![]() ![]() No, Cornell's theory is much more likely: She's being framed. No Matter Who You Are, Everyone Has Secrets and Everyone Tells Lies Ben Garner (Ryan Phillippe) is about to go from Good Samaritan to murder suspect after he discovers the body of his neighbors son in the woods. First off Abby would have tried to blame everything on Jess if Jess had any involvement in Tom's murder, including pinning Abby's bloody shoes on Jess which normally would implicate Abby in a second. I truly can't believe that Jess would help Abby do this. Burning Question 2: Did Jess Help Kill Tom? It seems like the motive for Abby is most likely the same. So she killed Tom thinking it would make Jess move away or get her charged for the murder. In the Australian series, Abby's counterpart Ella killed Tom because she had a psychological problems which made her obsessively fear that her father would leave the family for Jess. But we can glean the answer from what happened in the original series and from Detective Cornell's theories. That story was completely made-up by Abby: The murder was clearly done out of malice. All we know for sure is that it wasn't an accident caused when Abby tried to get Tom to run away so that his father Scott would come back to look for him. We don't have an exact answer to this question. Burning Question 1: Why Did Abby Kill Tom? (Courtesy of ABC) Click to Subscribe to Get Our Free HollywoodLife Daily Newsletter to get the hottest celeb news. So why did Abby kill Tom in the first place? What was her motive? And what did she mean with her beyond creepy line about getting Tom "to the river”? Being that Secrets And Lies is a limited series, meaning it will tell a different story next season (likely why Ryan Phillippe is not slated to return for Season 2), some questions may go unanswered, but some of these questions aren't so hopeless and at the very least we can make some educated guesses based on what we’ve seen so far and the show's similarities to its Australian counterpart. BELLE SHOUSE, RYAN PHILLIPPE, KADEE STRICKLAND. But are the details in the two versions exactly the same? There are a lot of loose ends still to be tied up about Tom’s murder and the future of Abby. The original Australian series upon which Secrets and Lies is based ended with Tom’s killer being Ben’s younger daughter as well - Ella was her name in that version. He is married to Christy, a realtor, and father of Natalie and Abby, their two young daughters. Played by American starring actor Ryan Phillippe, Ben makes his debut in the series premiere episode, 'The Trail'. But it also showed us that there’s so much more to Abby’s story and Abby herself than we could have ever imagined. Ben Crawford was the main protagonist in the first season of the American version of 'Secrets and Lies'. He did it because she told him that it was an accident and he wanted to protect his family. The Season 1 finale showed Ben taking the fall for Tom's death even though Abby killed Tom. Even though ABC has officially renewed Secrets and Lies for a second season, there are still several burning questions about Tom’s death. In the final moments, we see Cornell approaching Abby and her mother as they’re on a shopping trip.The mystery continues. Unfortunately, it sounds like Ben has died but Cornell doesn’t explicitly say that. Cornell walks in and tries to convinces Natalie that she finally needs to clear her father’s name. It’s Natalie’s 18th birthday and she and Dave are quietly celebrating at a coffee shop. In an extra scene released by ABC, the story picks up 14 months later. Her murder of Tom was brutal and premeditated. The twist is that Abby killing Tom wasn’t accidental. ![]() Abby goes free and Ben goes to jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Cornell knows the truth but can’t talk him out of it. Ben decides to protect his family and take the rap for the murder. She says that he wanted to go back, she panicked and accidently killed him wiith a flashlight. In the finale, we learn that Abby killed Tom and says that the two kids had planned to run away together to be rid of their turmultuous households. Did he really do it? The series stars Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Natalie Martinez, Dan Fogler, Indiana Evans, and Belle Shouse. The lives of everyone around him are turned upside down by the ensuing police investigation and media attention. On Secrets and Lies, a house painter and family man discovers a neighbor boy’s dead body in the woods and he quickly goes from being a Good Samaritan to a murder suspect. Last night marked the end of the first season of Secrets and Lies ( it may be the end of the series as well) and many viewers were less than pleased about how it ended. ![]()
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