THE OUTSIDER Ending Explained!

In this video we break down HBO's latest supernatural crime drama from Stephen King "The Outsider" explaining its ending, the monster, El Cuco, and that post credit scene!
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[@ThinkStory]

"I swear it was El Cuco!" Me after Holly uses that UV light in my room.

[@AkinlabiStClair]

Why didn't they give the monster to the government? They could have gotten a reward and clear his name

[@nuffsaidny]

LMFAOOOOO

[@YM-rk7sh]

If the public believe that something like el cuco really exists, it will become a perfect cover and excuse for crimes. The thing can get much worse then.

[@jomarch4109]

EW! lol

[@That-Google-Guy]

Shit man why you gotta use that thumbnail, even if it isn’t an actual spoiler

[@jacobwatts2659]

Another potentially significant thing about the final scene with Holly: earlier in the series she mentions that she doesn't like to listen to music of any kind. If that's the case, then why is she listening to the radio while checking on the status of the case?

[@parvathyp6581]

And it's the same song Ralph was talking about

[@yngsamsung]

She prolly possessed she did just leave a cave full of dead bodies

[@warpcore9681]

Remember Ralph's story about that song that played 15 years later at that exact moment. Coincidence? Hmm.

[@TheEtanolo]

@@parvathyp6581 i didn’t get the funny thing. Why did they laugh when she said it was coincidence

[@parvathyp6581]

@@TheEtanolo I wish I knew. And I saw the show about an year ago. Cannot remember. Sorry😅

[@frankl3518]

I used to like the ambiguous ending. It's over used now and sometimes i just want some closure lol

[@roddur1000]

Facts its just used as some sort of damage control shield against criticism now too.

[@reginaphalange9417]

Yes, even an open ending has to be precise enough and make sense, otherwise it's just something to mask laziness

[@AshDub86]

Agreed

[@mulder006]

There's a possible season 2, so I suppose they left options open for a new plot.

[@TangoNevada]

Frank L. - It's also Steven King and has never written a great ending. Great ideas, great stories, but no clue how to wrap them up neatly.

[@AllanScott28]

I like how El Coco had forgotten its original purpose. But could sense others are out there. For example Pennywise who feeds on fear while El Coco feeds on Sadness.

[@moabshow]

And mary popin feeds on joy

[@Cinedragon]

Yes, I have the theory that they're basically the same species, but feed on different emotions.

[@stephentoth6003]

@@Cinedragon They are the same species, its been years since the Dr gave his lecture on it but i believe he named the species the ExWife

[@Trevor_Hill]

@@stephentoth6003 Lmao you gave me the twist at the end I wanted and expected from this show.

[@FallenRingbearer]

@@stephentoth6003 The all come from the Outside, and I'm not joking. It's been a King universe thing for a long timr

[@octaviasamantha]

Overall I liked the show but I wanted more from it, I felt like it had potential to be a lot better.

[@skottyo]

Read the book. You won't be at all disappointed!!

[@TangoNevada]

Octavia O_my Sounds like you know Stephen King Shows/movies pretty well.

[@octaviasamantha]

Tango Nevada lol

[@rekaviles]

I thought it was a well balanced story. They are making this a series, not sure what they could have added to this first season without branching off plot.

[@siberianTiger639]

I was thinking like that somwhere in the middle if the show, around 5th or 6th episode, after a promising start... But in the and I was totally disappointed, it's total shit imo.

[@spellegren]

Andy Greenwald mentioned on The Watch podcast that he reached out to someone from the show to clarify Holly's line about Terry. Apparently it's only meant to show that they are already starting the cover-up to clear Terry.

[@TheTam0613]

Hey, thank you for this explanation!!

[@mmariankaa]

EOD Veteran I low key wanted this line to have a much bigger meaning but oh well. Thanks for the info :)

[@kevinphanhvilay8552]

@@mmariankaa I thought it meant that she was already cut as the next host and it was affecting her memory.

[@mmariankaa]

Kevin Phanhvilay OMG SAME! Very ambiguous 😏

[@nicholasmaniccia1005]

@@kevinphanhvilay8552 she doesn't even remember her own height, so her memory is an unreliable metric to draw conclusions from. Looking at the situation she was in, it makes more sense that either one she was eluding to a cover up or two when details are personal, such as shortened first names used by a friend, she has a hard time remembering.

[@chrisg5219]

Ben Mendelsohn is an awesome actor it's always a treat to see him.

[@brunonunez9332]

soothing ass voice too

[@alexcoyg3281]

In "Bloodline" series, he dances around everyone in every scene

[@Danrio707]

Did his character have a lispe? I could slightly sense one when Ralph talked sometimes he talked so low I almost turned on Captions

[@codinghusky5196]

@@Danrio707 no. Mendelsohn has a lisp.

[@svdagoat7972]

I didn't even realize he was also in The Dark Knight Rises until watching a second time !

[@alexcoyg3281]

When i was a really young kid in russia my grandma would awlays tell me stories of creatures like Baba yaga and Wolves who walk on hindlegs, who live in deep woods and feed on bad little children, thanks grandma, i am still scared to sleep in the dark

[@AshDub86]

OMG, you're so lucky! I'm am straight up jealous of you for that. Seriously. I always wished that I had a gramma like the Stark's "Old Nan"; who would tell me creepy old folk lore tales, and all about the spooky myths and legends that she was told about when *she* was a child.

[@alexcoyg3281]

@2Pac Stan Police That is her

[@TangoNevada]

They mentioned Baba Yaga during the show and I like that name much better. But that is also the Nick Name of John Wick and JW3 was around at about the same time of this show. So they avoided any overlap. Or maybe, it was just John Wick all along. Don't fuck with his Dogs

[@EmrahUncu]

@@TangoNevada Wick wasn't Baba Yaga. He was the one whom you call when you want to get rid of BabaYaga.

[@05bastille]

@@AshDub86 i had an aunt like that. she would, when we came to visit, go into the childrens room and tell us ghost stories until all the kids where scared to tears (even her kids, except the oldest, she probably had thick skin by then...) and my mom would have to beg her to stop. now when i think of it, many werent even that good, some she changed to make it more "child friendly" like instead of the weeping bride it was a weeping lady pig... but some were pretty horrific for a bunch of 8yos

[@Quasidono]

The “who’s Terry” by Holly is still puzzling. I don’t know exactly why she said that. It’s very uncharacteristic.

[@agoodamerican614]

has me stuck as well homie mention the hair twirling scene was in reverse. what if her looking up terry us seeing the scratch on her arm AND her seeing jack in the mirror all happened right after she got the call to take on the job instead of chronologically. i mean throught the whole show everyone kept saying holly wasnt from this planet... however jokingly they were that words are rather telling. one way to tell the timeline is her nails. they were fresh when we first see her then you notice they grow out a bit as episodes pass on.

[@agoodamerican614]

i just went back and watched... the title in the article on the laptop said "child killer exonerated". so that kinda kills my theory...

[@Quasidono]

Tim !!! I’ve been reading/watching so many different theories that I don’t know what to think anymore lol. I just got the book recently and am looking forward to seeing if there’s any missing links that could help explain.

[@Mr.OBrien]

Made sence to me because she did say she'll have to look at today's date today or look back from yesterday and yet remember something that was 20 years back, but her face is what made is look uncharacteristic. She should've looked more confused than concerned.

[@Krystibeaudoin88]

did anyone else notice when el cuco was going through all the past faces, the last one (after the woman -only partly transformed) looked similar to Andy? wish Ralph would've let el cuco go through all his past transformations, back to his original form.

[@YM-rk7sh]

I think the reason why Ralph can see the ghosts is that he changes his mind to believe something that seems totally unbelievable, which means, Ralph becomes an outsider as well and thus he can see the outsider.

[@chazzmother]

Yessssssssss I thought the same thing!!!

[@IgiWhiteman]

I thought El Cuco wast trying to make him into his new slave by using the pain of his past, but Ralph was just like "Nah, I don´t think so. Rock in the face!!!"

[@TangoNevada]

@@IgiWhiteman Yeah, I read it as a futile attempt by a dying El Cuco to cause some local grief he could feed off of in a attempt to survive. He needs grief to survive. But by doing that, he exposed to Ralph that he was still alive. By this point, Ralph was already a well and true believer. This was just proof that he needed to finish him off.

[@areyoufriendly]

El Cuco is stated many times as going for those who have pain. Could be Ralph (with his scratch on the face), or Holly (with that ending) easily, for season 2. Ralph ‘said goodbye’ though. Oooh.. Tune in!

[@KublawiA]

Holly twirling her hair in reverse is actually a reference to a previous scene. When the teenage carjacker recounts seeing El Cuco as the hooded figure taking the van, we see his point of view of the figure staring back at him in the rain. However if you look closely, the rain is actually falling in reverse.

[@samshM]

Umm..no i m pretty sure it was falling down and not in reverse.

[@Vanished_Mostly]

Shh! You're going to summon Ronnie Radke!

[@lailasymone1136]

So what’s your conclusion?

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

How many else thought they were going for the cliche body mix up/switch when the cave collapsed and the cop and woman walked back it? I would have turned it off if I saw that's what happened.

[@az6625]

Ohh yes i thought that as well, i was gonna be pissed if they did that

[@handelsavary8082]

true lol

[@bgrashistshering6791]

Well it’s even worse than a cliche, wtf is this ending

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

@@bgrashistshering6791 Was pretty bad. They shoe horned all story conclusions of a 10 hour series into a 90 second montage. I got whiplash from how abruptly it ended.

[@jackj9816]

I Did but they could tell by there clothes I guess

[@expected-ksa9261]

El cuco face shifting to Ralph face at the end of the last episode was kinda scary

[@Tabbyomwenga]

I was looking for this comment..it means El cuco probably killed Ralph's son as him..I was expecting that theory to be mentioned

[@truthof7382]

Why do all videos say “ending explained” then go on to summarize the whole series. I came here for the “ending explained”.

[@DeathByRoaches]

EXACTLY!!!!!

[@dgeci]

Well said. KZbinr clickbait as always. Just skip the bs.

[@Danny-or4gw]

But it's good for the one's that haven't watch it and just want to watch it in 12 minutes

[@alejandrovilleda6293]

Actually because in a few yrs we won't remember movies that well and it's a whole 2 in 1 once you see the videos

[@arp5546]

Furious_DC it does explain the endings though according to what they think.

[@slipoch6635]

Remember an outsider is actually like IT, coming from outside our universe.

[@BrickbyBrickRobotics]

exactly why Holly cannot compare herself to the entity unless she isn't one herself

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

@@BrickbyBrickRobotics she definitely is some sort of alien

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

yeah he's much weaker than IT tho, in the book the "El Cuco" is some sort of alien worm parasite

[@keytronic]

The meaning of the final scene is to be able to have a segway and gauge any potential hype for a 2nd season. That's it.

[@seandidsomething]

I feel like the show started out SO interesting and by episode 5 started falling off and each episode was less and less intriguing.

[@pokeverse]

i agree i like the show overall but it started to drop holly didnt need a love interest or the whole backstories and the militia jumping in to fight the monster, it should have focused more on the creature, ralph and holly

[@themuses5019]

Jah Revelo personally I think this series could have been improved if Bateman actually directed the whole show

[@pokeverse]

@@themuses5019 damn that is a good point those first 2 episodes got me and others hooked

[@asant90]

No

[@laurelmalinowski1676]

SeanDidSomething yes! It really fell off.

[@Mr.OBrien]

Honestly haters gonna hate about the encounter with El coco but that's the realistic way your gonna get with an entity for a Stephen Kings book. Love the scenery, love the ending (with the Franky Peterson grave), love the paranoia for other entities, but hate the fact it felt as if another season would come out but yet kill 75% of the characters.

[@Hykje]

The show seemed to me be the spiritual sequel to Richard Stanley's movie "Dust Devil" which was about a shapeshifting serial killer that actually was a mythological creature that prayed on people without hope. An interesting thing is that both "The Outsider" and "Dust Devil" have a central character who is a cop who has lost a son.

[@brownsamurai3070]

The cut on Holly's arm is a _red herring._ Nothing more. She got this cut when the cave collapsed at twenty-three minutes and 37 seconds mark. She's holding her arm as Ralph is assisting her. Holly has special powers just like several main characters in Stephen King books (Carrie, Dinah in The Langoliers, Danny Torrance & Dick Hollarann in The Shining, John Coffey in The Green Mile, Mother Abigail in The Stand, etc.) It's a running theme in his books. You don't need to look too deep into it as it just is.

[@grandcalifornia8410]

The beginning was so good, really good. The middle was so slow and uneventful and the ending disappointing. This whole thing could have concluded within 3-4 episodes. Unnecessarily stretched out, very poor execution.

[@franksemyon5855]

Fuck you it was awesome

[@AshDub86]

@@franksemyon5855 JFC, are you 12 or just an immature simpleton? Because those are the only 2 logical reasons I can come up with to explain why you not only think that it's not okay for people to enjoy different things and have differing opinions and feelings about a television show, but also feel compelled to attack a stranger for stating their opinion on it. GTFOH you fucking walnut. 🙄🤦

[@thomasp.murphyiv9190]

yeah after they killed off Jason Bateman the show sorta did a nosedive. I thought the last episode started off well, certainly no plot armor. But there was no closure. Granted I have not read the book, but I felt they dropped the ball.

[@Greywolfwarrior]

@@thomasp.murphyiv9190 I agree he really was the best part and creepy giving the finger at the ATM lol 😂

[@Greywolfwarrior]

Thing I don't get is what was up with the daughter did the mother plan on seeking help for her? And who pepper sprays someone just for asking questions like WTF can I do that lol I was like damn b*tch just answer her frigging questions

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

We can categorize this Stephen king work as much of his other work in that it starts strong and finishes weak. It's ok if that's the other way around, but when something is so promising at the start and then just flounders around in the middle and has a nonensical ending I just can't say it was good. It makes sense when you find out that King proudly classifies himself as a "pantser", meaning he writes by the seat of his pants with very little or no outline. The Outsider definitely felt that way. I could say the same thing about IT. The best part about this show was how they dealt with the idea of what would happen if normal, common sense people had to grapple with the reality of a supernatural being. That was very interesting.

[@MichaelWutsch]

I love King's books but I don't think I've ever been satisfied with one of his endings.

[@ChrisSmith-bw1nt]

All these TV series are like this these days, they stretch them out to 10 episodes when there's only enough meat for 6, that's why by ep. 6 it's losing steam and flopping about. Then there's a a second season with an even weaker premis.

[@parisgreen4600]

@@MichaelWutsch)SPOILERS I liked the ending of "Finders Keepers" - the only thing I would change is that we saw the killer on fire but never saw him actually dead...but otherwise good. And I thought the ending of "End of Watch" was very satisfying - Bill Hodges knows that he can die in peace because (1) the killer is definitely not coming back after being squished by a Sno-Cat and shooting himself, and (2) Holly is now strong enough to live and be happy on her own.

[@nicholasc.5944]

i loved it, i love the slow pace, i love the supernatural twist, i love the fact that el cuco is not some all powerful transmogrifying being, he is just a supernatural version of a human being, i love the simplicity and closure with which it ended, though this movie still has so much potential, there could be other cucos, maybe he scratched someone before he died, anyway i loved the movie overall, please kind stranger, recommend me more like this

[@paragvadhiya8019]

You should try “castle rock” my friend. It’s based on the story by the same author stephan king. I really wish that hbo would have produced more shows based on king’s novel, but they are focusing on much wider themes.

[@cemcalex]

Thank you! It seemed like no one else was bringing up the random ep 9 child murder scene...if they wanted to to be a cliffhanger for next season, it would have made sense for Ralph and Holly to hear about it and be horrified since they were on El Cuco’s tail at that point and know (or can at least be pretty sure) he didn’t commit that murder. Instead the show just doesn’t address it at all in ep 10 which feels like a very odd choice.

[@Ivan.80p]

There is no Season 2. It's a mini series. That could change if HBO is blown away by viewership numbers.

[@cemcalex]

layzieGuy80 not sure why you responded to my comment specifically with that info. I’m fully aware it’s a mini series based on a book. The reason I said anything about a “next season” was to give the writers the benefit of the doubt to help explain all the loose ends they seem to have intentionally left in ep 10.

[@amethyst1465]

Stephen king has a novel coming out on may 2020..if it bleeds..holly and ralph characters are in the novel.

[@Danrio707]

Courtney I too was a little confused like ok are there more of em leading to more questions than answers but I believe that when the widow said the DA had something to tell her but didn’t she would have then told Ralph’s wife and I’m sure she would have told Ralph and Holly that another killing happened and it would’ve messed something up so it never got around to them. Honestly I wish they would have either left that part out or explained it a little better.

[@paulie.walnuts2838]

What i took away from that was it's being hinted that there could be another killer , they said the kid was eaten like the victim in episode one . I'm my mind there is more than one feeder and they hunt within reasonably close proximity of each other

[@wesbot4219]

Holly doesn’t listen to music, she hates it.

[@gmoney5947]

Wes Bot they have to pay those screen writers for a reason.

[@BrickbyBrickRobotics]

yes she does but not her counterpart

[@orsors2129]

Don't worry, that wasn't really Holly.

[@nuffsaidny]

I was waiting patiently for this notification.

[@captassassin5680]

Kinda had a feeling that TS wouldn’t wait till the next day to post his take on The Outsider. And he didn’t disappoint, nice catch with the very last shot of the episode being in reverse. I’m not going to say I caught that too, I’ll just say that it felt weird watching it. Like if you were to walk into your house and everything was moved over 6inches. I’m probably not making much sense right now, it’s WAY past my bedtime. Great video, TS. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got in the pipe next!

[@leandrobatista2738]

Ahaha you actually. Am de a lot of sense I felt the same way watching that scene, 4 years later

[@captassassin5680]

Glad I wasn’t alone in that feeling.

[@nocturnalstudios2671]

How about the potential scenario that there is another El Cuco that already cloned into Holly. The post credit Holly is the real Holly who was home and was never even in Cecil. The El Cuco Holly poses as her to take down the other one. She says “an outsider knows an Outsider” and seems to know Jack wouldn’t shoot her. Also the scratch means another El Cuco could have scratched her days before. The Cuco asked how was it so easy for you to believe in me. Just strange the real Holly would say “Who’s Terry?” The El Cuco Holly wouldn’t know if it came along later in the storyline. Just a thought

[@nethermae5340]

That totally makes sense, great analogy.

[@isaiahisaac8266]

I love this theory and would make a lot of sense. However, who would she have come in direct contact with that would be able to "pass" along the 'El Cuco virus'' or whatever were calling it. If El Cuco is the only one who can pass it, yes maybe another one, but she would have felt the scratch, just like Terry did in the hospital, like Claude did in the strip club and like the grandfather at the fair. - My biggest trope about the series, is that El Cuco Claude, clearly scratched the grandfather of the boy he tried to snatch and kill, but nothing came of that.

[@bashairH]

this doesn't make sense.. why would she check the back of her neck when jack appeared behind her?

[@nocturnalstudios2671]

Belle H the Holly in the last scene is the real Holly. She is worried about being used by el Cuco as a slave...

[@bashairH]

NOCTURNAL STUDIOS yea how would she know El Cuco controls her by infecting that spot If she wasn't around during the investigation?

[@ThisTall]

Only thing I didn’t get was the 2 ghosts in the cave that only the cop could see.

[@dabull_mill5038]

One was his son and the other day was the kid he killed

[@unconditionalluv]

Yea O thought it was Frankie and his brother.

[@randlestevenson]

I figured that's how he knew it was still alive, he projected the images to his mind

[@dabull_mill5038]

@@randlestevenson thats true as well

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

@@randlestevenson i doubt the thing is dead, it's probably some entity, lovecraft shit lmao

[@stillatin]

Girl who played Holly is so damn cute

[@areyoufriendly]

stillatin Cynthia Erivo. I fell for her in Bad Times.. and then she killed it as Harriet Tubman, and here. She’s gold.

[@keyboardcockatoo4567]

I know the person above me mentioned this too, but she’s in Bad Times at the El Royale! it’s a really fun movie and she does amazing in it. You’ll get to hear her sing too.

[@jeremyblackwater439]

She really is gorgeous.

[@gilda1745]

Yes she is.😉

[@Danrio707]

I knew she looked familiar, she was a breath of fresh are amongst the country folk cast in this show.

[@TheJaker5]

Wow I didn’t even notice the cut on Holly’s arm or that it played in reverse... 🤔 very curious

[@yngsamsung]

It didnt play in reverse

[@ayeeangie21]

Oh no, I just saw the cut 😟 it got holly 😔

[@Arkivious]

@@ayeeangie21 I don’t think it got holly, maybe it’s another cuco.

[@BrickbyBrickRobotics]

this is a huge stretch but, maybe think of it this way baba yaga has a counterpart i just googled that LOL, maybe el cucos counterpart was Holly,that will maybe explain some of her eccentric behaviour, this whole show from the beginning was about counterparts, Holly did get scratched by the counterpart of el cuco if there is such a thing I don't know yet. The Holly we saw at the end is the REAL Holly. The "entity Holly" kept on saying "A human being(el cuco entity) cannot exist in two realities at the same time" thats why she (el cucos counterpart) needed to get rid of el cuco, she also said "outsiders knows another outsider" and the weird shrug she gave Ralph after he asked her if there is "other" things out there, could be all a coincidence but she also said “When the facts are filled with coincidences, don’t dismiss those coincidences". Wikipedia (Koschei) The most common feature of tales involving Koschei (baba yaga counterpart) is a spell which prevents him from being killed(scene with jack where Holly condemned him). He hides his soul inside nested objects to protect it(Holly) they also talk about a ring (Turkic amulet to be exact), which Holly kept twisting and turning, if you caught that.. I don't know just my thoughts but at least my mind is put to ease, I'm going to watch Dark tvShow next ( Stay save everyone :)

[@bowfin9553]

I think she said who’s terry as sarcasm

[@ThinkStory]

Really? I didn't get that at all. Especially since her character never once uses sarcasm since it's hinted she is on the spectrum of autism.

[@lanaf6784]

She wasn't sarcastic... she was very serious... and it happened at the exact same time as she put the knife in El Cuco's "heart" - there is connection for sure. There was some kind of transformation starting as she put the knife in him.

[@caseyspaos448]

Maybe she says that to diminish its power. No knowledge of Terry Maitland = No grief

[@TangoNevada]

That Statement made no sense and I have yet to read a satisfactory explanation for it, especially coming from a Women that remembers virtually everything. To think she would be caught up in the moment and forget doesn't make sense all, sarcasm doesn't make sense. The only thing I could think of (Which would be stupid if correct) is it was a way for Holly to state to Ralph that this event is far bigger than any single person and she didn't do it specifically for Terry like Ralph did, she was doing it for far bigger reasons than Ralph. That's the best I could come up with.

[@bowfin9553]

Tango Nevada irony is a better word for it, and in the definition of sarcasm it involves irony. Terry is the reason this all started and led them down their path to the cave and to the exact moment when terry was mentioned again.It came full circle

[@LordCPUU]

That was an supernatural episode but more "realistic" and stretched to a full season - i liked it. Sam and Dean could`ve helped a lot here^^

[@OromisGlaedr]

Ralph probably scratched her. A common theme in Stephen King works is that when someone kills an entity, they take on part of their characteristics. When Ralph bashed El Cuco's head in, he probably got some of it's blood inside of him.

[@kevinodonnell261]

An X-Files episode that dragged on forever.

[@brownsamurai3070]

LOL, thank you!

[@Sylviala2009]

Holly had a jacket on the whole time while she was in the cave

[@unconditionalluv]

That could have been from the rocks falling, surprised a lot of them was not all brused up.

[@QuEsT_X]

I'd definitely like t to see a possible anthology series spinoff with holly maybe she was turning into something else or now will be drawn to looking for other el coco's

[@caseyspaos448]

Me too. Her acting is superb! ... Okay. Sarcasm off.

[@Kallah_DaughterOfYAHUAH]

that’s what ii surmise they should be doing. the way they set it up it would be IDIOTIC if they didn’t....but thennnn aagggaaiiinnnn

[@KnockemOrLockem]

Holly asks El Couco if there are more like him. Maybe another entity scratched her, such as the one from Georgia.

[@MrK1ngi]

Was a great season. Dragged on a bit though. Luckily i have the new season of Homeland to see me through till Ozark S3. Btw Homeland has been phenomenal this season

[@ThinkStory]

I am totally excited for Ozark S3!

[@TangoNevada]

Totally agree about Homeland. And I was left in deep thought after I realized from the "Previously on" scenes that it was Carrie that suggested the President come to Troops in person. Hmmm

[@Roostest]

I love how this show always and I mean ALWAYS keeps you on your toes, and I never know what's gonna happen.

[@0zymanndias773]

Why do you use the “daddy loves you very much” part lmao always makes me laugh

[@Nahian.Dastan]

This is his ending.

[@TOM-os9rk]

Loved the series, but found the finale pretty poor. I thought the production in the cave scenes looked very amateur.

[@jeffro503]

Actually really liked this series a lot! And hope they make a few more seasons!

[@home3363308]

That was the actual ending of the book. it would be made up from there.

[@jd_molly]

I dont think it would make sense if a season 2 is made.

[@Malignus68]

Why would the entity tease them in the beginning by making sure it was caught on video, then immediately begin trying to make them stop looking for it?

[@101Waylander]

I know your comment is 3 years old but it wanted to be seen on video because it looks like Terry Maitland. In normal circumstances it would have been an open and shut case; video evidence showing Terry with blood on his clothes, DNA evidence putting Terry in the vehicle used by the killer. It didn’t bank on there being video evidence and witnesses and fingerprints that would show the the real Terry was somewhere else and couldn’t possibly have killed the boy.

[@stefanocozzi8188]

I watched this series in 3 days ... loved it .. how ever the ending should have been more clear and conclusive .

[@areyoufriendly]

STEFANO COZZI Ambiguity and mystery keeps people wa - never mind that. CLIFFHANGER.

[@1eyejackffs934]

If you are a fan of the show then I suggest reading the novel, there is a pretty significant part of the ending of the novel that they leave out of the show in regards to El Cuco, I am not sure if it's due to special-effects budget issues, but it answered some questions about what El Cuco truly was and what was behind the mask so to speak.

[@bigbrossi2434]

Just finished it

[@MP-dx8gc]

im not a stephen king fan but i do like ben mendelsohn and how hes not a bad guy anymore, binged watched this series as a part of the loong ass quarantine

[@songriver1232]

So in the book. The outsider copies the people. And frames them for the murder. Then he changes into someone else and started over He does not take the people over But those people wind dying anyway By murder or suicide

[@johntellez6505]

after reading the novel, seeing the changes they have in the show is so odd.

[@SoxyBoo]

As I've read the book before watching the show, I have to point out that some scenes in this are NOT in the book... Certain parts have defos changed but I still enjoy it nonetheless 😁

[@alphieaddams]

In the end of the book Holly is the one that kills it. I think its super lame that they didn’t use that

[@alphieaddams]

Also their son is definitely alive in the book so wtf

[@ekgheiy]

Can someone explain why they sent the video of "El Cuco Claude" trying to take the kid at the fair? Wouldn't that make Claude a suspect ... in *something*? That's the part that confuses me the most. Look at what happened to Terry despite there being footage to show he was elsewhere. The footage of "El Cucu Claude" is completely damning for "Real Claude", showing he was *not* elsewhere (even though Ralph et al sat with "Real Claude" all night).

[@unconditionalluv]

It wouldn't make him a suspect if that thing kept the mask on. Thanks to the child's sister, it messed up el Cucos plan. He was halfway out with no one noticing until she yelled.

[@moicagq]

I think because it was still transforming, so its face was still messed up and not exactly like Colt's yet. Looked a bit like a burn victim. That's why el Cuco wore the mask at the festival - he looked a bit scary still.

[@emilgluds2447]

It seems like nobody is talking about the scratch on Ralphs left cheek, after the El Cuco encounter in the cave...

[@emilgluds2447]

@C Mahoney kinda odd that an event like that, only left that one scratch. But oh well

[@almir...santos]

Actually, in the last scene, if you pay attention, right after the angle switches from her notebook screen (with Terry's exoneration) to her messing with her hair, there's no scratch whatsover on her forearm. Then it switches to the back of her hair, and then to her front again - both already with the scratch there. So it's even more curious.

[@101Waylander]

Continuity is hard, lol.

[@carlosnumbertwo]

If Holly becomes the next el coco, the monster will be that much more dangerous. It will have her intellect.

[@lynncunningham3656]

Honestly would've preferred Terry to just have an evil doppelganger.

[@Artkidtek]

I thought episode 1 and 2 were brilliant! But then I lost interest in the show. A few weeks later I gave it another shot and I’m glad I did. However people commenting that the script could have been better or this would have been better as a miniseries -they are entirely correct.

[@Quasidono]

I love the explanation of the final scene.

[@crozraven]

The post credits scene made me think that the show wanna teased possible sequel season as in some kind of anthology TV series with Holly as the string to connect it all. There was already rumors of the show getting season 2 after episode 8-9. Well, in the post credits scene, I think Holly finally found her new purpose, specifically to battle this supernatural forms of evil. Pretty much just like another day for the "Winchester" bros LOL Also, about Holly' remark on "who's Terry?." Wasn't that supposed to be her "quirk"? Like having a memory lost in recent memories, but able to "conjure" the ultimate encyclopedia in almost every subjects. That's why she was researching for Frankie Peterson murder case in the post credits scene. I mean some people even suggest that Holly is being invaded/taking over by El Cuco in post credit scene (which I am not agree with).

[@TheBrewsterMillion]

Nall she was saying who's Terry, because they had to cover up the fact they found El cuco. It's one of those don't say a word about this, then the other person says "about what?" Moments

[@crozraven]

@@TheBrewsterMillion what?? there's no camera or any kind of recording in the cave location. no polices showed up. the cover up scenario/plan was after they all left the scene & on the way to police station, in a car.

[@TheBrewsterMillion]

@@crozraven watch it again, you'll see what I mean

[@Sandybowls_9001]

I'd watch that

[@bangtanlove6811]

@@TheBrewsterMillion I watched another ending explanation of the show and they suggested something like what you said.. but I watched that part many times.. it was like she was wondering (who's Terry?!) like she didn't recognize the name for a second.. also if you watch the killing scene again you would notice a weird noise happens in the cave .. maybe El cuco can be transform to something else (unseen by the eyes) and that's when Holly got scratched 🤔

[@wicked_deftlady]

I know by saying this, I’m the biggest nerd but honestly I am still grieving over GoT’s last season. It tore me apart. So this show kind of lifted my spirit because it was consistent till the end. I enjoyed it.

[@areyoufriendly]

Wicked_Deftlady Interesting. Because I, as a devout GoT person, thought that this episode resembled season 8 and especially the finale - show is low paced and building, to have one blooje of a send off with plot discrepancies everywhere, to leave is with little satisfaction.

[@areyoufriendly]

I’m alright with open-ended endings. Maybe I’m just missing something. I guess I should not be like Ralph in the beginning...

[@chaitanyagupta5374]

In the whole series, we see this el cuco having powers like hurting someone while being invisible, accessing someone's thoughts,etc and getting killed by a single gunshot, i mean in the final episode it was too easy to finish in the final scene, (with him still being very weak) having these crazy powers

[@SuperAtheist]

Keep an open mind... but not so open that it falls out

[@baylovegacha3578]

I thought the show was pretty good except for the ending felt like they could’ve done so much more with it

[@JewishCircumcision1155]

I love how the entire series is not even close to the book, except the general idea of the book (killer, supernatural, etc) and it really pisses me off

[@adebrysi]

why even have a skeptical character if magic and mysticism is actually real in the context of the show?

[@malenotyalc]

"Daddy loves you very much." Is the creepiest closing statement in YT history.

[@BrbRippinBong]

For me the show started off so strong but then faded and by the time finale rolled around i didn't even care about what happened

[@mirzaomerovic8005]

Same with me, as soon as I realized that it‘s about supernatural i lost interest

[@severussnape8040]

12:06 did she always have talons for nails?

[@luxurycarr7721]

Yes.

[@orsors2129]

King's Holly would have viewed those long nails as totally impractical. As well as the long braids and lashes.

[@Brandon-lc2yu]

just finished reading the book, can't wait to see this series! wooo

[@thewolfsogood]

you make it sound better than it is the show is sooooo sloooow thanks for the closure

[@sup3rlogico]

Sharpshooter military misses 453 shots. El cuco attacks a kid in a crowed public place and RUNS AWAY. NOBODY SAW THE HOODED CREEPY GUY? MY GOD A lot of money, a poor script. This is a 4 episode show, not 10.

[@richard127gm]

1) He was blind drunk. 2) Hoodies are ubiquitous and everywhere.

[@andrealee8561]

I was a little bummed out by the end .

[@Bdan11171]

So Holly needed the power of the loss of love to overpower sniper man via damming to hell and then waltz in and bash Grief It’s head in? This show felt like I was on a huge rollercoaster that ticked with suspense as it climbed fifty stories, only to drop ten feet and then the ride be over.

[@orsors2129]

The boyfriend was an addition in this series because he doesn't exist in the book.

[@phughesphoto]

Excellent observations! I caught the scratch on Hollie’s arm and wondered how she got it. Ew! I assumed it was from the falling rock in the cave! I also did NOT see that hair twisting was backwards because I was to scared sh*tless when dead Zombie Sniper appeared behind her! CRAP!

[@jefeking2117]

Loved this show they need too bring it back I didn’t know this was a supernatural show so I was really excited when it revived And my baby Cynthia Erivo killed her role!

[@adammccartin7000]

GREAT breakdown. Didnt notice or recognize the links to few things u explained + ALL of it makes 100% sense. That is, if there actually is "sense" to be made of this CLASSIC HBO series !

[@AllanScott28]

The Hand rail theory was was one of them moments what made me think! She really is above the box even on the smallest of things.

[@theurbanloner8879]

Lol me too. I was thinkin damn that's on the next level in its own simplicity.

[@TangoNevada]

I don't know, even if I couldn't die or be hurt, I would have no desire to stumble down into the darkness of jagged rocks, if for no other reason than it would be an annoying waste of time. It would be a great comedy skit, if some immortal creature just constantly fell off shit and tumbled down to what would otherwise be certain death, just to have to spend 5 hours climbing back out unharmed, and then because he refused to grab the rail, took two steps, fell back down and had to do it all over again.

[@theurbanloner8879]

@@TangoNevada lol that's pretty funny

[@gulwareenakhan1216]

For me the disappointment started when it shifted from crime thriller to supernatural from EP 05 onwards

[@kadeee55]

THANK UUUUU 4 THIS DOPE RECAP!

[@zedeyezero1406]

Took me until this video to realize Ralph is “Nolan sorentto(sp) (also using his character from ready player one because it was just on my random film playlist in the background at work) he’s a great actor and his light lisp should be a dead giveaway but it’s not. Just like him in captain marvel as a skrull. Idk if anybody else had this happen to them as well.

[@izaya45]

Yes! The anticipation was killing me.

[@inmyhumbleopinion_]

One of the biggest plot holes is why would a creature that knows, hears and sees the same things as the person that it duplicated, continue to kill while the real person has an alibi? Makes zero sense.

[@unrhu]

I think she forgot who Terry was, was a sign she had been infected by El Cuco.

[@andreaquino5596]

But when?

[@vikingodin1986]

Excellent show...just got the book

[@Michael271097]

The good version of El cuco exits its John Wick.

[@jhiinbo7678]

baba yaggggaaaaa

[@aldoparziale2631]

I see it as HBO keeping things open for another Season(s), even though is based off of a single book, we all know HBO has no problem trying to continue/end series that they haven't waited for the original source material to either finish themselves or in this case continue that which I believe has already been finished by King, unless of course he writes a sequel sometime soon, who knows but I definitely will not be surprised if there's more Seasons, I also kinda hope so, as long as they do it right, cause I really did like the show

[@macchiathos]

Skipped last 3 episodes and went directly to this. This show is a waste of time. The pilot was so promising.

[@Greywolfwarrior]

WTF Who pepper sprays someone just for asking questions LMAO 😆 Jason Bateman was awesome him being two places at once and the thought of him being a killer is creepy definitely should be in mindhunters season 3

[@ColumbiaB]

At 6:40, Think Story states that outside the cave, Jack Hoskins kills Andy Katcavage, Alec Pelley, and Howie Salomon, before killing himself. Yes, but that recitation neglects to mention that Jack also kills Seale Bolton, Claude’s brother.

[@jamietubb906]

This video taught me the difference between Canadian and American accent

[@bironjames9948]

Ben mendelson was superb in this also the chic that play holly

[@rhymesgalore81]

Nobody else heard Holly say "Who's Terry?" when Ralph mentioned clearing his name while they were in the cave?

[@XavierAncarno]

I heard it too.

[@ldy86]

Heard it also. And went back to check it with subtitles.

[@desireedrury4338]

Lol I thought I was the only one....what does this mean???!!!!!!

[@nostalgicuniverse9747]

8:06

[@Rosetti.]

You're sooooo Canadian... But that's a good thing. Awesome video, man.

[@tyghe_bright]

If the last shot is in reverse, wouldn't that mean it's the other arm than was shown in the goodbye scene?

[@TangoNevada]

I see what you mean, but I don't think he means a mirror image, I think he means the footage was reversed (Time wise). If it was, which I am not sure what confirms that. I have no idea why.

[@Buildbridgesnotborders]

Yeah not mirror image, but backwards . Watch her hair.. it falls funny, it's like she picks up her hair then you see it fall

[@satevo462]

I love movie or season explanations that remind how dumb i am and how bad i am at paying attention.

[@MsNikkibuzz]

I just finished the show and it was really good.

[@goldleader6169]

this show got worse and worse as it went on , started off strong but my god that ending lol

[@AbdulWahab-oo4fo]

So fucking true.

[@romanneeld9537]

What was wrong with it? I thought it ended better than say "IT"

[@kellyyeaney5478]

I thought it was slow till episode 7

[@lemonmarie2161]

Facts. It was really disappointing too because the first episode had me hooked but then it just started going downhill after that. The pacing was excruciatingly slow and it seemed like some of the information that we found through different episodes could have all been said in the same episode.

[@wingman7877]

Really was terrible.

[@Archer89201]

This creature is very similar to Apapwlw a creature from our tribal mythology. It could shapeshift and eat people and took extra pleasure in tormenting the loved ones of the victims by singing in their voices. It cant be killed with any human weapons so the two brothers who lost their sister use a very sharp kinda grass found here to hack it to pieces and all the blood sucking creatures like leeches, mosquitoes and other similar things are supposed to be its pieces.

[@Cinedragon]

6:56 Huh, so far quite a few changes from the book. Interesting.