But it’s too late. Rate. She and I appreciated the weight of this relationship, and we knew what we were tasked with in this finale. },false) He strives to give the blockbusters their due, and give the lesser known shows a spotlight to find more fans. Much of the uncertainty of her breakout character in Eighth Grade returns in her final scenes but there’s something else hidden behind the veil of childhood. And when you’re a teenager, you start breaking away from your parents and looking for your own independence, and it seems most mothers have to grieve their little girl and welcome in this grown woman. Or is this just her twisted way of grieving? In the earlier episodes, the show tried to take on action-sequences that didn't work in its favor. I didn’t want it to be like, “Oh, she’s crazy. Subscribe to our newsletter here! The supernatural elements of the story are seemingly wrapped up in a rather hasty manner and there is a promise of a new beginning. Grade the episode in our poll below, then drop a comment with your full reviews! Tim Robbins was under-utilized at the beginning of the show, but he made sure that to pull out all the stops later. Rate. All rights The theories, assumptions and much speculation fell waste, and the writers are allowed to look smugly at their stunned viewers. Pop drugging himself to combat his turn before dying is a clever little moment, Tim Robbins doing a great job to sell himself as fully turned despite the hints telling us otherwise. By When the Marsten House and the statue are blown to hell by Nadia and Abdi midway through the episode, the Angel simply vanishes to parts unknown. She has these other dimensions, including being silly and fun, and those are the things that I love most about Misery. [Laughs] The whole thing I realized in playing this character is that even though she often sees things that aren’t there, and she misreads the room quite a lot, it has to feel very true to Annie. Rate. But because we’ve gone through this supernatural task, the audience is hopefully questioning what’s true and what isn’t. 9. Annie Wilkes's daughter Joy is not the same after the events and the idea that her daughter is still possessed, courses through her like poison. December 11 2019, 1:30 PM PST, RELATED STORIES Part of the fun of doing this show is those little homages to the queen [Kathy Bates]. It’s when the season finale returns to the relationship between mother and daughter that the story regains its power. Yet, this kind of love comes at a very heavy price. Joy’s put to bed before that occurs. It was important for Annie to take back her narrative in 2019, and we should give a round of applause to showrunners Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, as well as the rest of the writers and directors, for allowing her to do so. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); Rate. Yeah, all of the stuff in the water was really tough. While there was a sense that the show always knew where it ultimately had to go, the journey Annie Wilkes … I would never do that!” I wanted people to feel like, “Oh, God, maybe in that situation, backed against that wall, maybe I would do something like that.” That is sort of my job, to make her actions seem justifiable to her. Convinced that her daughter now posed a threat, Annie slipped some anti-psychotics into Joy’s bowl of ice cream… but when Joy realized she’d been drugged, Annie tried to force the ice cream into her daughter’s mouth, prompting a physical scuffle between the two women. Annie had to kill Joy. Was Supernatural Pastor Too…, Castle Rock's Lizzy Caplan Breaks Down the Season Premiere's 'Daunting' Ice Cream Scene — Plus, Grade the Episode. But, it's still love, in a strange way, isn't it? At the end of the hour, Annie and Joy attended a book signing for Paul Sheldon, whose novels Annie had discovered (and become instantly infatuated with) during their stay in Canada. Heartbreak doesn’t begin to cover how their story ends. Rebecca Iannucci / And that’s a difficult situation in the real world. }); Castle Rock – Season 2 Episode 10 (The Finale) Recap & Review 11/12/2019 by Greg Wheeler Number 1 Fan Given the scrutiny and negative reaction regarding the first season’s ending, Castle Rock had a lot riding on this ending. Castle Rock wrapped its second season on Wednesday with an emotional finale, which, among other things, introduced a young Annie Wilkes to the Misery Chastain novels with which she ultimately becomes obsessed. }); Castle Rock sees things from Annie’s side, but it’s at the cost of what her own daughter is feeling in her final moments. At the beginning of the season, the audience knows what is real and what is not, even when Annie doesn’t always. You buy the version that she’s still possessed and under this spell — that’s Annie’s reality — and you can also completely buy that Joy’s just being a teenager who went through some heavy s—t and needs to be by herself for a little bit. I don’t believe that Joy is manifesting herself in Annie’s brain during the Sidewinder, Colorado days [in Misery]. Were any of those particularly challenging to film? Watch all episodes … Want more from Tell-Tale TV? There’s real desperation in Tim Robbins‘ performance, who portrays a man fighting his very last round. We got a prop made of a little penguin — I don’t know if you remember this from the movie, but Annie has a penguin figurine, and when Paul Sheldon goes out into the living room, that’s how she knows he’s been out of his room. Yeah, that was something that [series co-creator] Dustin Thomason and I discussed. (We learn later in the episode that Henry went missing at some point before Annie and Joy arrived in Castle Rock. At the beginning of the season, the audience knows what is real and what is not, even when Annie doesn’t always. But we forget, this is 'Castle Rock', where the demons tear you up from inside. And when you’re a teenager, you start breaking away from your parents and looking for your own independence, and it seems most mothers have to grieve their little girl and welcome in this grown woman. Not only because it was very cold, but there was already so much emotional heavy lifting, and then you add the physicality of running through water. We can fault her logic in previous scenes throughout the season, but I don’t think this one. But Ace’s survival of the stabbing, and watching the Marsten House collapse before him, makes his ultimate survival a question. Yes, it’s a horror show, and there are really emotionally charged scenes. Castle Rock's Lizzy Caplan Breaks Down the Season Premiere's 'Daunting' Ice Cream Scene — Plus, Grade the Episode. While predictable, the Pop twist lands and gives the first half of the episode some momentum.