Earlier, Bret met a mysterious and charming new entrant to his school called Robert Mallory (Homer Gere), whom he is fascinated by but also mistrusts. Here’s what that ending of The Shards‘ first two episodes means. But there is no concrete evidence confirmed that he indeed is the Trawler in The Shards. The tape has (we, though not Bret, see the visuals) the Trawler forcing Matt to eat live aquatic animals. The first couple of episodes of The Shards nicely balance the mystery without rushing to solve it.