ALSO READ | The Healer ending explained: … By ANKUR-Thursday, 12 December 2019, 06:29 EST. Did Henry Deaver himself free the Angel? But thanks to some well-placed explosives and teamwork on behalf of the greater Merrill Family members, that sacrifice came up short. This marks the real shift into the Annie Wilkes we know and love to hate from Misery, when her full-blown obsession becomes a deadly one for both Sheldon and Wilkes herself. We’re left only with the interiority of Joy’s drawings that might have never even existed in the first place. When she hears Joy talking to a mysterious man on the phone, she opts to drug her daughter/sister rather than risk losing her again, or worse, having Amity come back by using Joy as a vessel. Annie learns that Joy was just talking with a lawyer in order to get legally emancipated as an adult so she could go her own way. But the bigger twist comes when a struggle between the two ensues and Annie ends up drowning Joy in the lake in her rage. Castle Rock Season 2 has a similarly heart-wrenching ending. [Warning: This article contains MAJOR spoilers for the Season 2 Finale of Castle Rock, “Clean.”]. Where is Henry Deaver? By Joanna Robinso n To avoid this, cancel and sign in to YouTube on your computer. This core family and generational story was paralleled with that of adopted siblings Dr. Nadia Howlwadaag (Yusra Warsama) and Abdi (Barkhad Abdi) who had to find their place in not only Salem's Lot but within the local crime family the Merrills as well. By Lakshana Palat. And they almost succeed! Amity agrees to do the Angel’s bidding and in exchange she receives the unconditional love of her people, whom she feeds and later convinces that ritual suicide is part of a greater plan for them. What will Abdi, Nadia, and Chance do now? Spoiler alert for Wednesday's episode of Castle Rock. While the season has been full of blood and guts, including a gruesome death involving an ice cream scoop, nothing could be more violent than Annie and Joy’s final scene together. As we learned in the penultimate episode, The Young Man, played by Bill Skarsgard, says he came from a … Given the scrutiny and negative reaction regarding the first season’s ending, Castle Rock had a lot riding on this ending. Essentially, Castle Rock ends where it began. To stay in Castle Rock is to have to live with the painful reminder of what Pop kept from her all those years. Except Annie has her doubts. So what part did the Wilkes have to play in all of this? That doesn't do much good for Evangeline's birth mother, who died via a gunshot to the stomach (much like how young Annie stabbed her in the stomach years earlier). This crisis of faith (in this case, faith in his father) is not unlike the one felt by Warden Lacy, and the result might be the same: the man in the cage escapes. Until we do get that renewal, let’s chat a bit about the ending of season 2 and see what we did learn about the forces at work in Maine’s most haunted town as well as the fate of Annie and Joy. While the Angel does remind us for a few episodes that ‘Salem’s Lot is a pretty great novel, we still don’t really understand his plan for Castle Rock. Season 2 started off strong with the introduction of both Lizzy Caplan's Annie Wilkes, in an origin story that predates her infamous caretaking in King's Misery, and her daughter, Joy (Elsie Fisher). Season 1 of Castle Rock featured an impressive cast, and it looks like Season 2 will have the same level of talent on board. Cut to 16 years later. Annie thinks its Amity, whom she believes has taken over Joy as a vessel, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. It make sense, considering the many crises Henry experienced in the first season. He lives in New York City with his two cats. The Kid … Ad Henry has reunited with … Castle Rock sees things from Annie’s side, but it’s at the cost of what her own daughter is feeling in her final moments. This is where the Angel meets Amity and where he fights Henry Deaver and where he waits for Amity to rise again in the season 2 finale. The traumatic events in Castle Rock have affected the severely mentally ill woman, but Annie is comforted by the presence of her mother (played by Robin Weigert, another of the season’s shining stars), who counsels her in moments of doubt, confirms that what she sees in Joy — Amity’s filth — is real. What’s next for Annie Wilkes? Well, first of all, Joy isn't Annie's daughter, and she's not named Joy at all. They might be right since Castle Rock seems to be at peace once again, which must bore the hell out of nostalgic and morbid Jackie. Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan) takes aim. So while this version of the tale skews away from the familiar vampiric lore (but not that far from it) in favor of an ancient cult with a penchant for child sacrifice and immortality, it also offers a continuation from Season 1 of Castle Rock. Both Annie and Joy/Evangeline now know the truth. Annie, taking a caretaker position for an elderly homebound man (and disregarding the "Missing: Henry Deaver" posters), is happy to assume the role of mother for Joy once more. The season finale, “Clean,” ties up a few loose ends but leaves some of the show’s biggest mysteries unsolved. You shouldn’t worry too much though, as this Stephen King extravaganza is one of the most popular shows on the streaming service at the moment. 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And it explains why Joy/Evangeline never makes an appearance in Misery, even if she's lurking somewhere in Annie's hallucinations. Castle Rock season 2 has come to an end. Castle Rock's Season 2 finale finally closed the gap between Annie Wilkes' story and the character we came to know and loathe in Misery. Because Ace isn't exactly Ace but rather an reawoken priest from the town's 17th century original settlers who was revived in a new body by a mysterious and powerful entity; he just happens to be wearing Ace's skin. Updated On : 00:03 PST, Dec 11, 2019. Whatever the Angel’s true intentions are, it all seems to go back to Castle Lake, which is secretly a portal to other places beyond our reality. Castle Rock season 2 review: Annie Wilkes' misery transforms Hulu show and Castle Rock Season 2 Ending Explained: Annie Wilkes' Laughing Place. Joy, like Annie, will never escape her mother. We break down the season finale and look ahead to possible Season 2 stories. What is real when the veil of madness is lifted from Annie’s eyes is Joy’s letter, which is full of love for her mother as well as a confession: she’d planned to run away from her mother and get emancipated but hoped to one day reunite. To make matters worse, Joy is robbed of her own perspective in those final scenes, as if the show is commenting on Annie’s lack of a voice in Misery. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. It was confounding then, and it's probably pretty tough to … If the Angel and season 1’s the Kid/Alternate Henry Deaver are truly one and the same, what was the point of getting himself caged for most of the first season? The biggest twist comes soon after. As far as Henry’s fate goes, all we know is that he’s gone missing, gone before the start of the second season. With 10 rattling episodes, Season 2 of 'Castle Rock' finally came to an uneasy end. 'Castle Rock' star Lizzy Caplan breaks down season two of the Hulu horror anthology series, and why she felt compelled to bring Stephen King's iconic Annie Wilkes to life. Major spoilers ahead for Season 2 of Castle Rock, which just ended earlier this week. When Ace’s plan is foiled, and the statue and Marsten House are destroyed, the Angel retreats, vanishing to parts unknown once again. At the end of season 1, Henry decided to stay in Castle Rock and guard the Kid, but how long could he keep that up? As for Chance, maybe she’ll be able to get away, too. Here's why Hulu chose to close the book on the incredible series after only two seasons. With Pop and Chris’ death, there’s little keeping her in town now except Abdi — and they’re not exactly on the best terms either. And at last we understand why Sheldon’s books are so important to Annie. The season finale, "Clean," ties up a few loose ends but leaves some of the show's biggest mysteries unsolved. Castle Rock Season 1 & 2 Explained: Who is The Kid Castle Rock season 1 left us with an underwhelming ending and a lot of questions after piling up mystery upon mystery. It also doesn't do Joy any good since she's been marked as the vessel in which Amity is meant to be resurrected by the cult. He's bringing back his 400-year-old pals in an effort to eventually revive his lady love / prophet Amity and carry out a mass sacrifice on the town's 400th anniversary. Turns out that "The Ravening Angel" that Amity met in a vision hundreds of years ago is the same Kid that the late Warden Lacy happened upon in the depths of Shawshank Penitentiary. In the Castle Rock Finale, Annie Wilkes' History of Violence Comes Full Circle. Read more of his work here. Videos you watch may be added to the TV's watch history and influence TV recommendations. Hulu’s love letter to all things Stephen King, the malicious mixtape that is Castle Rock, returns October 23.. Previously on Castle Rock, Reginald “Pop” Merrill (Tim Robbins) and the others began a last stand against Augustin (Paul Sparks).Although most of them successfully escaped, Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan) was left without her daughter, Joy (Elsie Fisher). Author of "The Science of Breaking Bad" from MIT Press | Twitch Affiliate: twitch.tv/drclawmd | Co-host of the Saturday Mourning Cartoons podcast | Community manager for Ironface Studios | Former science freelance writer for Nerdist.com | Former Animation editor, Streaming Content editor for Collider.com | Founder of ATL S.T.E.A.M. That Unsettling Castle Rock Finale, Explained Show-runners Dustin Thomason and Sam Shaw dive into that ambiguous ending and plans for Season 2. Those solid dramatic explorations of modern families and all their many and varied difficulties formed a great core of the storytelling this season, a good thing, too, because it took a while for Castle Rock's more macabre elements to start getting creepy and compelling. That's not to say her behavior is justified, but knowing that she only gets worse and more isolated in the years to come is absolutely heartbreaking and harrowing. The season finale, "Clean," ties up a few loose ends but leaves some of the show's biggest mysteries unsolved. This new Ace's job is to off more locals and revive them through a very creepy ceremony involving coffins, disturbing bugs used as vectors, and a strong distaste for mind-altering drugs and pharmaceuticals. 2. As Sheldon takes the stage, Annie remarks that she's going to get him to do what her father would not: Dedicate a book to her. Hulu's Stephen King-inspired horror anthology series Castle Rock took audiences back to the title town--and its sister setting Salem's Lot--for a slow-burn season of spooky storytelling. In the first episode alone, Annie ends up killing Ace Merrill, a shocking turn of events that made things even creepier in town once Ace popped up again a short while later. Though the Wilkes manage to escape this madness and run off to parts unknown, resuming their road trip lifestyle, Joy apparently remembers none of it. Yikes. With Castle Rock's success, it is hard to believe that it wasn't renewed for season 3 and, instead, was cancelled. While this could be debated as screenwriting brilliance or loose ends, the first season was an example of a Stephen King novel that left viewers wanting more. Hulu's 'Castle Rock' Season 2 came to an end with a nerve-wracking finale on December 11. But before we talk about what didn't happen, let's talk about what did happen. Doctor Who: Which Monsters Will Return in Series 13? The spooky factor in this season was less about Annie's own struggle with mental illness, delusions, hearing voices, and attempting to function in reality while grappling with the demons of her past and present (though Caplan certainly brought a disturbing performance to the role), and more about the centuries-old evil lurking beneath Salem's Lot and Castle Rock. This was all explored in the excellent episode and standout hour of the season "The Laughing Place", and it explains a bit of Annie's backstory, difficulty with reading comprehension, and obsession with authors and the written word. The tragedy of the final scene is palpable. Who is the Angel and are he and the Kid one and the same? Another explanation is that the rise of the first cultist, Pere Augustin, allowed the Kid to regain his powers as the Angel and get out of the cell. Bill Skarsgard’s cameo in Castle Rock season 2 turns out to be a pretty inconsequential one in the end. In Episode 9, the other Henry Deaver a.k.a. The second season of Castle Rock concludes with a hasty climax and returns to its focus on Annie Wilkes for the season's final dramatic moments. John Saavedra is the Managing Editor of Den of Geek. This is the Angel putting his grand plan to work, although, as I mentioned, the plan doesn’t necessarily make much sense. In one, Annie is saving her daughter from Amity, while the other is so clearly the truth of the matter: Annie has finally reached her breaking point. So we're left with the revelation that Annie killed Joy and moved on as if everything between the two of them was normal. This is an anthology series after all. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! Castle Rock was pitched to the Hulu audience as an anthology series where every season would feature a new cast in an unrelated story. Follow him on Twitter @johnsjr9. Copy to Clipboard. Annie hopes to one day have a Misery book dedicated to her as Sheldon’s number one fan, while the memory of Joy dreams of illustrating his book covers. Read More: Will Castle Rock Season 3 Happen? That's right, The Kid (Bill Skarsgard) is back! CASTLE ROCK Season 2 Ending Explained! This seemed to be the case with Dennis Zalewski, who already had his doubts about Shawshank Prison — especially the way it treated prisoners — before the Kid pushed him to go on a shooting spree. I love the way the show plays with reality here, giving us two possible versions of what’s happening. There’s also the possibility that he simply ran away from the cursed town once and for all, leaving it to its fate, whatever that may be. But the biggest question remains who The Kid really was. Totally normal behavior. SPOILER ALERT! Days Gone Actor Complains That Journalists Don't Finish Games, Why Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War Is Still Amazing Four Years Later. Before she meets the Angel, Amity is an outcast, exiled by her people. The Kid gets pretty close to sending the town into full blown sacrifice mode thanks to a demonic statue erected in Castle Rock's town center that sends all the citizens into a dead-eyed state reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Castle Rock ending shows how even the relationship between a mother and daughter can get ruined because of simple misunderstandings. How? Gone as mysteriously as he appeared. [Warning: This article and video contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 2, Episode 7 of Castle Rock, “The Word.”]. “Misery’s Quest” by Paul Sheldon is the book Annie read to Joy in the days leading up to her death, and Annie’s final fantasy is of their equal admiration for Sheldon’s work. We see in season 2 that even just a statue of the Angel is enough to take over an entire town, so why didn’t he just do all of this in season 1? Both seasons have remarkably high reviews with season 1 sitting at a current rating of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and season 2 with an 89% rating. Read More: Every Stephen King Movie and TV Series in Development. Modified date: Thursday, 12 December 2019, 06:29 EST . A look at the season 2 finale of Hulu’s Castle Rock compared with season 1. Spoilers ahead for the Dec. 11 finale of Castle Rock Season 2. While Annie and Joy’s story gets its painful finality, the same can’t be said for the town of Castle Rock itself, which is left to deal with the aftermath of its latest nightmare off-screen. If and when Castle Rock season 3 does arrive, it will likely kick off a new story with a different cast of characters. In the end, Henry Deaver (Andre Holland) pursues an escaped Kid (Bill Skarsgard) to the Castle Rock woods, only to help turn him into the authorities. Throughout Castle Rock' s second season, Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan) and her daughter Joy (Elsie Fisher) have been on a … Fisher shows the growth of Joy as young woman in scenes where she breaks away from her mother, whom she knows doesn’t always know best, but also proves her own growth as an actress. Amazon's 'The Wheel of Time' Has Been Renewed for Season 2; Production Wraps on Season 1, 'Castle Rock' Season 2 Ending Explained: Annie Finds Her Laughing Place, More After all, she's his number-one fan. The camera pulls back to reveal that Annie is on her own and Joy isn't there at all, she's only there in Annie's mind. Thankfully, the show bows out season 2 of King’s deliciously twisted anthology series in the best possible way, delivering a satisfying and well written finale. If you were hoping to see how Annie went from sympathetic mother to Paul Sheldon’s worst nightmare, you’ll find the harrowing answer in “Clean.” Caplan and Fisher save the episode from an otherwise very ordinary conclusion with their final tense moments as mother and daughter. It also revealed her early murderous inclinations; Baby Evangeline was only saved from being drowned in the river by a teenage Annie because she chose that moment to laugh, snapping Annie out of her bloodlust. There's a lot to talk about regarding Annie's mindset: Prescription drugs as a coping mechanism and not a solution, her obsession with people in her life (her father, Joy, Paul Sheldon) as stand-ins for real relationships, and how audiences may find some empathy for Annie now having seen her entire lifetime of struggles and setbacks. As “Restore Hope” ends, the team behind Castle Rock plays “Molly Malone” on a loop behind the emotional confrontation between Nadia and Pop and its … 400 years later, they’ll rise again to take over first the town and then the world. This Castle Rock article contains spoilers. There’s still the question of how the Kid escaped captivity to begin with. Read More: Tim Robbins on Returning to the Stephen King Universe. But it’s too late. The season had to return to its core relationship, Annie and Joy, before the end. What happened in the Castle Rock season 2 ending? The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. With season 2, the writers of 'Castle Rock' decided to kick it up a notch, and took characters, story themes and locations from Stephen King novels and wove it together. Abdi, on the other hand, may choose to stay, to rebuild and help the Somali community in Jerusalem’s Lot. castle rock season 2 ending explained. Recently, the cast and creators of Season 2 appeared at New York Comic-Con, screening the first episode of the new season and taking part in a Q&A session afterward. This is where the spoilers start. There's no time to lose for this fantasy adaptation. 24. Here's hoping it comes back, if only for the show's #1 fans. The Misery books are a way for Annie to keep Joy’s memory alive. Castle Rock ended its mostly very good first season with an unforced error of a finale that aimed for ambiguous but landed at anticlimactic. The two resume their dysfunctional relationship as they attend an author's signing by acclaimed mystery writer Paul Sheldon. The people who survived the events at the Marsten House will ultimately go back to their lives, of course, since creepy shit is par for the course in this part of Maine, but what about those who didn’t fall under the Angel’s spell? Castle Rock Season 2 Ending Explained: Annie Wilkes' Laughing Place and Castle Rock season 2 review: Annie Wilkes' misery transforms Hulu show. Hulu's 'Castle Rock' came to a close after some of the best episodes of television this season. Of course, Joy is planning something — to run from Annie, to find a place to heal away from her mother, as Joy’s posthumous note to Annie reads. The final showdown between the two Henry Deavers got skipped over and the central mystery of the season \"who is The Kid?\" was left unsolved not because it was a question with an ambiguous answer but because the writers pleaded the Fifth. Nadia could finally fulfill her wish to leave town and never come back. 'Castle Rock' Season 2 Ending Explained: Annie Finds Her Laughing Place By Dave Trumbore Published Dec 12, 2019 All #1 Fans are welcome. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. She's actually Evangeline and she's Annie's half-sister, having the same father. Much of the uncertainty of her breakout character in Eighth Grade returns in her final scenes but there’s something else hidden behind the veil of childhood. The closest answer I can come up with is that the Angel can only act through others, tempting impressionable people to commit evil acts. 12/12/19 12:15PM. Season 2 of Castle Rock took a little while to get going, but once it did, it was a helluva ride right to the end. Having lost the only thing keeping her remotely grounded, Annie gives in fully to her new obsession, which gets its own little origin story in the finale. Was this what he was doing to Warden Lacy too when he was suffering from a crisis of faith? and Predicting the Next Decade of Pop Culture In His 'Parks & Rec' Filibuster, 'Army of the Dead': Ana de la Reguera Details How They Pulled off THAT Brutal Scene, Starz Orders 'Dangerous Liaisons' Prequel Series, Casts Young Merteuil & Valmont, Issa Rae Leading 'Project Greenlight' Docuseries Revival for HBO Max. The simplest answer is that he could always escape and has been merely playing games with the people of Castle Rock. Read More: Lizzy Caplain on the Return of Annie Wilkes. Number 1 Fan. Here’s Every Detail You Should Know About Castle Rock Season 2 Ending. Season 2 closed the door on Annie and Pop, and has seemingly done the same with Henry, which leaves only the Angel to continue to haunt the town until one day someone is finally able to defeat him once and for all. Castle Rock season 2 has come to an end. Last September, we were left with an unsettling, head-scratching finale for Castle Rock season 1. All's well that ends well though, right? This review contains full spoilers for Castle Rock: Season 2, in which Lizzy Caplan's Annie Wilkes was the force of nature Castle Rock needed to soar. With Castle Rock season 3 yet to be confirmed by Hulu, it’s unclear if we’ll get answers to all of these questions. Her obsession doesn’t just come from an unsound mind but from her own pain. Castle Rock Season 2 Episode 10 Review: Clean, Castle Rock Season 2 Episode 5 Review: The Laughing Place, Castle Rock Season 2 Episode 7 Review: The Word. Castle Rock season 2 has come to an end. The season finale, “Clean,” ties up a few loose ends but leaves some of the show’s biggest mysteries unsolved. It’s possible that he’s traveled to another reality or that something much more terrible has happened to him. John Saavedra is an associate editor at Den of Geek. Or perhaps it all goes back to the Angel’s ability to influence others. The same might be said for Castle Rock and the surrounding towns, but we don't know if/when a Season 3 might be in the cards let alone what stories it may tackle. Castle Rock wrapped its second season on Wednesday with an emotional finale, which, among other things, introduced a young Annie Wilkes to the … Cheryl Eddy. So when Annie rushes to revive her daughter/sister, it's with a sigh of relief that she manages to do just that, along with a lie to Joy that she simply "fell in the water." We see the dangerous nurse as a monster through Paul Sheldon’s eyes, but not why she is the way she is. Amity Lambert seems to be the clearest answer we have to how the Angel/Kid operates.
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