'Harry Wild' Recap: Season Finale

In Harry Wild's final two episodes, the series tackles a mystery centered around our new virtual Zoom lives and one filled with vintage clothing and twisted fairy tales.

Ep. 7: "The Mystery of Granny Susan’s Fun Time Wig"

The Henderson family celebrates Granny Susan’s birthday on Zoom since they are too busy to gather in Dublin from their homes in London, Paris, and Edinburgh. It goes well until a masked, black-clad figure appears behind the matriarch (Fiona York) and strangles her.  Susan's daughter Stephanie approaches the newly-minted Wild-Reid Detective Agency for help. She’s not impressed by Harry or Fergus, and Harry puts her foot in it by speaking disparagingly of Peter Henderson’s novels. Nevertheless, Stephanie hands over a thick folder of information and a €5,000  check.

At the wake, Aunt Celia Sherry (Deirdre Donnelly) gives a rundown of the family to Harry, explaining that each of them is desperate to get their hands on the inheritance, most of which derives from the late Peter Henderson’s series of bestselling detective novels. While quite sharp in some respects, Celia also thinks that Fergus is some shady lover from her youth and whispers suggestively in his ear. Poor Fergus stammers in response, “That doesn’t sound very hygienic!”

• Jasper (Stephen Hogan), Susan's son: “A swine with women,” who’s jettisoning his second young wife for an even younger replacement model.
• Stephanie (Carmel Stephens), Susan's daughter: Owns a string of failing bakeries.
• Bella (Caoimhe Mulcahy), Susan's granddaughter: A wannabe influencer, “an angel ... a lesbian.”
• Noah (Tiernan Messitt-Greene), Susan's adopted grandson: Owes money to Russian gangsters — “spineless.”
• Chloe (Serena Kennedy) also adopted: “Destructive.”
• Alistair Jeffers (Sam McGovern), Susan’s health aide: A “duplicitous thief.”

Charlie visits Harry to ask about her involvement in the Henderson case. Unfortunately, he turns up seconds after Ray, who has brought a curry dinner. (Ray takes cover in some shrubs.) Charlie tells Harry that no unusual payments have been made but that Alistair has bought an expensive new car. And, in a surprise twist, Susan recently altered her will. She liquidated the entire €10million estate, and no one knows where it went. And why is there an odor of curry on Harry's front doorstep? Unfortunately, there are photos of Ray and Harry embracing on her doorstep, and Ray’s wife and senior officer, Vivian (Ciara O’Callaghan), confronts him.

Stephanie Henderson is furious about the missing money. She received some embroidery pieces from Susan, dutifully framed and displayed. They depict historical events but are, as Harry puts it, “factually incorrect embroideries,” with the dates of each all slightly wrong. Stephanie was also given the stewardship of Granny Susan’s wigs, all named but with one missing. Chloe has been given copies of her grandfather’s books, not the valuable first editions, but paperbacks, which she’s throwing away. She gives one to Fergus.

While interviewing the rest of the family to track down the money, Noah insists he doesn't have a gambling habit, while Chloe, it turns out, is a sex worker, which doesn’t seem to surprise anyone. Bella admits she asked her grandmother for an advance on her inheritance, and all are sorry Granny's "treasure hunts" that used to help support them ended. However, Jasper seems to be the prime suspect, so Fergus follows him to a new hotel in the city. Suspecting he’s gone to the rooftop bar, Fergus tries to follow but is turned away as he’s too young to be admitted on his own, just as Jasper falls from the building.

Meanwhile, the Fergus-Lola romance is in trouble after Orla Wild has decided that the relationship threatens her daughter’s academic success and commands her to end it. Poor Fergus has just received his exam results, on which his academic future depends, and is too nervous about opening the envelope. Shocked at witnessing Jasper’s death, he confesses to Harry how upset he is over Lola’s lack of phone/text. Harry offers to be with him when he opens the exam results. At home, Fergus reads his Peter Henderson book to Libby as a bedtime story and realizes the heroine (there’s a different one in every book) is named Rebecca, the name of the missing wig.

Harry realizes the dates on the embroidery pieces, coupled with the names of Henderson’s heroines, are a code: “Ashcroft Holland Somerset Road.” It's the name and address of a legal firm. She decides she needs to watch the Zoom call, which Jasper recorded. Unfortunately, the police now have his laptop, necessitating Harry to find a digital copy. Fergus introduces her to Skeevie Stevie Callaghan (Anthony Kinahan), a genial and helpful thief. He sees the data stick within minutes. It turns out Susan had set up annuities for everyone. However, the murder took place too soon, had the murderer waited just a few minutes; Granny would have given them the first clue in a treasure hunt carrying on her favorite family tradition.