Netflix’s new religious horror series The Body has viewers questioning everything they thought they knew about its central mystery. After eight increasingly disturbing episodes, the Season 1 finale delivered one final twist that could completely change how audiences interpret Grace’s mysterious coma. Now, with the cast weighing in on those final moments, fans are already hoping Netflix has a Season 2 in the works. Warning: Spoilers for Season 1 of The Body below.
From disturbing initiation rituals to alleged religious miracles, The Body delivered eight episodes of increasingly bizarre twists and unsettling revelations. The show follows a group of girls on a high school dance team who find themselves weaving a web of lies when their newest member falls into a mysterious coma state after they basically forced her to take ecstasy during a Halloween party initiation ritual.
A Dance Team Initiation Goes Wrong
Anya and Elise, the two captains of the catholic school’s dance squad bring in Grace, the niece of the head priest at the school. When Grace falls ill after taking drugs, Anya and would-be dance team member Lisbeth attempt to drive her to the hospital, but when Grace appears to die on the way, the two take a dark path.
Instead of notifying anyone, they take her home and put her into bed. However, Grace later begins to breathe again and is eventually taken to the hospital by the adults in her life. Grace’s bloodwork and tests come back clean, deepening the mystery of her condition.
Things get worse when the girls on the team bring in Lisbeth and claim to have visions of Grace, along with other strange symptoms. Religious hysteria blooms, causing the girls to claim that Grace was working miracles while in her coma. Even the dance team coach said she credited Grace for saving her baby during premature labor.
Salem Witch Trials Level Hysteria Set In The Modern Day
As the team continues to freak out over whether or not Grace is haunting them, if she’s performing miracles in her sleep, or if they’ve actually made some accidental pact with dark forces, their hysteria drives the plot of the show. As the girls feed off of one another’s actions, alleged visions, and descriptions of eerie feelings, the vibes are nothing less than the Salem Witch Trials set to early 2000s music and playing out via text and instant messenger.
The show also explores how deeply held religious beliefs can influence the way people interpret the world around them. As the girls’ fear and guilt grow, their understanding of what’s happening to Grace becomes increasingly distorted. What starts as an attempt to cover up a terrible mistake gradually turns into something that even they seem unable to control.
Did Grace Perform Miracles While In A Coma?
Once the community got word, people started showing up at Grace’s home, claiming she was creating these miracles and hoping to be healed by her as well. All the while, Lisbeth and Anya create an elaborate ruse to keep themselves out of trouble. Eventually, after Anya can’t handle the pressure any longer she confesses to Father Franklin in the finale’s final moments.
Anya tells the Father that she brought Grace home the night she fell into the coma, that she was tempted by numerous sins, and that she wants forgiveness and her soul returned to her. At that moment Grace wakes up. With her parents, Father Franklin, and Anya standing around her, they ask her if she knows who she is. “I am God,” she says before the episode ends.
It’s a shocking ending to a confusing, entertaining, and wild first season. However, there is so much more to the story to tell. Fans don’t get to find out if there will be any legal consequences for Anya and Lisbeth’s actions. They have no idea where Anya’s relationships with both her best friend Elise and her boyfriend Steven stand.
Lisbeth’s past is also still a bit of an open book, and her family’s story seems unfinished to say the least. Of course, the biggest question that a possible Season 2 could answer would be, what’s next for Grace? Does she believe she created the miracles she’s being credited for?
The Cast Analyzes The Shocking Final Moments Of Season 1
Actress Kristina Bogic, who plays Anya on the series, recently weighed in on what she thinks about the final moment. “I mean, you could play it like she’s been listening in her coma or maybe something supernatural is happening,” Bogic told DECIDER.
“But I thought it was such a great scene and then once I heard the song that they used for it, once again, it changes it completely,” she continued, referencing the use of a choral cover of the song “Jesus Walk” during the scene.
“I think it’s interesting, we’ve all talked about this, that we don’t even have a solid opinion and it’s really not our job to do that. I think even the writers, when you’re dealing with faith, it’s like, how could you possibly know, you know what I mean?” Bogic added. “And I think we wanna leave it for people to decide for themselves what they think. I think that’s the fun of it as well.”
Actress Sara Boustany, who plays Elise, says that Grace may be very confused after the ordeal she’s been through. “With Grace, I feel like it could be played either like that, like she’s been listening the whole time and obviously she has a close relationship with God so she could have been waking up just purely out of a coma and just hearing things around her,” says Boustany, the actress behind the character of Elise. “There’s so much confusion that it probably maybe has nothing to do with anything. I don’t know.”
What Might Happen In Season 2 Of The Body?
While a Season 2 of The Body has not been confirmed, the cast did reveal that they would “absolutely” return to reprise their roles if the Netflix series gets the greenlight for another batch of episodes.
If Season 2 does happen, a deep dive into Lisbeth’s family’s religious history and time living in West Virginia could be worth exploring. Of course, we need to know if there are any ties from Lisbeth’s past to Grace’s condition.
Anya and Elise’s complicated love story is also something that viewers are hoping to get answers about, and of course seeing how Grace reacts to what’s been going on while she was in a coma. Will she become even more of a religious idol for the community who has already begun to worship her?
“The Body Season 2 needs to come faster @Netflix. There will be sacrifices made and it’s not just Grace,” one person joked via X. “Elise and Grace team up in Season 2 who’s with me please… rekindle your friendship. I need Season 2 confirmation right now Netflix,” said another. “Just finished The Body. I need Season 2 like yesterday,” a third person added.
Meanwhile, the show’s creators, Quinn Shephard and Gina Gammell, say they know where the story would be headed if they were “lucky enough” to get a second season. “We’re cooking,” says Gammell.
The Body Season 1 is currently streaming on Netflix.
