The Fury

Lana goes for a walk, disturbed by what she saw in his journal. He recorded so much of their conversations, her thoughts, and even her dreams. In addition, she found a list of Jason and Kate’s meetings and realizes how long he’s known about the affair. He has made a list of ways to expose the affair to her and a list of ways to get rid of Jason. Most recently, she finds a bizarre, detailed plan he has written for her to fake her death, written as a play, which she finds unsettling. She feels betrayed and doesn’t know what to do. She remembers all the things Barbara told her about Elliot.

Lana realizes what she has to do—she goes to Kate’s house, and when her friend answers the door, asks if she is sleeping with Jason. Kate admits to the affair but says she ended it. They go into Kate’s house and talk for hours. Kate admits how badly Lana hurt her when she stole Jason, who Lana says only wants her money. By the end, they are on the same side and have a common enemy—Elliot.

After Lana tells her about Elliot’s plan, Kate decides that they should take action. Lana admits that she is afraid of Elliot now. They decide not to confront him and instead follow his plan but come up with their own ending. Lana immediately puts their plan into play that afternoon when Elliot comes to her house. He encourages her to seriously consider the plan he laid out the night before, attempting to appear casual. She appears to agree and calls Kate to invite her to her island in Greece.

Lana and Kate share the plan with everyone else after they reach Aura. Lana thought Agathi would resist, but she is enthusiastic. Leo is hesitant and unsure about the morality of the plan, but his desire to act, coupled with his dislike of Elliot, convinces him. When Lana goes to tell Jason later, she finds Kate kissing him. Kate insists that it is because Elliot was watching. She asks when Lana is going to tell Jason about the plan, and Lana decides not to, as punishment for his affair.

Lana watches through the window as Elliot convinces Kate to go down to the jetty and gives her the gun. After he leaves, Kate and Lana switch the gun for one loaded with blanks. Lana watches the scene at the jetty unfold from the trees, until Kate presses the gun to Elliot’s head and fires.

Nikos nudges Elliot with his foot until he wakes up. Kate shows Elliot the prop gun with the blanks, and from Jason’s reaction, he can tell the other man didn’t know. Jason begins to yell at Kate but stops when he sees Lana walking down the beach with Leo.

Lana, Kate, Leo, Agathi, and Nikos face Elliot, with Jason off to one side. Lana confronts Elliot with the notebook and tells Agathi to get him off the island. She walks off alone. Leo, Kate, Nikos, and Agathi follow. Jason is far behind, head down, and Elliot is left on the beach alone. He doesn’t want to tell the reader what happened next, but he realizes he must finish the story.

Elliot stumbles along the beach trying to make sense of what happened. He regrets that Lana found the notebook and that he hadn’t been able to explain himself when she did. He believes that Kate must have been the instigator.

Elliot begins to get angry and finds himself back at the ruin. He reaches into the rosemary bush, which is covered with wasps, and pulls out the shotgun. Now, he believes that the wind made him do it. Although the air around him is calm, a whirlwind spins in the center of the ruin. Elliot tells the reader that it was Aura coming for him. He feels the wind surround him and enter him and realizes that he has become “the fury.”

Lana and the others enter the kitchen. She feels calm and isn’t even thinking about Elliot. She knows now that she can let go of all the people she has been clinging to, including Agathi and Leo. She decides never to return to the island and to move away from London. Suddenly, she realizes that Los Angeles is home and is comforted by the idea of moving back. She feels powerful and joyful.

When Elliot enters the kitchen, Agathi tells him to get his things and wait for the water taxi. Outwardly, he looks calm, but inside, “the kid” is screaming and full of rage. Then, Elliot realizes that the screams aren’t inside of him but are coming from him. Lana turns to him, and he pulls the shotgun from behind his back and fires at her three times.

Elliot’s therapist visits him in prison. She suggests that he write down his story of what happened on Aura, but he doesn’t see the point without an audience. She tells him to write it for “the kid,” and he agrees to think about it. Later, he wonders if he would be emotionally freed by telling the story, and he sits down to begin writing.

Elliot tells the reader one last story about Barbara. After she fell down the stairs and he confirmed she was dead, he went into her study. He went through all her drawers until he stumbled upon a completed play about their life together. The play was brilliant. He removed the title page and replaced it with one that credits him as author. He finally admits to the reader that he isn’t a writer and will never write again now that he’s told his story. He plans to publish it posthumously. When he’s lonely, Elliot closes his eyes and imagines he is “the kid” again, watching Lana on the cinema screen.