It’s never a good show, but it is initially intriguing, even if the conceit is stale. The same cannot be said of Netflix’s Clickbait, a harebrained mystery masquerading as (thin) commentary on modern Internet culture, from catfishing to cancel culture. You start the episode with a murder, and 42 minutes later, the murder has been solved. But I also appreciate their compact, efficient nature - there’s a crime, witnesses are questioned, leads are pursued. She ended up helping Ethan convince Emma Beesley to tell the truth, and also discovered where the real catfish lived by using computer skills she had learnt while being housebound due to anxiety.As someone who has watched too many episodes of Law & Order, Castle, and Psych, I understand the comforts of a good procedural. It emerged, however, that Alison was who she said she was - and had got to know Ethan online due to the fact that she had also lost a parent. He was giving her lots of inside information on the case, leading many to worry he could be involved with a dangerous catfish. It was Ed who made the call to Emma and ran her car off the road, as he and Dawn were concerned that she would admit to the police that she never met Nick - meaning Dawn could be traced as a catfish.Ĭlickbait is available to watch on Netflix.Įthan was texting a mysterious online friend, who it later emerged was called Alison, throughout. It emerged towards the end, however, that it was Nick's colleague Matt who had been involved with one of the girls in the team. It was heavily hinted throughout the series that Nick had been in inappropriate relationships with members of the volleyball team. She used a voice altering software to create a man's voice, meaning that she did speak to the women over the phone. He seemed to have lost interest in cheating, however, and stopped replying to the messages.Īfter seeing these messages pop up on the phone, Dawn decided to reply, and she subsequently set up multiple new accounts on various sites.ĭawn quickly became obsessed with pretending to be Nick, and spent two years catfishing the women on the sites. Nick wasn't entirely innocent - it is shown that he had set up dating profiles two years earlier, and had been exchanging messages with Mandy Harrison. The receptionist had also become his friend and confidante, meaning she was the only person who knew about Sophie's affair. In flashback scenes, it is revealed that Nick went to Dawn's house to confront her, where he was murdered by Ed.ĭawn had access to Nick's computer password and emails, as it was revealed that he told her his details on his first day at work. They kidnapped Kai, planning to kill him, but the police luckily got to them first. Kai went to the address to avenge his dad, but fleetingly thought he must be mistaken and allowed she and her husband Ed (Wally Dunn) to drive him home. In the present day, Kai had discovered the address of the catfish after Ethan's online friend Alison looked at the meta data of photos Sarah Beesley sent him. It emerged in episode eight, The Answer, that this person was Dawn (Becca Lish). Realising his mistake after Nick points out a shoddy Photoshop job on a photo of him and Sarah, Simon allows Nick to escape.īefore he escaped, Nick had realised who the catfish must be - as he revealed that he only told one person about his wife's affair. In a major twist, however, it quickly emerges that it wasn't Nick on any of the dating profiles - and Nick had been catfished. Things start to unravel in episode six, 'The Brother', where it is revealed that it was the Sarah's brother Simon (Daniel Henshall) who kidnapped Nick. **Major spoilers for Clickbait's final episode ahead** Clickbait ending explained
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