The last episode of Breathe: Into the Shadows opens at Abha’s hotel. Shirley is in one of the rooms with a politician. He is abusing and threatening her for some reason. Abha sees this. While going back, they meet in the lift. Abha asks if she is okay and offers to drop her home as the politician’s goons are outside the hotel. Interestingly, Avi comes to pick up Abha and the women get inside the car. Shirley is shocked to see J (Avi) and Abha introduces him as her husband.

Kabir reaches Nainital. Meghna calls him to say her final goodbye as she is leaving for Canada. Kabir reaches Avi’s boarding school and talks to a staff member who was present during Avi’s time at the school. He learns that Avi was close to the school principal and spent most of his time studying in the library. Kabir checks the records of the library and finds that Avi had issued books related to Indian mythology and the history of Ravana. Next, Kabir goes to the hotel where Pritpal and his wife came for their honeymoon years ago. He checks the records and finds Pritpal’s check-in details. The receptionist of the hotel tells him that some months ago a limper also came to check the records of the same man.

Kabir finds a file of Avi’s other records. How is he getting all the clues so quickly? Inside the file is a psychiatric appointment slip. Kabir visits the psychiatrist who handled Avi’s case. The psychiatrist shows him the recording of the sessions he had with Avi. Kabir learns that Avi has dissociative identity disorder and that J is his split.

At home, Abha prepares to leave for the hotel. Avi is distressed as the kidnapper hasn’t contacted them in 3 days. “Don’t go”, he says to Abha. But she has to go since there is an important dinner at the hotel today. On her way, Abha is worried about Avi and reverses her car. When she reaches home, it is J and not Avi who is active. J is in his black attire ready to leave to meet Shirley and then go to his lair. He asks her why she came back. Abha finds this weird and pretends that she forgot something and leaves.

At the crime branch, the DCP orders Prakash and JP to find where Kabir is and get him back immediately. Kabir calls Prakash and as he accepts the call, Zeba grabs his phone and puts the call on speaker. Kabir instructs Prakash to detain Avi as he is the Ravana killer.

J leaves his home and Abha follows him. Meanwhile, Zeba, Prakash and JP reach Avi’s home but are disappointed as no one is inside. In order to get ahead of Kabir, Zeba instructs Prakash and JP to switch off their phones. They also reach Abha’s hotel only to find that she hasn’t turned up today. Reluctantly, Zeba lets Prakash call Kabir who tells them to trace Abha’s location through her phone as she is also involved in the killings. Prakash manages to drop a hint to Kabir that Zeba is around and JP smartly sends Kabir their current location.

Abha sees Shirley get in to J’s car. They kiss and Shirley leaves. Abha is devastated on learning that Avi is cheating on her. We’re shown that Shirley broke up with J as she met him (Avi) and his wife the day before.

Zeba, Prakash and JP are on their way when their car breaks down. JP and Zeba get out to see what is wrong and the next thing we see, Kabir is sitting inside the car. The makers of Breathe: Into the Shadows are really rushing through the last episode. Kabir, Prakash and JP drive off leaving Zeba. Kabir tells them about his findings in Nainital.

Abha reaches J’s lair by following him. She notices that Avi is wearing the same jacket that the kidnapper wore in his videos. J goes inside the factory and comes out shortly. Once he is gone, Abha breaks the lock of the factory and enters it. She sees Siya through the one-way glass but the door of her room is locked. At that moment, the lights go out and J tries to threaten Abha. He chokes her but she hits him with a rod. This knocks him unconscious and she grabs the keys from his pocket and unlocks Siya’s room. In an emotional moment, the mother and daughter reunite. Meanwhile, Kabir and the team reach the lair by tracing Abha’s phone. Abha takes Siya and Gayatri with her and bumps into Kabir outside. On the other side stands J. Abha is confused as to why Avi is acting this way. Kabir tells her the truth about Avi’s split personality. The next moment, J switches to Avi and Siya goes running to him. J is back and he runs away with Siya. Kabir and Abha follow him. After Avi switches a few more times between himself and J, Siya is finally returned to Abha. J goes after them but Kabir stops him and they have a scuffle until J is left unconscious.

The next scene takes us to a court. Siya and Gayatri are back and healthy. Abha is the suspect in the case of the killings but with the help of her lawyer and Kabir, she is acquitted.

Three years later at a mental health care institute, Abha visits Avi. She shows him the latest pictures of Siya and tells him whatever she has been up to all this while. While Avi tries to convince Abha that he is much better now and nothing untoward has happened in the past year, Abha isn’t ready to take the risk of getting Avi back home. But wait, J has not gone. We see Shirley visiting J in the asylum. He is limping and slyly slips a note in her hands. The note reads “C-16” and the episode ends here.

The last episode of the web series Breathe: Into the Shadows leaves the viewers puzzled without giving any hint what C-16 could mean. All in all, the episode feels rushed as Kabir learns everything about Avi’s past in Nainital and also comes back to Delhi to arrest him in the same episode. With the third season of Breathe announced officially, it will be interesting to see how J will bring the story of his revenge to a close.  

Episode Rating: 2.5/5