'Passenger' Tries To Solve A Murder At Its Midpoint

A dangerous game is afoot in Chadder Vale as we reach Passenger’s midpoint. Mehmet is dead, and Riya – who never claimed to be perfect and spends a not-inconsiderable amount of time showing those imperfections – refuses to let it go. She’s in the right; it’s not a suicide, and she doubts it’s an accident. Yet, her superior insists she “bin it and forget it.” (WOW. Interesting choice of phrasing. She could have said, “Put it in a drawer,” “Box it up,” or even, “You need to move on.”) Riya does none of that, not after visiting Mehmet’s mother, and especially not after finding what looks like a draft of Mehmet’s “suicide note” among Kane’s things.

However! Before we get to that chilling final-scene moment, many other bizarre, upsetting, intriguing, and just plain confusing things happen first.

Everyone is devastated by Mehmet’s death. In a small village, even the quiet kids are well-known and, in his case, pretty beloved. John and Katie nearly reconcile (he even proposes, but we know that’s the move of a desperate, grieving person); Riya pours her feelings into learning what exactly killed him, threatening Eddie; and the candlelight vigil hosted by the imam at Mehmet’s mosque draws massive attendance, a group that includes American tourist Jordan. (Remember him? Theoretically, he’s in town to see the Tree of Good Hope!)