'Dare Me' Episode 9: Sutton Grove reels from Sarge's staged 'suicide' as it uncovers many guilty consciences
This article contains spoilers for 'Dare me': Episode 1 to Episode 9
Suicides have been going up at an alarming rate, and while there is an awareness of its existence, how quick people choose to forget the fatality is shocking. In the culture of fast cars and the number of likes on a picture, the normalcy of suicide and its preceding factors have become a topic of calm conversation instead of radical solutions. In this episode, the town of Sutton Grove had to face the harsh reality of gun-to-mouth violence, and the truth of possible murder looms around Beth, Addy, Kurtz, and Colette.
The roles have reversed, with Beth now taking care of Addy's increased guilt of being forced to not call the cops when she found Sarge Will's body in his apartment, with Colette saying, "It's bad Addy."
A well-staged suicide, Addy thinks nothing of a possible person behind the dead body but we as viewers got to see a bit of the cunningness of coach who goes through Addy's phone to make sure she had remained loyal and quiet. While we are unsure of what could have possibly resulted in Will's suicide, we were sure that it was a murder - have you noticed Kurtz has been quiet lately? He also lives in the same apartment building as Will, who punched Kurtz's face in for being a predator. There's not much on Kurtz except staring scenes, one through the peephole as he overhears cops speak about Will and one straight at Beth, who has yet to confront him about the hotel party incident - which the show has yet to confirm as well. What's his deal?
Addy took coach's word for it, it was a suicide. As for coach, the one person that could set fuel to the fire, Will, now doesn't exist but Addy had lost enough of her mind to drunkenly tell Beth a grave detail of the crime - Sarge shot himself in the mouth not the head as everyone assumed. With Addy losing her grip on the secret and Beth tailing her every move, her best friend reminds her, "I'm always watching, don't you forget that."
Colette has been on edge lately, although she's nowhere close to Addy's delirious state of mind, she seems, dare we say it - fine? Finding out that Will's wife had passed away from a car crash, she catches onto the fact that even though they were each other's escape, the couple had secrets that they didn't know about each other. Her husband who didn't know of a boisterous affair comes home to a wife that's riddled with guilt, but we're thinking it's more than the fact that she stepped out of her marriage. Will called Colette "his life", all Will was, was someone that could destroy her perfect front. Everyone has a reason to mourn Will's death, but she had the most to lose and the least to mourn.
The teenagers are faced with a reality that has them wanting to be part of the grieving crowd regardless of if they knew Sarge Will or not. Throwing a tribute party for the fallen soldier has Beth thinking, there must have been one hell of a reason for a marine to shoot himself and Coach Colette couldn't have that much power. As Colette said in the previous episode, "I was desperate, just not as desperate as Will." Who's to say that Will's constant longing for her had thrown her off her handle, we know by now, impulse control doesn't come easy to her.
Addy finds out there isn't a lot adding up, and as little as she knows about bullet trajectories and gunshot residues, somewhere inside she knew Will didn't take his own life. If you choose an immoral path, you might end with consequences that may not be your fault, but who's going to believe you when there's blood on your hands anyway. Coach Colette took Addy straight into the 'Fog Of War' and Sarge Will's death is not going away because it's not something colorful condolence filled post-its can fix.