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I was so impressed with the acting in the series and the concept in general. I’m not crazy about leaving the ending up to the viewer’s imagination but it does generate a lot of discussion. Speaking as a mother, I acknowledge the primal instinct for a mother to protect her son. After Sam chains himself and he and his mother touch hands and exchange a knowing glance, I thought it meant they both knew she was going to call the police. Throughout the series the mother really angered me. I tried putting myself in her shoes but my thoughts always came back to how the lives of Sam’s victims families had been affected and if I could feel that way, why couldn’t she? Easy to say, right?
Loved this series for so many reasons. The writing, the actors and the ending. While I was hopeful the doctor would escape or be released the ending was sad but true to the story.
The one question I was left with is why didn’t Sams father call the police, he was still in danger after the attack. Other then that I’m sad this series is over. I want MORE like this.
I didn’t love the ending. While the ending felt “inevitable,” there are plenty of true crime stories that end with something truly mundane winding up setting the hostage free—like the meter reading guy or the concerned neighbor. So while I get that many stories don’t end that way, there was another option—a few I think. I also don’t think Sam’s decision to chain himself in the basement flowed naturally from killing Alan. Given the effectiveness of his methods, Season 2 could have been the next therapist he chained in the basement. Finally, is Sam’s MOM someone we trust to keep those keys??? She can’t even call the cops when he’s killing people in her basement. Is she really going to hold the line when Sam tells her she has to unlock the leg irons? Just didn’t seem sustainable to me. And who changes those bedpans and pee bottles? Things that make you go hmmm….
I was expecting SWAT team to bust through the window for real to rescue the patient. Sequel : Ezra and Shoshana hunt down Sam.
I thought it was well thought out and well presented. Yes, I was upset that Alan was killed. But only because during the entire season we had bonded and rooted for him to get out of there safely. But just like him, we are trapped in the basement waiting to get free. The difference is time. The actual time Alan spent in that basement made him resolute in his decision to get out immediately. So I think he knew that he didn't have what it took to kill Sam's mother. He had too much respect for life. But he did know that the action would be his Hail Mary. There would be no more games. He was leaving one way or the other. Brilliant! I hate that he died. I hate that Sam didn't get caught. But this is reality. This is true. BRAVO!
You should have let the gentle Alan go all crazy on Sam and kill him. That would have been unexpected and a more satisfying ending.
I really wanted Allen to slice Sam’s throat. That was the ending I expected. With what we got, though, I was left wondering if Sam intended for his mother to call the authorities and that’s why he chained himself and gave her the key. Like he knew he would kill again, and he knew he would run, so he wanted to turn himself in and keep himself there until he had no choices.
Thank you for allowing the viewers to just sit in the “gap” with this powerful story and think about the ending. I get why some viewers need closure but more often than not, in life we all eventually find ourselves sitting in the “gap”.
The story pulls the curtain back not only on Alan and Sam but does a brilliant job on showing Alan’s repentance and love for his son. Alan’s dream sequences with his dead therapist friend was a brilliant way of showing Alan working on his “gaps”.
Thanks for not throwing us a “it all ends well” lifesaver. Life is a journey and there are “gaps” that must be wrestled with.
I thought the fact that Sam mentioned in his typed note to Allen’s children that their dad helped him a lot was an indication that Sam would eventually be caught by any reasonably trained detective. But the absence of any story mention of law enforcement or investigation within the community was an emotional dissonance for me. I wanted to feel progress was being made beyond just the missing person flyer that was stapled around town. Giving the mom the key was a defeat to the therapy in my mind because it put the “judgment of the law” in her hands, which is exactly what she wanted to avoid. I see the future of that decision imploding by the mom’s pathetic effort to “care” for the happiness of her son. Plus, what about Sam’s work and the fact that his boss had been murdered? Again, any decent detective would connect the two. Even without a competent detective, how would Connie & Sam financially survive? The second therapist also should have seen red flags about a missing therapist in town, especially a famous one, and what Sam had expressed to him about his current therapist not working out and Sam’s obvious depressed state of mind.
Overall, I was VERY emotionally drawn into the seeies as my wife & i ate dinner together watching it each week. I literally dreamed after the episodes and had very troubled sleep. The show rattled me. Im deeply religious, Christian, and I have my own personal differences with the faith of family members, so this theme resonated profoundly with me. I feel ai grew in my own willingness to consider other viewpoints, even if i ultimately disagreed. I have been able to open my mind further because of the dialogue in this show between Sam & Allen & Allen about his wife and son. Thank you. But ultimately, I’m terribly sad that in storyline reality, Allen did not succeed in resolving his relationship with his son. That broke my heart. The imagined dinner party as Allen was dying was incredibly real and sad. Because this whole show was so tough on my heart, and i have such personal issues about the loss and violence and injustice, I don’t want to recommend it. It’s too disturbing. I am much more interested in resolution than irreparable brokenness. The writing and acting and every aspect of creativity is stellar. I suppose that is why my reaction is so defined as well. Inside, i am feel deeply saddened by a fictional story. That is disturbing as well.
I keep wondering why he at least didn't try to whack the serial killer with the water pitcher. Also, the doctor knew he wouldn't be able to kill the mom, so why didn't he come up with something else.
An excellent series with what I think was the right but deeply sad ending. The writing and acting throughout were truly remarkable. A tour de force for Steve Carrel.
Brilliant ending. Brilliant series., Beautifully written and acted
Brilliant ending. Brilliant series., Beautifully written and acted
I have no idea why there are question marks at the end of my comment, lol!!!
I thought it was an awesome ending. I thought I had it figured out beforehand, but did NOT forsee it going down like it did. I think it was a heck of an ending. Didn't expect Allen to be upfront with Sam about what his future TRULY would be, or use the Mom as a hostage. I don't think Allen really would have killed her. But he was desperate and had to at least try to get himself out of the situation.
Sam imprisoning himself? No. Definitely did not see that coming. I LOVED that twist! I like that it ended there. Even though I was devastated that Allen died. But I couldn't see him getting out.
Some interesting things to chew on, including that note is still in that corpse's throat. He could be found. Glad this wrapped up leaving us with our own speculations. It was too good to ruin with a forced 2nd season. Glad they aren't planning to do that. ????
I think the ending was disappointing, Sam should turn himself in and let the therapist Alan free to see his family, that was what I was expecting
The sequence where the therapist envisions a happy family gathering definitely struck me as a bow to the Ambrose Bierce short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." In that classic story, a Civil War spy is about to be hanged but manages to escape his captors and make his way home. Except.... it all takes place in his mind between the instant he falls and the rope then breaks his neck.
Sam needed to turn himself in and let Alan go
The ending was disappointing
It was like all his progress meant nothing
What ever happpened to the paper the doctor put in that dead guys mouth? No one saw it????