The Unwedding

Ravi takes a freezing Ellery away from the questioning staff and back to her room. She feels grateful for his efforts to care for her but wishes that Abby or Luke was near. Ravi waits in the bedroom while she changes in the bathroom, and Ellery is shocked by the intimacy of the moment. Ravi’s kindness makes Ellery’s loneliness even more painful. Suddenly, Ravi announces that he has an idea.

Ravi and Nina take Ellery to the sauna to warm up. Ravi questions Ellery about finding Ben’s body, triggering additional memories of her accident two years prior. When Ravi leaves, Ellery admits to Nina that she is not doing well. Ravi returns with a journal and takes notes establishing a timeline of Saturday night. When Ellery questions why Ben was still wearing his tux after calling off the wedding, Ravi suggests his body was moved. Nina refuses to investigate, insisting that Ben’s death was an accident.

At lunch, Ellery is joined by Andy, the groomsman she met while hiking Saturday morning. She wants to comfort him in the loss of his friend but feels it would be inappropriate. Andy asks to speak privately with Ellery, but they are interrupted by Matt, the late groom’s best man. Matt suggests that Olivia killed Ben after he called off the wedding. He thanks Ellery for trying to save Ben, but his gratitude makes her feel even more out of place.

Andy takes Ellery to his room, where Olivia is waiting. She asks Ellery to tell her everything she remembers about finding Ben’s body. Olivia sobs violently when she learns that Ben was found still wearing his tuxedo. The conversation is interrupted by resort staffer Nat, security officer Craig, and the influencer husband Maddox, who enter Andy’s room with a key. Olivia leaves quickly, and the others follow her. Ellery remembers the difficulty of talking to others through grief and sympathizes with Olivia.

Desperate to talk to her children and best friend, Abby, Ellery begins writing messages to them in a journal. Thinking of Abby recalls memories of Luke’s cruelty to her in the hours leading up to the accident. She pushes the memories aside and begins writing notes about Ben’s murder, including a question about the final text he sent to Olivia. Ellery falls asleep on her notes, then wakes to Nina pounding on her door. Nina reveals that another body has been found.

Ellery, Ravi, and Nina find a crowd gathered at the cliffside viewpoint that gives The Resort its name and learn that Matt, the late groom’s best man, has fallen over the edge and died. Grace and her father Gary spotted Matt’s body while on an early hike that morning, and news spread while they were hiking back to alert the staff. The staffers pull Andy and Maddox from the gathered crowd and send the others back to the Main House.

A few hours later, Ellery, Ravi, and Nina return to the cliffs to look for clues. Ravi wonders why The Resort staffers are relying so heavily on Carlos, the head valet, rather than security officer Craig. Ellery worries that they are actively compromising a crime scene, and her thoughts turn again to the moments before her accident. As Ravi takes photos, Ellery and Nina notice that the railing Matt fell through suffered a clean break, unlike the rough and irregular storm damage around it.

As they return to the main house, Ellery, Ravi, and Nina are stopped by Rachel, one of the bridesmaids, who asks if they found anything, and jokingly promises not to report their investigation to the staff. When Ravi asks her opinion on the groom, Rachel turns cold and reminds the trio that they are not a part of the wedding or investigators. Ellery reminds Rachel that she found the body. When Rachel leaves, Ravi congratulates Ellery for standing up for herself.

Ellery meets Ravi and Nina in the sauna, which has been turned off but acts as a private, soundproof meeting space. Ravi suggests that they use The Resort’s extensive art collection—which is scattered unmarked across the Resort—as an excuse for investigating the property. While prepping, they learn that the mother of the bride, Catherine, is the curator of the collection. Nina suggests that they split up to cover more investigative ground and suggests that Ellery speak to Olivia and Andy.

Ellery offers to help a staffer named Brook clean up after Ben’s groomsmen, who had an informal brunch to honor Ben and Matt, and learns that Olivia did not attend. Ravi enters with head staffer Nat, who is quickly distracted by the appearance of Olivia’s father. Brook accepts Ellery and Ravi’s offers to help and has them prep housekeeping baskets and daily weather reports. They learn that 27 rooms are in use and that an art piece has been stolen.

Alone in her room, Ellery collapses on her bed, overwhelmed by the physical pain of her grief. Her mind returns to the moment of the accident, when a bus full of students and teachers was hit by a truck and flipped several times. When her focus returns to the room, Ellery notices a mirror that she believes is new, having replaced a painting. She wonders if she is being framed for the stolen art. Outside, she spots Maddox moving furtively between buildings.