Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Abandons
There are plenty of juicy conflicts in The Abandons, but none bigger than a land war between two matriarchs: Fiona Nolan (Lena Headey), who owns the farming land of Jasper Hollow, which lies on the outskirts of the frontier town Angel’s Ridge, run by the very rich, exceptionally powerful Constance Van Ness (Gillian Anderson).
The two have always had an uneasy relationship, but in the series’ first episode, Constance’s son Willem (Toby Hemingway) rapes Fiona’s daughter Dahlia (Diana Silvers), and is murdered by the Nolan family because of it. They hide his body, burying it deep underground. Much of the season follows Fiona’s efforts to keep the secret hidden, but all things come to light eventually, and Constance discovers the truth.
For a moment before this discovery, it seems that peace might be achieved between the two families. Constance offers to buy a piece of Fiona’s land that would be mutually beneficial. Fiona takes it to her family as well as Miles Alderton (Ryan Hurst) and his daughter, who also live on Jasper Hollow. The majority agreed to sell the land, but Fiona goes against their wishes, refusing to sell any of her land to Constance. We were promised hell is coming at the end of Episode 6, and the finale, “This Was Meant to be My Peace,” certainly delivers. Let’s break down the biggest twists and turns of the Season 1 finale of The Abandons.
Are Trisha and Elias still together?
Constance’s scheming is beginning to cause her own undoing. Trisha (Aisling Franciosi), turns against her own mother after learning that her friend Jenny, who discovered Constance was working with the criminal gang known as the Red Masks, was killed. As punishment for abandoning her mother, Trisha is forcibly drugged and taken back to the Van Ness home. After waking, she is told by Constance that her brother Willem (Toby Hemingway), whose death provided the impetus for the main conflict, was buried by the Nolans,…
