The Dillingers

"**The Dillingers**" is the sixth episode of the Paramount+ American erotic psychological thriller miniseries *Fatal Attraction*. It aired on May 21, 2023.

## Synopsis

*Further in Alex's past, before she met Dan, is reflected through her time spent with Emma and Clay, two people whose kindness and help she was incapable of accepting. Dan's world crashes down around him when he is arrested for killing Alex and must enlist an unlikely source for help.*

## Plot

Things are starting to unravel for Dan as Alex has gone missing, and Detective Earl is on his back, ready to take him down.

Sometime in the past, Alex is on her way to her first day of work. She meets Clay, and the two hang out later for drinks. It gets a little weird when she says she dropped out of Law School but earlier mentioned to him that she graduated. She snaps at him a little, and it gets even more awkward.

As it turns out, Clay Bishop is someone that Alex met early on in her time in the city. The two started seeing each other. While Clay tried to help Alex open up to him, he would get angrier every time until she finally snapped at him, telling him they were nothing.

Dan and Mike are going back and forth about their next steps in trying to clear his name. Mike heads down to the offices and runs into Ruth, who hates his guts and tells the entire place not to share a single piece of information with him.

As it turns out, Alex’s neighbor, Emmy, is the one who saw Dan leaving Alex’s apartment the night he came over to throw her down and threaten her.

The cops arrive at Alex’s apartment, finding a pool of blood and no dead body. Detective Earl Booker, the man on the case, tells Dan that Alex filed a police complaint stating he came over and assaulted her.

Dan mentions that Alex is a psycho and he has never even been to her house. However, Earl calls him out, saying his fingerprints were all over the apartment. Before leaving, he says, I will find her body and put you in prison.

Back to the present day, Mike and Dan talk to Elijah, whose fingerprints were found at Alex’s apartment. Mike and Dan are sitting down eating, trying to put their pieces together.

Ellen’s friend from school comes to her, saying that her professor broke off their relationship. While they are at dinner, her friend brings up Dan and whether or not she thinks her dad murdered Alex. Ellen gets super defensive and says no, he didn’t do it.

The present-day Mike and Dan find Clay Bishop to discuss his time with Alex. He explains that he tried to help Alex but couldn’t. Dan asked why he didn’t step up to defend him, but he said he was there every day and didn’t like how Dan and his attorney portrayed Alex.

Ellen calls her mom to talk about what her friend said to her at dinner. She mentioned that Dan didn’t bring up his alibi during the case because Beth would’ve had to testify, and if she did, she would’ve committed perjury. So he gave up his alibi to protect his wife.

Dan steps outside and gets attacked by a man. Thankfully Mike is there to save him and get him to stop. It turns out to be Artem, Eleanie’s boyfriend, whose house Mike visited earlier.

Ellen goes to snoop on her friend to see what she is doing, and she sees her professor again.

In the past, Dan opens his front door with Detective Earl preparing to arrest him for the murder of Alex.

## Cast and characters

### Starring

* Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest
* Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher
* Amanda Peet as Beth Gallagher
* Alyssa Jirrels as Ellen Gallagher
* Toby Huss as Mike Gerard
* Reno Wilson as Detective Earl Booker
* Brian Goodman as Arthur Tomlinson

### Guest-starring:

* David Meunier as Richard Macksey
* Holley Fain as Julia Tomlinson
* Isabella Briggs as Stella Chapman
* John Getz as Warren
* Wanda De Jesus as Marcella Leyva
* Tiago Roberts as Gabriel Ibarra
* Dee Wallace as Emma Rauch
* Terri Hoyos as Beatrice Alba
* Gary Perez as Rolando Cabral
* Michelle Twarowska as Olena Kuzma
* Michael Cassidy as Clay Bishop
* Will Ropp as Elijah Acosta
* Brynn Thayer as Ruth Gurian

### Co-starring:

* Dan Warner as Detective Mullins
* Kenzo Lee as Detective #2

## Gallery

### Promotional Videos

Fatal Attraction - Up Close And Personal With Episode 6 - Paramount+
## External links

* The Dillingers on the Internet Movie Database

## References

1. ↑ The Dillingers - Paramount Press Express
2. ↑ Fatal Attraction series episode listings - The Futon Critic
3. ↑ PARAMOUNT+ ANNOUNCES “FATAL ATTRACTION” ORDERED TO SERIES - Paramount Press Express
4. ↑ JOSHUA JACKSON JOINS PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL SERIES “FATAL ATTRACTION” - Paramount Press Express
5. ↑ ‘Fatal Attraction’: Amanda Peet Joins Lizzy Caplan & Joshua Jackson In Paramount+ Series - Deadline
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 ALYSSA JIRRELS, TOBY HUSS, RENO WILSON AND BRIAN GOODMAN JOIN PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL SERIES “FATAL ATTRACTION” - Paramount Press Express