Yes, That Is Eliza Coupe as a Killer on The Hunting Party – Here's Why You Know Her
In The Hunting Party, guest star Eliza Coupe takes on a role unlike any she's played before.
In The Hunting Party's epic Season 1 finale, the team tasked with recapturing The Pit's escapees takes down their last serial killer of the season, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats.
Season 1, Episode 10, “Jenna Wells,” follows the titular murderer, Jenna Wells (portrayed by Eliza Coupe). She earned her nickname “The Chemist Killer” from her pattern of poisoning her victims by putting harmful toxins in their medications, which she gets access to from her former position as a pharmacist.
Fueled by jealousy, she took advantage of the blind trust her customers had in her and only targeted the ones who had seemingly wealthy lifestyles — the kind of life that she never had and always wanted.
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If you find the series' latest serial killer recognizable, you aren’t alone. Here’s what you need to know about actress Eliza Coupe and where you might recognize her from.
What movies & TV shows has Eliza Coupe starred in?
Eliza Coupe has been starring in TV shows and films for nearly 20 years now. And every role she's taken on couldn’t be more different than the last.
Coupe is arguably best known for her leading role in the ABC sitcom Happy Endings, in which she played Jane Kerkovich-Williams, a member of the friend group at the series' center. Jane dominates the group often with her control freak tendencies. The beloved comedy was canceled after three seasons but starred several beloved comedy actors, including Coupe and her co-stars Damon Wayans Jr., Adam Pally, and Casey Wilson.
In the sci-fi series Future Man, Coupe portrayed Tiger, a fearless commander from the future who time traveled to the present to recruit the main character Josh Futterman (Josh Hutcherson). The mission at hand is to save the world from entering the Biotic Wars, which happens to be the name of the video game Josh plays. Coupe also plays Ty-Anne, a version of Tiger from an alternate dimension.
Her other notable characters include the sarcastic physician Dr. Denise Mahoney in Scrubs, as well as her recent portrayal as the fictional Junior Senator Margery Bay Bix in the hit Netflix whodunit series The Residence.
Eliza Coupe’s character in The Hunting Party is fueled by jealousy
In the season's final episode, a woman named Anna Thomas is enjoying herself at a bar in Denver, Colorado, with a man who bought her a drink. It’s not long before she begins to experience blurry vision, and after looking down at her glass, she sees that it’s been laced with a powdery substance. As she starts to stumble, a lady grabs hold of her to help. When she comes to, Thomas is strapped to a chair and sees the woman, Jenna Wells, an escapee from The Pit.
Luckily, our crime-fighting team is onto Wells after she was pulled over in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The name that she gave to the officer, as well the car she was driving, belongs to Margaret Albright, a fellow pharmacist who looks fairly similar to the killer.
Raiding Margaret’s home, former Pit security guard Shane Florence (Josh McKenzie) finds her dead, her body stored in a deep freezer hidden in a closet. The victim's suspected cause of death is a small bandage laced with cyanide that Jenna placed on the back of her neck.
When they check Anna’s home, Shane finds her dead inside of the refrigerator, with a patch on her neck identical to the one found on Margaret.
It’s soon revealed the reason for Wells’ new killing pattern; like many of her fellow Pit escapees, Jenna's behavior has changed. Because of an intense empathy drug administered to her at The Pit, Jenna wasn’t stealing these identities for fun. When it came to Margaret and Anna, she believed that she was them.
After finding out that Anna is a caterer, the team goes to stop Jenna, who is taking her victim’s place at an event hosted by Whitmore Pharmaceutics. And after toasting their drinks — given to them by Jenna — the party attendees start to fall to the ground one by one until the only people left standing are Jenna and the CEO of the pharmaceutical company, James Whitmore.
Jenna kills Mr. Whitmore, and as she flees, the team closes in. However, CIA agent Jacob Hassani (Patrick Sabongui) gets shot in the process. Jenna successfully manages to get away, causing Attorney General Elizabeth Mallory (Zabryna Guevara) to shut the crime-fighting team down, effective immediately.
Jenna’s new target becomes FBI Agent Rebecca “Bex” Henderson (Melissa Roxburgh), and she manages to get into her hotel room and take her FBI badge. Bex later notices her badge gone and figures out her water bottle has been laced before she takes a sip.
Former Pit prison warden Oliver Odell (Nick Wechsler) is back at mission command when Jenna appears with a gun pointed at him. She announces that Jenna Wells is dead and now that Whitmore is dead, command is the only place that still has a record of her, post-death. She wants Odell to delete her file, and if he does, she will give Bex an anecdote to the drug.
Bex soon arrives and while Wells is distracted, Shane comes from behind and kills Jenna. Bex notices that Odell’s nose is bleeding, and he suddenly drops to the floor, with an infamous bandage put on by Jenna showing on his neck.
Was Odell Jenna’s final victim?
The Hunting Party Season 1 is available to stream on Peacock.
