At one point, Violet discreetly tries to get help from Phil, but the real villain notices and poisons Phil before he can do anything. The real villain is Richard, who has been keeping a close eye on Violet and her family for a while so he could blackmail her and get her to do what he wants. It’s thanks to the bartender, whom Violet befriended when she arrived, that she learns Richard has been staring at her all night, prompting her to confront him and him confessing everything to her, but still forcing her to complete the “job.”

While confronting Richard isn’t wrong, especially after everything Violet has already gone through and her desperation and helplessness, revealing her plan is. Once Violet hears Richard instructing his henchman to leave Violet’s house and he starts eating his dessert, Violet reveals she used the poison on his dessert, not Henry’s sH๏τ. This, of course, makes Richard snap and chaos unleashes at the restaurant, with Richard shooting at Violet and Henry, and telling his henchman to kill Violet’s son and her sister. Violet could have waited for the poison to hit, and maybe all that mess could have been avoided.

Violet Shouldn’t Have Told Richard Anything (And Just Won)

There Was Another Choice For Violet

Violet is very sneaky in how she poisons Richard, as he has no idea she did it until she says so, but that is her big mistake. Violet makes Richard think that the sH๏τ Henry took is the one with the poison, so she waits until Richard gives the order and her family is safe to reveal that she poisoned the dessert he was happily eating. Had she not done so, Henry wouldn’t have been sH๏τ, Cara wouldn’t have been injured either, and the people at the restaurant wouldn’t have been in great danger when Richard snapped and started shooting.

Violet could have simply waited until the poison did its thing and Richard started dying, at which point she could have stopped him from calling his henchman more easily. As Richard told Violet, he had chosen a blind spot from the cameras, so there wouldn’t have been a way to blame Violet for his death and she would have won. Of course, this would have been the easy and anticlimactic version of Drop’s ending, which is why I completely understand why Violet did what she did, even if it was the wrong time for it.

Why Violet Tells Richard She Poisoned Him In Drop

Violet Has To Let Richard Know He Has Failed

There are two main reasons why it’s necessary for Violet to tell Richard what she really did in Drop. For the audience, the reveal has to happen at that moment so they can witness Richard pay for everything he did and die. In-universe, it has to happen precisely so Richard snaps, attacks Violet and Henry, and tells his henchman to kill Violet’s family. This triggers Violet’s race home and her fight against Richard’s henchman, which is the big moment for her as she takes her agency and power back.

Surely, there are some questionable moments throughout Drop where the characters, mostly Violet, could have done things differently and thus avoided many more problems – but ultimately, it’s a thriller, and it needs some not-very-wise decisions to keep the action and tension going. In the end, Violet broke free from Richard and reclaimed her agency, saving her sister, her son, and Henry.