The Haunting of Hill House: Episode Ten

 

Secrets rarely stay buried for long. Everyone has something they want to hide from the world, and sooner or later, it comes out, sometimes at the worst possible time.

While the reveal of some secrets can feel liberating, most of the times, it is devastating to have it being revealed to near and dear ones.

Adult Steven and Hugh arrive at Hill House to find Luke unconscious. Before they can do anything, Steven is shown a nightmarish vision of his wife. He awakens to find Theo and Shirley in the red room with him.

Hugh was right, the siblings were a meal to the house who wanted to finish it. The siblings are forced to confront their deceits and we see why Shirley is haunted by a man raising a glass at her.

She had met him during a conference some time ago and had cheated on her husband with him.

Luke dreams about being in a room where his mother, young Nell and Abigail are there. Olivia tries to get him to stay but Nell advises him to leave.

He awakens, gasping for breath just as the siblings are giving up on reviving him and escaping the room.

Nell appears to them and tells them how happy she feels to have been loved by them and that they too love each other.

It is revealed that the red room isn’t actually a room. It was an illusionary room for all the siblings who spent time in the one-room where they could explore their dreams and hobbies.

Even though they couldn’t open the door, the truth was that each of them had already been inside when they were kids and thus the house craved their return.

Nell leaves and Hugh has to confront Olivia on letting the children go.

In a flashback, it is revealed that when Abigail died and the Dudleys came over, they begged Hugh to let the house stay. The house’s main power was that it was a haven for spirits. Abigail’s spirit comes to them and Mrs Dudley pleads with Hugh to reveal nothing about the house go, anyone, because in this way, they will continue to see their daughter every day, just as she was.

Olivia tells Hugh she wants the same for her kids. She wants them to stay with her forever. Hugh makes a deal with her to let them go but that he would stay with her forever.

The door opens and the siblings take Luke outside. Steven realizes he is speaking to Hugh’s ghost who isn’t unhappy. He gets to live with his wife and daughter forever at Hill House.

Steven leaves the house, and behind him, all the spirits in the house gather.

Two years later, the siblings are together and happy. Luke is finally sober and everyone’s life is back on track.

THE END