The show opens with the aftermath of Thomas’s death; Trish is on her knees, crying over the dead body, Madison is screaming repeatedly, Beth is crying and everyone else is in a state of shock. Sheriff bursts into the room and asks Abby what had happened. After she does not reply, he tells her and everyone else to go outside.

Once everyone is outside, he tells them to go back and stay at the Candlewick Inn. As everyone goes back, Abby receives a phone call, once again playing “Ave Maria”.

Madison sees JD hiding behind a tree, but he tells her not to let anyone know he was there. Madison nods as she walks away.

Sully, Danny, Malcolm and Beth discuss the incident. Sully nearly tells Beth about Hunter before Malcolm warns him. Sully then says that they should all leave immediately.

Sheriff is taking photos of Thomas’s dead body. The deputy examines the chandelier as Doctor Campbell speculates of another killer on the island. He says it was random and could have hit anybody, but Sheriff shows him the seating plan and says thay whoever did it wanted Thomas dead.

Shea is grooming Madison’s hair, trying to comfort her. Richard, Henry and Trish are inside with her. Abby comes and says she wanted to see Henry, who tells Trish that he’d be right back. She stares Katherine who is in a nearby room as Richard approaches her, giving her a glass of water.

Henry tells Abby that JD had ‘one last surprise’ for him. He then tells her that he was scared.

Cal and Chloe return from their sailing trip, unaware of what happened at the rehearsal. They kiss as they go into the Cannery. Chloe goes to a payphone to explain why they were late to Trish. Nikki tells Cal about the couple, Brett and Lisa, who are in the bar; they were walking down the beach when they found a diamond ring. Brett proposed and Lisa accepted.

Cal realizes that it was the same ring he had lost.

Abby goes back to her room, she notices the window was opened and looked outside. After closing the window, she is startled by JD’s reflection. He tells her that his ‘surprise’ was a Roman Candle in the Unity Candle. He is scared that Henry thinks he killed Thomas. He asks for her help and reminds her what he told Shane; that Wakefield might be alive. He then tell her that he thinks he saw Wakefield and that he found something.

Richard tells Henry, Trish, Shea, Madison and Katherine that Sheriff wanted to talk to them. Trish then accuses Richard of cheating on Shea with Katherine front of the whole family. Sheriff then comes in to interrogate them, starting with Richard.

Back at the Cannery, Cal tries to get his ring back, but fails. He then approaches Chloe, who couldn’t manage to call Trish. He tells her about the ring.

JD takes Abby to a place near a bridge. He then takes out a knife, scaring Abby. He shows her a dead body in the trees. He cuts down a rope, releasing the bottom half of the dead body. Soon, the upper half falls down. They realize the body is Uncle Marty’s.

Trish approaches Shea, apologizing for what happened. Shea tells Trish that their father was generous to Richard.

Richard explains to the Sheriff that being involved with Katherine was like his way of getting back at Thomas. Richard than tells him that he hates Thomas, and wanted to humiliate him, but not to kill him. Sheriff asks where he was before the rehearsal, Richard tells him that he was with Madison. He then asks what he knew about Wakefield. He replies saying that he only knows the basics.

Henry spots Abby, who explains to him about Uncle Marty. Henry want her to show him, but she tells him no. JD then comes and Henry attacks him, accusing him of the murders. Abby breaks the fight up, defending JD. She then tells them they needed to see something.

Back at the Cannery, Chloe approaches Brett, then slaps him, accusing him of cheating on her, and saying the baby was his. Lisa then slaps Brett as well, calling him a bastard before storming off. Cal picks up the ring and they hurry off.

Beth is calling Lucy, but only gets her voicemail. She is worried about her. Malcolm then approaches her, asking her if she was back in Seattle. Beth says that no one knows for sure. She asks if they heard from Booth, and he lies, saying he had to go back home. Beth says Booth is lucky to not be there and that she hates the island.

Sheriff and Madison are playing cards as he interrogates her. She says that she and her father were in the pool, then played ping-pong in the recreation room. When Sheriff leaves, Madison asks if her father would be proud. She then explain to her mother that she told the Sheriff exactly what her father told her to say.

Abby shows Henry and JD her father’s attic, including pictures of Kelly. They speculate that whoever did the recent murders also killed Kelly, Thomas and Uncle Marty. Abby then flips through several postcards, some which have “Liar” scribbled on them. JD then finds papers with fingerprints on them, someone wrote on it “10 Points of Similarity, 96.3% Probability Wakefield, 6/29/06″, a picture of some people with a man circled and the writing “Wakefield, Tacoma, 6/29/08″. Abby suggests that her father is indeed tracking Wakefield.

Sheriff is talking on the phone as Abby, Henry and JD arrive back at the Candlewick Inn. They tell him about Uncle Marty. They than tell him that he and Kelly would be alive if the Sheriff had told that Wakefield was still alive, but he persists that he already killed him. Abby shows him the picture of the circled man, and Sheriff says that he was only tracking a copycat. Henry and JD want to dig up the grave, but Sheriff doesn’t let them.

Sheriff puts JD under house arrest in the pantry, saying its a ‘coincidence’ he happened to find Uncle Marty dead in the woods, just like he was the last person to see Kelly before she died. Abby then demands Sheriff for the truth. He says the he’s getting her off the island the next day.

Katherine is lying in her sofa and Trish comes in. Katherine tells her that she did love Thomas, and Trish accuses her of telling Madison to lie to Sheriff. Katherine says she didn’t and that she wasn’t with Richard on the day. Trish asks where he was.

Abby tells Henry that Sheriff is lying about Wakefield. They decide to dig up the grave.

Cal congratulates Chloe after her scene at the Cannery. They enter the room with the groomsmen and Beth, who runs up to Chloe and hugs her, relieved they were okay. Chloe is confused, so they tell them about the rehearsal. Chloe reminds them that a head spade had been stolen from the Maritime Museum during the scavenger hunt. Danny then tells them that the Sheriff won’t let them leave until they’ve been interrogated.

Sheriff then talks to Katherine, who tells more about Richard; like how he fantasized Thomas dying and running his business how it should have been run, but says that he only joked about it. Trish then tells her to show some articles she found in Richard’s briefcase, all about John Wakefield, possibly the ones that have been ordered from Harper’s Globe in the episode “Bang”. Sheriff then tells them to remain calm and not to tell anybody else.

JD is making a tower of canned food. Madison unlocks the door she got from Maggie’s drawer. She puts a can on top of the tower. She tells him that some people think her dad killed Thomas, JD promises to see her later and he leaves. Madison then kicks the bottom of the tower and it falls.

Abby and Henry find Wakefield’s grave. Sheriff finds them, Abby apologizes but Sheriff says he won’t stop them. They open the grave and find a skeleton.

“Sploosh” is the sixth episode of the television series Harper’s Island, which aired on CBS on May 23, 2009.

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