence she's getting is fair for everything that happened.
Ben informs Charlie that he's taking interviews in Atlanta that Sam set up for him. Once and for all, they officially reconcile their marriage and have sex. Later that day, Charlie and Sam meet up at the farmhouse with Lenore to go through Rusty's things. They also talk about Charlie and Ben's impending move to Atlanta, and Charlie asks for Sam to tell her more about Anton when she's ready.
Sam's intent on finding the photo of Gamma that Rusty wanted them to find. Charlie thinks that their dad played Sam to get them to find the truth. But Sam still believes the photo exists. Charlie takes the tape off of the back of the other framed photo and finds the photo they were looking for. On the back of the photo, they find "Last Word." The series ends with a flashback of Charlie and Sam.
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