Netflix’s White Lines drops major clue about Axel’s killer in very first episode in easy-to-miss interrogation row

NETFLIX'S White Lines dropped a major clue about Axel’s killer in the very first episode in an easy-to-miss interrogation row.

The 10-part drama is a modern-day whodunit set in Ibiza after the body of DJ Axel Collins turns up on the island, 20 years after he mysteriously disappeared.

*Major spoilers ahead for the conclusion of White Lines*

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His sister Zoe (Laura Haddock) arrives to try and get to the bottom of what happened to her brother, and reunites with his former friends Marcus, Anna and David.

Axel's pals are all suspects, as are his ex, Kika Calafat, her brother Oriol and the Calafat family's security man Boxer.

In the first episode, Boxer is seen demanding answers from Marcus (Daniel Mays) after Axel's body is found on his boss' land.

Boxer attacks Marcus and almost drowns him in his own pool by attaching a weight to his neck.

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While Marcus survives, viewers were left thinking Boxer was a man with a short fuse, but throughout the rest of the episodes he shows considerable restraint at times when they might have expected him to go nuts.

As the final episode revealed through flashback that it was Marcus' wife Anna (Angela Griffin) who delivered the fatal blow to Axel, hindsight revealed the drowning scene could have been a major clue right from the start that the couple were key players in the DJ's death.

It could also have explained why Boxer was so violent, maybe he had a real inkling all along that the couple were to blame for Axel's death.

Anna had been having an affair with Axel but grew angry after she discovered he had burnt all the money he had made from DJing.

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Anna first tried to drown him, before enlisting Marcus to help run him over, only for that to fail too.

Anna finally delivered the fatal blow by stabbing Axel in the back with a screwdriver.

The couple's interrogation from Boxer in episode one should have had viewers questioning their motives from the start.

White Lines is available to stream on Netflix now.