Well hugh and Olivia were terrible parents, like our children are seeing ghost and being terrorized every single night, lets stay in this house until someone dies and then hide the truth until something horrible happens again.
Lee Mathew yeah but when they were abandoning her she was herself she saw them leaving irl she wasnt dreamwalking or something so yeah i guess he could’ve saved her
That one line right there is one of the greatest things a father can say to his child, almost as good as "You, and your sisters were the best part of my life." I only wish I can be a good father when the time comes for me to become one.
Man, Hugh is such a great character; built up to look suspicious from the offset, but literally everything he did was to protect either his family or the Dudleys.
Not only that but he let everyone, including his kids think that he was the reason Liv died. As long as he kept the negative attention on himself, no one would think to blame the house and go back to it.
@@aasthatyagi3001 He protected the Dudley's because their daughter was killed by the house (Olivia by default) so her soul was entrapped within it, and Poppy couldn't manipulate Hugh because he was too resilient and strong for her, she used Olivia because her role as a mother made her the most susceptible to manipulation when it came to the children.
It's so heartbreaking how Olivia was so cool and such a good mama before she got under the influence of Hill House. Even her ghost is still under its influence.
For some reason I was so disturbed with Olivia when she hugged Hugh, still looking at Steve. Nell clearly accepts Hugh into her arms but Olivia looks so unsatisfied with this sacrifice because she didn’t get all her kids to stay and I’m sure it was intended in case there would be a second season (even tho the director said there wouldn’t be). Anyway it made me feel suspicious cause it’s like she’d still haunt them anyway.
You said it. She will haunt them. As will the House. When a family member dies they do haunt you. All the unresolved issues, all the things we didn't say, apologies we didn't get or didn't give - it stays with us. And a horror story turns the emotional ghosts into literal.
It's a new for hollywood horror. It's actually quite the norm for asian horror. Predominantly korean horror movies. Those korean movies fk you up mentally with some scary shit and then have you balling fking hard at the end. Can't wait to see more horror series or movies from this director.
The ending is so beautifully bittersweet but also frustrating because Hill House still won in the end. The Crain siblings didn't win at all. They just survived. The house still managed to manipulate someone, Hugh, into giving their life to it. Olivia, even as a ghost, is still under the influence of the House. Even Mrs. Dudley willingly fed herself to the house (and likely Mr. Dudley as well). The house still remains standing and victorious in some way by the time the last episode ends. That means any wandering visitor can fall victim to it. I doubt Steve will destroy the house because his family and others remain there (either by choice or not). I just hope season 2 focuses on a new cast because the Crains really deserve a break from all the horror, trauma, and tragedy. They deserve to be happy. So, I want a season 2 but at the same time I don't because it's just so masterfully depressing.
I reminded off my mom because I can't see or meet her for atleast another year. Talking to her on phone makes me feels like there is an invisible vale between me and her.
My dad also overdosed on drugs to save my life from a ghost mom who tried to taint my tea with rat poison to force me to live in a haunted house forever :)
The creators said that if they were to make a second season, it wouldn't focus on the Crains. They're thinking of maybe focusing on the Hill family or another seperate family also affected by the Hill house
Ive seen a few comments about how thw house tricked him into staying but like, heres the thing. I think he knew exactly what he was doing. Hes still protecting his kids. I dont think he was tricked, i think he made a compromise.
@@amor_en_fatis exactly. People only look at it as the house being able to "digest" another one of the Crains but in the bigger picture, Hugh would be able to fend off any attempts of the house (or Olivia) to lure the rest of the children in.
@@tryit742 Yeah, Hugh and Nelly would team up to be the opposition to Olivia and Poppy trying to get people to kill themselves in the house. By the way, that really is it, out of all the ghosts, Poppy and Olivia are the only ones trying to "recruit" all the rest just kind of are there. Well, and the ghost in the basement that wants to do who-knows-what, but that is relegated to specific in the basement, in the dark type deal, so not a threat.
I love hugh character. I think he might be my favorite right after nell. He's so grounded, logical,and intelligent. If possible, could you please upload the clip of him driving with steve in the car on the way to the house explainng to steve what the house is and wants with their family. Those kids dont know how lucky they were to have a father like that. I think its episode 8. Thanks
I think this is the first show where the viewers are smart enough to know there doesn't need to be a second season. Not saying people aren't smart or that no show should get renewed, but every time I see a show everybody on the internet immediately goes "WE NEED SEASON 2" but I don't think this one needs a continuation and I'm glad people realize that
@@natalie.s7226 they are two different stories, i understand that and no, I didn't compare the two. However, when the actual studio compares them, you have to realize they want you to believe they'll be similar in some ways as you yourself referred to it as season two. As for "watching properly", I believe I've watched enough bad shows to know when I've seen a bad show.
Hugh was the hero of the series. He got the kids out by himself the night everything went wrong, and he carried the secrets and the weight of everything by himself for years, all to protect his children from the pain he experienced every day. Then his final act was to give his life to save his children. A truly fantastic character.
Omg... poppy's hands at the end... they're in the same position they were when Olivia jumped. If he looked back he wouldve been captured by the house and wouldve never got out. He left the past behind, let go. In turn he saved his life...
@@aasthatyagi3001 Steve parallels his dad. Just like how Hugh was the one who discovered Olivia dead-and knows the truth-Steve is the one who discovers Hugh and knows the full truth of his mother’s intention. Hugh makes Steve promise to never tell his siblings. So the ending is that Steve carries on what Hugh carries. Except this time it’s a responsibility out of love and healing.
Such a beautiful scene! All the dad was trying to do was to protect his children from the truth of the house and there mothers end just so he could keep them safe and also remember the Mum of who she really was... a mother who loved her children inside and out. The house corrupted her into her own fears convincing her they’d only be safe if she could keep them in the house forever. When Steven left, he didn’t look back. Just like his dad told him as a child!
Anyone else notice how, just as Hugh hugs Olivia and Nell, that Olivia opens her eyes to stare at Steve as the door is closing? I don't think the house is done with them yet but I don't know if I want a season 2 😂
Olivia, even as a ghost, is still under the influence of Hill House. I think Olivia staring at Steve is to express how she still desires to free her children from their "dream". She didn't let the kids go because she realized the truth. She only let them go because of the deal Hugh made with her/the house. A life for a life. It's very likely that the House still wants them, especially since Olivia still wants them. Even after Hugh's sacrifice, the kids are still leftovers. If there is a season 2, I hope it's not about the Crains anymore because they really need a rest from all the tragedy & trauma and they deserve to be happy and moved on.
Yeah you could either do the Hill family side of it or the ghosts that haunt it. There's an episode of Poppy you can do, the tall man, the kid in the wheel chair, the bed ridden old lady, the older ladies in the speaking tube, the kid in the walls, and the guy in the basement. There you go. That's a full season right there.
Theres something about the last scene where Steve is walking out that I cant get over... watching it the first time I was shaken. Just how perfectly its executed. It answers so much. The magnitude of the house's reach on the people that lived in it. But also Steve coming to terms with the reality of it all and accepting it all in that one shot. It's almost like everyone is looking up to him.. like hes the one that will protect them all.. while at the same time threatening him.. urging him to turn around. The people of hill house stand together... but the evil within will never cease to exist. It's my favorite scene of the entire show. While episode 6 is my favorite episode.
@@aasthatyagi3001 I'm pretty sure the deal was specifically between Olivia and Hugh . But the rest of the house... Well...For all we know they're probably still mad about Steven's book.
Hugh saw his wife lose sanity, accepted her death helplessly, spent all his years in loneliness being abandoned by his children and at the end sacrificed himself to save his children. Heartbreaking!! The other characters that touched me a lot was Nellie, Abigail and Mr Dudley 💔💔
Everyone hates Steve, but to me he's the sibling I understand and respect the most. As a first-born and older brother, I know what it's like to both (a) have to please your parents and (b) be a role model and protector for your younger sibling(s) - especially with the additional social pressures that come with being a guy (stay strong, show no emotion, be a provider, etc.). Steve and the rest of the family experienced extreme trauma (much of which Steve himself didn't directly see until adulthood), and he coped with it in the way he knew best: he attempted to rationalize it. In the same way we tell our younger siblings, "Don't worry, it was just a nightmare; everything is okay" Steve's authoring of books is an older version of that. Ghosts are unknown, but mental health issues aren't, and Steve's insistence that their family had psychiatric disorders (which, let's face it, they definitely did) was probably necessary. While Steve wasn't as emotionally vulnerable as some of the others, he did have his kind moments, such as giving Luke money. But in typical younger sibling fashion, everyone shat on him (but took his money anyway). And let's be frank: If you in real life knew a family that claimed to have seen ghosts, and you saw the toll it was taking on them, the *FIRST* person you'd side with would be the guy saying that these are serious mental health issues that need to be addressed ASAP (i.e., Steve).
That Nell scene really got me at the end of two storms... "I was here, I was right here, I was screaming and shouting and you didn't even look at me". What a fucking masterpiece. Easily top 3 TV shows in the world. Can't wait to watch again.
There will be a second season, but it won't have a connection with Hill House that way. Season 2 will be The Haunting of Bly Manor based on the novel The Turn of the Screw (Did I spell it correctly, though?) which has been published since 1898 by Henry James.
@@trzhamas4005 a happy ending isn’t always a “good” or “beautiful” ending. Yes, Hugh died but the way they portrayed his passing was beautiful enough that you can cry and be hurt, but still satisfied with everything. Hugh dying wasn’t out of character for him or surprising, he loved his wife dearly to the end. This ending was a beautiful storytelling that tied everything together.
This was an unsatisfying ending for Nell. She has found peace (in a way), is no longer the “bent-neck lady,” saved all of her siblings, and is reunited with both of her parents. This seems all well and good, but she is still trapped forever in that dreary house with only her parents, Clara Dudley and her children, and the evil ghosts to keep her company. She will never see her husband again. She will never see any of her siblings again unless all of them happen to manage to get to the house right before they die, which seems unlikely. Maybe the good ghosts like Nell are able to create their own heaven in their minds within the house?
Most of the ghosts aren't evil, just disturbed from being ghosts. Most of them just looked at the family. The only really malicious ones were Poppy and Olivia and even with them it's more that they were driven insane by the insane House. The sad thing is is that Nell and Hugh now get the fun job of distracting Olivia and Poppy for all of eternity.
After this episode ended, I started... well more than crying, sobbing, I was asking myself why and maybe is because Hugh reminded at my dad so much, and how I was a bad son and didn't appreciate him in my 20s
they hated there dad, called him delusional and were mad at him for not taking care of then most of there life. now he just saves there lives, and is now living at a house he hates. honestly has me crying, I wish steven said goodbye or something, idk why its making my cry okay im done, sorry😂🙁
Something that always bothered me was how they thought Nell was the only one to not be believed by them all. When really both of the twins were neglected by their siblings. It was just that Nell was the first to die because of the neglect. Luke was so neglected, not saying that the siblings didn’t have good reason to(as adults), but it still hurt watching them not believe baby Luke and seeing him be so hurt cause of it.
I can only imagine at 1:46 even though Nell is happy to have her dad back. The mom looks back at Steve holding Hugh and still wishes to hold to him as well her other children and thinks her heart is only half full, not fully satisfied yet. Even though the store ends on a happy note with the Crain kids being able to live their lives right now. I think they could still more with this family if they made Season 2 about them.
He lost his wife and then had to sacrifice any chance of having good, full relationships with his children in order to protect them. I'm glad that at least he and Steve got to have this reconciliation at the end, because he deserved it and far more.
@@laurenherron9520 yep.. and a very fine actor as well. Many dont even know he isn't even american. More so, he's dutch. His first language isnt even english, yet his accent is pretty much spot on.
I think what's truly chilling about this part is at the end when all of the ghosts are watching him and he isn't making eye contact with them at all but he knows they're there watching him.
when you think about it, steve never believed in any ghost sights at the beginning of the show and he was completely denying everything concerning supernatural activities during his childhood and at the end he was like the only one he got see all the ghosts that live in hill house
In my opinion, he was the character I felt bad for the most out of everyone in the show. Yeah, Nell and Olivia died in the end but he was still the one I felt bad for the most.
Beautifully symbolic. He fled the mansion and left Olivia to save the children and now, to save the children, he had to stay and be with Olivia. I suspect that's what he was hoping for. It's a win-win. He would've been fine just saving his kids again, but we see for 26 years that he had deluded himself into thinking Olivia is with him in spirit despite knowing full-well her spirit is bound to Hill House. He missed and loved her so very deeply. By promising to be with her forever, he not only saves his children, he gets to be with the woman he loves. Best haunted house-based show/movie ever...
He wanted to remember her as she was: sane and lovely, not a crazed monster forever trapped in a haunted house. I think a part of him knew that was never her with him but his way of grieving her loss both in death and mentally (as she'll likely stay the way the house made her forever). Hugh sacrificed all of that just for his kids.
In the end when he us walking through those ghosts, he didn't let fear get him. You can see Poppy's hands were in the same "push" position. He could've gotten captured by the house.
I was in tears when hugh says that you your brothers and sisters have been the best part....and pauses.... he's dead but the fuckin emotions are so tearjerking...and when he says I m so proud to be your dad....as a father I can totally relate......Mike Flanagan, Henry Thomas, lovely Timothy Hutton and writers deserves applaud n best wishes for such beautiful craft.....I m absolutely not into series or long web series...but the haunting of hill house is just masterpiece...no cliche no formula..just pure craft n art. Have nice Day everyone n respect your parents before its too late....time n tide waits for fuckin none
Hugh crain the hero of hill house he saved his family twice and did whatever it takes in the end he got nothing this is what most fathers do and no one appreciate them ❤❤💔
I just finished watching the show this week. Who the hell kept this masterpiece from me for 2 years? Why didn’t I ever hear anything about this show until last week?
@@lukewhatidid1735 I heard about it 3 yrs ago and I thought it was such a dumb show but OMG was I wrong. I wish I watched it when it was the most popular show on Netflix 😭😭
Yeah, it's more that Nell and Hugh are staying in the House to keep everyone safe from her. The two of them have some hope of distracting her, but even that might not be enough.
Olivia has become the personification of the house. She actually just sees them as food but emotionally she feels like she's keeping them safe if she had kept them in the room. Her look is like a predator that lost it's meal and there's nothing she can do about it
Anyone else watching Steve leave the house calmly, with the ghosts gathering behind him, get the sense that he and the ghosts have made peace with each other, and that they're saluting him goodbye? Does he even see the ghosts?
I don't think they're saluting him. They're just letting him know they're there, they aren't leaving, and he can't deny their existence any longer. And Steven sees them and understands all that. He's just choosing to walk past them.
I’ve rewatched this show recently and decided that yeah, Hugh is definitely my favourite character. He chose to sacrifice *everything* for his family and the fact he not only was seldom thanked but usually hated for it didn’t stop him. He knew what he had to do. Olivia creeps me out at the end though. Maybe it’s just me but she and Poppy really did turn out to be the villains of the piece. At least in my mind. That last look at Steve really cemented it.
We must remember that the older Hugh, Timothy hutton was Oscar best supporting actor 1981 ( should have been best actor, though). "Ordinary Family was a masterpiece
This fucked me up, after Theo I think Hugh was my next favorite character. The first few episodes of this show, you need a blanket to hide under, but the last few you need a huge fucking tissue box
One thing I still haven’t been able to understand is at the very end, when Steve is walking out the front door, those aren’t the front doors to the house. Those are shed doors. The waves in the doors are cut metal, there’s holes where the knobs should be, there’s a sheet of metal in the top left, there’s a sliding latch lock. Those clearly aren’t the front doors that they’ve showed the whole show. What does this mean? It can’t be a production doing a reshoot or something, it clearly means something. Any ideas?
I have to admit that Steven was like me always clinging to his dad to earn his attention and love. Steve's only mistake was just be open with Nell and talk to her and help.
im writing this right now in the middle of a river of tears. This scene touches deeply my soul. I will never forget the lessons I learned watching this WONDERFUL tv show. Thank you. The rest is confetti. Thank you thank you
It's midnight 1AM and i have just finished the 10th episode of this incredible series & this was my frist series i have watched on netflix. And i would like to say it's absolutely remarkable and mind-blowing content has been made by the makers. Prior i was reluctant to watch this but now after completing this i can say i took a right decision to watch this series. The makers and each and every actor has has did really absolutely splendiferous job. Each and every character was awesome. Hugh was really great he tried to protect his children till his last breath. 01/11/2023 Wednesday 01:13AM
Yep...you don't understand how badly she wanted to keep them "safe". In that one moment we see the true terrifying face of the house: it doesn't care about you either way and is just mad it missed out on another meal
I loved this series and i loved bly manor, midnight mass and the midnight club, but i am yet to see another work from Flanagan that makes me feel the things I felt watching this show, the most close I've ever been with that has been midnight mass
Yep I slowly watched the show awhile ago and it was so emotional..I rewatched it yesterday and man I feel even more feelings. The longing and loss really get you.
Hugh was a great father. He never let the children know what their mother did that night. He buried the truth deep inside him and lived with it. In the end he sacrificed himself for his kids 😭😭😭 Had to go through so much pain.
They spent their entire lives hating and making fun of their dad, only to have him die protecting them.
Chocomuneca19 a real father will sacrifice everything for his children. Even if they hate him. Such is the duty of a father, of a parent.
I can’t stop crying
Well hugh and Olivia were terrible parents, like our children are seeing ghost and being terrorized every single night, lets stay in this house until someone dies and then hide the truth until something horrible happens again.
sounds about right.
Jeremy Ocelotl Thanks for explaining the obvious of how horror movies work. Also, nobody knew the signs, then!!
Hugh was only trying to protect everyone. It's just so sad that he was misunderstood :(
agreed. they all looked at him like he was nothing to them :( hugh is a good hearted man who only wanted to protect his family.
Georgia B I felt so bad for the mother as well. She was misunderstood by Hugh.
Now the responsibility is passed on to his son. It's gonna be hard
@@martacabrerasbf7291 she was possessed somehow that's why and father was always been protecting his children.
Lee Mathew yeah but when they were abandoning her she was herself she saw them leaving irl she wasnt dreamwalking or something so yeah i guess he could’ve saved her
The "I was so lucky to be your dad" line broke my heart. I mean... you can see the sadness in Hugh's watered eyes.
Jonathan Selaya I watched this twice and still teared up :(((
Makes me miss my dad everytime and tears me up😢💔 added with the sad background music😢😢😢
Me too. :(
That one line right there is one of the greatest things a father can say to his child, almost as good as "You, and your sisters were the best part of my life." I only wish I can be a good father when the time comes for me to become one.
i wish i had a dad like that :(
Man, Hugh is such a great character; built up to look suspicious from the offset, but literally everything he did was to protect either his family or the Dudleys.
I agree. Hugh's strength, logic and intelligence was amazing. Without him they would not have gotten far.
Not only that but he let everyone, including his kids think that he was the reason Liv died. As long as he kept the negative attention on himself, no one would think to blame the house and go back to it.
How dudleys? And why poppy didn't manipulate Steve like she manipulated olivia
@@aasthatyagi3001 He protected the Dudley's because their daughter was killed by the house (Olivia by default) so her soul was entrapped within it, and Poppy couldn't manipulate Hugh because he was too resilient and strong for her, she used Olivia because her role as a mother made her the most susceptible to manipulation when it came to the children.
I agree Hugh Crain is my favorite character! He sure do want to protect his family or the Dudleys.
It's so heartbreaking how Olivia was so cool and such a good mama before she got under the influence of Hill House. Even her ghost is still under its influence.
Kind of life jack Torrance because in doctor sleep he is still under the hotels influence and can’t even recognize his own son
@@nerdyworld938 If my son turned into Obi Wan I would not either.
@@jarrarwinks8470 lmao
Well that's funny 🤣🤣🤣even her ghost is messed up 😂
@@nerdyworld938 facts and the same man who made this made doctor sleep.
For some reason I was so disturbed with Olivia when she hugged Hugh, still looking at Steve. Nell clearly accepts Hugh into her arms but Olivia looks so unsatisfied with this sacrifice because she didn’t get all her kids to stay and I’m sure it was intended in case there would be a second season (even tho the director said there wouldn’t be). Anyway it made me feel suspicious cause it’s like she’d still haunt them anyway.
She has to accept it since it was a deal, now she regret. But as a deal and Hugh is now dead with her he would prevent her from calling the kids home
You said it. She will haunt them. As will the House. When a family member dies they do haunt you. All the unresolved issues, all the things we didn't say, apologies we didn't get or didn't give - it stays with us. And a horror story turns the emotional ghosts into literal.
ikr nelly is clearly my favourite character also because i have a weird connection with her role
Interesting I saw her look as more of a mother telling her son he better listen to his father.
Issel Jayme she was probably saying goodbye to Steven using her eyes
That part where he walks through the crowd of ghosts. He is now their keeper. He is the promise and he is what keeps their presence alive. GENIUS!
Cried like a baby. Look, if you manage to terrify and pull emotion in a horror genre, you've created a masterpiece. Well done Mike Flanagan!👍🔥🎬
It's a new for hollywood horror. It's actually quite the norm for asian horror. Predominantly korean horror movies.
Those korean movies fk you up mentally with some scary shit and then have you balling fking hard at the end.
Can't wait to see more horror series or movies from this director.
You should watch J-Horrors then
*crap bag
I cried so much for this show 😭💕
4 years later…Mike Flanagan is still making great content
The ending is so beautifully bittersweet but also frustrating because Hill House still won in the end. The Crain siblings didn't win at all. They just survived. The house still managed to manipulate someone, Hugh, into giving their life to it. Olivia, even as a ghost, is still under the influence of the House. Even Mrs. Dudley willingly fed herself to the house (and likely Mr. Dudley as well). The house still remains standing and victorious in some way by the time the last episode ends. That means any wandering visitor can fall victim to it. I doubt Steve will destroy the house because his family and others remain there (either by choice or not).
I just hope season 2 focuses on a new cast because the Crains really deserve a break from all the horror, trauma, and tragedy. They deserve to be happy. So, I want a season 2 but at the same time I don't because it's just so masterfully depressing.
I think a second season might be about the characters from the novel. This would be a prequel to the story.
Please no second season. This story is complete.
The Crains story is complete. But there are plenty of other ghosts, and more stories to be told.
theres no season 2
Sometimes you can't win, you can only survive.
I cried so fucking hard at this finale. Not just because it was sad, but because it reminded me of my dad.
Me too
I reminded off my mom because I can't see or meet her for atleast another year. Talking to her on phone makes me feels like there is an invisible vale between me and her.
Me too
Same here bro 😢💔 still can't get over it😢😢😢
My dad also overdosed on drugs to save my life from a ghost mom who tried to taint my tea with rat poison to force me to live in a haunted house forever :)
The ending was FANTASTIC, no need for another season.
I would like another season but not the same family
@@j-rock-red2101 that would make sense for a s2.
Netflix has there own version American horror story.
@@acwolf92 **their*
The creators said that if they were to make a second season, it wouldn't focus on the Crains. They're thinking of maybe focusing on the Hill family or another seperate family also affected by the Hill house
Ive seen a few comments about how thw house tricked him into staying but like, heres the thing.
I think he knew exactly what he was doing. Hes still protecting his kids. I dont think he was tricked, i think he made a compromise.
He knows he would die in no time
Also easier for him to keep tabs on the "house" if he's a part of it. He's still protecting his kids. So, I agree.
@@amor_en_fatis exactly. People only look at it as the house being able to "digest" another one of the Crains but in the bigger picture, Hugh would be able to fend off any attempts of the house (or Olivia) to lure the rest of the children in.
@@tryit742 Yeah, Hugh and Nelly would team up to be the opposition to Olivia and Poppy trying to get people to kill themselves in the house. By the way, that really is it, out of all the ghosts, Poppy and Olivia are the only ones trying to "recruit" all the rest just kind of are there. Well, and the ghost in the basement that wants to do who-knows-what, but that is relegated to specific in the basement, in the dark type deal, so not a threat.
Jeremiah90526 True. Most of them seemed to only want to be left alone and minded their own business for the most part.
I love hugh character. I think he might be my favorite right after nell. He's so grounded, logical,and intelligent. If possible, could you please upload the clip of him driving with steve in the car on the way to the house explainng to steve what the house is and wants with their family. Those kids dont know how lucky they were to have a father like that. I think its episode 8. Thanks
Christrulesall2 I completely agree! Nell and Hugh were the best and Hugh was MVP of the whole show.
@@skyharkness9738 Really he was the unsung hero.
Ah yes, the "witness marks".
My favs where; Steven, Hugh, Luke
Hugh really chose to have his children hate him over revealing the truth about their mother as well as dying for them. This man deserved the world
I think this is the first show where the viewers are smart enough to know there doesn't need to be a second season. Not saying people aren't smart or that no show should get renewed, but every time I see a show everybody on the internet immediately goes "WE NEED SEASON 2" but I don't think this one needs a continuation and I'm glad people realize that
There is a season 2. About a different house
@@natalie.s7226 Bly Manor was no where near as good
@@haywirenightingale9610 you did either didn’t watch Bly manor properly or did you try to compare the 2. Lol.
@@haywirenightingale9610 yeah no need to compare as they’re both different types of horror in a way
@@natalie.s7226 they are two different stories, i understand that and no, I didn't compare the two. However, when the actual studio compares them, you have to realize they want you to believe they'll be similar in some ways as you yourself referred to it as season two. As for "watching properly", I believe I've watched enough bad shows to know when I've seen a bad show.
Hugh was the hero of the series. He got the kids out by himself the night everything went wrong, and he carried the secrets and the weight of everything by himself for years, all to protect his children from the pain he experienced every day. Then his final act was to give his life to save his children. A truly fantastic character.
Omg... poppy's hands at the end... they're in the same position they were when Olivia jumped. If he looked back he wouldve been captured by the house and wouldve never got out. He left the past behind, let go. In turn he saved his life...
Not only that... remember when hugh told him when he was a kid not to look back... oh my gosh...
@@readysteady8 damn nice catch
what 'position'?
I never understood why only Steve had to see his father's dead body because he is eldest and never believed in ghosts?
@@aasthatyagi3001 Steve parallels his dad. Just like how Hugh was the one who discovered Olivia dead-and knows the truth-Steve is the one who discovers Hugh and knows the full truth of his mother’s intention. Hugh makes Steve promise to never tell his siblings. So the ending is that Steve carries on what Hugh carries. Except this time it’s a responsibility out of love and healing.
It took me a minute to figure it out, but I finally realized the man that plays the young Hugh, is the little boy from E. T. all grown up!
Yup. Henry Thomas.
NO WAY! 😱
@@meganjones2093 do people not look up casts and what they have done before?
Such a beautiful scene!
All the dad was trying to do was to protect his children from the truth of the house and there mothers end just so he could keep them safe and also remember the Mum of who she really was... a mother who loved her children inside and out.
The house corrupted her into her own fears convincing her they’d only be safe if she could keep them in the house forever.
When Steven left, he didn’t look back. Just like his dad told him as a child!
He wants to end everything with the house
That bleak feeling when you watch the door of the Red Room close...and Steve's alone in darkness.
Oh, he’s not alone.
I hated how they didn't even show the kids mourning for him...
eisha kashif I mean as far as I remember only Steve knows that their dad died.
Uh they wouldn't have noticed that he died? 😂
I don’t think they would mourn much, only Steve knows how he redeemed himself
eisha kashif well he lived in an entirely different city
@@arteviajester8199 Yeah but come on, the others would have found out eventually
"I can fix this"
He really did.
Like he was Always doing , Yeep Je really did
"I was so lucky to be your dad" kills me every time 😩😩😩
Anyone else notice how, just as Hugh hugs Olivia and Nell, that Olivia opens her eyes to stare at Steve as the door is closing? I don't think the house is done with them yet but I don't know if I want a season 2 😂
cresildaa I noticed. That unsettled me. Like she’s not satisfied or something.
In the book the end is at season 1 so I wouldn’t expect a season 2 and if they do bring a season 2 it won’t be good at all
Olivia, even as a ghost, is still under the influence of Hill House. I think Olivia staring at Steve is to express how she still desires to free her children from their "dream". She didn't let the kids go because she realized the truth. She only let them go because of the deal Hugh made with her/the house. A life for a life. It's very likely that the House still wants them, especially since Olivia still wants them. Even after Hugh's sacrifice, the kids are still leftovers. If there is a season 2, I hope it's not about the Crains anymore because they really need a rest from all the tragedy & trauma and they deserve to be happy and moved on.
Season 2 the hill family side of the story
Yeah you could either do the Hill family side of it or the ghosts that haunt it. There's an episode of Poppy you can do, the tall man, the kid in the wheel chair, the bed ridden old lady, the older ladies in the speaking tube, the kid in the walls, and the guy in the basement. There you go. That's a full season right there.
Theres something about the last scene where Steve is walking out that I cant get over... watching it the first time I was shaken. Just how perfectly its executed. It answers so much. The magnitude of the house's reach on the people that lived in it. But also Steve coming to terms with the reality of it all and accepting it all in that one shot. It's almost like everyone is looking up to him.. like hes the one that will protect them all.. while at the same time threatening him.. urging him to turn around. The people of hill house stand together... but the evil within will never cease to exist. It's my favorite scene of the entire show. While episode 6 is my favorite episode.
What if he turned back?
@Unsung Songs why? Since already Hugh sacrificed himself
@@aasthatyagi3001 I'm pretty sure the deal was specifically between Olivia and Hugh . But the rest of the house... Well...For all we know they're probably still mad about Steven's book.
Hugh saw his wife lose sanity, accepted her death helplessly, spent all his years in loneliness being abandoned by his children and at the end sacrificed himself to save his children. Heartbreaking!! The other characters that touched me a lot was Nellie, Abigail and Mr Dudley 💔💔
basically he lost custody of his children to the aunt in a court case after olivia died?
I love how whenever the family is having an emotional/family moment, the ghosts are like "guys, let's give them some space."
Olivia doesn't look too happy and the way she just stares is subtly terrifying
Everyone hates Steve, but to me he's the sibling I understand and respect the most. As a first-born and older brother, I know what it's like to both (a) have to please your parents and (b) be a role model and protector for your younger sibling(s) - especially with the additional social pressures that come with being a guy (stay strong, show no emotion, be a provider, etc.). Steve and the rest of the family experienced extreme trauma (much of which Steve himself didn't directly see until adulthood), and he coped with it in the way he knew best: he attempted to rationalize it. In the same way we tell our younger siblings, "Don't worry, it was just a nightmare; everything is okay" Steve's authoring of books is an older version of that. Ghosts are unknown, but mental health issues aren't, and Steve's insistence that their family had psychiatric disorders (which, let's face it, they definitely did) was probably necessary. While Steve wasn't as emotionally vulnerable as some of the others, he did have his kind moments, such as giving Luke money. But in typical younger sibling fashion, everyone shat on him (but took his money anyway).
And let's be frank: If you in real life knew a family that claimed to have seen ghosts, and you saw the toll it was taking on them, the *FIRST* person you'd side with would be the guy saying that these are serious mental health issues that need to be addressed ASAP (i.e., Steve).
PREACH SIR, PREACH
Also many people hates Shirley.
@@martin.aguilar.a for a good reason she’s a bloody hypocrite
@@buzzkill9550 why did you hate Shirley Crain then ?
No I will believe them I am not a fat head like you or Steven
If the actors who portrayed Hugh don't get nominated for an award, I would be so disappointed.
he already has an oscar
Muhammad Fuqra good for him. They picked the best actor for this role
That Nell scene really got me at the end of two storms... "I was here, I was right here, I was screaming and shouting and you didn't even look at me".
What a fucking masterpiece. Easily top 3 TV shows in the world. Can't wait to watch again.
the “i was so lucky to be your dad “ line fucking broke me i’m still hyperventilating from this scene
I really hope there isn't a second season, the ending was too damn beautiful.
There will be a second season, but it won't have a connection with Hill House that way. Season 2 will be The Haunting of Bly Manor based on the novel The Turn of the Screw (Did I spell it correctly, though?) which has been published since 1898 by Henry James.
How is it beautiful? Like the man character died I wanted it to be Happy ending.
@@trzhamas4005 a happy ending isn’t always a “good” or “beautiful” ending. Yes, Hugh died but the way they portrayed his passing was beautiful enough that you can cry and be hurt, but still satisfied with everything. Hugh dying wasn’t out of character for him or surprising, he loved his wife dearly to the end. This ending was a beautiful storytelling that tied everything together.
@@rsmcleary yeah no shit
I hope there'll be a season 3 that adapts The Woman in Black story: The Haunting of Eel Marsh.
This made me cry then I managed to stop and then ending crying when the Dudley got back just in time 😭😭😭
This was an unsatisfying ending for Nell. She has found peace (in a way), is no longer the “bent-neck lady,” saved all of her siblings, and is reunited with both of her parents. This seems all well and good, but she is still trapped forever in that dreary house with only her parents, Clara Dudley and her children, and the evil ghosts to keep her company. She will never see her husband again. She will never see any of her siblings again unless all of them happen to manage to get to the house right before they die, which seems unlikely. Maybe the good ghosts like Nell are able to create their own heaven in their minds within the house?
Most of the ghosts aren't evil, just disturbed from being ghosts.
Most of them just looked at the family. The only really malicious ones were Poppy and Olivia and even with them it's more that they were driven insane by the insane House.
The sad thing is is that Nell and Hugh now get the fun job of distracting Olivia and Poppy for all of eternity.
That's gothic horror for you: the haunting, unhappy ending that sticks with you
After this episode ended, I started... well more than crying, sobbing, I was asking myself why and maybe is because Hugh reminded at my dad so much, and how I was a bad son and didn't appreciate him in my 20s
It’s heartbreaking to see how many ghosts there are at the end of this scene. So may people have died because of Hill House and it’s so sad
It’s such a haunting scene … you fully see just how many people the house has taken over the years:
What breaks my heart the most is the fact that Nelly (his little sister) has her parents, but will never see the love of her life Arthur again.
Won't she? I feel like when someone finally does burn down Hill House she'll get her chance then
@@dreamsteddybearsmasterYes. Never is a very long time.
they hated there dad, called him delusional and were mad at him for not taking care of then most of there life. now he just saves there lives, and is now living at a house he hates. honestly has me crying, I wish steven said goodbye or something, idk why its making my cry okay im done, sorry😂🙁
Something that always bothered me was how they thought Nell was the only one to not be believed by them all. When really both of the twins were neglected by their siblings. It was just that Nell was the first to die because of the neglect. Luke was so neglected, not saying that the siblings didn’t have good reason to(as adults), but it still hurt watching them not believe baby Luke and seeing him be so hurt cause of it.
Idk why Ive seen a good amount of people bitch about the last episode I thought the ending was moving and tragic.
I can only imagine at 1:46 even though Nell is happy to have her dad back. The mom looks back at Steve holding Hugh and still wishes to hold to him as well her other children and thinks her heart is only half full, not fully satisfied yet. Even though the store ends on a happy note with the Crain kids being able to live their lives right now. I think they could still more with this family if they made Season 2 about them.
Hugh was so strong throughout it all. His burden was so heavy but he bore it without complaint. What a amazing guy.
He lost his wife and then had to sacrifice any chance of having good, full relationships with his children in order to protect them. I'm glad that at least he and Steve got to have this reconciliation at the end, because he deserved it and far more.
This is a good example of a bittersweet ending, how I want Game of Thrones to end.
Connor I think it’s funny that you brought up Game of Thrones because the actor that played Steve on this show was in Game of Thrones too.
@@laurenherron9520 yep.. and a very fine actor as well. Many dont even know he isn't even american. More so, he's dutch. His first language isnt even english, yet his accent is pretty much spot on.
SIKE!
Well...
"If nothing else, be kind."
Words to live by.
I think what's truly chilling about this part is at the end when all of the ghosts are watching him and he isn't making eye contact with them at all but he knows they're there watching him.
when you think about it, steve never believed in any ghost sights at the beginning of the show and he was completely denying everything concerning supernatural activities during his childhood and at the end he was like the only one he got see all the ghosts that live in hill house
In my opinion, he was the character I felt bad for the most out of everyone in the show. Yeah, Nell and Olivia died in the end but he was still the one I felt bad for the most.
I wish this series got more attention and memes :/ I mean, it’s definitely popular, but not so much buzz like Bird Box
Some things are created to be shared, and others are to be personal and as hugh said some things can't be told
I do not agreed with Stephen King: This is not "near to be the work of a geneous", this is, actualy, THE WORK OF A GENEOUS.
Beautifully symbolic. He fled the mansion and left Olivia to save the children and now, to save the children, he had to stay and be with Olivia. I suspect that's what he was hoping for. It's a win-win.
He would've been fine just saving his kids again, but we see for 26 years that he had deluded himself into thinking Olivia is with him in spirit despite knowing full-well her spirit is bound to Hill House. He missed and loved her so very deeply. By promising to be with her forever, he not only saves his children, he gets to be with the woman he loves.
Best haunted house-based show/movie ever...
He wanted to remember her as she was: sane and lovely, not a crazed monster forever trapped in a haunted house. I think a part of him knew that was never her with him but his way of grieving her loss both in death and mentally (as she'll likely stay the way the house made her forever). Hugh sacrificed all of that just for his kids.
In the end when he us walking through those ghosts, he didn't let fear get him. You can see Poppy's hands were in the same "push" position. He could've gotten captured by the house.
I loved the part where Hugh turned into his younger self. You see Steven regress back into being a child who looked up to and needed his dad
At the end of it all Hugh was truly a good man who did the best he could. This was such a powerful scene.
1:46 is creepy how she’s just starting at him
1:19 behind Steven there's a ghost.
Cursed Gaming Haha I thought so, too, but it moves with him.. I think it might be his shadow..
Yea I think that’s just a shadow
Notice that he could not say 'Life', he said: "never been prouder than anything...anything in my ....". Is that a word a dead person can not utter??
Timothy Hutton killed this roll.
I love that man.
Im going to go cry.
My only question is is why does everyone who kill themeselves do it in the exact same spot?
Only olivia, nell and hugh. Not everyone else of the Hill family
You have a point
I mean why do all of the crains do it in that same spot? Is there something special about it?
It is just coincidence
idk, but Olivia foreshadowed it in one of the earlier episodes joking that bodies would swing from the top of the stairs.
The way I was sobbing during this scene like I'd lost someone of my own. Nothing has hit my heart harder.
The ending was a definite tear jerker. Cried my eyes out. Beautifully done.
The hardest scenes to watch in this show wasn't the scary ones. It was the complete dysfunction of the family that was hardest to watch
I was in tears when hugh says that you your brothers and sisters have been the best part....and pauses.... he's dead but the fuckin emotions are so tearjerking...and when he says I m so proud to be your dad....as a father I can totally relate......Mike Flanagan, Henry Thomas, lovely Timothy Hutton and writers deserves applaud n best wishes for such beautiful craft.....I m absolutely not into series or long web series...but the haunting of hill house is just masterpiece...no cliche no formula..just pure craft n art. Have nice Day everyone n respect your parents before its too late....time n tide waits for fuckin none
Hugh's character makes me cry so fucking much! He deserved to be able to raise his children!!!
Hugh crain the hero of hill house he saved his family twice and did whatever it takes in the end he got nothing this is what most fathers do and no one appreciate them ❤❤💔
Same even Hugh Crain is the best as a farther. I also feel bad for Eleanor too.
I just finished watching the show this week. Who the hell kept this masterpiece from me for 2 years? Why didn’t I ever hear anything about this show until last week?
Lol try 3
@@lukewhatidid1735 I heard about it 3 yrs ago and I thought it was such a dumb show but OMG was I wrong. I wish I watched it when it was the most popular show on Netflix 😭😭
It's creeps me out to see Olivia looking at Steve like that... Almost as telling him "I will return", but not in a good way.
Yeah, it's more that Nell and Hugh are staying in the House to keep everyone safe from her. The two of them have some hope of distracting her, but even that might not be enough.
Olivia has become the personification of the house. She actually just sees them as food but emotionally she feels like she's keeping them safe if she had kept them in the room. Her look is like a predator that lost it's meal and there's nothing she can do about it
@@lovely1641 yeap! That's exactly what it made me feel!! Damn that's creepy!
Anyone else watching Steve leave the house calmly, with the ghosts gathering behind him, get the sense that he and the ghosts have made peace with each other, and that they're saluting him goodbye? Does he even see the ghosts?
I seen that. I feel bad for Steve tho.
I don't think they're saluting him. They're just letting him know they're there, they aren't leaving, and he can't deny their existence any longer.
And Steven sees them and understands all that. He's just choosing to walk past them.
And he is now bound to be the next hill house's caretaker.
Nell's face is so anguished, while Olivia is... triumphant. What a nice detail.
Olivia is sad in this scene, she loves her children but just Nell is with her
I’ve rewatched this show recently and decided that yeah, Hugh is definitely my favourite character. He chose to sacrifice *everything* for his family and the fact he not only was seldom thanked but usually hated for it didn’t stop him. He knew what he had to do.
Olivia creeps me out at the end though. Maybe it’s just me but she and Poppy really did turn out to be the villains of the piece. At least in my mind. That last look at Steve really cemented it.
Here after Bly Manor. Just realized the music is veryyyyy similar
its the same people, they play the same songs, even the same intro...
Lol the producers said:"so we're gonna samve money here....."
"I was so lucky... to be your dad"
That sick moment when you realize young Hugh is Elliot from ET
We must remember that the older Hugh, Timothy hutton was Oscar best supporting actor 1981 ( should have been best actor, though). "Ordinary Family was a masterpiece
This fucked me up, after Theo I think Hugh was my next favorite character. The first few episodes of this show, you need a blanket to hide under, but the last few you need a huge fucking tissue box
One thing I still haven’t been able to understand is at the very end, when Steve is walking out the front door, those aren’t the front doors to the house. Those are shed doors. The waves in the doors are cut metal, there’s holes where the knobs should be, there’s a sheet of metal in the top left, there’s a sliding latch lock. Those clearly aren’t the front doors that they’ve showed the whole show. What does this mean? It can’t be a production doing a reshoot or something, it clearly means something.
Any ideas?
I have to admit that Steven was like me always clinging to his dad to earn his attention and love. Steve's only mistake was just be open with Nell and talk to her and help.
All the ghosts revealing themselves in the end gave me chills.
Yo, I think I shed a couple tears 😭
When steve becomes his dad keeping a secret
“Somethings can’t be told, you live them or you don’t but can’t be told” :(
im writing this right now in the middle of a river of tears. This scene touches deeply my soul. I will never forget the lessons I learned watching this WONDERFUL tv show. Thank you. The rest is confetti. Thank you thank you
It's midnight 1AM and i have just finished the 10th episode of this incredible series & this was my frist series i have watched on netflix. And i would like to say it's absolutely remarkable and mind-blowing content has been made by the makers.
Prior i was reluctant to watch this but now after completing this i can say i took a right decision to watch this series.
The makers and each and every actor has has did really absolutely splendiferous job. Each and every character was awesome. Hugh was really great he tried to protect his children till his last breath.
01/11/2023 Wednesday 01:13AM
Hugh deserved better.
This whole scene had me crying in public. Timothy Hutton and Henry Thomas. When his voice breaks at 0:57 I start to WEEP
I don’t know why but this just hit so much harder than Bly Manor did
They were such assholes to Hugh 🥺😔
This show had me sobbing 😭 as a mother this part is deep.... My last words would be the same.. so 😢
As a father of four, fiction or not, that cuts right through your soul.
Some things need to be said before you pass.
When Steven walks out with the ghosts behind him watching…..tears everytime
Everyone is talking about how sad this scene is, which is fair, but all I'm thinking about is OLIVIA STARING STRAIGHT AT STEVE/THE VIEWER
Yep...you don't understand how badly she wanted to keep them "safe". In that one moment we see the true terrifying face of the house: it doesn't care about you either way and is just mad it missed out on another meal
did he just leave his dad's dead body lying on the floor? such a good son.
The "Dad" at 1:21 always kills me
I always come back here when I need a good cry
R.I.P Hugh Crain.
He fixed it.
@rex render my question is that is steve come back later and take hugh body out and where they buried him??
I cried this whole series. Like especially at nells funeral “none of you could see me” I balled
I loved this series and i loved bly manor, midnight mass and the midnight club, but i am yet to see another work from Flanagan that makes me feel the things I felt watching this show, the most close I've ever been with that has been midnight mass
Yep I slowly watched the show awhile ago and it was so emotional..I rewatched it yesterday and man I feel even more feelings. The longing and loss really get you.
the way hugh accepted his own fate says a lot
Hugh was a great father. He never let the children know what their mother did that night. He buried the truth deep inside him and lived with it. In the end he sacrificed himself for his kids 😭😭😭 Had to go through so much pain.