Netflix just dropped its new comedy crime series Big Mistakes on April 9, 2026, and viewers are already talking about that wild season finale. The show follows siblings Nicky Morelli (Dan Levy) and Morgan Morelli (Taylor Ortega), a pastor and a school teacher who accidentally fall into the world of organized crime. The 8-episode first season ends with a bloody Miami shootout, a surprise kidnapping, and a reveal that changes everything.
The finale brings together all the chaos from the previous episodes. A simple stolen necklace turns into a full-blown criminal nightmare. Here is a complete breakdown of what happens in the ending.
The Stolen Necklace That Started Everything
Nicky and Morgan steal a cheap looking diamond necklace from a convenience store for their dying grandmother‘s last birthday. The store owner Yusuf (Boran Kuzum) refuses to sell it, so Morgan takes it anyway. Their grandmother passes away and gets buried with the necklace around her neck.
Yusuf tracks them down and reveals the necklace is actually a real, high value piece of stolen jewelry. He threatens to kill the siblings if they do not return it. Nicky and Morgan dig up their grandmother‘s grave to get the necklace back. Their risky move impresses Ivan (Mark Ivanir), Yusuf’s Russian mob boss. Ivan gives them burner phones and forces them to work for him.
How Nicky and Morgan End Up in Miami
After completing several small jobs for Ivan, Nicky tries to quit. His boyfriend Tareq (Jacob Gutierrez) gets scammed by a fake charity organization that steals all his money. Nicky has no choice but to go back to Ivan for help. Ivan agrees to track down the scammer if Nicky and Morgan accompany him to Miami to meet with the Brazilian cartel.
Ivan wants to cut a deal with the cartel to move their product in Miami. He plans to push out the Italian mob who currently controls that territory. Nicky and Morgan agree to the trip, thinking it will be a simple meeting.
The Miami Massacre Explained
The group arrives at the cartel’s mansion for what seems like a party. Paolo, the Brazilian cartel leader, is suspicious of Nicky and Morgan. He makes them snort cocaine to prove they are not undercover cops. They do it and earn his trust.
The next day, things get tense. Ivan and his man Andrei get taken to the woods and handed shovels, forced to dig their own graves. Ivan manages to talk his way out by explaining how they can smuggle cocaine using bulls. Paolo agrees to the deal and throws a celebration party.
That is when everything goes wrong. A server at the party pulls out a gun and starts shooting. The gunmen kill almost everyone in the room, including Ivan, Andrei, and Paolo. Nicky and Morgan survive the attack. The shooters leave them alive on purpose.
Who Was Stalking Nicky and Morgan
After returning to New Jersey, Nicky feels someone is watching him from outside his bedroom window. Morgan gets random calls on her burner phone. She thinks it is her ex boyfriend Max (Jack Innanen), but the calls keep coming even after they talk.
The mystery gets solved when someone abducts the siblings from their house. They wake up with bags over their heads. When the bags come off, they see Yusuf standing in front of them.
Yusuf confesses that he ratted out Ivan to the Italian mob. He was tired of having no power in the organization. Morgan‘s earlier advice about standing up for himself made him take action. He betrayed his boss, got him killed, and earned a promotion. The Italian mob now wants to question Nicky and Morgan about what happened in Miami.
The Shocking Identity of the Italian Mob Boss
The biggest twist comes at Linda Morelli‘s election victory party. Linda Morelli (Laurie Metcalf), the siblings’ mother, wins the mayoral race with help from Annette (Elizabeth Perkins), Max’s mother.
After the celebration, Annette pulls Morgan aside. She gives Morgan a gift, the same diamond necklace that started the whole mess. Annette then reveals the truth. She is the Italian mob boss who has been pulling the strings from the beginning.
“You only survived Miami because of your commitment to Max,” Annette tells Morgan, making it clear that Morgan’s engagement is the only reason she is still alive.
Annette helped Linda win the election to control the town‘s politics. That control makes it easier for her to move her product without getting caught. She threatens Morgan to never break Max’s heart again.
Nicky ends his relationship with Tareq to keep him safe from the dangerous world he is now trapped in. Morgan realizes she cannot escape Annette’s control because she is about to become her mother in law.
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What the Ending Means for the Siblings
Nicky and Morgan thought they escaped the criminal world after the Miami massacre. The ending shows they are deeper in it than ever. Annette has been watching them the whole time. Every move they made played into her larger plan.
The siblings now understand that the danger never came from Yusuf or Ivan. The real threat was always standing right next to them at family dinners. Annette appears as a kind, supportive mother figure. Behind that smile, she runs a criminal empire.
Nicky loses his boyfriend and his sense of safety. Morgan faces a future where her mother in law is a mob boss who can kill her at any moment. Their mother Linda wins the election but has no idea her victory came from dirty money and criminal connections.
Big Mistakes ends with the family celebrating while Nicky and Morgan stand frozen, realizing their lives are no longer their own.
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