Hound's Hill (Wzgórze psów, 2025) 'Netflix' Series Recap & Ending Explained: What Is the Truth About Daria’s Tragic Fate? (2025)

Hound’s Hill (Original title: Wzgórze psów, 2025) is a gripping slow-burn mystery series centered around Mikolaj, a best-selling author. When Mikolaj receives a cryptic postcard urging him to “reveal the truth,” he reluctantly returns to his hometown of Zybork. His latest book, which has garnered significant attention, is based on the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Daria. However, Mikolaj’s portrayal of Zybork in his novel has sparked outrage among the locals, who feel betrayed by his version of events.

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Accompanying Mikolaj is his wife, Justyna, a journalist. As they settle into the tense atmosphere of Zybork, Justyna begins to notice unsettling occurrences around the town. Her journalist instincts kick in, driving her to investigate the mysteries that have long plagued the community. As she digs deeper, buried secrets and hidden connections start to unravel, ultimately leading to the shocking truth about Daria’s death. With its layered storytelling and complex characters, Hound’s Hill explores themes of betrayal, justice, and the consequences of unearthing painful truths.

This article contains spoilers.

Hound’s Hill (Wzgórze psów, 2025) Episode 1 Recap:

“Hound’s Hill” opens with an old woman narrating the story. It’s a story of three siblings where one kills the other. It is also a story of a forest, war, and hounds. The story also includes a father, a son, an escape, and a return. Eighteen years ago, a young Mikolaj was driving with his father, Tomek. There is sadness in Mikolaj as his girlfriend, Daria, broke up with him.

However, Tomek cheers Mikolaj, saying this is a temporary situation. Once Daria calms down, she will get back together with him. Later, a police officer visits Tomek’s house to give the bad news that Daria is murdered. When Mikolaj visits the crime scene, he is devastated to see the brutality with which Daria is killed. At the same time, Gizmo is taken in a police van, and Gizmo calls out to Mikolaj.

Where is Gizmo?

Currently, Mikolaj visits the town with his wife, Justyna, for Tomek’s birthday. After all these years, Mikolaj has become a popular author of a bestselling book based on a true story. The story is about the things that happened in Mikolaj’s town, Zybork. At the party, Mikolaj is upset as his family had not informed him about Tomek’s heart attack. Instead of reconciling with Mikolaj, Tomek gets angry as he has written about Tomek’s abuse of Mikolaj’s mother. Annoyed, Mikolaj and Justyna leave the house.

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On the way, Mikolaj and Justyna see a grievously injured man in the middle of the road, and they hit the brakes just in time. Immediately, cops are called, and it turns out it is Tomek’s friend, Filip Bernat. At first, the police suspect Mikolaj, assuming he was drinking and driving, but Mikolaj has been sober for eleven months.

Because of the dire situation, Tomek apologizes to Mikolaj and Justyna and asks them to stay the night at home. At night, Mikolaj has nightmares about Daria. Early in the morning, Mikolaj leaves to meet Gizmo in a mental hospital. The reason Mikolaj visits Gizmo is that he wrote a note for Mikolaj after reading his book. In the note, it says that if you tell the world what really happened, then he will actually be the one put in a mental institution. At the hospital, Gizmo suddenly starts saying 218 while getting hyper. So Mikolaj leaves immediately as instructed by the doctors. At home, Justyna receives a message from her editor saying he misses Justyna’s scent.

What happened to Gizmo?

In the kitchen, Tomek makes breakfast for Justyna. Later, at the hospital, Tomek and the others learn that Filip Bernat was beaten and tortured. Outside, Justyna tries to get some insider information about what happened from the cops, hoping to write a story about it, but the cop does not know anything. Later, Justyna overhears Tomek speaking to someone and asks him about what is going on. There is a faction in Zybork, ex-mobsters, and major problems. Along with that, a German named Kalt is also laundering money in town. They now want to build a luxury hotel by the lake. Hence, Filip Bernat was fighting against all this, so Tomek suspects it is their doing.

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At home, Justyna and Mikolaj have a small argument as Mikolaj hid the note from Gizmo. Right now, Mikolaj thinks Gizmo is not the one behind the letter, as he is mentally unstable. Even though Tomek wants them to stay for dinner, Mikolaj and Justyna decide to leave town. Later, Mikolaj visits his old friend Macius’s flower shop to buy flowers for Mikolaj’s dead mother.

At the grave, Mikolaj also pays respect to Daria. At that time, another girl shows up, saying she knows who exactly Mikolaj is, but she does not introduce herself. During questioning at the police station, the chief of police tries to provoke the couple, still suspecting they had something to do with Filip Bernat’s situation. When Mikolaj does not fall for it, the officer asks Mikolaj to sign a copy of Mikolaj’s book. When Mikolaj opens the book, he sees page 218. Immediately, Mikolaj rushes to the mental hospital, but it’s too late as Gizmo has killed himself.

Hound’s Hill (Wzgórze psów, 2025) Episode 2 Recap:

The episode opens with a flashback of Mikolaj and Daria hanging out with Gizmo in the forest. Somewhere in the forest, the trio sees a fox, and Daria is impressed, as animals are always attracted to Gizmo. During Gizmo’s funeral, his sister is mad at Mikolaj for writing about her family. At the same funeral, Mikolaj sees a long-lost friend, Jarecki. At the hospital, it is clear Filip was starved, frozen, and beaten. However, there are pieces of undigested raw meat in Filip’s body. So the doctor takes it to the chief of police, who is unwilling to spend money to do a test.

Are Kalt and Mayor working together?

At the Mayor’s office, Kalt waits and informs the Mayor that the land lease problem has been solved as Filip is dead. At breakfast, Tomek and Mikolaj get into another argument: Tomek wants the world to know about everything happening in Zybork, but Mikolaj does not wish Justyna to write the story for Tomek’s sake. In anger, Mikolaj leaves the house. Soon, Justyna follows Mikolaj, who takes her to Hound’s Hill. The reason it’s called Hound’s Hill is because many dead dogs are buried there. Later, Mikolaj visits the hospital, where the nurse assures Mikolaj that Gizmo can neither read nor write. However, the only person who visited Gizmo was Father Bernat.

On the other hand, Tomek takes Justyna to a small community where they are out of jobs because a paper factory was shut down. In this place, Kalt wants to build a luxurious hotel. On the way from Father Bernat’s house, Mikolaj picks up Grzesiek, who stops at a friend’s house. As Mikolaj waits in the car, Mikolaj starts to see Daria and thinks about the time they had sex. Later, Grzesiek and Mikolaj stop by a bar and invite Justyna over. By then, the doctor arrives and informs Tomek about the chat with the police chief. So, Justyna volunteered to help test the meat sample from her contacts.

What happens to Tomek’s house?

The bar owner tells Justyna and Mikolaj about Grzesiek’s debts, so Justyna plays a pool game to settle Grzesiek’s debt. Someone painted ‘You’re Next’ on Father Bernat’s garage at night. When Mikolaj comes home, he sees another letter in the car asking him to admit his actions. Unfortunately, the sender is using Gizmo’s name. The next day, Tomek takes Justyna to the council meeting, and Justyna starts recording everything. In the Mayor’s opposition, Tomek puts across his point of view of saving the people living in the area. Once the cops arrive, Tomek and Justyna leave.

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The people of Zybork are ready to start a revolution but put it on hold until after Filip’s funeral. Filip’s son Marek promises to attend the funeral, but when Grazyna (Filip’s wife) and Mikolaj arrive at the airport, Marek is nowhere to be seen. At the funeral, Tomek brings up what was spray painted on Father Bernat’s door. After the funeral, Mikolaj tries to reconnect with Jareck, but he has no interest in talking to Mikolaj. On the other hand, Kalt’s men have arrived to get Grazyna’s signature for land, infuriating Tomek.

So Tomek leaves with Grazyna. Later, Mikolaj asks Macius if anyone knew about anything ‘Mikolaj and Macius had done to someone on a particular night.’ After this, Macius rushes to Father Bernat as Macius has confessed something to Father Bernat. Father Bernat assures Macius that he will maintain secrecy as it was a confession. Elsewhere, someone has set fire to Tomek’s house.

Hound’s Hill (Wzgórze psów, 2025) Episode 3 Recap:

The episode opens with Tobek burning Gadjo’s car because Tobek does not negotiate with anyone. Elsewhere, Justyna meets with her editor and with someone she has/had an affair with to ask his permission to report on Zybork. However, the editor is unwilling to let Justyna cover the story. So, Justyna takes matters into her own hands and posts about her findings.

At Zybork, Mikolaj wakes up, checks Justyna’s laptop, finds Justyna’s editor’s message, and realizes Justyna is cheating on him. For now, Mikolaj is distracted as Kaska (Gizmo’s and Daria’s sister) is at Tomek’s house. Meanwhile, Tomek and Agata meet the chief of police, Dobocinski, to ask him to investigate the attack on Tomek’s house. However, Dobocinski does not take the situation seriously, which infuriates Agata.

What evidence does Justyna receive?

At home, Mikolaj and Kaska converse. She expresses her annoyance with Mikolaj’s book as Zybork seems like a place with gangsters and makes her brother Gizmo look bad. So Mikolaj confronts Kaska and asks if any of these things are wrong. Hearing this, Kaska is upset, but she tells Mikolaj that he is a lazy writer.

Elsewhere, Justyna gets the news that the meat found inside Bernat’s stomach is human flesh, and it is genetically connected. Furthermore, Marek’s phone was on even though he was missing. During this time, Grazyna calls Marek, who answers but does not speak. On the other hand, Macius wants to leave town, afraid of getting caught for something he has done. There are plane tickets with a passport at Macius’s door with the words ‘You are not going anywhere.’

Meanwhile, the Governor visits the luxurious hotel site, and Bulinska, the Mayor, shows him around. Sadly, the Governor asks Bulinska to solve Bernat’s case, and only after that can they build the hotel, as Zybork has a lousy reputation for now. As Bulinska explains the situation to Kalt, Kalt arrives at a solution: a concert or a fair to make it seem like the project has been finalized. In a bar, Mikolaj meets Jareck and asks him if he has revealed ‘the secret’ to anyone. Jareck thinks Mikolaj is foolish. Justyna comes to Tomek’s house and informs everyone about the evidence she has collected.

Why is Gawil arrested?

They now visit the area where Marek’s phone was traced. There they meet Reniek, who reveals the box with the phones and says the Romani people gave them to Reniek. Immediately, Tomek and Justyna visit Dobocinski and give him the evidence. Dobocinski calls Bulinska and informs her of the evidence gathered. Elsewhere, Kalt questions Macius about whether he and his friends had anything to do with Bernat’s death.

Meanwhile, Mikolaj visits Kaska, who explains that as a writer, one should question everyone involved in the case, and Mikolaj failed to do that. Furthermore, Kaska also feels Gizmo was ordered/asked to kill Daria, and that’s why he committed the crime. Now, Dobocinski is at Tobek’s residence to arrest Tobek’s son Gawil for kidnapping and murdering Bernat and the disappearance of Marek.

On the other hand, Mikolaj meets the prosecutor (Markiewicz) who worked on Daria’s case. According to Markiewicz, the evidence suggested that Gizmo killed Daria. Still, the confession is not valid as the police beat up Gizmo at that time. Meanwhile, Tomek and the members of the colony plan to disrupt the fair. As per the plan, Tomek and the group reach the location and create havoc, forcing Bulinska to get off the stage. As Tomek talks to Bulinska and Kalt, Elka asks the audience to sign the petition to stop the hotel construction.

Tomek asks Bulinska and Kalt to use their kids for their plans, not his son. At that time, Dobocinski asks Tomek to get evidence so Dobocinski can release Gawil. As soon as Tomek leaves, he falls to the ground because of a heart attack. At the station, Gawil says on July 5th, she was returning from a birthday party. Around 2 or 3 am, she saw two people standing on the road, and one was Glowacki, who was holding something like a rod in his hand.

Hound’s Hill (Wzgórze psów, 2025) Episode 4 Recap:

The episode opens with Tomek and the whole family in the hospital. After a while of spending time in the hospital, Dobocinski gives the bad news that Gawil has given a statement against Tomek for Berat’s murder. Once Mikolaj and Justyna are home, Dobocinski arrives with a search warrant. The police find rods that fit Gawil’s description. Immediately, Dobocinski visits the hospital and fights his wife (the doctor) to arrest Tomek. In Jail, Tomek refuses to answer anything until his lawyers are present.

Irrespective of Tomek’s decision, Dobocinski gives the news that he will be moved to Wroclaw jail soon. On the other hand, the Governor is unwilling to permit the hotel construction, so Kalt makes his master move. Kalt says the funding comes from the Governor’s brothers’ company, which also funds other government-related activities. Hearing this, the Governor gives Kalt and the team his blessings.

How is Mikolaj responsible for what happened with Daria?

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One of the police officers visits Mikolaj and gives a tape to Mikolaj unofficially. The family is worried about Tomek, and the lawyer fees are high. Eventually, Mikolaj watches the tape given by the officer, which contains a video of Dobocinski torturing Gizmo into confessing. When Justyna asks Mikolaj about the videotape, he confesses about everything that happened that night. The group, Mikolaj, Marcius, and Jarecki, were partying and consuming drugs and alcohol. Soon, Gizmo arrived at the party, and Marcius gave Gizmo drugs.

When Daria comes to the party, she sees the state Gizmo is in and takes him away. Now, Mikolaj blames himself for everything that happened to Daria and Gizmo. However, Justyna consoles Mikolaj, saying drugs only bring to the surface things that are within a human. In anger, Mikolaj confronts Justyna about her editor.

Justyna justifies the actions by saying Mikolaj was constantly stoned and that she never knew where he was. Now the duo argue, and Mikolaj leaves. Despite martial problems, Justyna agrees to help Tomek. The first stop Justyna makes is to meet Bulinska, who says Tomek and Bernat used to hate each other, but the relationship worked in business. One day, Bernat approached Bulinska and said he would sign the papers. So Justyna asks if Bulinska is suggesting something, but she declines any allegations.

Who else is in collusion with Kalt?

Meanwhile, Mikolaj asks his publishers to transfer money to Tomek’s lawyers. In a flashback, we see Mikolaj approach Daria, who is angry with him. Tomek takes Mikolaj away without knowing the situation. Now, Mikolaj visits Tomek in prison and confesses to everything that happened. Instead of comforting Mikolaj, Tomek says the world does not revolve around him, and many others have faced more turmoil because of the murder.

Tomek says it was Mikolaj’s choice to cut ties with his family, so Tomek is forced to do the same. Meanwhile, Justyna visits Grazyna, who says Bernat never cared about people and that it was all about money. Through Grazyna, Justyna gets to know Bernat wanted to make a deal with the Romani people. So Justyna visits Tobek, who says they saw Marek a month ago, and the idea was to convince Bernat to sign the agreement. However, Marek never intended to do any of that.

During their time together, nobody took Marek’s phone. This leads to Macius. As Justyna goes to meet Macius with Grzesiek, Mikolaj drinks and takes drugs and creates a scene in a bar. Unfortunately, Macius is not home but is with the Germans. When Justyna enters the mansion, Justyna sees that Kalt, Macius, Bulinska, and Dobocinski are working together.

Now Justyna pieces things together, believing that the group led Bernat to the forest, forced to sign a deal, and fed Marek’s flesh to Bernat. Hearing this, Dobocinski is pissed and asks Justyna to leave town with Mikolaj, as Tomek is not going to get out of jail. Meanwhile, Justyna’s editor gives her a green signal to cover the Zybork story. Meanwhile, Father Bernat is missing. At the same time, Mikolaj is lying on a pile of hay after taking drugs. Suddenly, a man appears before Mikolaj, promising Mikolaj to show the truth.

Hound’s Hill (Wzgórze psów, 2025) Episode 5 Recap:

The episode begins with Gizmo being forced to take drugs. After that, we see animation from Gizmo’s perspective of what happened that night. Since Gizmo can understand animals, he is accompanied by a fox to find Daria. When Gizmo finds Daria, Gizmo sees that some people are hurting Daria. In anger, Gizmo starts howling. Currently, Justyna is writing the story of Zybork but is constantly worried about Mikolaj as he has disappeared.

To help find Mikolaj, Grzesiek takes Justyna to his junkie friend’s house. From there, they retrace Mikolaj’s steps. In the junkie’s house, Justyna realizes Mikolaj has consumed drugs, and Justyna has a mental breakdown. In jail, the lawyer asks Tomek to submit something substantial that can help Tomek get out of prison.

Why is Justyna leaving for Warsaw?

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Later, Justyna meets the lawyer and makes him listen to the recording. Desperate to find a way to help Tomek, Justyna confronts the Attorney General, who is involved in another case. To get rid of evidence of the Attorney General’s involvement in the case, the man has to help release Tomek. This move infuriates Justyna’s editor, but Justyna does not care. Luckily for Tomek, the plan works, and he is out of jail. Meanwhile, Justyna is unable to reach Mikolaj. Once at home, Tomek asks Elka to run for office. Suddenly, Jarecki’s wife comes to Tomek’s house as Jarecki is missing. However, Tomek asks Jarecki’s wife to complain to the police and does not think much of it as this is in Jarecki’s nature.

Justyna makes a connection, and she checks a photograph in the attic. Immediately, Justyna tries to reason with Tomek that everyone involved in Daria’s case has gone missing. After a long silence, Mikolaj sends a message that he is in Warsaw. Tomek asks Justyna to leave immediately and bring Mikolaj back. Just outside Zybork, Justyna realizes she left her laptop at home. However, Justyna also notices a suspicious truck and follows it. Suspicious, Justyna calls Mikolaj’s phone and sees one of the goons has Mikolaj’s phone. At another stop, Justyna sees the goons beat up and take Macius. As Justyna follows and waits in the fields, a man knocks on Justyna’s window.

Hound’s Hill (Wzgórze psów, 2025) Ending Explained:

Father Bernat reveals the truth to Mikolaj. The story goes that after Daria and Gizmo leave the bar, Macius, Marek, and Jarecki drive to where Daria is. They forcefully pull Daria inside the car and take turns to rape Daria. In the end, Macius hits Daria with a rock three times. Somehow, Gizmo knew where to find Daria. When Gizmo saw Daria, Gizmo howled in pain. The group then blames everything on Gizmo. Father Bernat knows this because Macius confessed everything to him. In that house, Macius is brought bleeding. In the same room, Justyna is tied up on the sofa. The mastermind behind all this is Tomek, accompanied by Grzesiek.

Now, they bring Mikolaj and Father Bernat to the same floor. Sensing what will happen, Justyna begs Tomek not to kill Macius. When Tomek points his rifle at Macius, Mikolaj stops Tomek, takes the gun, and shoots Macius dead. However, they let Justyna go. The way Tomek found out about it was because Father Bernat confessed everything when he thought Tomek was going to die after the first heart attack. The Hound’s Hill house was used to punish the criminals.

Three months later, Tomek and his team have won, and instead of building a hotel, a senior care center will be built with Kalt’s help. It was Kaska who was sending the postcards to Macius and Mikolaj. The new mayor is Elka. After the incident, Mikolaj decided to stay back and be with his family. Eventually, Kaska and Mikolaj start dating. Justyna won an award for investigative journalism, and she is back with her editor. Unfortunately, Mikolaj has taken to drugs once again.

In the final episode, it is revealed that Tomek is exacting justice for what happened to Daria. Meanwhile, Kalt and his team, driven by greed, were willing to do whatever it took to acquire the land needed for their hotel project—including murdering Berat to remove obstacles in their path. The devastating impact of guilt is poignantly illustrated through Mikolaj, who, despite being alive, is consumed by his inability to cope with the trauma and betrayal he has endured. Overwhelmed, he spirals back into addiction, becoming a junkie once again.

Ironically, Tomek begins to develop a twisted sense of admiration for Mikolaj, particularly after Mikolaj takes the drastic step of killing Macius. Dobocinski, who was aware of Tomek’s intentions, chose not to intervene. Wracked by his own guilt, Dobocinski felt complicit for coercing a confession from Gizmo, a mistake that set much of the tragedy into motion. The episode brings the story full circle, showing how guilt, vengeance, and unresolved trauma intertwine to leave lasting scars on.

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