Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief

At Ernest’s funeral, all the suspects are present in the church. A pre-recorded video of Ernest plays on a wall-mounted screen, welcoming attendees and acknowledging that he had assumed the role of the Fencer in the bank. The recording names each person’s crime: Juliette stole $5,060 from the bank (to bribe Cordelia’s doctor and discover the truth); Michelle broke in on a paid job and stole $10,000; Gabriel stole small items including a coffee cup; Remy attempted a $25-million-dollar insurance fraud; and Cordelia and Laverna ran a fraudulent fundraising scheme.

Ernest’s recording then explained that the robbery originated with a man named Bryce Fredericks, who was murdered during the event, and that solving Bryce’s death alongside that of Edward might also solve Ernest’s own apparent death. As they focus on the screen, the coffin lid slowly opens and Ernest, very much alive and with one arm in a sling, sits up.

Ernest recounts his survival after falling from the bank’s upper floor inside a safe. He broke six bones, including four in his leg, one in his back, and one that displaced into his abdomen, and also sustained a gunshot wound to the stomach when the bullet he fired at the safe door ricocheted back at him.