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what is going on to all my TV fans out there and welcome back to my channel we are here today to
discuss the new horror series from Mike Flanagan by the name of the midnight club now we're going
to Pivot over to the spoiler portion so I will warn you all we're going to be talking spoilers
and particularly the 10th episode which was titled midnight we're going to talk about the the reveals
the ending all that stuff here so you have been warned I'm gonna probably clip this video out and
make it a separate video kind of like an Indian explained type of thing so with all that being
said spoils ahead we're talking about the last episode which again was titled midnight now one
of the things I want to mention that I couldn't really talk about in the spoiler free portion is
the idea of the ghost was fascinating again I didn't think the execution was all that great
and scary like not at all like the designs and the jump scares were not effective but to me the
metaphor of the ghost was really unique because I don't know if you all notice the only time the
character saw the ghost is when they were about to die think of it as Anya who we talked about
the spoiler-free portion didn't like her at first but ended up loving her especially when
she had her solo episode I think it was episode seven when she was kind of like in limbo life
and death and she was like listening to the radio all that stuff was fantastic but when you go into
the idea of these ghosts only appearing when they were gonna die that was like again the metaphor
of death their time was coming Anya uh you think of all the all the characters I saw him was Anya
Kevin he saw the ghosts a lot because he's almost gonna be dying soon and also our lead character
alanka who her that moment which we'll talk about here in a second in the 10th episode when she asks
her witch story and her mom and she accepts death we'll talk about that here in a second that was a
really good sentimental emotional moment I thought had a really good payoff but again the ghost I
like again the execution which was scarier which was more frightening but again the only time our
character saw the ghost is when they were going to meet death which I thought was again was unique
but going into breaking down this 10th episode and talking about the ending so we opened episode we
obviously know at this point in the series the identity of Julia who she really was in a series
and she goes to go meet Regina Ballard who allows her to stay with her for the week and they come up
with the elaborate story that she told everyone that thinks that this place has these mysterious
healing powers in the basement so we already know okay it was just a hoax or not a hoax but it was
just part of their story to kind of create this Narrative of creating this cult and creating this
belief in this particular pace which I'm like whoa that's kind of effed up on both their parts right
but then going back into at this point in the episode everyone's saying their goodbye to Sandra
which I will say when we get that moment which I think it was an episode seven or eight when
we find out that one of the kids or one of the teenagers From The Midnight Club was misdiagnosed
and they're going to be leaving obviously as the audience member you've been thinking this whole
time first off it's alanka she's she's the one that found this place in regards to she is the
eyes into this world we're following her so the hero's journey of a certain extent she's gonna to
beat this terminal illness or you're thinking wait a minute maybe that ritual that she did actually
worked and she's going to leave but this caught me by surprise and ended up being Sandra which
was I'll admit it was emotional man because again we're following along of course they built the
other characters out some more than others but we think it's going to be a Lanka and when she
finds out that it's Sandra she's kind of like no Sandra you know it's not you it's me and then when
she finds out no I'm going to be leaving tomorrow that was very heartbreaking and again when they
say goodbyes and all that stuff I didn't cry or anything at one point in this series but it was
emotional but let me know how you all felt about that moment and did you think it was going to be
alanka or once Dr Stanton said it was a female I was like okay it's only three characters left
that are female alanka uh nonski and and Sandra so let me know how you all took that in and if
you got a little bit emotional when you find out who it was but I will go back to Sandra and I
talked about in my spoiler-free portion her story her Sinister story was one of my favorites the
romance black and white Noir with the undertone of the hero being Spencer because again they
had their conflict which she was talking about religion and obviously religious uh different uh
followings don't believe you know that when you're gay you're not gonna go to heaven you're evil and
all this stuff and we even get that payoff with Spencer's mom coming to the manor at the end so
but her story was fantastic and again let me know because of course we're talking spoilers now what
was your favorite story again mine was Kevin serial killer I enjoyed the uh a mesh Story the
Sci-Fi time traveling story and also like I just mentioned the black noir let me know some of your
favorites so moving on to kind of breaking down the final moments again the question at hand when
you're watching this show is are these ghosts is there a real afterlife and all that stuff is still
questionable until we get this moment onion's friend her childhood friend comes to go pick
up her her belongings and he finds the ballerina and the reveal is the ballerina's leg which was
again kind of a metaphor and symbolism for her character it was broken but then it was fixed
she didn't fix that when she was alive she fixed that from the afterlife which if you go back to
the very beginning of the show if one of us die we have to give us a symbol or give you
all something to know that we're in the afterlife so she did that from the afterlife so I kind of
really enjoyed that moment especially like I said off the bat Anya I'm like yo she is being
a little bit too rude to our main character but again you learn why why she's so standoffish why
she's so protective of her friends and especially when you get her story so that was a good moment
that was that was some of the shiny moments of this finale because a lot of the stuff to me just
didn't really conclusion this didn't really stick The Landing for me but that brings us to wrapping
up our final stories which one of the stories had a bad ending which the crew even admits and the
other one had a better emotional moment which is Kevin finally finishes his story which was
personally my favorite story up until the ending but his whole I can't kill Sheila his his great
great grandfather or even decades ago Generations ago they had the little cult thing where they're
possessed and they have to kill to feed this entity and he ultimately doesn't he spares
Sheila's life she hits him over the head but puts them into the uh you know I think it was an asylum
but again the overarching theme was you know obviously he killed his girlfriend metaphorically
and he saved Sheila because obviously in reality he was in love with well not a love but he really
had feelings for alanka so again knowing that and also too his story of being kind of the cool kid
and all the different stuff and like all these stories again whatever the incident was that
whether it was murdering or whatever time travel it all played into those characters which again I
talked about it the best elements of this show was the stories within the story it was the Midnight
Club stories that was just way more appealing way more entertaining more may had way more depth and
payoffs than the actual I don't say reality because it's a fake show but the reality of
the matter and The Ghost and the Mystery of the matter those stories were fantastic the ending
wasn't great for Kevin's story I will admit and again the club even amends it but that brings
us to the conclusion of a Lanka story with her mother and the Witchcraft and not changing things
remember her determination to survive she was so gun whole on Surviving saving her friends in this
particular story all for it to as they say bounce back or push back at the time and in the gather
she ended up sacrificing herself for you know uh in this particular story uh alanka her friend but
that ties back into her story as she's going to the afterlife that was when the character accepted
that she's gonna die so again I didn't cry at any point but I did say man that's that was a good one
of the few in my opinion one of the few emotional payoffs was a Lanka story and then particularly
that particular story of her accepting death let me know what you all thought about that but we're
here to talk about the ending and here is the ending here so as we're wrapping up the show see
Dr Stanton locking up the manor uh bright cliff she walks past the the picture of the the guy
that created Stanley and what was it 1868 she goes into her room she takes off her wig and she has
that symbol for the cult which is the big reveal that she is the daughter Regina Ballard who went
by the name of Athena so she is the daughter and if it lines up because if you even think about it
when we saw their backstory it was 1931 1930 or so and remember we're in 1994 so if she was let's say
14 15 when we first were introduced to her in that flashback Flash Forward to what 1994 she's like 70
years old 73 74 75 so it lines up perfectly and again it ties back into why she was so gun whole
on not allowing Julia to come in and not believing in these rituals because she's already experienced
her firsthand with her mother doing all those things that killed all those people so she's the
daughter she's Athena she is you know Dr Stat and it makes so much sense why she created this and
why she doesn't want all those people to kind of cloud the idea of these Supernatural things giving
you more health so that was an interesting reveal but my question is is this a season two type
of ending like are we going to get more I don't think so because again if you see Mike Flanagan's
previous work they're just one and done they're limited miniseries but we've never had a series
I guess really in on that type of an open-ended thing like okay are we gonna get any more of the
the story but again I think about midnight mass that kind of had it like a I don't say Cliffhanger
but you didn't know if the vampire spoiler here for that show which you should watch it if you
haven't but spoiler for midnight mass when the vampire went away the vampire died they didn't
explicitly show you that but we know that when the light comes out and they had a very kind of way to
show you that the vampire didn't live on but you know that story to me had a more conclusion to it
versus this one kind of was I don't say open-ended but I was like oh there's maybe more to explore
there but most likely not because we know Mike Flanagan likes to do he's already working on
his next show which I can't think of the name of her right now but that's the ending she is
the daughter and we kind of understand again why she did the things that she did so oh overall as
far as the finale goes it had its good moments you know had its emotional payoff for alanka and
you know the cabinet story but overall man I just wish that the mystery of it all was just a little
bit was on the same level as those stories so that's my spoiler it didn't explain for episodes
and the finale series finale of The Midnight Club which was titled midnight let me know what you all
thought about the ending let me know if you're still here your thoughts on the series overall
again I'm clipping this out to be a separate video so if you haven't already check out my
non-spoiler review of the show which can be found on the channel but again let me know what you
thought of the ending favorite moments favorite characters favorite story let's talk about it
in the comments below if you're still here again knowing that this is part of a bigger video put
a let's see let's put a put the book emoji in the comments kind of tied into the Midnight Club they
were in the library put a book in the chat now or in the uh comments below if you still stuck
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