I Underestimated The Jinx But Who Didn T

• Courtesy HBO
• Robert Durst and his erstwhile best friend, Susan Berman, whom he’s suspected of murdering

WARNING: THIS BLOG POST IS ONE BIG GIGANTIC SPOILER.

The morning the finale was set to air, the news broke that Durst had been arrested in New Orleans (where he’d checked into a hotel under a pseudonym) for the murder of his onetime best friend and confidante, Susan Berman. I didn’t read beyond the headline until after the show aired—I hate spoilers as much as the next guy, even when the “spoiler” amounts to real life in progress. I was invested in the show, and I wanted to see Jarecki’s conclusion before the New York Times tainted it.

Robert Durst certainly didn’t know it would turn out the way it did.