‘Presumed Innocent’ Ending Explained: Who Is the Killer?

The Jake Gyllenhaal-led Apple drama reached its climactic verdict in Episode 8

Jake Gyllenhaal in the Season 1 finale of "Presumed Innocent"
Jake Gyllenhaal in the Season 1 finale of "Presumed Innocent" (CREDIT: Apple)

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Presumed Innocent” Episode 8.

In the nail-bitingly tense finale for Apple’s gripping courtroom thriller “Presumed Innocent,” audiences finally learned who killed lawyer Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve), the former lover of Jake Gyllenhaal’s character Rusty Sabich, who was charged and tried for the murder.

In last week’s episode, Tommy Molto (Peter Sarsgaard), who relished the opportunity to prosecute his longtime rival, was ruled out as a suspect, as director Greg Yaitanes confirmed to TheWrap.

Tommy came home to find someone had left a fireplace poker — possibly the one used to kill Carolyn — in his house, with an unsigned, hand-printed note that read, “Go f—k yourself.”

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