"The Painful Truth" is the second episode of the fifth season of Slasher. It aired exclusively on Shudder on April 6, 2023.
Plot[]
In the aftermath of Horatio's death, the case takes another turn.
Synopsis[]
Cast[]
- Eric McCormack as Basil Garvey
- Brandon Oakes as Eddie Jacobs
- Gabriel Darku as Det. Kenneth Rijkers
- Daniel Kash as Superintendent Isaac Kashtinsky
- Jo Vannicola as Enid Jenkins
- Saad Siddiqui as Jasper Cohen
- Christopher Jacot as Terrence Crenshaw
- Salvatore Antonio as Salomé
- Thom Allison as Georges Rondeau
- Mercedes Morris as Shanika
- Clare McConnell as Regina Simcoe
- Paula Brancati as Viviana Botticelli
- Sabrina Grdevich as Venetia Botticelli
- Sadie Laflamme-Snow as Verdi Botticelli
- Lisa Berry as Dr. Melanda Israel
- Steve Byers as Andrew May Jr.
- Rob Stewart as Andrew May Sr.
- Genevieve DeGraves as Margaret Mehar
- Jefferson Brown as Horatio Dixon
- Nataliya Rodina as Daisy Zywiecki
- Tau Sterling as Newsboy
- Karen Knox as Dominatrix
Death(s)[]
| Victim | Cause of Death | Background |
| Enid Jenkins | Pushed into printing press, crushed by machinery | Late at night when at the newspaper office after developing photos of Basil Garvey |
Trivia[]
- It is revealed that 12 years before Enid pushed the press to blame Margaret Mehar's murder on Andrew May Sr. who was an innocent man.