FX’s A Murder at the End of the World episode three picks up after the first in-person meeting of Darby (Emma Corrin) and Bill (Harris Dickinson) shown in episode two. Darby and Bill are on their way to see the surviving victim, and the duo make a pit stop to where one of the victim’s body was found.
Back to present time, and Darby stares at the footage from Bill’s doorbell camera she hacked into that shows a masked figure. After vowing to catch who did this, Darby heads to where the other guests have congregated. Darby speaks with Rohan (Javed Khan) who seemed deeply affected when it was announced Bill had died. Before she can get any further information from him, Lu Mei (Joan Chen) interrupts and Rohan uses the opportunity to walk away.
Lee (Brit Marling) asks Darby if she found out anything from the footage and Darby lies, telling her no. Lee realizes she’s lying and points out she could have just hacked the footage herself. Darby challenges her, wondering why she had Darby do it in the first place. Before Lee can answer, Andy (Clive Owen) walks over and asks Darby a strange question: does her mouth taste of medal?
Apparently, there’s a connection between grief and tasting medal. A server inquires if she wants another drink and she tries to question him about who ordered the tea that was sent to Bill’s room. He doesn’t reply and just walks away. (That happens to Darby a lot!)
Sian (Alice Braga) wonders why Darby hasn’t questioned her yet, clearly aware of what Darby is up to. Sian also points out that Andy sees something in her and that’s why she was invited to this gathering.
Sian’s parting words are, “Don’t bite the hand that might feed you.”
While Ziba (Pegah Ferydoni) performs a song she dedicates to Bill, Darby begins to imagine everyone in the room with masks on. (The same masks she saw in the footage.) Darby heads off to find the server and asks him again about the tea. He tells her that there were actually three tea cups he was delivering to Bill’s room.
Darby asks Alan’s virtual assistant Ray who, if any, of the guests has a connection to Bill. So far three do – Oliver, Lu Mei, and Lee. Ray also discloses that Andy has no known connection with Bill besides through Lee. When asked about Rohan, Ray informs her there is no known information about him since 2006.
Darby spots someone walking outside and sets off to follow whoever it is. The person is carrying a pick axe and climbing up a rocky mountain. After almost getting caught by the person, Darby suddenly realizes they are wearing the mask.
The mysterious person stops and uses a red flashlight to do morse code. The message reads, “One down… still a go.” Darby sees a blue light from across the way flash back and loses sight of the masked person she followed.
Darby’s thoughts are interrupted by Lee at her door with her son in her arms. Lee wants Darby to trust her and insists she really does want to help. Darby shows Lee the footage from the doorbell camera. Lee says she’s never seen the mask before, but yet knows what it is. It’s a mask that stops AI facial recognition. Whoever’s wearing it knows the cameras use facial recognition.
Darby gets to the point and asks if she and Bill were having an affair. Lee claims they weren’t and tells her how they meet. Bill found her six years ago and they did sleep together once when they first met. Darby seems satisfied that it was simply a friendship and nothing more.
Lee confirms Rohan and Ziba knew Bill and she urges Darby to let her hire her to find out who’s behind the mask.
Darby wakes up the next morning to a gift from Andy. It’s a jacket with a note telling her to go to the summit at 11:00am. It appears the guests are going on a hike to the top of the summit.
She catches up to Rohan on the outing and he admits he’s been avoiding her. After offering her a drink, he confides in her that it’s ironic he’s drinking because Bill got him sober. Darby asks if he saw Bill the night he died. Rohan doesn’t answer.
They reach the summit and Andy announces, “Welcome to the future.” Down in the valley are thousands of robots walking about, using their robot bodies to build a bridge for others to cross over. They are called swarm robotics, and they were made by Oliver.
A while later in an igloo, Darby spots the boots with red shoelaces that she saw on the masked person she followed. The boots are sitting on a rack. She momentarily loses sight of the boots and then discovers Rohan’s putting them on.
Darby recites the morse code she saw and after a short pause, Rohan says, “Careful girl.” Darby confronts him about being the person who went to Bill’s room the night he died. He urges her to leave it alone.
Andy strikes up a conversation with Darby, then to her dismay he suggests that it might be for the best if she went home. He’s aware that she’s questioning his guests and staff, and he isn’t comfortable with that. Darby admits she hacked his cameras, and he knew that. But he claims Bill injected himself before the masked figure came to see him.
Darby wants to stay, and Andy tells her no. With that, he takes her ring.
As Darby packs her belongings, the news is on talking about Bill’s death. The report claims that Bill was alone and on vacation.
A flashback shows Darby and Bill talking with the surviving victim. She didn’t see his face, but described what his hands felt like and what he smelled like. She hands over a pin that was found in her car after the attack. After posting it online and getting feedback of where the pin is from, the victim urges them not to give up their search.
Before episode three comes to an end, Darby tries one last time to find out information. She leaves a message for Andy that she’s keeping her room.
After visiting Rohan’s room to no avail, Andy’s head of security tries to collect her to leave. Darby returns to her room and then is about to leave out the backdoor when she’s stopped by the phone in her room ringing. It’s Rohan admitting it was him going to see Bill and that Bill uncovered a secret. His confession to the rest of what happened is cut short and he’s in obvious distress.
Darby’s concerned and takes off to find him. Rohan is found dead! Andy reacts by telling Todd, “Get everyone underground.”
- A Murder at the End of the World Episode 1 “Homme Fatal” Recap
- A Murder at the End of the World Episode 2 “The Silver Doe” Recap
- A Murder at the End of the World Episode 4 “Family Secrets” Recap
- A Murder at the End of the World Episode 5 “Crypt” Recap
- A Murder at the End of the World Episode 6 “Crime Seen” Recap
- A Murder at the End of the World Episode 7 “Retreat” Finale Recap
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New episodes of FX’s A Murder at the End of the World air on Tuesdays on Hulu.
Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij (The OA) created the series and serve as writers, directors, and executive producers. Andrea Sperling, Melanie Marnich, and Nicki Paluga also executive produce.
