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Why does Lara tell John she's guilty?

posted 10 years ago by Barry_the_Baptist
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The tacked-on 'happy' ending showing that she was innocent is at odds with her admitting guilt during their prison meeting. Why would she say something this crushing to John if it was untrue? John happens to not believe her admission, but it's still an odd thing to say to your supportive husband if indeed it was untrue.

[–] toddt07 10 years ago

She's about to spend the rest of her life in prison and doesn't want her husband and son to spend the rest of their lives being tied down by someone they can't have a normal life with anymore. You can tell how much it hurt her when her son is shown as basically already pulling away from her because he's too young to understand all that's going on.