Absentia is a show where the mystery isn’t just "Who’s the killer?" but "Why is everyone treating Emily Byrne like trash?" Before we get into whether Emily killed Harlow or why the cast is allergic to common sense, let’s set the stage.Emily Byrne was an FBI agent, wife, and mother who vanished six years before the story begins. When the series opens, she’s found drowning in a tank and rescued by her husband Nick. But life had moved on without her. Nick has a new wife, Alice. Her son barely knows her. Everyone except her father acts like reviving her was a major inconvenience. And that’s the tone of the season.As Absentia Season 1 unfolds, Emily faces a pile of accusations. Which brings us to the question: did Emily kill Harlow? Or did the world simply need someone convenient to blame?Why did everyone think Emily killed Harlow on Absentia?The show never plays fair with Emily. From the moment she steps back into her life, she’s met with a LOT of suspicion. Nick, in particular, is arguably one of the worst TV husbands ever written. he is the main culprit. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAt first, he believes her and also sleeps with her. But then he goes back to Alice, and flips his belief system depending on which way the breeze blows!When evidence stacks up suggesting Emily might be tied to murders (including Harlow’s), Nick switches to "you’re the killer." Emily denies everything, repeatedly. But finally, Nick accuses her of kidnapping their son (Flynn), which forces Emily to shoot him just to get away while trying to save their child.By the Absentia season 1 finale, it is clear that Emily didn’t kill Harlow. She was framed and hunted by the real culprit, whom she confronts in the woods. The killer is revealed, Emily fights back, and kills them in self-defense, though.Nothing about Emily suggests she did what she’s accused of. The tragedy is that everyone, especially Nick, was eager to believe she might have.Why does Nick think Emily wants to kill her own son?In the last episodes, Nick convinced his estranged wife was trying to kill their son. He throws Emily to the ground as she tries to open Flynn’s drowning tank. Alice leads them to the right location, and Nick and Alice "save the day." View this post on Instagram Instagram PostBut Emily is forced to watch from the floor. For a character beaten up physically and emotionally this season, this moment seals the heartbreak.Then comes the woods confrontation, as mentioned before, where Emily kills the real villain on Absentia. Nick also gets shot by them, yet when Emily returns, Nick looks at her like he might shoot her anyway. Wow, what a gentleman!At the hospital, Nick apologizes halfheartedly and says:"Alice and I are having a baby."Emily wishes them well as she barely registers pain by now. Absentia writers seem to think that setting her up with yet another man who didn’t believe her (the Boston detective) will somehow soothe the wound.By the end, all we know is that Emily Byrne didn’t kill Harlow on Absentia. But she was ruined by her closest ones instead.Absentia is now on Netflix for viewers around the globe.