**This article contains spoilers for the movie Obsession**
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Obsession came out back in May 2026, and people still can’t get enough of it! The horror hit’s star actress, Inde Navarrette, will campaign in the best actress category for the next Oscars season and later host Season 52’s Saturday Night Live Halloween episode.
Before watching the movie, a friend told me I’d have a lot to say about it, and she couldn’t have been more right. Many fans have analyzed the movie, but I wanted to say my own piece about its final scenes.
A Recap of the Ending
Obsession focuses on the unique relationship between Baron “Bear” Bailey and his one-sided crush, Nikki Freeman. At the end of the movie, Bear is unable to convince Nikki to use the last One Wish Willow stick and reverse his original wish for her to love him to the point of obsession.
Failing to reverse the curse, Bear locks himself in the bathroom while contemplating alternative decisions. While Nikki pleads with him outside the door, Bear realizes he can’t bring himself to do anything; he then decides to consume his remaining oxycodone pills. He immediately regrets this and tries to make himself throw up the pills when we hear the One Wish Willow stick snap in the other room.
As if in a trance, Bear takes his fingers out of his mouth, leaves the bathroom, and walks towards Nikki. They kiss and embrace, but Bear falls over, foaming at the mouth. Nikki then hysterically sobs, but once Bear’s breathing stops, she snaps out of the wish’s hold on her. She then looks around the room in horror and begins sobbing again.
My Analysis
There’s so much to unpack here, but I haven’t seen anyone point out yet the possible connection between the ending and a scene from earlier in the movie.
After the infamous party scene, Bear tells Nikki he’s going to sleep over at his friend Ian’s house. Nikki immediately goes on a tangent, explaining how sad she’ll be if Bear leaves her. This monologue has several Easter eggs, possibly foreshadowing the ending of the movie.
Nikki starts by telling Bear that if he doesn’t sleep with her, she’ll lie in bed by herself, “warm, until slowly, I feel cold.” Most viewers interpreted this as a threat from Nikki, but the latter half of the monologue describes Bear’s final moments so well that I think the producers did this on purpose.
Nikki switches from using “I” to “you” as she shifts from talking about how she’ll feel to describing how Bear will feel. When speaking to Bear, she said that “you’re” still her heart, but “you’re slipping” as she sleeps alone that night.
She then goes further in detail about how Bear will experience their night apart, explaining that any thought of pain for Bear will fade away like a “chemical switch.” This ties back to Bear’s final moments. After he swallows the oxycodone pills, he tries to take back what he’s done. Yet, when Nikki snaps the One Wish Willow, he suddenly stops, as if he had a “chemical switch” in his brain.
The Bear that exists after Nikki’s wish, or “Wish Bear,” doesn’t seem to experience any emotional pain or regret about his actions. He only feels love for Nikki. His previous fears and urges are completely erased, as said in Nikki’s earlier monologue. He “just let go of everything you once were.” He then succumbs to his overdose, and “then there’s nothing,” as Nikki described the feeling previously.
Fans have pointed out the irony of Bear’s character throughout the movie. Though he doesn’t want Nikki to live in a constant state of obsession with him, Nikki cared far more deeply for him than the real Bear ever did for her.
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