THE REAL TRAGEDY BEHIND "TRIANGLE" (MAJOR SPOILERS)

"Triangle" is the story so complex, there are more twists and turns than the corridors on the ship used as its setting. It begins with a group of friends going out for a pleasant Saturday morning yacht ride. However, a storm capsizes the boat and they find themselves aboard the ship USS Aeolus in a fight for their lives against an unknown assassin. That killer turns out to be Jess who descends into madness in her campaign to break out of a vicious time loop.

The name Aeolus is based on Greek mythology. Aeolus punishes King Sisyphus for breaking his promises by cheating Death three times. After living a long life he doesn't deserve, he spends his afterlife in an endless loop. Every day, he carries a rock up a hill, only for it to roll back down and he must begin all over again. Every day for eternity. This is his punishment.

As it is for Sisyphus, so it is for Jess. Yet, it seems as though Aeolus has gotten more creative with his punishment over the centuries. This time, Jess is offered the opportunity to break her cycle. All she needs to do is take responsibility for her sins, but she never does. Thus, she is doomed to relive the horrors of her actions over and over.

The simplest way to break the bloody cycle is the simple act keep a promise. She ensures her cab driver (aka Death) that she will pay her fair. Instead, she hops onto the yacht and forgets about him. As the blood flows and the bodies pile up, her efforts are wasted on her attempts to cover her guilt. The harder she tries, the more blood she sheds.

Sally is only one of her victims who sees Jess as the narcissist that she is. However, her delivery is too harsh for comfort. So, her friends write off as petty and judgmental. They ought to listen, because her assessment of Jess is spot on. Even Victor feels bad vibes about Jess in the beginning, but Greg refuses to listen. He wants to give her the benefit of the doubt. That blind grace leads to everyone's horrifying demise. Over and over.

Jess continues to deny her actions, even when she is presented with irrefutable evidence.

• "I didn't do this."
• "It's not me."
• "It wasn't me."
• "(It's) not who you think."
• "The woman that did those things to you is not mommy."

The real tragedy here is Jess' chronic inability to break herself out of the narcissistic cycle in which she traps herself. The solution is so simple, but she would rather destroy the lives of others: abuse her son, murder her friends hide the evidence, and repeat. She'll never learn the lesson. She deserves this punishment.