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The ending of The Little Things is ambiguous about Sparma's guilt, leading some viewers to theorize that the real killer is actually the corrupt police officer, Deacon. By the end of The Little Things, Joe Deacon (Denzel Washington) and Jim Baxter (Rami Malek) have no answers to the murder mystery with which they are obsessed on a borderline unhealthy level, leading to events that culminate in a rather sinister manner. Instead of solving his case, Baxter ends up murdering the prime suspect Albert Sparma (played by Jared Leto). Instead of turning Baxter in, Deacon is there conveniently to help him cover it up, just as Deacon's colleagues helped him cover up an accidental murder of his own years ago. By the time the movie is over, it is clear that Deacon is willing to bend and even break the rules to save his own skin and that of his friends. This willingness to walk on the dark side has led to some speculation that Deacon is the real killer that Baxter was in search of all along.