Showtime’s The Curse concludes in a way that absolutely no one could have predicted.
Here’s what we think happened!
This article contains spoilers forThe Curseepisode 10.
The first 25 minutes ofThe Curses 10th and final episode are pretty much what youd expect.
They get to promote their program on an episode ofThe Rachael Ray Show.
And then Asher wakes up on the ceiling.
This isnt just a bit of magical realism that Ash and Whit accept as a whimsical part of life.
This is a terrifying paranormal phenomenon that they have to get to the bottom of.
Sadly, they never do.
Even as Whits contractions begin, Ash cant extricate himself from the ceiling.
When Asher tries to leave the house, things dont get any better.
He flies off into a tree, grabbing a branch to stay connected to the Earth.
So like … what?
Unfortunately, we cant promise you a definitive interpretation of the ending as there likely isnt one.
What follows are some explanations of what happened to Ash from least likely to most likely.
Come on, summers have been crazy.
Were not going to gamble with his life, Asher says to their contractor.
The Curse Was Real
Well the name of the show isThe Curse, is it not?
Maybe it was Nalas (Hikmah Warsame) curse that belatedly removed gravity from Ashers life.
After all, looks like that first curse attempt was a successful one.
Nala claims that she removed chicken from Ashers dinner, which really did happen.
Maybe theyre off cooking up a fresh curse for Asher that will take effect the following morning.
There are other curses to consider too.
Maybe that curse has struck again and affected Dougies best friend, Asher.
Maybe they were right and it was really, really bad luck.
What happens to Asher is so blatantly supernatural that it being the product of a curse seems perfectly rational.
But we dont think it was, or at least we dont thinkThe Cursewants us to draw that conclusion.
Its telling that every curse inThe Curseis generated from a white persons fear of a non-white person.
Perhaps curses are indeed real in the world ofThe Cursebut we suspect theyre not.
Its more likely that the only curse at play is curse of whiteness.
Honestly … beats us.
We really dont know the scientific or magical mechanism that did the trick.
What we think we do know, however, is the thematic reason for Ashers sudden weightlessness.
By the time the final episode rolls around, there is quite simply nothing left to Asher Siegel.
Dougie isnt his friend, but his childhood bully.
Test audiences hate him.
He flunks even the most basic comedy in the workplace 101 classes.
Asher isnt fighting against these realities anymore but accepting them.
The end of episode 9 even finds Asher surrendering his entire personality to better live in peace with Whit.
Literally kneeling before her, Asher begs: Theres not some curse, Im the problem!
Its not magic, its me.
Im a bad person and Ive been dragging you down with me.
Im all in on you.
Im all in on Whitney.
Whatever it takes, Ill do it.
And you wont even have to tell me anymore because I know and I wont be guessing.
Because I know you, baby.
If you didnt want to be with me and I actually truly felt that, Id be gone.
You wouldnt have to say it.
I would feel it and I would disappear.
It seems as though that speech works in the moment.
But can it work forever?
In other words: he disappears.
Its not a curse and its not magic but it is a promise.
So now he is.
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