White Lies season 1 episode 5 ending explained: Is Edie’s life in danger?

White Lies season 1 episode 5 dropped for US and Canadian viewers on Thursday, December 26, 2024, on Sundance Now and AMC+. The latest episode continued Edie Hansen's investigation into her estranged brother Andrew's murder.

While the case was closed, new evidence came out, and a new suspect was arrested. However, Edie's snooping made her believe the police had arrested the wrong guy. She had a new person of interest in her brother's murder, but her investigation posed more grave consequences than she initially thought.

In White Lies season 1 episode 5, someone snuck into her house to kill her cat and ran her over while she was in the car, putting Edie's life in danger. All of these happened shortly after she started to suspect that Andrew's business partner had something to do with the murder.

Disclaimer: This article contains major spoilers for White Lies season 1 episode 5. Reader's discretion is advised.

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White Lies season 1 episode 5 sees Edie's life put in danger

Edie Hansen had been investigating the murder of her estranged brother Andrew since she received the news that he died in his home in the season premiere of White Lies. However, her snooping in White Lies season 1 episode 5 had put her life in danger, possibly ending with her in the hospital.

Edie's cat died in White Lies season 1 episode 5 (Image via AMC+)

As Edie tried to earn her way into her nephew and niece's lives, she helped get Daniel the money he owed the gang who kidnapped him in White Lies season 1 episode 3. She went to Andrew's business partner, Macky Hofmeyr, for help, and he agreed to give her the cash. However, he wanted the co-signed work order for the construction project that should be in the office in Andrew's home, to which Edie agreed.

Meanwhile, the snooping brought Edie to discover something that her brother was planning to do before he died, something that would implicate his business partner. So, when Edie returned to Hofmeyr's office to tell him that she wouldn't be giving him the papers, zhe subtly accused him of planning to forge Andrew's signature in the contract.

She then tried to call Forty Bell about her suspicions as she went down from Hofmeyr's office. She told him, more specifically, his voicemail, about suspecting that Hofmeyr had something to do with Andrew's murder.

Edie moments before the crash (Image via AMC+))

When Edie went home after that, a shadow could be seen passing in the hallway, but she didn't notice it at first. She was calling for the stray cat she feeds at home, but the cat was nowhere to be found. She later saw the cat already dead, with its blood pooling on the floor from the slit in its throat, and that's when she noticed the shadow of the intruder.

Edie hightailed out of her home, calling Forty in the process, but she still couldn't get through to him. She ended up at Avi's house, waiting for him, and it ended in an emotional tirade about Edie thinking she couldn't love him back. Edie walked out again from Avi's house, and as she planned to drive away, another car was speeding right into her.

The episode faded to black, but the crash can be heard in the background. White Lies season 1 episode 5 ended before it could show the damage the crash has done to Edie and her car.

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Robert becomes the new person of interest for Andrew's murder in White Lies season 1 episode 5

Early in White Lies season 1 episode 5, Forty Bell had filed the paperwork to put Andrew's murder case to a close. Pearl's boyfriend was the suspect and was reportedly in Zimbabwe, he allegedly brought the gun with him, and that was why the police couldn't find the murder weapon.

Robert is interrogated in White Lies season 1 episode 5 (Image via AMC+)

However, at the school, a gun was accidentally found in Robert's locker after he had an altercation with another student. With a possible murder weapon discovered, the police brought Robert to the station for questioning.

Werner and a lawyer were with him, which made Robert hesitant to talk about what happened, especially about going to Olivia's hospital room, which the police had already discovered.

In the end, the police had Werner and the lawyer removed from the interrogation room and brought Edie along to help convince Robert to speak up. He proceeded to confess that he and Olivia were supposedly in love with each other. He also said that he didn't kill Andrew despite his not feeling remorse for his death because of his abuse towards Olivia.

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Robert gets arrested in White Lies season 1 episode 5

Robert gets arrested (Image via AMC+)

Robert was held at the police station after the gun was found in his locker room in White Lies season 1 episode 5. While he was about to be freed after Werner and the lawyer came for him the following day, Forty Bell's conversation with his superior had already sealed his fate.

Just as Robert was about to step out of the station, Forty read him his Miranda warning and then proceeded to tell him that he was being arrested for Andrew's murder.

Shortly before any of this happened, Forty's superior told him that they were happy to have Robert implicated in the murder because of the gun. Forty didn't think so, but he had no choice after his superior had encouraged him to play along because it would bring him back to his glory.

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White Lies season 1 episode 5 saw Edie discover more about her brother Andrew

Back in White Lies season 1 episode 4, Edie discovered some incriminating facts about his brother during her conversation with Werner and his wife. From her own experience and those new discoveries, Edie doesn't think much of his dead brother.

Edie meets Detective D.K. (Image via AMC+)

However, in White Lies season 1 episode 5, Edie discovered a slightly redeeming thing about Andrew. She found out that he was talking to someone named Detective D.K., someone who was supposedly investigating Andrew. So, she went to talk to the said detective in a bar.

Edie later learned that Andrew was talking to the detective about becoming a state witness against Hofmeyr, but two days later, Andrew was murdered. After that, the detective said that they were pulled back from the case, "orders from above." He also shared suspicions about Andrew leaving his number lying around, "no wonder they got to him."

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Catch White Lies season 1 episode 5, now streaming on Sundance Now and AMC+. The four previous episodes of the South African murder mystery thriller can also be watched on those two platforms for US and Canadian viewers with a subscription.