The Stranger

Johanna visits Kimberly at her dorm in Manhattan. The young woman embraces her “Aunt Johanna,” and they cry together. Before Johanna brings Kimberly to the airport to fly home for Heidi’s funeral, they sit and talk. She asks about Kimberly’s phone call to Heidi, which lasted almost two hours the night before the murder. Kimberly claims that they talked about nothing important, but Johanna implores her to be honest since Heidi’s death is connected to another murder. Johanna soothes Kimberly and assures her that Heidi’s death wasn’t her fault.

The next morning, Adam watches Gabrielle’s house. She packs bags into the trunk of her car and helps her two children into the backseat. Adam tried contacting other people from the group photo after Andy identified them, but no one was willing to give him information.

Gabrielle drives away, and Adam makes the split-second decision to follow her out onto the interstate. Johanna calls and updates Adam that she’s flying back to Newark soon. Without revealing Kimberly’s secret, she explains that the stranger isn’t just targeting people who fake pregnancies, though she still doesn’t know how the murders and Corinne’s disappearance are connected. Adam watches Gabrielle drop her kids off at a house and continues following her as she pulls out of the driveway.