‘The Terror’: The Crafting of a Thrilling Ending That Found Dignity and Hope in One Final Swarm of Tragedy

[Editor’s note — The following contains spoilers for “The Terror” finale: Episode 10, “We Are Gone.”]To consider the end of “The Terror” is to remember how the series started, with a brief introductory overview of the Franklin expedition.

Before listening in on a conversation with the men tasked with finding the vanished crews of the Hms Terror and the Hms Erebus, there’s the reminder that the men they sought never returned.So when the finale, “We Are Gone,” ends with exactly one of those ill-fated explorers still alive, it’s not a surprise, but instead a natural conclusion of where the show has been moving, with varying degrees of velocity.Read More: ‘The Terror’ Review: AMC’s Limited Series Beautifully Captures Every Form of Fear in One Bone-Chilling Tale“It takes a lot of anxiety off the table in terms of whether or not we were going to trick the audience about survival,” co-showrunner Soo Hugh told IndieWire.

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