When fans finally found out who was responsible for killing Merritt on Netflix A perfect couplemany watched the show back to try to figure out why that person killed her.
A perfect couple is Netflix’s latest mystery drama miniseries, bringing together an A-list cast including Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Dakota Fanning.
The show follows a couple named Amelia (Eve Hewson) and Benji (Billy Howle) as they prepare for their wedding day, only to find a body washed up on the beach, leaving the wedding guests suspicious.
Abby’s motive with Merritt?
Warning – The rest of this article contains spoilers A perfect couple.
in A perfect couplein the finale, it was revealed that Dakota Fanning’s Abby killed Merritt right before the wedding.
He did it by spiking Merritt’s drink and then asking her if she wanted to go swimming in the ocean. After Merritt agreed and both were in the water, Abby began to drown Merritt, who was then too weak to fight back.
Abby’s motive had to do with something that many real-life murders are – money.
in A perfect coupleit was revealed that Tag (father of Abby’s husband Thomas) had a trust set up for each of his three sons, which they would inherit when the youngest turned 18.
At the time of the wedding, Tag’s youngest son was turning 18 in a few weeks, so Abby and Thomas were just days away from getting a lot of money.
In Abby’s eyes, the money would solve many of their problems since they had fallen on hard times financially and were expecting a baby (Abby was clearly pregnant on the show, and the upcoming baby became a major plot point).
However, in a shocking twist, it was revealed that Merritt was secretly pregnant with Tag’s fourth child.
Instead of Tag’s sons and their families receiving their inheritance in a matter of weeks, Merritt’s pregnancy meant they had to wait another 18 years, something Abby couldn’t do.
It’s also important to mention that when Tag’s second son arrives with Merritt, the inheritance would have to be split four ways instead of three, meaning Merritt and Thomas wouldn’t get the same amount of money.
As Abby found out all of this, she saw no other option than to kill Merritt, as it would also result in the death of Tag’s fourth child.
Since Tag would no longer be expecting another child, the inheritance money would be divided between the three parties and will continue to come soon.
A perfect couple stream on Netflix.