Among the Shadows (2019) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Randall Jackson, a werewolf working for an unseen mastermind, was sent to kill Harry Goldstone and steal his strategy dossier for Richard Sherman's upcoming debate against rival John Kilborn. Harry worked on Richard Sherman's reelection campaign, making him a target to disrupt the campaign's strategy. Randall succeeded in shooting Harry and taking the dossier, which was part of a larger conspiracy to orchestrate Richard's assassination.

Foreshadowing: Earlier in the film, Harry calls his werewolf niece Kristy to tell her that Randall attacked him, establishing the personal connection that drives Kristy into the investigation.

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• harry goldstone
• assassination
• conspiracy
• werewolf

The movie reveals that Patricia Sherman possesses vampiric powers, using them telepathically to subdue Kristy and kill McGregor at the end. However, the origin of her vampirism is not explicitly explained in the film. Her supernatural abilities were hidden throughout the story, only revealed when she uses them to eliminate obstacles and consolidate power.

Foreshadowing: Patricia's forceful personality and her ability to manipulate events behind the scenes hint at her supernatural nature long before the reveal.

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Patricia orchestrated the entire conspiracy to become president. She hired Kristy to investigate Harry's murder not to find the truth, but to deflect suspicion away from herself while she orchestrated her husband's assassination. After Richard's death, she ran for president in his place, won the election, and then executed her co-conspirators Max, Frederik, and Matthew to silence them and consolidate absolute power.

Foreshadowing: Patricia's hiring of Kristy seems unusually convenient given the political stakes, and her lawyer Frederik receives blackmail messages urging him to orchestrate Richard's downfall, connections that only make sense in hindsight.

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Patricia Sherman hired Kristy to investigate Harry's murder as part of her elaborate scheme. By hiring a private investigator, Patricia created the appearance of a legitimate investigation while actually steering the inquiry away from herself and her co-conspirators. Kristy being Harry's niece made her the perfect cover, she would be motivated to investigate but ultimately serve Patricia's agenda of obscuring the truth.

Foreshadowing: Patricia's immediate hiring of Kristy, despite Kristy being a private investigator with no obvious connection to the Shermans, hints at a more calculated motive than simple civic duty.

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• patricia sherman

Bastien was a detective having an affair with Kristy and was suspected of being the police mole leaking information to the conspiracy. However, his true allegiance remains ambiguous. At the end, Bastien arrests Kristy after she is subdued by Patricia, but he also secretly executed Randall after seeing Max Eddelman flee the scene. His final actions suggest he may have been working undercover or was conflicted, but ultimately he follows Patricia's orders, leading Kristy to plot revenge against him as well.

Foreshadowing: Kristy explicitly suspects Bastien of being the mole and asks Blazine to investigate the leak, creating suspicion around him throughout the investigation.

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• betrayal

Colin Haroosen crafted a potion for Kristy intended to block both werewolves and vampires from reading her thoughts and telepathically communicating with her. This protection was crucial because the conspiracy involved supernatural beings, werewolves like Randall and vampires like Patricia, who could potentially access Kristy's mind and learn about her investigation. The potion allowed her to continue her dangerous work without being mentally infiltrated.

Foreshadowing: Kristy's need for mental protection foreshadows the involvement of telepathic supernatural beings, specifically Patricia's vampiric powers revealed at the end.

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• vampire

After winning the presidency, Patricia had Max Eddelman, Frederik Forsythe, and Matthew Benoit executed to consolidate her power and eliminate witnesses to her conspiracy. These three were co-conspirators who knew about the plot to assassinate Richard Sherman. By eliminating them, Patricia ensured no one could expose her role in orchestrating the entire scheme or challenge her new position as president.

Foreshadowing: Max's deal in the limo and Frederik's blackmail messages earlier in the film establish these characters as disposable participants in Patricia's plan.

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• frederik forsythe
• matthew benoit

McGregor is killed by Patricia Sherman at the film's climax. After Kristy confronts Patricia with the truth about her conspiracy, McGregor joins Kristy to confront another werewolf assassin. Patricia uses her vampiric powers to kill McGregor, eliminating him as a threat. This occurs right before Patricia subdues Kristy telepathically and has her arrested, sealing the protagonist's defeat.

Foreshadowing: McGregor and Kristy earlier realize that whoever killed Blazine has targeted them too, establishing that the conspiracy wants them both dead.

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Kristy is arrested by Bastien after Patricia uses her vampiric powers to subdue her. Patricia reveals her entire plan telepathically and tells Kristy she will be framed and released after 12 months, promising her great wealth as compensation. The ending shows Patricia having achieved absolute power while Kristy is imprisoned, though Kristy plots to bring Patricia down after serving her sentence, providing a bittersweet sense of hope for eventual revenge.

Foreshadowing: The earlier threat against Kristy's life and the conspiracy's efforts to eliminate her investigation suggest she would ultimately be silenced by the powers that be.

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• revenge

Kristy found a calendar with a December date circled in Randall Jackson's possession during their confrontation. Combined with the C4 explosives and money she discovered, she realized a major assassination was planned. When Randall tried to blow them up in an exploding building, Kristy and McGregor connected the calendar date to Richard Sherman's whereabouts, deducing that an assassination attempt on Richard was imminent, arriving too late to prevent it.

Foreshadowing: The circled December date on Randall's calendar serves as the critical clue that hints at the larger political assassination plot.

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• richard sherman