Trigger Warning: This piece contains mention of sexual assault.
As you begin the new Apple TV+ series, heres a recap of theDisclaimerplot summary and book ending.
Her 5-year-old son nearly drowns at the beach but is rescued by Charlottes paramour.
The son lives, but the man dies.
Later, Charlotte is pushed in front of a moving train and dies.
The author is a man named Stephen Brigstocke.
Its his son, Jonathan, who died rescuing Catherines son in Spain 20 years ago.
He sends intimate photos of Catherine collected from his late sons things and even befriends Nicholas online.
What Really Happened?
In the end, Stephen had it wrong.
Catherine ultimately confronts him about the havoc hes wreaked on her family and tells him the full story.
Catherine never had an affair.
She was stalked and raped by Jonathan, a stranger, on a Spanish holiday two decades earlier.
The day after the assault, Nicholas nearly drowned, and Jonathan died saving him.
With the truth of the ill-fated holiday finally out, Nicholas and his mother begin healing together.
