Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the final episode ofDefending Jacob.
On its surface,Defending Jacoblooks a lot like your traditional whodunnit.
And as the final episode reveals,Defending Jacobnever definitively weighs in on Jacob’s guilt or innocence.

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Hope is eventually found safe and sound, but the damage has been done.
It sort of strained credibility, especially in the way that I had written the character."
It’s another change from Landay’s original novel: In the book, Jacob dies in the crash.
For Bomback, it was far more interestingand devastatingfor Jacob to survive and be left unconscious.
And once again, the Barbers find themselves wondering how well they really know each other.
Will he think that I tried to kill him or not?'"