Midnight Mass (Netflix) • Page 6

Reading some of the spoiler text comments in here now that I'm done and it honestly never even occurred to me that Bev poisoned Pruitt. I thought he was just getting sick from lack of blood.

 

I think Leeza losing the feeling in her legs means the angel died. My only real complaint is how bad some of the CGI looked of the angel flying around. The practical version looked so good up close.
I really liked Erin and Riley's conversation about what happens when you die. Even as a former catholic, Erin talking about her daughter in heaven was so beautiful to me.

 

I don't think that means the angel died necessarily, as Sarah had posited the theory that if they stopped drinking the blood then the effects would eventually go away, so I think Leeza losing feeling only means she's not in danger of turning anymore.

And I love that the conversation on death got a callback in the last episode as Erin died. Frankly, her final view on death seemed almost like a merger between the views she and Riley shared earlier.

 

And to follow up on that last post, 'Midnight Mass' Ending Explained by Creator Mike Flanagan

 

Pretty sure I read an interview with Flanagan where he said he did not intend for Leeza losing feeling in her legs to have anything to do with the vampire. The goal was to leave it open ended.
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Oops didn't see the linked article just above this comment

 

Liked the call back / symbolism of clipping the wings

 

Just finished this and the bit at the end with the Sheriff and his kid praying by the waterfront as they waited for death made me cry like I was watching Coco.

Flanagan kills it every damn time.

 

I just always assume that show creators like this leave it open ended in case there’s opportunity for a sequel. plus, IMO, it’s more interesting as a viewer to not get spoon fed an ending.

 

With the Hill House ending I never liked the idea that they're still in the Red Room so with this I'm just gonna pretend the vampire is definitely dead

 

This is exactly what I don't want.

 

I was absolutely fucking devastated when The Angel flapped his wings and actually took off after what Erin had done. That killed me. I understand why they wanted to leave it open-ended, but at the same time I fucking hate it haha.

I think it's funny that I never connected Leeza's line to that at all.

 

From the movie Hush

 

wow lol

 

That's fucking wild.

 

Yeah. That's Samantha Sloyan (Bev) and Kate Siegel (Erin). The book also appears in Gerald's Game.

 

still waiting for the Flanagan Cinematic Universe to kick in by confirming every Kate Siegel character is the same person reincarnated

 

I’m with you. If it’s great, leave it alone. I just think the execs or whoever pays for stuff like this insists on leaving it open ended so they can cash in.

 

Amazing. That final episode was the best.

 

I thought this was fine?

 

Are you sure? You seem uncertain.

 

yeah it was fine. I don’t get the crazy praise in this thread though.

 

On episode four and things are picking up. It's REALLY good at times, but then, there are a few moments I don't fully engage with the dialogue, like the script is clearly written around the theme -- rather than the theme written around the script, which would feel more natural I think. Erin and Riley's long conversation about the afterlife really really dragged and acted as a spotlight to some of those iffy choices in the writing. Unfortunately, even though she loved both Hauntings, my fiancée is starting to get bored of this one. She said she's still in if I'm enjoying it, and I very much am, but I can see where she's coming from. I know episode five is supposed to pick up so we'll see where we're at after that.

 

Only three more episodes and it pretty much goes at a frantic pace until the end. Should def finish it.

 

Fair warning: the pickup people refer to when it comes to episode five is the very end of the episode, which is incredibly effective and…oh god I don’t want to say anything more but oh god.

So with that said, it’s important to note that a large section of episode five is devoted to another lengthy discussion that definitely feels claustrophobic in that you’re constantly wanting the characters in said scene to leave the room they’re in because of what’s coming after. I would say it’s episodes six and seven that are just relentless with the final denouement. Episode five sets up the impetus for the last two and you’ll feel the urgency at that point for sure.

 

Oh I definitely plan on finishing it. I'm (usually) a fan of slow burns and I have faith in Flanagan.