#imagine your neighbours immediately coming to the conclusion that you're a murderer after less then a week of not seeing your wife

[stealerofthe2ndbraincell]

Rewatched Mulberry Close and I got to say I hope Damon caused absolute balls-to-the-walls havoc on that Close in the time between the arrest and the airing of The Mulberry Close Murders.

I am talking like decade ruining chaos.

The fact that he's genuinely trying to make things up with Valerie and she gets murdered the night she returns when you HAPPEN to be out. The last memory of seeing her is when they had badly fought and now she's dead!! and he's immediately thrown under the bus as the killer by his neighbours. Two who had suspected him from the literal start* and one that literally killed her himself.

Whilst Valerie certainly isn't free of judgement from the neighbours (and is painted as a helpless murder victim the moment she's out of the picture), there are so many little bits (quite a few before Valerie even leaves) where they are just PRODDING at Damon relentlessly: from things such as his alcoholism to just him wearering pyjama trousers in his home.

To be honest, whilst it's more of a "in your face"-esque ending rather than a happy one, it still is incredibly horrible for Damon regardless of if he was freed or not (likely the former but still).

Regardless of how it ended, If I was Damon I would have started chewing through their wires and walls at rapid rates.