Spoiler alert: Spoilers for The Body follow. Netflix’s new psychological thriller The Body just dropped on Nov. 11, and after binge-watching the show in just a few days, there are some questions I simply can’t get out of my head. The show, created by Quinn Shephard, follows a group of Catholic school girls on the dance team. Co-captain Anya Butler (played by Kristina Bogic) and outcast Lisbeth Anderson (Geena Meszaros) find the squad’s newest member, Grace Franklin (Sofia Wylie), passed out on the ground after a bad drug trip and bring her to her home, where she falls into a coma. The entire town is sent into a spiral: Lisbeth joins the dance team to fill Grace’s spot, Anya struggles with keeping what they did a secret from her co-captain and potential romantic interest, and Grace becomes a religious symbol for the town.
Because of the ensemble casting and intricate plot design, it feels like you’re watching a dozen different stories unfold at once. But, that also means that Shephard couldn’t easily just tie everything in a bow in the last few minutes of Season 1. Of course, that means there are still plenty of cliffhangers and open plot points that I desperately need answers to. Here are some of the biggest questions I have after watching The Body that you might be wondering about, too.
- Will The Body Get A Season 2?
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Perhaps the biggest question after watching Season 1 of The Body is whether or not there will be a second season. Unfortunately there’s been no official announcement yet, but I can’t imagine a show this addicting not getting picked up. So, here’s to hoping.Â
- Did Lisbeth’s Mom Die At The End Of Season 1?Â
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By the end of Season 1, Lisbeth and her brother, Leo, have both essentially abandoned their hyper-religious, Margaret White-esque mother. This, in combination with her distaste for Grace — who she believes is the devil — leaves her frenzied. In the final moments she’s on screen, we see her rerewatching old tapes of their church leader drinking poison and holding a snake. Catherine believes that she won’t die if she does this because she’s a true believer. But, when she downs the poison and lifts her snake into the air, we see her visibility struggling as she continually coughs with tears streaming down her cheeks. And in the last shot of the house, we no longer see Catherine. That is, unless you zoom in closely to the back of the screen, where you might see a shadowy figure lying on the ground. Has she passed out? Died? Her fate is left ambiguous, and I’d like to know what happens to her immediately.
- Is Grace actually God?Â
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In the last scene of the season, Grace, who’s been in a coma for the last seven episodes, finally wakes up. And when she does, she only has two words to say to her family: “I’m God.” While this initially reads as nonsensical, it does sort of make you think of all the evidence. For example, many of the girls on the dance team claimed they had visions of Grace. While we know now that many of them were lying, we at least know that Anya did have real dreams with Grace in them. And it seems that her family has also seen her. Plus, the entire town is seemingly convinced that she can cause miracles. You can certainly chalk all of these things up to grief and hysteria, but who knows? Maybe they’ll pull a Riverdale and go off the rails if and when we get a second season.
- Will Anya break up with Steven to be with Elise?
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Anya and Elise were hardcore yearning for each other all season long. Just when they seemed to be semi-happy by the end of the season, their relationship once again took a turn for the worse when Anya admitted she took Grace home from the party. Elise was pissed, and rightfully so. Plus, there’s the pressure of their relationship being secret, so that Anya can still appear straight and date her boyfriend, Steven. Now, I truly do want Anya to break things off with Steven — which seems like it could genuinely happen now that he knows the truth about the party — but I have less faith in her to be fully transparent about her feelings for Elise. And will Elise even forgive her? Who knows. All I know is that I need more of those two on my screen ASAP.Â
- What is Lisbeth plotting?
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As much as Lisbeth annoyed me, I have to give her the flowers she deserves, because that girl is always two steps ahead. When we last saw her, she was relaying what happened the night her and Anya took Grace home, claiming that she resurrected her. Is she saying this to earn favor with the girls? Does she want to eventually throw Anya under the bus? I’m not quite sure what she ultimately wants, but I do know that she loves to stir that pot.Â