The Red Room's contents are finally revealed as the Crains return to the house to confront old ghosts, unspeakable secrets and an insatiable evil.The Red Room's contents are finally revealed as the Crains return to the house to confront old ghosts, unspeakable secrets and an insatiable evil.The Red Room's contents are finally revealed as the Crains return to the house to confront old ghosts, unspeakable secrets and an insatiable evil.
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There have been some insinuations for a second season ... but i don't know how they'll come back with another extra 10 hours ... i just don't see it .. and i actually don't wish for it , so it wouldn't ruin something that is already perfect... BUT ... at the end in the red room Olivia Crain's facial expression says A LOT ... more like "I'm coming back for you".
Finally , Of course not forgetting to compliment the visual effects ,, through out the whole season .. it just felt more than just a Netflix series .. it went all Hollywood style and it aced it.
I found it to be a strong finale that answers questions that need answering and after ten hours of psychological blackness we do get some hopeful rays of light shining through the walls of Hill House.
It works for me as it gives as much resolution as it can to the show's themes of fear, guilt, trauma, grief and mental health. Not every literal aspect of the story is explained which I thought was good as some things need to stay unexplained or it lessens their impact and takes the emphasis off the show's themes.
There is a great deal of bleakness in the overall narrative of the show so for me the positivity was not necessarily a bad thing. What I took away from the show as a father, son, husband and brother is how important family is and how I need to do my best to look out for each of them but also accept what is beyond my control.
Endings are tricky things that always cause division in opinion. I have never come across a series finale that doesn't either anger, frustrate, satisfy or make someone say "what the hell was that all about?". The difficulty is that viewers get emotionally invested in stories for different reasons and if an ending does not return the investment, whether that is to explain everything, resolve something or take a story or certain characters in specific direction it can frustrate. Creative control belongs to the imagination of writers and show creators and it is their prerogative to decide what happens. All we can do as viewers is express how a story impacted us. Ultimately the role of television is to entertain and distract us from the reality of a world in which there are far more important things to get angry about.
Did you know
- TriviaOlivia and Hugh both say the phrase "Journeys end in lovers meeting." This is a quote from William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" (Act II, scene III). This is more directly a reference, however, to the line's repeated usage in the original book, where Nell uses it as a mantra and driving force.
- Quotes
Luke Crain: She saved me!
Nell Crain: I feel a little clearer just now. We have.
Theodora Crain: Nell?
Nell Crain: All of us have. Wouldn't have changed anything. I need you to know that.
Steven Crain: Nell.
Nell Crain: The rest is confetti.
Steven Crain: Hey.
Nell Crain: So many times and we didn't know it. All of us.
Shirley Crain: Nelly?
Nell Crain: No, not a heart.
Steven Crain: Nell?
Nell Crain: A stomach. We have. All of us have.
Steven Crain: I don't think she can hear us.
Nell Crain: So many times and we didn't know it.
Steven Crain: All right, we need to get Luke out of here, we need to get him to a hospital - I don't get it.
Theodora Crain: All this time we tried to get into this room and now we can't get the fuck out.
Shirley Crain: I feel like I've been here before.
Nell Crain: We have. All of us have. So many times and we didn't know it. All of us. I feel a bit clearer now. Everything's been out of order. Time, I mean. I thought for so long that time was like a line, that... that our moments were laid out like dominoes, and that they... fell, one into another and on it went, just days tipping, one into the next, into the next, in a long line between the beginning... and the end. But I was wrong. It's not like that at all. Our moments fall around us like rain. Or... snow. Or confetti. You were right. We have been in this room. So many times and we didn't know. All of us. Mom says... that a house is like a body... and that every house... has eyes. And bones. And skin. And a face. This room is like the heart of the house. No, not a heart, a stomach. It was your dance studio, Theo. It was my toy room. It was a reading room for mom. A game room for Steve. A family room for Shirley. A treehouse. But it was always the Red Room. It put on different faces so that'd we'd be still and quiet. While it digested. I'm like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster. And the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.
Nell Crain: You have to live.
Luke Crain: I don't- I don't know how to do this without you.
Nell Crain: I learned a secret. There's no without. I am not gone. I'm scattered into so many pieces, sprinkled on your life like new snow. There's so much I want to say to you all.
Theodora Crain: I'm so sorry our last words were in anger.
Nell Crain: They weren't our last.
Shirley Crain: I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I didn't... answer the phone.
Nell Crain: But you did. So many times.
Steven Crain: I'm sorry if I didn't listen, and I'm sorry...
Nell Crain: It wouldn't have changed anything. I need you to know that. Forgiveness is warm. Like a tear on a cheek. Think of that and of me when you stand in the rain. I loved you completely. And you loved me the same. That's all. The rest is confetti.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Scariest "The Haunting of Hill House" Moments (2018)
Details
- Runtime
- 1h 11m(71 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1