And he painted the moment where we transition into the afterlife-that’s what he wanted to express. "George Inness who did this painting was this devotee of Swedenborg. But I think what is interesting is that you have this painting that’s a transition to the afterlife," Robert said. "Well, I hate to put a nail into people’s theories because I think there is an enigmatic element to the end of it. Writer and directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini spoke to Decider about their interpretation of what happens to George in the end. So, what did the directors say about the ending? From tiny drops, to an endless sea.” We also get a closer look at the photo of the original owners of the house and see that the wife is wearing the ring that Catherine found in the house, showing that it has been passed down between the wives of the house. In the final moments of the movie, the dead wives say, “Because of you, we are joined in spirit. As he sails out to sea, a storm brews, the boat lights on fire, and the sky looks like the painting we saw earlier: "The Valley of the Shadow of Death." George is clearly in a panic and he decides to flee on his cousin's sailboat, The Lost Horizon. Justine then wakes up from her coma and she leaves a message at George's house to make sure he knows that she knows everything. The police definitely think that George killed his wife, but they don't have the proof. (For those that are paying attention, the scene at the beginning of the movie is connected to this moment) He goes to work so that he has an alibi and when he gets home, he reports the murder to the police. George leaves Catherine's body in the bed and the next day, he tells their babysitter that she is sick in bed and shouldn't be disturbed. When she's out cold in bed, he kills her with an axe. He drugged her protein drink with a sedative and she falls unconscious. She tries to run away with their daughter the next night, but George has already put a plan in place to kill her. George finally arrives home and Catherine sees him taking off his soaking wet clothes. George realizes that she's also going to know about the drowning because of his wet clothes, so he runs her off the road and causes her car to crash, which puts her in a coma. When he's heading home after the drowning, his clothes are soaking wet and he's seen by Catherine's friend Justine, who reveals she knows about his affair. George's boss finds out about the forged recommendation letter, so George kills him by drowning him in a lake. To sum up some more of the story, we find out that George has been lying to everyone in his life: he stole the identity of his late cousin, he forged a recommendation letter to get the teaching job, and he's been cheating on his wife with a student. It's implied that their husbands killed them because they disapproved of the women being followers of Swedenborg. One of Swedenborg's followers, a real-life artist named George Inness, has a painting called "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" that becomes an important theme for the movie and plays a big role in the ending.Ĭlick inside for more spoilers and an explanation of the ending.Īnother important puzzle in the story that we learn is that the Clare family's home is haunted by the wives who previously lived in the house and they are there to help Catherine. We eventually learn that people in the town are followers of an 18th-century Swedish theologian named Emanuel Swedenborg. Luckily, the directors of the film have spoken out to explain what happened!Īmanda Seyfried and James Norton star in the movie as a Manhattan couple who move to a historic hamlet in the Hudson Valley and come to discover that their marriage has a sinister darkness, one that rivals their new home’s history.Ĭatherine ( Seyfried) and George ( Norton) move to the small town with their daughter Franny so that he can take a job as an art history teacher at a private college. The new Netflix movie Things Heard & Seen is now streaming and it features an ending that will have some fans wanting more answers.
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