'I, Jack Wright's Season Finale Pulls the Ultimate Bait & Switch

Well, well, well. The biggest surprise of the I, Jack Wright finale isn’t who killed the titular character. It’s that the whole thing ended with a “to be continued.” WHAT? Apparently, the greatest trick the devil (and Chris Lang) ever pulled was getting us to believe I, Jack Wright was a limited series.

Let’s recap: Jack Wright, a millionaire on his third wife, dies. At first, it looks like he committed suicide, but detectives Morgan and Jones quickly realize Jack was murdered. What’s worse for the family members left behind is that a few months before he died, Jack totally changed his will. (Don’t you hate it when that happens?) He left nothing to his current wife and youngest son, very little to his other sons, and everything (£15 million plus controlling shares in his corporate empire) to his granddaughter Emily.

We all (naively, it turns out!) thought that the killer would be revealed in this sixth episode. While lots was revealed, very little of it was satisfying to viewers who invested six hours of their lives in this (decidedly not limited!) series. At least now it makes sense why the show spent so much time on DCI Morgan’s home life. His wife has apparently abandoned him and his children. But in this episode, she calls to tell him, “I’m home and I want the kids back.” So I guess that’s also something that will be addressed in the show’s second season.