The Haunting of Bly Manor FINALE Episode 9 "The Beast in the Jungle" Reaction & Review!

[@itsjinxnow4814]

The fact that Flora and Miles don't even remember Dani's sacrifice is heartbreaking!

[@itsjinxnow4814]

@Zsuzsanna Varga Dani is such a great character & Victoria is so talented

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

I don't want Flora to know, that saving her cost Dani her life with Jaime. I don't want Miles to ever know he killed Hannah.

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

@Brandon Goodman I dont want that burden on either one of them. Life is hard enough. Might as well say "well Dani did noy kill her fiancee" which is true but still left her with a burden of guilt. Why wish anything like that on two innocents?

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

@Brandon Goodman It is a sign of good story-telling that one feels for the characters. I react with sympathy and compassion, you (in this instance) with disdain for some reason. I think you probably treat real people the way you treat these fictional children--without kindness. At least that is the impression you've created. I think this is your cue to say something insulting and/or dismissive of someone disagreeing with you. You needn't. I won't be replying. I've said my piece.

[@sairah4252]

i always thought it was anger that brought the lady in the lake to the surface after all those years. i don’t know when dani was told that the kids didn’t remember what happened at the house it kind of seemed like there was some anger in her face. but that’s just my opinion from when i first saw it

[@monserraomalley9038]

Dani spent most of her life afraid of reflections and jamie spent the rest of hers looking at her own in hopes of seeing Dani😭😭😭

[@giulia5458]

that’s sad as fuck

[@Pete...NoNotThatOne]

@@giulia5458 I think that should have been the tag line. “The Haunting Of Bly Manor.... Sad As All Fuck.”

[@scorpioseven8368]

not most of her life, its only started about a month before she went to bly when her fiance died, and then it only started again during the last year or less of her being with jaime when she started seeing the lady of the lake near the end

[@Pete...NoNotThatOne]

@@scorpioseven8368 it was more than one month. She’d been in England six months before the interview, and I got the impression it was at least a couple months before that that the accident happened. Is it sad I know all this about a Netflix show?

[@scorpioseven8368]

@@Pete...NoNotThatOne oh right it was 6 months in england, but i assumed it was under a month after the death that she moved because the taxi was waiting for her outside right when the mother in law was trying to give her the glasses from his things which i assume couldn't have been too long after the funeral scene where he first appeared

[@jrbnz]

Dani heard "it's you, it's me, it's us" from Peter, Miles, Flora, and Rebecca in the attic

[@AlessaParker]

yep, Flannigan confirmed that Hannah was about to say "confetti"😭

[@amydubuque2894]

Really?

[@irfankamil8302]

at the end she wasn't remembering them. THAT WAS THEM.

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

I wasn’t sure what @dos cavazos meant by that... guys, please let us know whether you understood that they were older versions of Flora, Owen, Miles, and Henry. I hope so, because it’s so sweet.

[@DosCavazos]

We didn’t realize it at the time but now we understand that she changed the names and details to not alert the kids that the story was actually about them! So amazing!!

[@selamau3]

Yep they are. In first episode, puns of owen's are in his speech

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

@@DosCavazos Yay! Thanks for answering my question.

[@_syzygy_]

@G_ Host ... if you forget about something, nothing will trigger those memories -_-, thats the whole point of having forgotten about something.

[@Ana-ys9mz]

I think initially Flora wasn't her first name but Jamie had to make some changes in the story to make sure the kids don't remember any of it when she's telling it. That's probably why she says 'You wouldn't find a place with such that name' because she changed it as well so that the kids won't know it was their summer residence. I don't know haha

[@Zayber129]

Honestly that makes the most sense to me, especially why they don’t look exactly like there past selves, because she had to change the story

[@miriamlundgren8103]

That’s such a smart thought, makes a lot of sense!

[@prabha29392]

Bly is actually their summer house and also Viola just walks randomly whenever she wakes not everyday or a specific time so it is possible she may left unnoticed by the family. Also if you remember the boy ghost helps Flora to avoid Lady in the Lake by placing her in the doll house whenever Viola walks

[@Thorongil83]

oh, i didn't catch up that thing with the doll house. I thought he was just playing with it. Need to rewatch show more closely :P

[@thoso1973]

Yes, the other ghosts communicate Viola's presence to Flora via the dolls, that is if Flora doesn't actually observe Viola by herself. So many details in the early episodes, suddenly make sense when you re-watch Bly Manor.

[@barbarastanwyck4288]

I like to think the talismen the mom was making since she was a child had something to do with it.

[@b_v1]

basically at the end that WAS them, she (Jamie) changed the names of the story and the name of the place bc otherwise ‘miles’ and ‘flora’ would recognise it was them

[@DosCavazos]

That makes sense! We didn’t catch on at the time of watching but that would explain why she was even at the wedding in the first place.

[@b_v1]

@@peach5438 owen and henry remember and evidently knew the story was about them, but yeah basically changed the names for the benefit of ‘’miles’ and ‘flora’

[@jksgameshelf3378]

And why Owen looked at her when she first sat down at the table, and encouraged her to tell the story. It was all of them, just older. Having the same actors play those parts when they're older but in makeup to age them would have been too obvious and given it away.

[@ronarubis9075]

In epi 6, flora was talking to Miss Jessel. “I dont like this game. Im tired of being tucked away. Im tired of FORGETTING things.”

[@scorpioseven8368]

@@peach5438 Lots of people who experience trauma as children lose a lot of memories of their childhoods because of it. that isn't just a show thing its extremely common in real life. that with the added possibility theres supernatural things possibly messing with it too, like who knows what the effects of being possessed constantly can take on a childs mind in the long run. its all perfectly reasonable.

[@Anders_Dome]

''And the rest is just..." confetti :D

[@Ash-qd2ke]

I love that Jamie essentially changed the story. The mansion was never called Bly. The names were never real. But the story is very real for her-for them. Dani kept the Viola's rage because unlike her, she has someone dear to her. Viola was abandoned and her will kept her from moving on. Dani had Jamie by her side and it is her will that would prevent the Lady in the Lake from taking anyone

[@evelyn8164]

I want to point out something that I read. Jaime talked about love and possession. Viola turned into something evil and her memories faded because she held possession. Dani however, will never forget Jaime or their time together because she sacrificed herself for love. It is so sad to see that Jaime thinks Dani will eventually forget her, but in reality that is not the case. Btw I love yalls reaction to this series!

[@amydubuque2894]

Yes!

[@macxgames]

It started as a horror story but ended a love story. Certainly didn't see that coming and that's what i like about this show.

[@RomanyGypsy92]

I like to think that Dani's sacrifice was selfless enough that her soul will be able to move on. Viola's gravity was all about possessiveness and selfishness. Dani stopped that with love, which is the opposite of all that. (Much like Dani and Jamie discussed in episode 3.) So I think, ultimately, her soul (and probably Viola's by extension) is free to cross over but she's just sticking around for Jamie as her "unfinished business" in the sweetest sense. Then she'll pass on when Jamie does and they'll be together in whatever afterlife there is.

[@Eitaklane]

YESS! And I love how this idea goes back to the conversation (I believe) Jamie has with Hannah about love and possession in regards to Rebecca and Peter. Also, relating to Viola’s physical possessions (clothes and jewelry) tethering her down to Bly and that intertwining with her love/possessiveness over her daughter.

[@megandisjardin7594]

I believe The Haunting of Bly Manor is a Gothic Romance

[@therenegade916]

It absolutely is. Like The Others was straight Gothic horror, but Crimson Peak was a Gothic romance. Hill House and Bly Manor are the same respectively.

[@alikhanperiodt6483]

i just bowled my eyes out for 5 mins😔 especially after the line “cause Dany wouldn’t”

[@gordanastojcevic210]

Yeah, Dani would never 😭

[@smilehoya5375]

Loved the way Kacee's eyes slowly started to fill up with tears as they watched the scene where Jamie finds Dani in the water :')

[@exeuntx]

I love... cry manor.

[@harryynigoyasay1582]

This is the best and also the saddest episode ever :(

[@craigchalloner153]

Hill House was amazing because it dared to bring something fresh and different to the Horror genre. Flanagan was never going to just do a re-tread, which would have been easier. Instead, he went for a different setting, a different tone and a different story. Same emotion and the same mosaic style that makes it feel like a mystery unfolding piece by piece. And like Hill House, it's even better on a 2nd watch, when you understand all the subtle beats that you missed first time round. Great reaction, you two.

[@komang1224]

Oh yes! I'm so excited for this one! I was so sad :(((((

[@juniorgunner501]

The girl who spoke with ‘older’ jamie about her husband was Flora, she used her middle name as the character in hill house to not give away the fact it involved miles and Flora

[@thomasbaker2067]

I didn`t notice a hand On adult Jamie`s shoulder at the end, thank you for noticing that and telling us about it.

[@Tyler-zr4fc]

I'm a 25 year old man and I was bawling for the last 30 minutes and 30 more minutes after it ended. Reminded me of the Black Mirror episode: San Junipero. What an absolutely beautiful and tragic love story.

[@driveknight9959]

Its just sad and beautiful that the kids don't remember Bly. Good for their normal life but sad that Dani will be forgotten

[@dawngrrrl]

This finale tied up things so well imo. Gothic romance done beautifully. Thanks for the reactions!

[@sara-gv8wv]

It was the best love story ♥️, love your reaction!

[@jksgameshelf3378]

If you haven't already, go back now and watch the very beginning of episode 1. It bookends perfectly with the ending.

[@feliciasmith8189]

I have been waiting for this episode!! I cried like a baby! Love your guys reactions!❤️❤️

[@darkbarbiex]

omg wasn't expecting it this soon as a person that cant sub to ur patreon for regional reasons ,im tearing up ,thank u 🥺💗💗

[@luisnavas8457]

Did you know that the person who plays Viola's sister, Perdita, is the same who plays Poppy in The Haunting of Hill House?

[@arcticlavender]

Also, PeterXRebecca and DaniXJamie are pretty good representations of possession VS love, Peter dragged Rebecca down with him selfishly, while Dani refused to drag Jamie down with her.

[@ivinmichaila5533]

Like Dani said, Love & Possession is indeed two different things from one another. But it's sad to know that Jamie is willing to be with Dani, but Dani don't want to, because she love her. Love is so powerful.

[@wb4536]

The Lady of Lake was no longer herself. She only encompassed rage and wanted to see her daughter but she never did.

[@chandrashekard.7543]

They only lived in the house for summer holidays so it’s unlikely the lady in the lake came across their parents.

[@claudiopoblete263]

This episode made me cry for 3 days 😭

[@MPPlays]

I cried like a baby after watching this episode

[@andiee4163]

Dani did it to stop Viola from overtaking her completely, and to keep Viola supressed so no one else would be taken

[@aeris44]

So future “Flora’s” breakdown about her husband was imo an old suppressed fear of losing people like she and her brother had to deal with as kids. Such little gems this show had, my god

[@Springveerr]

I think Jamie keeps telling the story so Dani won’t fade

[@eleven-hopper]

This episode still makes me cry so much

[@justyouraveragehuman8694]

For what the motivation of Viola was after taking over Dani. She wakes, she walks, she sleeps.

[@starstormm1]

“It’s just “ Confetti.

[@narayastarks]

it was 3 different love stories, its to prove every ghost story is a love story. possesive love, unsaid love, true love

[@explodingplant2]

It's not that I didn't cry. But I never screamed so much at a tv "JUST DRAIN THAT EFFING LAKE" or 'find an old priest and a young priest'

[@arcticlavender]

Jamie and Dani got 13 years together. It should have been more, but 13 was pretty generous of Viola lol. She was 35 when she died, same as Viola.

[@Pete...NoNotThatOne]

That math doesn’t work, Dani had already been a teacher for eight years when she came to Bly. So she would have to be at least thirty then. Plus thirteen years with Jamie, and older Jamie is definitely late forties. I would’ve said forty three or four maybe.

[@DangerouslyRelaxed]

I really enjoyed re-watching this with you two! I'm SO glad you pumped them out quickly, too, instead of milking it for 2 months. LOL Thanks a lot!!

[@fortunatus1]

I've seen a lot of reactions now. I think the brightness level of the screen you're watching the show on has a real effect on how people view the scene where Dani let's the Lady in the Lake possess her. If the screen were set to a higher brightness setting, you can see the color of Dani's left eye change from Blue to Brown signifying her new occupant. Most people don't have their brightness set very high so it's missed and people routinely question why she had such a weird face.

[@rindiano5608]

HAH! I'm glad your reaction vid for the final episode came out so soon! I loved watching your reaction for the whole series. I binged episode 7-9 at one go cause they kept ending on the cliffhanger of Dani being choked. It's sad to think that Jamie assumed Dani was wondering the grounds of Bly, harmless as a dove till today and forgot about their memories together when in fact Dani was right there with her. Their conversation about love and possession/ love and ownership was the highlight to all the relationships at bly. Viola loved her possession (her clothes) and she was stubborn enough to keep wanting to see her daughter after nearly 400 years. Same with Rebecca and Peter's love. Then you have the missed love between Hannah and Owen. Neither one ever expressed their love towards each other. Lastly, you have Dani and Jamie who knows love and ownership are opposites. Dani willingly sacrificed herself for the kids and for Jamie. She refused to take Jamie with her.

[@alex-sm9gx]

Great reaction ! Glad to see you caught on that that really was them at the end of the episode all grown up. I cried too 😭

[@nicolepetri7086]

I really love how in Haunting of Hill House, there's a scene that shows all the books the brother had written and both Bly Manor and Hill House were among them. I wonder if there will be a season for each book that was on that shelf.

[@gccurry1]

This is a story about something bigger: how people live on after they die. Viola became a monster. Dani accepts her death and lives on in the memories of Jamie - and now, thanks to the story she tells, she will live on in Flora's memories. Did all this take place in the venue where they are for the wedding? Dani would be walking her path and Jamie is leaving the door open for her.

[@marissabrunje7627]

Love your reactions

[@selamau3]

Ghosts in haunting series are both tragic not coming from pure rage and hatred. Their lives was just unfortunate

[@frankrodriguez2999]

Just finished binge watching your episode's for bly manor and enjoyed your reactions and how you theorized what was going to happen each episode and having seen all the full episodes I more so enjoyed the way you edited each episode, it really felt like a nice abridged version of each episode that I think you could understand with out having seen full episodes.🙂

[@taddawson68dawson68]

Love you guys! Cheers from Iowa. Happy Halloween

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

That chest is long since gone, dissolved in the water and eaten by the creatures of the lake centuries ago.

[@Cornberry]

I dearly loved Hannah and Owen my goodness

[@krissmith8851]

In the scene where Dani invites Viola in, and Viola accepts, the close-up on Dani's eyes shows one of them turning brown. It's hard to see because the scene is very dark. I've seen a lighting corrected version on Tumblr which makes it much easier to tell.

[@Eitaklane]

YES! And the rest of the episode Dani’s eyes remain two different colors. Such a small detail, but a brilliant directorial decision.

[@eliasaej__]

the scene on the lake is just-🥺

[@debbie995]

So happy you guys enjoyed the series! 🤗 I loved it 😍 (but I agree with you Kacee about the Lady in the Lake question and also how did the parents never even see her?) I'm looking forward to watching the Mandalorian with you two next 🤩

[@elizabethlanham4131]

The last half of that last episode it BRUTAL!!

[@DarthVader-bb6se]

Confetti for all, good novel, good cast, perfectly splendid story.

[@averyy6681]

Good movie too! "The innocents" 1963 was the original adaption this is a remake of the movie

[@timothyclark8600]

Despite its size it is easy to forget that the house was only a country home for this family and never their permanent home. And that would explain the parents never running into the lady in the lake because they were not always there..

[@zephyr835]

I think it's what Anthony said, that Viola just wasn't killing people who were on the bed, like that plague victim. The other thing is that Dominic was away a lot, so if Viola went up there during that time, she'd most likely find Charlotte alone. Maybe that doesn't make a difference, but it's something. :) I kinda wish they hadn't done the same ending for two straight episodes, because it's part of what I call the binge hook. Episode 6 ends similarly, too, in a way that makes you want to continue immediately. But I like hearing a different take on that from you two. Great reaction and discussions! I'll probably check out the ones you have for Mando.

[@nightjetts]

This show is so bittersweet, and I want to watch it a thousand times over.

[@dragos-lucian]

You handled the ending much better than me. It really made me cry. Heartbreaking ending... Anyway, it's amazing that the next 'season will have most of the same actors we've had so far. That makes everything great from the get-go. I absolutely love to get to see them play a different character and enjoy their performance, cause they're such wonderful, talented actors.

[@icarus7217]

Such a a hauntingly tragic love story ! 😢

[@Mostafa-ws4dh]

So glad you reacted to this series. I binge watched the whole thing.

[@jennysutton7409]

Such a sad ending but I never expected it to be happy considering the stories of Henry James usualy don't end well like with a Turn of the Screw because unlike here in the original story the brother dies in the care taker's arms. I hope you both do a reaction to Midnight Mass which is the next series by Mike and also the one closest to his heart because he actually started to write it as a book but never was able to finish it so he did so with the tv show. That show has the actor of Owen,the actress of Theo,the actor of the father in Hill house/ the actor of Henry here in Bly Mannor and the actress of Steve's wife in Hill House returning as very different characters yet again and the story is completely different than the other two that came before it.

[@shazzycromo]

Dani and Jamie own my entire heart!!! I love them so much. The hand at the end killed me off. Oh and they were together for 13 years until 2000, which is when Dani went back to Bly.

[@Eitaklane]

Would you two consider rewatching the whole series back again and doing a recap review/reaction? Especially with this series, I feel like a second watch it SO WORTH IT and knowing the storyline gives you an opportunity to really look at the themes and examine the details (love and possession, for example). Plus watching out for all the ghost cameos is fun! Lol

[@layniebear1237]

was amazing!~ thank you for this series!~

[@javier.nl96]

Dani did it because Viola was going to take over and she felt she was dangerous not only for Jamie but for others too. She basically knew that was the only way to stop Viola.

[@Vipre-]

I think the answer to why the parents/family were safe came in Flora's episode. Charlotte kept that talisman/doll in her nightstand to protect them and either knowingly or not it worked. It's also where Flora got the idea.

[@IH8YH]

Henry Thomas (henry here and the young dad-version in Hill House) was great in E.T. :D

[@amydubuque2894]

I loved this show and loved your reactions!! So sad that jamie thinks dani will forget her but seeing danis hand on her shoulder makes me think she won't. And its so good but sad the kids wont remember what happened. I loved how Hannah almost said "like confetti" I love the whole anthology thing and i think the haunting has nailed it even better than american horror story

[@amyfarrington1668]

just confetti.. 🥺

[@tafas15]

they cry to less in this, i was all episode in tears :D

[@Cesia_B]

You forgot, the house was just a summer house. Also, all the character say the footprints are ONLY few times a month. Not everyday, we don't know how often did Viola wake up both in her room and the house.

[@pavanmaddini]

and that ending was "Perfectly Splendid"

[@j0rdq765]

i cired when she was thinking about them

[@nehankhan1584]

The story of Viola isn't known to everyone so Jamie couldn't possibly know about any chest. And I don't think it would've made a difference now since Viola doesn't remember who she is. She only knows a path and that she seeks a child. And she wants that child with her...maybe it would've worked if they gave the chest to a family member of Viola..but again no one knows who she is..

[@alanacunningham5437]

"Especially since I've never seen American Horror Story" a new show to react to possibly? 😏

[@42across]

Also like how the lady of the lake left dani alone for years, i think viola was satisfied enough with drowning the little boy to stay asleep long enough while flora and miles parents were staying there

[@JavierGarcia-bd6kw]

The story was badass. It was hard to get into it. But from episode 4 forward I couldn't stop. Who's cutting onions right now?!

[@jeffmartin1026]

Viola was looking for her daughter which is why she wouldn't have taken anyone from the bed, although she did talk to the one man in the bed durring the plague. She only grabbed people who were in her path when she walked.

[@MrSteve-hy9yo]

viola did not come back every year. It varies since there are times where she would sleep years (maybe decades away). So maybe she did not come up during the time of her parents. And with Dani as the Lady, she will make sure Viola's Rage never happens again. What a love story, what a sacrifice, what a series....!!!

[@dalton6173]

In my personal interpretation of this show I see Dani as the great great (add in as many as need be) granddaughter of the lady in the lake.

[@borristortoise7587]

Is that a sankara stone behind you from the temple of doom?

[@reginabaez7652]

Such a good season! I loved every episode! I cried so much too 😩😭

[@ms.craftycapricorn9475]

But no one know about the chest... I wish someone knew about it

[@missrubyphoenix]

I just discovered this show last week and got hooked! I fell immediately in love with Hannah, dunno why, her whole aura was so gentle and beautiful, though her story, all the back and forth confused me as much as it made me sad, Owen's dreams and hopes of a happy life with her were heartbreaking to listen to, knowing that she's dead. Rebecca's death reaaally pissed me off, Peter was a selfish SOB Flora and Miles... Adorable, but terrifying at times, the kids did a wonderful job Henry's redemption was amazing, how he stood up to his... Inner demon? Guilty conscience? Dani kept me so tense, though she wasn't my favorite caracter lol sorry, but the development of her relationship with Jamie was lovely, but also heartbreaking, how they tried to be happy and normal, Jamie's words to Dani on the flower shop and then the way Dani hid the ring inside the plant and asked her to marry her made me cry Seeing Owen on his restaurant was heartwarming, and how he kept Hannah's memory was lovely Dani's suicide and how Jamie tried to get her out of the lake but couldn't, got me crying ugly, and again after she finishes the story and later, in Flora's wedding she sees them all, young again, it was so bittersweet..... Damn! This story really got me lol sorry about the long arse comment

[@anaiglesias9972]

This episode made me cry so hard.

[@interstellarbeef]

In the credits it said "Older Flora" so I think that was her.

[@eliasaej__]

dani is just- always the lady in the lake

[@andiee4163]

also many are returning for Mike’s “Midnight Mass”

[@darkbarbiex]

guys I think that dani drawned somewhere in america as thats where they were living her and jamie! and violas gravity took danis spirit to her resting place where the chest was thrown ,that's why jamie didnt drag her "body" out of the lake because theres no actual body 😩 (and jamie had to travel to get to bly) and flora and miles moved to USA as well that's where they lost their British accents and got new names (or jamie changed names completely ?) and as kids push traumatic memories so deep they forget about it! such a heart breaking moment to see jamie and flora have that conversation because jamie lost her lover so that flora can experience love and life as well! 🥺😩 and at the end scene it was super emotional because it takes us back to their first intimate conversation about love and ownership and the juxtaposition between peter and Beccas love and jamie and dani ,dani wouldn't allow Jamie to see her but shes always there ,she knows how much it hurts being haunted and how torturous it would be and also giving jamie a chance to move on if she ever chose to! love and ownership are opposites! also I'm thinking if eventually dani will fade? in terms of memory and features and have no purpose anymore after Jamie passes :( that would be so sad ... these are just my thoughts ,I hope nobody attacks me 😩🤣🤣

[@MrSteve-hy9yo]

She will not move on. It was explained in the story, Dani becomes the new lady of the lake so viola is still with Dani but Dani keeps her in check so no more murderous rage. However since Dani is part of Viola and Viola cannot pass on to the next life, Dani is forced to endure her eternal dreams and awakening as Viola is prone to have. That's the sad part because viola cannot move on since she has forgotten her true self and purpose. Now Dani will eventually become like Viola and likely forget everyone at some point. Likely when Jamie passes on will Dani eventually forget and just wander like Viola did except without the murders.

[@nellyducane2369]

I wonder if a puppy would stand on the way of Lady of the lake, would she kill it or walk past it... I need answer

[@coreysutphin9238]

Midnight mass is another Mike Flanagan masterpiece. You guys should check that one out too

[@gingerberrycatt]

Haven’t read all the comments, but it should be noted, Theo/Viola’s actress is married to the shows creator, so it’s not too shocking that she appeared, lol.

[@cassandrareed5959]

What’s the name of the sing at the end?