Let’s Talk About the Challenging Ending of ‘The Changeling’

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( finales [Let’s Talk About the Challenging Ending of The Changeling]( “Battle of the Island” gets literal, but not quite literal enough. Photo: Christos Kalohoridis In the closing moments of the finale of [The Changeling](, Apollo (LaKeith Stanfield) finally visits the grave of his late infant son, Brian, a journey he has been avoiding amid a haze of grief and guilt. In quick flashes of imagery shot through excessive darkness, he reaches into the child’s coffin. The audience can’t see what Apollo finds in there, but he recoils as though something has bitten him. What’s actually happening here? And what does it mean? It’s hard to say. The last episode of The Changeling, a series highlighted by strong performances and increasingly sinister, supernatural vibes, is challenging, both as a tonal change-up from what’s come before — a brisk, action-driven half-hour, rather than a measured character study pushing 60 minutes — and as an episode of television whose meaning is not easily deciphered. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. Subscribe now to [save over 60 percent]( on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: [My Big Fat Greek Easter]( • The Morning Show: [Mommy Dearest]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Mark Hamill Is Doing So Much in Fall of the House of Usher And it is so good.]( [Did Super Mario Bros. Wonder Level Up With Critics? After taking over the box office, Mario and Luigi are back on their old stomping grounds, video games.]( By Alejandra Gularte [Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz Are on a Collision Course As an unhappy couple in Ferrari.]( By Zoe Guy [Taylor Swift’s Box-Office Domination Era Has Begun Plus box-office predictions for the rest of 2023, and the strike strikes again — this time bumping Jeff Nichols’s The Bikeriders.]( By Joe Reid [Dancing With the Stars Pays Tribute to Suzanne Somers “She made a big impression on everyone here.”]( By Tom Smyth [Joaquin Phoenix Has a Napoleon Complex And he’s getting more one-liners in than the sauciest old queens.]( By Zoe Guy [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 6-Across, Five Letters: Crossword solver and comedy writer Megan. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved