What happened to Diana Blackwood in Goliath

When Stephanie can’t find Little Crow she goes to Diana saying that the last she saw of him he was going to meet with her and then disappeared. Diana says he never showed up which we know isn’t true. Diana had donated a lot of money over the years to Little Crow’s tribe and now that Wade froze all of her assets and she needs capital he’s refusing to help her. Anton was there when she killed Little Crow in the tunnels (which looked more like an accident – she did attack him but he accidentally was backed into a pipe that killed him). After Diana leaves Anton moves the body, but Billy comes into the tunnels and he’s forced to deal with this now too. Anton floods the tunnels sending Billy for a ride. Did Billy survive? After all the talk of Billy dying this season he surprisingly did make it out of this alive! The water flow lead him to a hatch the brought him above ground – and ironically it’s exactly where Patty and Brittany are investigating with the map and coordinates that Stephanie gave them.

After an exchange of information they realize that the Blackwood’s are stealing water from federal land, but is having the information going to be enough because Wade has had the tunnels blown up and collapsed. Nothing to see here folks!

Is there still a chance for Billy to win this?

Billy from offers Wade a deal which is to make this right with a settlement to everyone he took water from or Billy’s taking his discovery about the tunnels to court. Not only does Wade not take the deal, Billy learns that the judge that was overseeing the case is very close with Wade and has been appointed to the court of appeals (with some help from Wade). When Billy presents his evidence about the tunnel Wade’s attorney states that it was owned and operated by a shell company that was owned solely by Diana. Wade drove the bus over his sister and is using her as a shield because now Billy only has a case against Diana – meaning that this case with the Water Board is going no where once again and now Billy only has a few days left to come up with something.

As it turns out Diana didn’t end up killing her adviser (Rochelle), but she’s in pretty bad shape at the hospital when Billy and Patty show up to talk to her. In return for being moved to safe place (since Diana thinks she’s dead), she’s willing to share the only piece of information she kept on Diana’s secret tunnel as a just in case emergency. They strike a deal and she hands over a recording she kept of Wade admitting to Rochelle that he knows about Diana’s shell corporation and that every dime spent on the tunnel project will come out of that shell corporation so that Diana will be the only one implicated.

Billy brings the recording to Wade and plays it for him. Knowing that he’s facing serious jail time they come to a settlement agreement for Bobbi’s husband as well as everyone in the class action lawsuit. One of the terms of this agreement is that everyone involved is bound by an NDA and nothing from this case will ever be spoken of.

Somehow Diana hears the recording and poisons Wade’s drink, killing him. She then walks up to Billy and shoots him right in the chest. He’s still moving when the episode ends but that’s not something that is easy to survive. Afterwards as she’s driving, Stephanie comes up on her on her motorcycle and runs her off the road and into a cement wall killing Diana. Needless to say, a lot of body’s are dropping in the last few minutes of this episode.

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Now let’s talk about Marisol

With the class action suit tied up the one person that really got away with everything was Marisol. She was an important part of the water deal and as we know from last season a lot of other shady dealings. All of this has sat poorly with Denise to the point that she actually took a knife and moved towards stabbing her (a storyline we still don’t buy into). Denise wants justice, so Billy gave her the tools to get that. He sent her Marisol’s NDA agreement with the understanding that she doesn’t reveal where it came from – so she moves on it. Denise calls a paper and speaks to a reporter that wants to look into this further and after doing so it forces Marisol to resign as mayor. And it doesn’t end there! It looks like she could be facing some criminal charges as well!

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CarterMatt Verdict

So is this the end of Billy McBride? It feels like it might be. As of right now the show isn’t renewed for season 4 and all season long there have been strong undertones of Billy’s death throughout from Little Crow and other imagery. Billy is a deeply flawed character, there’s no arguing that, and if it was just that alone we would say that he’s not a character that was destined for death. However, when you add to that his profession (that creates a lot of enemies) along with some of the insanely dangerous positions he’s been over the past 3 seasons, could we envision a series finale where Billy dies? We could, and as much as we love Billy as a character it’s an ending that could make sense. He was still alive at the end of the episode, but being shot with no one around, the chances of survival don’t look great. We will say this though – the showrunners are pretty much daring Amazon not to bring this show back for a 4th season with a cliffhanger like this!

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WARNING: This article contains spoilers about Goliath season 3. Read at your own risk!

Billy Bob Thornton wants to see his Goliath character Billy McBride continue battling bad guys for another season, but is that even possible at this point?

In the final moments of the third season, which just debuted on Amazon Prime Video, Diana Blackwood (Amy Brenneman) shot McBride in a rain-soaked parking lot, leaving him conscious but for dead. And after multiple messages throughout the season (written on a wall behind a mirror) that “the last person you’ll see before you die is you,” McBride then sees his own reflection in a water puddle. So, does he really die, or is this just a metaphorical end to his life as he’s known it until that very moment?

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“There are metaphorical things throughout the season, and I think, whether it’s literal or not, it’s definitely a death and rebirth for him,” he tells EW. “This season has a lot of him having to look at himself, his life, and where he wants to go. I’m more lost in this season as a person.”

It’s easy to understand why Thornton would feel more lost now than the first two seasons. For a second time, McBride has to face a nefarious brother and sister pair, but Wade (Dennis Quaid) and Diana are a great deal more wicked than Marisol Silva (Ana de la Reguera) and Gabriel Ortega (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) ever were. Even with all of their money and power (and hallucinogenics), they failed at beating McBride in court because of their own passionate internal struggle that prevented them from taking him on as a two-headed medusa monster — stronger together.

The siblings are at the center of a case in California’s Central Valley, where a drought brings to light the complexities of water ownership. What’s most depressing about the case, specifically, is the fact that this season was based on real events. Droughts have caused entire towns to sink due to over-pumping groundwater by farmers who need water for their crops and companies, which employ hundreds, if not thousands, of local residents.

“There are people who have said before that water will one day become as valuable as gold,” Thornton explains. “This is the story of the big farmer versus the little farmer, and it’s happening right now in our society and around the world. We’re looking at the rich versus the poor — even the middle class. Water is for everybody underneath the ground. There are no boundaries. So it’s legal to get water if you can drill for it and get it out of the ground. The problem is, the local farmer doesn’t have the money to drill for it. So if you have money, you can steal people’s water.”

Silva returned for season 3 as an ally of Diana’s, and McBride was yet again slapped in the face with just how devious his former lover really is. His daughter Denise (Diana Hopper) has had just about enough of the women she idolized in season 2, and is determined to make the now-mayor of Los Angeles pay for her sins.

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“He’s obviously still carrying a torch for her, but also still pretty hurt over the whole thing,” says Thornton. “She’s not around much this season but we do get some things resolved between us. I know a lot of people last season people really wanted me to get revenge against her…. Denise is almost more pissed off at Marisol than even McBride is, so she was able to show some grit this season while sticking up for her old man and for herself.”

We also see McBride sticking up for escort-turned-legal-assistant Brittany (Tania Raymonde), both professionally and personally. And while, during a moment of vulnerability between them he confesses his love for her, Thornton says fans should not confuse this with romantic love.

“I think they both see each other as broken people, and so they have that connection because of it. They have a pretty heavy history together,” he confirms. “I think he was kind of lonely and it just came out. I think he really does love her. He sees her as a sort of female version of himself in a lot of ways. I really love this relationship on the show, I think it’s a good one.”

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McBride also showed off his softer side when he found out his legal partner Patty Solis-Papagian (Nina Arianda) is pregnant — her season 2 love interest, FBI Special Agent Jeff Clayton (James Wolk), is the father, confirms Thornton. After being kept in the dark over the season’s eight episodes, he expressed genuinely hurt once she finally told him.

“I was sort of like, ‘Hey, wait a second! What am I, chopped liver? I can’t believe you didn’t tell me this. ‘ I think there was even a little bit of jealousy there,” he shares about his reaction to hearing the pregnancy news in the final episode. “I think Billy is the type of guy who wants all the women in his life to love him.”

If McBride survives being shot, it will be impossible for all the women in his life not to come back and really love on him. And Thornton wants to be clear, if Amazon should give the show another season, he is ready to tell more of his story.

“If they’re inclined to do another season, I think I would be inclined to. I think they would be because it’s been a successful show for them,” he says. “So if we can figure out a way to get me back out there, it could happen.”

Season 3 of Goliath is currently available for streaming via Amazon Prime Video.

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