The ending of “The Beast in Me” is explained

IN The beast in meviewers quickly learn that you never really know what’s going on next door.

The winding one Netflix thriller, which premiered on November 13, Claire Danes stars as writer Aggie Wiggs, who lives alone in the posh suburbs of New York City. Aggie is an accomplished writer who has suffered from writer’s block ever since her young son died at the hands of a drunk driver, a local teenager named Teddy Fenig (Bubba Weiler).

But everything takes a wild and unfortunate turn after disgraced businessman Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys) moves in next door with his new wife, Nina (Brittany Snow). Nile has moved to the suburbs to escape a massive scandal after his ex-wife Madison mysteriously disappears. Despite this, Nile and Aggie strike up an unlikely friendship.

But things get complicated when Teddy goes missing – under suspiciously similar circumstances to Niles’ first wife. As Aggie draws closer to Nile, she must contend with the danger he poses—and why, exactly, she’s drawn to him.

So, how do The beast in me end? Here’s everything to know about the final moments of the thriller series.

Warning: The beast in me spoilers ahead!

What happens in The beast in me?

When Aggie meets Nile and his wife, it immediately feels like something is wrong. But after suffering from crippling writer’s block, she also feels that this could be her chance to write another hit book. Aggie and Nile quickly become strange bedfellows, both using each other while growing closer.

But the relationship begins to fall apart after Teddy mysteriously disappears. Even worse, Teddy disappears shortly after Aggie opens up to Nile about her son’s death. The timing and its similarities to Madison’s passing make Aggie wonder if she is letting a serial killer into her life.

Aggie secretly begins working with the FBI to uncover what happened to Madison and Teddy, using her friendship with Nile to get information. Little does she know, Teddy isn’t actually dead – Nile has kept him alive to use as blackmail, just in case Aggie ever gets too close to the truth.

Sure enough, Aggie ends up finding proof that Nile killed Madison. What she doesn’t know is that Nile has also murdered the FBI agent she had been working with, Brian Abbott (David Lyons). So when she texts Brian to say she’s finally found evidence of Nile’s crime, it’s Nile who has the phone.

How do The beast in me end?

The last moments of The beast in me start with Aggie coming home after texting Brian, unaware that Nile is in possession of her phone. When she goes in, she sees that the manuscript of her book, which she called The beast and mehas been read by Nile. He has made several comments, including changing the title to The beast in me.

Then she gets a call from Nile, who tells her that he understands the anger she had towards Teddy.

“But I didn’t know you had it in you … until I went upstairs,” he continues.

Aggie slowly crawls up the stairs and discovers that Nile has killed Teddy and put his body in her house to frame her. He also called the police and tipped them off.

When the authorities race towards Aggie’s house, she flees, desperate to buy time to clear her name.

Is Nile ever caught?

Throughout the show, the audience sees cracks forming between Nile and his pregnant wife Nina, who slowly seems to realize that something is wrong with her husband.

In a last ditch effort to clear her name, Aggie sneaks into the gallery where Nina works. During their confrontation, Aggie tells Nina that she must know deep down that Nile killed his first wife. Aggie has already called the police and turned herself in, but she asks Nina to somehow take Nile down before it’s too late.

That night, Nina returns home and is confronted by Nile, who knows that Aggie was arrested at her gallery. But instead of caring about her well-being, Nile seems more interested in whether Aggie said anything about him before the police arrived. This finally seems to break Nina’s trust in Nile, and she confronts him about the murders.

At first he refuses to answer and tries to walk away. But then Nina says, “Just got the balls to say that to my f—— face.” Upset by Nina’s outburst, Nile finally cracks and confesses in a fit of rage, confessing to both Madison’s and Teddy’s murders.

Nile, exhausted, then says that he is tired of hiding. Strangely, Nina tells him he doesn’t need it and cradles her husband.

What’s up with Aggie?

The next day, Nile holds a press conference to announce new progress on his development project, Jarvis Yards. He is in good spirits and believes he has once again gotten away with murder and ruined Aggie’s life.

As he speaks on stage, he sees Nina watching. After his presentation, Nile tries to hug her, but she won’t let him, telling him to listen to his voicemail. When he plays the message, he learns that she secretly recorded him during their confrontation – including his murder confessions.

The FBI rushes in and arrests him. As he is escorted out of the building, he sees Aggie standing there, free from prison.

Thanks to her harrowing ordeal with Nile, Aggie actually writes her book, which becomes a first-person account of her experience. She has been seen reading a book, standing in front of a group of journalists and her publisher, implying that the book has become a big hit.

In the next scene, the audience sees that Nina has read the book as well. She is now raising her and Nile’s child as a single mother.

What is happening to the Nile?

Nile is not as fortunate as his opponent. In a scene narrated by Aggie, the audience learns that shortly after being imprisoned, Nile is stabbed to death by his fellow inmates in a plot orchestrated by his uncle (Tim Guinee).

In the final scene, the audience sees Nile bleeding on the floor. Aggie says, “We reap what we sow, in this life or the next. Karmas are inheritances. A birthright. But however we choose to define it, Nile was right about one thing. Karma is a mother—–.”