SHINING GIRLS Ending Explained in Under 3 Minutes | Episode 8, Breakdown, Theories
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2022
- Shining Girls has come to an end and I do my best to explain the ending in under 3 minutes. Let me know if you think I missed anything or if this really all there was to it. Thanks for watching!
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Is there more to this show than I say here? Let me know. Thanks for watching!
Apple TV definitely needs the promotion they should be begging for people to talk about their shows. 🤷🏾♂️😑 Great review.
Thank you. I would think so right?
When Kirby kills him in the first meeting at the house, time shifts.But it shifts back to 1920 and he's alive - no scar. Klara knows everything (says what he says); Britta is alive; Leo alive. The watch is placed on the bed with a polaroid photo (not yet invented) - this is Kirby (who had been stalking him is what I imagined, watching what he does and when he does it) luring him back to the house. She realized taking away his power wouldn't work unless she brought him back to the very beginning, the very day he first entered the house.
So in the second meeting he and Leo are back to the first day they discovered the house but this time, Kirby is already there and she controls the house now instead of Britta's husband. He does not know Kirby, just as he did not know Britta's husband. Now that he has no power she can let him go back to 1920 instead of killing him again. He will now age and be of no threat to her. And, besides, she will be following him now, just to be sure.
Yup. Love it. Took the power back. And gave him a taste of his own medicine
@@themiddleman781 I wish Kirby shifting his reality would have "shown" more, not necessarily told to us. For example, when Leo tells him he never saw combat, Harper is insistent and Leo is seen looking at him like he's crazy. It would have been poetic justice to end with Harper being in the sanitarium instead of Leo. This was a big missed opportunity by the writers IMO.
@@TrishD33LGK I love that! Yes, he needed to be tortured more for sure
@@TrishD33LGK Harper is adaptable. He was able to pick up something strange was going on immediately so it was in character for him to take the changes in stride.
@@Rad200G2B Yeah I agree. I did notice how his reaction changed after he realized Leo was looking at him like he was nuts. Maybe he had the memory of Leo in the future and he knew he'd better be very careful or he'd end up in the hospital ("I don't want to end up like Leo" - something he said I think during his fight with Kirby in laundromat/bar). I still would have liked to have seen a flash forward to 1921 say, with "him" as the patient in Leo's room. That would have been great and wld have really sealed the deal for me because right now, I'm actually still just "guessing" with all of these theories I've posted. It wld have also given additional meaning to that throw away line. Guessing at a series ending is one thing. But, with this show I have been guessing the entire time, and that's where it loses a bit for me.
"They put a copyright strike on my other videos". . . man, they're really not getting how this whole UA-cam thing works. I'd never heard of the show but it's something I'll check out now. Ta 😁😁
Right? We are free promotion
@@themiddleman781 I’m surprised, it sounds idiotic for Apple to discourage UA-cam promos and wonder if that’s why other channels didn’t cover.
@@themiddleman781 Apple didn’t do that to you with severance did they? I wonder why shining girls
@@FarnazWallace Nope. Just this show. I'm appealing
Middle Aged Man 'wrote' a good review; honest and sincere but the series was not good.
I just binged away my evening feeling frustrated and unsatisfied in the end. Was like watching dogs chase their tails. I think I'll check the ratings on future series.
Am I the only one who is reminded of Jodie Foster when watching shining girls?
I know Elizabeth Moss and Jodie Foster dont look a like, but theres something about the way Ms Moss is acting that makes me think of Ms Foster from Silence of the Lambs.
The show is awesome btw.
Great call. I could totally see Foster in this role
Just finished watching and obviously went to look for some answers. Loved the show, couldn't stop watching the last 3 episodes. such and amazing job and a great cast.
It seemed to me that the house chooses who gets the power by "speaking" to them. In Ep 6, theres a rumbling in the house that only Harper hears when they first enter it. It's the same rumbling sound that Britta's husband in Ep 8 heard in the woods in 1848 and which drew him to walk toward the house and discover it. The house rumbles for Kirby too in Ep 9. It never rumbles for Leo or Klara. I didn't take the watch on the bed as the doing of the house. Instead I presumed this was Kirby's doing.
Yeah, I think you're right. Only the chosen one hears the house rumble
@@themiddleman781 And, the limit to how far into the future one can travel was not really explained. Not sure if it's significant, but if not, why include it? The only thing I did notice was in either Ep 7 or 8 when Kirby awakes from sleeping in the archives, her research request ticket shows the year 1992, making the present day at least in Ep 7 and 8, 1992. (I literally jotted notes as I was watching these episodes because they were so convoluted).
1848-1920 is 72 years. This might explain why the house can't go past 72 years into the future when Harper takes it in 1920. 1992 - 1920, is a span of 72 years. Harper can't go past 1992. But what the significance of this is I don't know. I'm sure there are so many more clues I missed in this show. I haven't even rewatched 1-5 and I bet they are filled with them. EDIT: Just realized maybe the significance is that it has to stop at 1992 so that Kirby can remedy it. If he were able to pass her in the future, he could prevent her from stopping him.
@@TrishD33LGK do YOU have a channel lol
@@xx-lc1iu No. I only just signed up recently so I could like, subscribe, and thank the people whose channel I have been watching for awhile with no account. They deserve the donations I've made, as well as the thumbs up which I could never give wo an acct. I appreciate the content and the comments from viewers. Tremendous insights. I consider my initial larger donations back pay thanks. MM doesn't have a super thanks button tho.
I had assumed you can't travel past the date of your death. The guy Harper took it from said he's never been to that day and then he got killed. Or the day they meet the new house owner?
I didnt watch this show yet but ur videos are amazing!
Thanks!! You'll like it I think
The house is not sentient.
Kirby always had the house from the point of view of the house.
It's why the dog was there.
Agreed
I love time travel story lines, but it's much easier to follow when they tell what year it is when the scene changes. I found this series SO confusing. Thank you for this video...helped me a lot. So sorry your other videos got squashed; I would've loved to see them. :(
Thanks. I would love to do a longer one but not going to waste the time if they don't want me promoting it
The finale of this show felt so disjointed that I rewatched Ep 6-8 to see if there were things I missed that might make the finale wrap make better sense. Your theory that the house was always Kirby's is a really interesting one and one that fits with her behavior at the end. I came away from a rewatch with different theories but yours may be better. I don't know what the real intent was supposed to be. I never read the book.
I never read the book either. It just seemed to be saying the house was Kirby's and I felt positive when Harper found her dog Grendel there.
@@themiddleman781 Yes I thought the same the first time. Her dog on the day of the attack was a different breed named Tokyo. And Grendel was there at the end. Edit: Scratch that. Rewatched Ep 1 and in it she reveals she was attacked in 1986. Julia in 1990 but only found in 1992. Tokyo there would not make sense.
I don't know that it was Kirby's house to begin with. I remember the 1848 scene, when a man picking flowers comes across the house.
1848 man is still living in the house when Harper and his buddies show up and take the house.
For me it was a confusing unsatisfying ending. I need more info.
Yeah. Tough to tell
I normally hate it when they're so different from the book but they dont an excellent bang up job here. At the end of each episode it was like the chapter of a book, i just kept turning the pages.
And as per usual the BEST stuff is only appreciated by a minority. This should be raved about😮😮😮😮
The wife and I just binged watch it this weekend, it sucked and I want those 8 hours back
I don’t understand how Kirby came to own the house. Kirby shot harper which scared him off from the house. That means that Harper never got to go up stairs and chase the old man out of the cupboard and into the street where he got run down and killed. The old man hiding in the cupboard upstairs is still alive so he is still the owner of the house. 😮😮😮
I was hooked with this show anxiously waiting for a good ending. how disappointing to have seen all those things magically happen without any logical sense. unless there's a second season to explain all the magic that happened that makes it almost worthless. like they really messed up what was going on so well. the acting, superb though. bell, the best one! story, there better be a season 2
Good points
What the fuck were you expecting? There was no magic just time travel and its ripple effects
Apple needs to market their own tv shows i wouldn’t even know this show exist if i wasn’t subscribe to apple tv+ specifically for Severance which is another show that no one is talking about
Agreed. "For All Mankind" is awesome too
A couple of points.
Why does Kirby still have her scar after she resets Harper in the 1920's and gives the girls their lives back?
And, why doesn't Harper just go back to the time on the steps when he gives Sharon/Kirby the pegasus and kill her then?
Love your vids Middle Man, long may they continue.
Thanks!! All very great points. The time travel is definitely not perfect in the show. Do we know she still had the scar? I think the other answer is that the house wouldnt let him go back to a certain point again or kill her? I feel like the house was trying to get back to her and used these other guys to do it
I think it’s because Kirby’s timeline stays straight and it’s Harper’s timeline that gets redrawn. Kirby is the one that remembers her old past every time the present changes 😊
The house is a TARDIS.
There you go.
Fully Explained.
1. Ukranian girl, Margarita, Kiev, 34 years, 2021-2, strangled in the bathroom (I have a drawing, her portrait)
2. Moscow, 12 years, T/anya, 2004 april, dressed in a blue summer sundress, blond hair (two braids), in a basement under the house, her cadaver under a concrete slab.
3. Poland, Warsawa, Margot, 38 years, 2017-8, dark hair, ponytail, strangled to death in a parking lot, she had 3 childs, her cadaver is somewhere in the ground.
4. Baranchyk Natallia, me, 26 years, 2021, had been attacked by magicians all my life, I had a suicidal thoughts because all was fake around me (you should see my comments under A24 trailer of the movie "The men" 2022). I'm alive in a parallel world right now.
5. Milana Hernándes, al lado del Madrid, madrileña, there was a killer in a car, young girl, 25 years, curly light hair, not very tall, very sympathetic, all her body cuted by (by a knife?)
And 21 people more. Who?
May be
This show is incredible. Just finished watching it
I enjoyed it
I was disappointed in the finale. It felt anti climatic given all the build up and intensity going into it. Didn’t do the series justice and felt rushed. I don’t agree that the house sent Dan off to serial murder to get Kirby back. Not even sure it was Kirby’s all along…she clearly went in and out many times and years to stalk Dan to save the shining girls … and that explains the dog. The Pegasus was part of a set in the house and it simply showed Kirby where Harper got it from. And how did Dan know about the pic/address of the house and where/how to pull it out of Harper’s pocket while dying…that’s just bad fast writing to get Kirby to the house. The house and how it operates will remain a mystery unless there is a second season. But I doubt there will be. Ugh, well, too bad, I really loved the series and the finale let me down.
Agreed. That's why I did a short video. That and the copyright b.s.
What about the thing Dan took from Harper pocket when he killed him?
That was Harper's wallet. The morgue had it with Dan and that's how she found the house
1:02 - 1:11 hahahaahahaha
Hehe
@middleman please review HBO's The Baby....right up your alley
Oh nice. I'll check it out. Thanks!
Foreshadowing on porch with Dan when he tells Kirby his brain shuts off and he forgets everything. Kirby asks If he will forget that she was there (on the porch) is something I didn't catch significance of on the 1st viewing. In the finale Dan doesn't remember, but she seems familiar. She writes the address of the house in his notebook telling him if he ever remembers, he knows where to find her.
Great catch. I mention that in my episode 6 video, that it could come back :)
@@themiddleman781 Yeah maybe she and Dan can use the house to solve (and/or thwart) crimes. But the difficult thing they will have to get over is how she and Dan will not age - and what to do of Dan's son. It's also strange that Leo who was not in the house, never aged. His mind aged, but not his physical body. And, if they explained how this happens I missed it - twice, apparently.
This is an odd theory
Which part? That the house was always hers?
So where is the explanation????
The house was Kirby's all along...explained :)
@@themiddleman781 no. The house belong to here since 1992.
Isn't middle America central America?
Middle America are the states that aren't on the coasts :)
@@themiddleman781 Oh! Thanks for clearing that up. North Amercan's terminology is, very weird.
@@myneighbortotoro5163 Yup..haha.
Sorry but I think you're grasping at straws here. There's nothing to really suggest it was Kirby's house all along. The dog is there because their time traveling paths happen to overlap after Kirby has taken it over. And yes the house chose her to transfer power to, but there's nothing to suggest she had it before Harper or that the house was trying to get back to her - just that it viewed her as a worthy guardian to take over from Harper. Also, she doesn't have any powers on her own - she and Jin are caught in the time shifts because their threads got entangled with Harper's when they survived his murder attempt.
Furthermore, the book doesn't back up anything that you're saying here. This video is literally just you making stuff up.
Yup, I could be way off. I never read the book, just commenting on what I saw in the show
Is the show anything like the book? I'm tempted to read the book now.
well said
The book was better
Havent read it. I'll have to check it out
Can you explain what we’re missing here? How did the house gain time traveling power?
They don't really get into that from what I could tell. My thought is that it's connected to Kirby's powers because she could change things without the house. Season 2 could get into that more
@@themiddleman781She did change things? How? When? Wut?
listening to your voice going...UP and the end of each PHRASE is really ANNOYING.
Thanks for watching!
dude, ur narration was the bane of the video. truly irritating delivery. and why do u say the house's original owner is Kirby? there isn't enough to say that. I hope you find your voice
Thanks for watching!
Why do you talk like that? Why do ALL youtubers talk like that? It's not how you would talk in real life, it's a bizarre affectation you all use to make your videos unbearable.
Thanks for watching!