20 Amazing TV Plot Twists You Wish You Could Relive
10. The Twelve - A Terrible Secret
Time to look at an obscure example now. The Twelve is an excellent Australian legal drama where each season examines the jurors in a high-profile trial and examines how being on the jury affects their lives. The second season might not have reached the glorious highs of the first season, but good lord, this twist was freaking incredible.
In this sophomore instalment, farmer Bernice Price (Kris McQuade) has been killed and her daughter Sasha (Amy Matthews) and her boyfriend, farmhand Patrick (Erroll Shand), are on trial for her murder. Throughout the court case, we see flashbacks to life on the farm and it becomes clear that Bernice was a difficult character who interfered in her daughter's relationships.
In the case of Patrick, however, she had a very good reason to interfere... because Patrick is her long-lost son. Sasha has been having an affair with her own brother, and is now pregnant with his child. How totally effed-up.
Across all sorts of media, ranging from Ancient Greek Tragedy to several beloved movies, some of the most famous and powerful plot twists out there have revolved around accidental incest, and now, The Twelve's second season joins the canon. It was a bruising sucker-punch, but crucially, it didn't feel shock for shock's sake and it gave the central mystery an extra sting in the tale. Bravo.