The mystery continued in this week’s episode of Grosse Pointe Garden Society — and I don’t just mean the mystery of who was murdered and why. In case you forgot (and how could you?!) there’s a dog killer on the loose and we still don’t know who it is — and neither do stars AnnaSophia Robb or Alexander Hodge.
We knew all bets were off when Robb’s character Alice, an English teacher with dreams of spreading her wings and leaving the small town of Grosse Pointe, learned that her beloved dog Molly was shot and killed in only the first episode of the NBC drama. The devastating loss unsurprisingly sent Alice spiraling, but her dedication to finding out who killed her dog has remained her top priority throughout the first three episodes.
“I still don’t know [who did it]. We’re still filming the show,” Robb told DECIDER when she stopped by our studio last month, but promised fans “will find out” who killed Alice’s dog “later in the season.” In the meantime, she’s been coming up with her own theories. “I created a whole version of what happens in my head. We’ll see if it comes true,” she added.
Alice initially thought it was one of her rude, entitled students who killed Molly due to a threatening remark he made after she refused to give his plagiarized paper a better grade (and the fact that he’s a proud hunter). But her theory turned out to be a nothing-burger when she realized that, despite his murderous hobby, he’s an animal lover with his own adorable pup named Snowball.
Alice’s suspicions shifted to her husband Doug (played by Hodge) in the latest episode of Grosse Pointe Garden Society after she found a handgun hidden in his paint supplies. Doug had recently opened up about wanting to start a family — something he didn’t think Alice wanted because she already had a baby (Molly), which was enough reason for Alice to cast her blame. While Doug did admit to accidentally leaving the gate open the day Molly escaped from their yard, he seemed truly shocked that his wife would accuse him of committing such a heinous crime.
Hodge, for his part, said he’s been “praying” the writers don’t make his character the cold-blooded dog murderer when he visited DECIDER HQ last week.
“My career wouldn’t survive killing a dog,” he joked. “It was one of those moments of like, ‘Wow, that is bold to start the show there and see if we can take people on this journey.’ But look, I’ve learned not to doubt the creators, Jenna [Bans] and Bill [Krebs are] just phenomenal. The writers room they’ve assembled, I call them the Avengers because, like, they literally are just titans of writing.”
Still, Hodge said he’s treading lightly around the writers, who have the power to take his character down a very dark path. “I’m on my best behavior around the writers because I feel like if they don’t like me, I might suddenly be the one holding the smoking gun,” he said.
The actor even addressed fan theories that it was Doug’s parents, who had been pressuring the married couple to settle down and give them a grandchild.
“I think Doug’s parents might be a little overbearing, but they just want a baby,” Hodge said. “I don’t know about your parents but my parents are not so subtle about it. But I don’t think they’re killing dogs.”
“That said, who knows?” he continued. “I’ve enjoyed watching the audience response. You know, there’ve been some really wonderful things [that] even I haven’t considered. Some people are really wonderfully creative and imaginative and it’s been fun reading some responses.”
We might not have a definitive answer on who killed Molly just yet — but it sounds like we’ll find out in due time!
New episodes of Grosse Pointe Garden Society air Sunday nights at 10/9c on NBC.
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