Body

Episode 4 of Echoes starts with Leni calling out for Mattie. Thankfully, she’s okay. She just goes off to say goodbye to her aunt on the main road. When Charlie leaves, and Gina is presumed to be out of their lives forever, everything settles down a bit. But still, Leni is concerned that her sister is going to return. ..

The morning sky is heavy with clouds, as if a bushfire is burning nearby. Jack and Leni decide to check out the fire just to be sure, and they find out that it’s not actually a bushfire at all- it’s a burning body. It turns out that the body belongs to Dylan James, who had apparently died in some sort of accident. ..

Floss speaks to Leni at her house and points out that the body and truck have been moved deliberately. It turns out Dylan had a knife wound across the stomach, meaning he was killed before the truck was burned. Floss is suspicious of both Leni and Jack; the latter for a cut across his forehead and Leni for leaving the party abruptly. Either way, both of them are prime suspects in this murder. ..

When Floss leaves, Jack admits that his cut was as a result of the foal owners – Towers and Payne. He got into a scuffle with them after they asked about the money he owed. After threatening Leni and Mattie, he lashed out. However, as Jack hasn’t actually paid back the money he owes, the debts and the stress is just piling up further.

Victor rings Leni, pleading with her to come home. Unfortunately, when she does so, Jack is in handcuffs and taken away. It turns out the evidence points toward him being the culprit, which is only compounded further by ketamine being found in the truck. Leni’s father points the finger at Leni. ..

Leni shows up to the hospital, but it’s not actually her. Clearly, Gina is playing mind games again. When the pair arrive, Gina is gone. She’s pulled out the IV and bolted.

Leni scrambles up to the police station and speaks to Jack, apologizing for what happened between them. It turns out that Jack is in trouble because he didn’t have any money and his friends, Towers and Payne, called him asking for help. When Towers and Payne called, Jack knew that the horse was stolen but he decided to try to get on their good side. ..

Jack and the family agree to speak the truth about stealing the horse, but also express innocence to killing Dylan.

Gina rings Dylan and tells him that Towers and Payne are responsible for his death and after her. She urges Leni to show up at Grandma Georgia’s so she can protect her sister. So naturally, Leni arrives to meet her. When she gets there, Georgia is slumped over a chair. She claims that two men entered and came after her.

Leni decides to give 60,000 euros to the Georgian police force in order to avoid getting them involved in her case.

Leni is not happy when she gets home and finds a check for $1,000 that is not the $5,000 she was expecting. She goes to her room to think about what to do and comes up with a plan to get even with her roommates. Leni tells them that she has found out that one of them has been cheating on her boyfriend and demands that they give her back the money they stole from her. When they refuse, Leni ties them up and takes the money herself. ..

That night, Floss pulls over Leni by the side of the road. She’s arrested for murdering Dylan. It turns out Gina has been helping the police, and that seems to include framing Leni, given the police have pictures of Leni paying off Towers and Payne, as well as the whereabouts for the murder weapon. It turns out the blade was found under the front seat of her car. Is Leni really responsible? Or has she been set up? ..

The Episode Review

The screenplay for “Leni” has been a bit of a wild ride so far. It seems like the genre is swinging between murder mystery, thriller, and psychological chiller. However, I’m beginning to think that this might be what makes the story so interesting.

Although there is nothing inherently wrong with that, it does make for a rather messy screenplay at times, although these later episodes have certainly complicated matters and made the story a little more intriguing, despite how chaotic everything is. ..

Netflix’s latest series is expected to have a lot of revelations in it, but we’ll have to wait and see what they have in store for us first.