BBC Ludwig ending explained: Does John get uncovered by police?

BBC One drama play Ludwig is rapidly approaching its decision with viewers hopeless to cognize what happened successful the last episode, namely was John caught retired by constabulary and what happened to James

David Mitchell's Ludwig is drafting to a adjacent connected BBC One, but the finale is already disposable connected BBC iPlayer. Fans volition person seen the comic histrion impersonate his duplicate member DCI James Taylor successful a bid to probe his abrupt disappearance and abrupt departure from his family.

However, John 'Ludwig' Taylor transitioned from crafting puzzles to cracking execution cases and proved to beryllium rather the detective. As the comedy-drama rolls into its sixth episode, it was revealed that John was delving into imaginable constabulary corruption and a imaginable cover-up.

James' spouse Lucy (played by Anna Maxwell Martin) is besides blistery connected the way and a telephone telephone could onshore her successful heavy water.

Audiences volition beryllium near pondering however the storylines unfolded successful the finale, specifically whether John was exposed arsenic an imposter and if helium discovered what happened to his member James?

Did constabulary find retired John's existent identity?

After masquerading arsenic James and solving murders, John admitted to Russell that helium wasn't really his twin. Lucy had been taken into custody successful narration to Holly's execution and the constabulary IT technician alleged she and James were engaged successful an affair.

Simon disclosed that helium had eavesdropped connected Holly conversing with John - whom she thought was James - astir their affair. This abruptly provided Lucy with a plausible motive to execution Holly and Russell grilled John astir this allegation during a constabulary interview.

John, astatine a nonaccomplishment for words, conceded helium wasn't James and confessed his duplicate member had gone missing. John spent the nighttime successful a constabulary compartment portion the squad probed Holly's death.

Lucy was yet vindicated successful Holly's murder, portion John had to motion James's resignation papers truthful it seemed James remained an worker until then, scrubbing John's ain misdeeds.

John got recruited backmost into the unit arsenic a "lateral reasoning consultant" for Cambridgeshire constabulary owing to his knack for cracking cases.

What happened to Holly and Lucy?

Holly met her extremity astatine Adam's hands aft helium discovered she was skimming mode supra their agreed 50/50 chopped from associated earnings. Both wrong scoop merchant and blackmailer, Holly leveraged classified constabulary intel, tipping disconnected targets of investigations and milking wealth from bent coppers.

Moreover, Holly knew John wasn't the existent James and plotted to coerce Lucy with this ace up her sleeve. It was unspeakable timing erstwhile Lucy popped by Holly's place, walking consecutive into a execution country whilst connected the hunt for clues astir James.

Lucy's sanction was cleared of Holly's sidesplitting erstwhile it turned retired 'boyfriend' Adam fatally stabbed Holly successful her flat. Adam had exited via the room island, and switched Lucy's weapon with the execution weapon.

What happened to James?

James is revealed to beryllium live and well, but there's a agelong backstory.

Holly had sold accusation to erstwhile journalist, blogger and conspiracy theorist Roger Sinclair and it is chartless what accusation she sold, and each of Sinclair's articles had been scrubbed from the internet.

Following Sinclair's death, James was archetypal connected the country and helium and his spouse Matt (Karl Pilkington) were taken disconnected the case. A caller squad covered up his decease and James powerfully believed this was a nonrecreational deed connected Sinclair's life.

James wanted to proceed investigating the decease and Carol told him to stop. Matt near his occupation and went into hiding portion James disappeared and told Lucy to manus successful his resignation.

John received a voicemail from his duplicate member revealing helium ne'er guessed John would person impersonated him and helium lone disappeared truthful helium tin analyse Sinclair's decease and flight his unhappy location life.

James claimed helium was similar their absent begetter and called himself the bowerbird, thing James would ne'er do. John realised that James was lying and led the squad to a vertebrate publication and aboriginal a retention portion afloat of Sinclair's items.

John believed 1 of the conspiracy theories Sinclair had been researching indispensable person been true, and important capable to termination him over. As the trio investigated the case, James watched connected from the darkness.