'American Gothic' has suprise killer no one saw in Season Finale

“American Gothic” (CBS) had its' season finale Wednesday at 9/8 p.m. It aired at 8 p.m. (central time) in Albuquerque, NM on KRQE 13. Last night's episode on Sept. 7, 2016 was called, “Madame X/Whistler's Mother.” In the overnight TV ratings it garnered 2.61 million TV viewers overall. It reached 0.6 million TV viewers in the all important 18 to 49 adult demographic. "Modern Family" (ABC) grabbed 3.20 overall & 1.0 with adults (repeat). "America's Got Talent" (NBC) nabbed 10.47 overall & 1.9 with adults.

“American Gothic” stars, Juliet Rylance (Alison Hawthorne-Price), Antony Starr (Garrett Hawthorne), Justin Chatwin (Cam Hawthorne), Megan Letch (Tessa Ross), Stephanie Leonidas (Sophie Hawthorne) & Virginia Madsen (Madeline Hawthorne).

“Madame X/Whistler's Mother.” (This contains Spoilers if you haven't seen the finale). The 2-hour final episode kept me guessing all the way to the end. I thought the accomplice to the “silver bells killer” (SBK) was Detective Cutter who investigated the case. I was wrong. It turned out to be Sophie Hawthorne who was married to Cam. It turns out she is the daughter of the real SBK. Her mother died after a car accident and the hospital took care of the more important patients. The dad and Sophie began killing those who donated big money to that hospital (1999).

The conclusion had Madeline Hawthorne paying the price for the people she actually killed. Sophie strangled her with a belt before Cam could get to her. Madeline had to die because she killed for no other reason than power and greed. What I also didn't see coming was Alison who figured it all out on her own. She confronted Sophie and asked her to kill the mother, to end it all. Alison was voted mayor of Boston and Sophie got away clean. The end opened the door for Sophie to return and a possible second TV season.

(Note: I apologize for mistaking Sophie for Tessa in my Blog posts. I got the names mixed up and kept wondering why the family kept calling Tessa, “Tessa”, when I thought her name was Sophie).

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(Sophie Hawthorne, right, has a deadly secret)