Well, that is how the book ended–Holly hit him in the head with a sock filled with ball bearings, all his bugs fell out, he died.
In the series, Claude shot him, a stalactite impaled him, and Ralph crushed his skull with a rock.
Yeah, in the book it really was was as anticlimactic as I said. She hit him twice, his head caved in, the worms that he was made of poured out, the worms shriveled up and died. He didn’t even say “My bugs! My bugs!” (In the book, Ralph kept bringing up how weird it was, when he was a kid, he cut open a cantelope and it was full of worms. This turned out to be either “foreshadowing” or “telegraphing.”)
I wonder how many people were surprised by the Aussie and British accents of the lead actors in the discussion after the end . I knew their backgrounds so it did not surprise me.
So does anybody have a good explanation for the stinger in the credits, in which she sees Jack again, and reveals that she has a scratch on her arm?
Season 2?
I thought, for sure, that the cave was going to collapsed on the Cuco or whatever its called, sealing it in for eternity. Or fracking. Wrong, again.
I thought, for sure, that the cave was going to collapsed on Cuco or whatever its called, sealing it in for eternity. Or fracking. Wrong, again.
I’m going to check it out!
Who the hell wrote the synopsis on the IMDB page!?
“Investigators are confounded over an unspeakable crime that’s been committed.”
Thank you, Obi Wan!
Sure, Season 2. But was it justified? Did the monster have any actual chance to scratch her? (If so I don’t recall that being shown.)
As a non-reader of the book, I’d say the ending was handled well, but that I wish it had been less predictable. It was clear that the protagonist-who-is-lonely-but-meets-someone-who-loves-her would wind up alone again because of course the monster would kill the lover. I had been hoping that that cliché would be avoided, but it wasn’t.
The series overall: tremendously impressive production. I’d recommend it.
They played the same song that she and Jack were listening to in an earlier episode. I think the suggestion is that Jack (under Cuco’s influence) scratched her.
Hm. Seems like a change in the “rules” (as it had been Cuco, not the ‘helpers,’ doing the scratching for all previous cases). But if audiences accept it, I guess, anything goes.