

Jonas Armstrong as Jason in The Drowning (Channel 5) Channel 5įoolishly she informs Jason about the negative DNA test results, and, unbeknownst to her, he kidnaps Daniel and drives to a patch of private land, located – surprise, surprise – by the very same lake where Tom went missing almost a decade ago. According to this first DNA test, she and Daniel aren’t a match, meaning he couldn’t possibly be Tom – so which test is telling the truth? Halfway through the finale she gets the results back: negative.

Of course, Jodie had already taken an at-home DNA test during episode three (prior to the police DNA test). Jodie’s ex-husband, Ben, and his new partner Kate then rock up to Jason’s chambers, where they suggest that they have reservations about Daniel’s parentage, and that they should get another DNA test done – and Jason hits the roof, for no clear reason. In one scene, Jodie starts screaming when Daniel bites into a prawn sandwich, recalling that toddler Tom had a severe shellfish allergy – but a perplexed Daniel admits that he’d always eaten shellfish as long as he can remember. However, it’s clear that something isn’t adding up, with increased confusion about Daniel’s identity. We see an awkward family reunion as Jodie introduces Daniel to his long-lost family, including her increasingly shifty and narcissistic brother, lawyer Jason (who was always a little strange, as discussed in our The Drowning review). In the present-day, Daniel’s father Mark (Rupert Penry-Jones) is seen in handcuffs, following The Drowning episode three’s revelation that Daniel is a genetic match with Jodie – meaning that he is her son, Tom, and not Mark’s child.
