'The Capture' Ending Explained: Emery's arc might have ended but there's scope for Rachel's story to continue
Spoilers for 'The Capture'
English series, 'The Capture', had that sort of an ending where things came to a head for all the key players. Shaun Emery (Callum Turner) despite not being guilty would do time in prison for the death of Hannah Roberts (Laura Haddock). The soldier was manipulated by both the British and the American intelligence to take responsibility and despite the actual real footage of the crime being found on the web, there were no takers.
It started with Turner's Emery, a war veteran, with a career of serving as a lance corporal in the British armed forces. He is acquitted of the murder of a war prisoner. He is caught on camera where he assaults his lawyer, Roberts. DI Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger), who investigates the case, comes across a startling conspiracy that involves the creation of "deepfake" videos of crimes that in fact never happened.
The weird part, however, is that Emery is in fact responsible for the death of a man in Afghanistan but was cleared. In this case, he was actually not guilty of the murder of Roberts but ended up behind bars. Carey joins the counter-terrorism unit taking up on Danny Hart (Ben Miles) and DSU Gemma Garland’s (Lia Williams) offer. While she intends to expose the fact that Emery went to jail for a crime he actually didn't actually commit, her efforts yield zero success.
However, she does keep the footage of Roberts boarding the bus so he could eventually prove Emery's innocence. The episode also sees Ron Perlman's Frank Napier bear the brunt of the receiving end from his officers when Jessica (Famke Jansen) is roped in from Washington DC to clean up the damage he caused. She also manages to identify Eli Jacobi (Alexander Forsyth) as the hidden mole and puts him away. While most of these plotlines add a sense of closure to the series, 'The Capture' ends with the possibility of a sequel with the focus on Carey.
Ben Chahan, the showrunner, in an interview with Radio Times, spoke about the ending saying Emery's arc deserved closure. "I always wanted Shaun Emery's story to be resolved within these six hours because I don’t like stringing people along," he said. "I think people are watching partly – possibly mainly – every week to find out what happened to Shaun. We want to know who’s done this to him, who really took Hannah, who faked the video, and why. And I hope we answer all those questions satisfyingly."
He also added: "Anything's possible in terms of Shaun but I definitely think his story arc is complete. He comes to realize what he feels guilty about and what he doesn’t feel guilty about, and we come to realize the truth about what happened in Helmand and also what happened at the bus stop." 'The Capture' will be available for streaming on Peacock from Wednesday, July 15.
