Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for episode 10 of Grotesquerie
Although GrotesqueThe series finale offered viewers some answers, the show’s conclusion still left many important mysteries open. Judging by Grotesque episode 9, GrotesqueThe first season’s finale didn’t have a chance to wrap up its plot neatly. The horrific multiple homicides at the end of the episode made it seem like Lois’ dreams could have been distorted premonitions. GrotesqueThe season one finale would likely prove Lois right, as the heroine’s disturbing dreams began to come true in the penultimate episode. This apparently rendered GrotesqueThe big twist of episode 7, which the entire series was Lois’s coma dream, is debatable.
However, GrotesqueThe end of season 1 ended up neither confirming nor denying this. Lois’ doctor was not guilty of the Grotesquerie murders, but viewers never got to know his true self (dream without coma) as he was the victim of the killer. This anti-flat twist meant that GrotesqueThe season one finale left viewers with more questions than answers. The show’s creator, American horror storyRyan Murphy is famous for endings that don’t follow interesting ideas established earlier in the series, and GrotesqueThe first season’s finale undeniably repeated this trend with a finale that raised many new questions but answered none.
Who was the killer in grotesque?
Grotesquerie Season 1 Finale Didn’t Reveal the Killer
After teasing his identity for nine episodes GrotesqueThe season one finale never explained who the eponymous biblical killer was. In Lois’s coma dream, the culprit was Father Charlie and his accomplice was Lois’s seemingly innocent and quirky friend Sister Megan. However, in reality, Father Charlie was Lois’ doctor and Megan was the police officer who replaced Lois as head of the force. Neither appeared to be guilty of the murders, as Megan was investigating them and the doctor became one of Grotesquerie’s final victims in the episode’s final scenes. A lot happened before this confusing turn of events.
Why Marshall Tried to Take His Own Life at the End of Grotesquerie
Lois’ husband was accused of sexual assault by a student
Marshall and Redd cooked dinner for Lois, tempting her with a martini and the offer to live together as a bizarrely mismatched couple. Lois rejected the proposal and Redd revealed that he knew Marshall was cheating on her. She said she just went along with Marshall’s plan to see Lois reject him. After a student accused him of sexual assault, Marshall attempted to overdose. He protested his innocence and maintained that their relationship was consensual, but quickly gave up hope after being arrested and charged. Marshall’s overdose was unsuccessful and Redd reaffirmed that she wanted nothing to do with Marshall when he woke up.
The Mexicali Men’s Club from the Grotesquerie series finale explained
Lois’ dream specialist, Dr. Milton Smith, was revealed to be a cult leader
Fast Eddie brought Marshall to The Mexicali Men’s Club, which soon turned out to be an underground political organization. Marshall’s defense of traditional strongman masculinity received applause, revealing the group’s reactionary values. The group was also largely against the phenomenon of cancel culture, but surprisingly supported progressive approaches to pronouns. Apparently, the group represented a bizarre mix of ideologies that embraced traditional values ​​and hierarchical individualism while also supporting some liberal causes. Every major male character in the series, from Lois’s doctor to Santino Fontana’s dream specialist, turns out to be members of this shadowy club.
Why Lois tried to take her life at the end of Grotesquerie
Lois began to doubt the reality in which she lived
Meanwhile, Lois questioned whether she has woken up from her coma yet. This led her to also attempt to take her own life, resulting in another appointment with Fontana’s specialist. Lois’ specialist explained to her that she suffered from Cotard’s Syndromea condition in which patients believe they are dead. Lois admitted to the Fontana specialist that she accused the doctor who saved her life of having orgies in her hospital room while she was in a coma. Horrified, GrotesqueThe doctor said he agreed with Marshall that Lois should not have survived her coma when she insinuated that he impregnated another patient.
Was Justin’s death real?
Grotesquerie’s series finale revealed that Justin’s death really happened
The last straw GrotesqueLois’s heroine, unable to discern what was real, was the aftermath of Justin’s death. Lois shot and killed Megan’s abusive lover Justin at the end of episode 9and his body apparently disappeared afterwards. Lois saw Megan meeting with Glorious McCall and assumed the crime boss was the one who got rid of the body. Not only did Megan reject this theory, but she stated that she hadn’t seen Justin in weeks. Enraged and confused, Lois accused Fontana’s expert of committing several homicides starting in episode 9, while he accused her of imagining the murders.
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Niecy Nash |
Lois Tryon |
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Lesley Manville |
Nurse Redd |
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Courtney B. Vance |
Marshall Tryon |
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Micaela Diamante |
Sister Megan |
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Nicolau Chavez |
Father Charlie |
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Raven Goodwin |
Merritt Tryon |
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Travis Kelce |
Eddie fast |
The expert said Lois invented the murders to justify her view of herself as a saintly figure who would lift humanity out of its worst depravity. However, Megan took Lois out of a mental institution shortly after she was admitted. A tearful Megan admitted that she had covered up Justin’s death and hired Glorious McCall to help her dispose of the body. She criticized Lois about this, but admitted the truth to her former co-worker when she needed his help. Megan then led Lois to Grotesquerie’s latest macabre creation in the final minutes of the Season 1 finale.
Every Death In Grotesquerie Season 1 Ending Explained
Unknown killer murdered Lois’ doctor and Marshall’s accuser
Grotesquerie killed Marshall’s accuser and Lois’ doctor in Grotesqueend of season 1arranging them in a tableau reminiscent of the Last Supper. A recreation of the Last Supper with human corpses as the centerpiece and the disciples appeared in episode 2 as part of Lois’ elaborate coma dream, meaning this scene apparently proved that her dreams were just premonitions. However, Lois clearly got the villain’s identity wrong. The doctor she was convinced was Grotesquerie must have been innocent, judging by his brutal death.
What the Grotesquerie Season 1 Finale Really Means
The ending of Grotesquerie was a satirical Shaggy Dog story
Until Grotesque episode 6, the show felt like a pretty straightforward, albeit over-the-top and melodramatic, murder mystery. However, the first season’s finale proved it to be yet another subversive, satirical shaggy-dog story. The real killer was never revealed, the relationship between Lois’ dreams and reality was never revealed, and the cult’s connections to the murders (if any) were never explained. All of these plot threads can be wrapped up later, but the first season offered nothing in terms of a definitive resolution.
How Grotesquerie Season 1 Finale Sets Up Season 2
Grotesquerie season 2 could reveal the identity of the titular killer
GrotesqueThe end of Season 1 marks the beginning of Season 2, leaving the killer’s identity a mysterywhich means viewers will need to tune in to the next season to discover the truth about Grotesquerie’s identity. The killer could be Lois’ specialist, anyone else with access to her coma dream records, or possibly Lois herself. It could be Megan, who discovered both crime scenes, but it can no longer be Lois’ much-maligned doctor. THE Grotesque The Season 1 finale didn’t bring its heroine any closer to discovering the truth, but it did leave plenty of mysteries open for Season 2 to explore.