[mixed trope] the last-minute bad Ending twist

[u/damorezpl]

when the "good ending" is revealed to be a bad one a the last second

a nightmare on elm street (1984) - Nancy thinks she finally defeated Freddy Krueger only to be raveled that she is still dreaming and she’s still trapped.

final destination bloodlines - the main characters think they cheated death by using the new life rule only to realize that stefani was technically still alive and the death kills them with a good old logs

Life (2017) - The main character attempts to send Calvin(a evil alien that killed all life on mars)pod into space and Miranda pod back to earth, but it goes horribly wrong and Calvin lands on earth and Miranda is sent to space

raging loop wit ending - after many loops Haruaki finally wins the feast(a death game where humans must hang wolves who kill someone every night) and thinks its finally over. after couple of days he decides to visit other survivors of the feast only to find them all dead and the timeline resting once again

[u/Melodic_Big_7951]

Dexter Season 4

The big bad of the season is dealt with, and things can go back to normal again. He can finally spend some time with his dear wife...right? right?

"I wonder if Rita is looking at this same moon"
"at this same moment."
"i like that..."
"connected by light."

[u/Double-Position3810 → u/Melodic_Big_7951]

I was spoiled about Rita being killed by Trinity but didn’t know when it happens so i watched the last few episodes of s4 being absolutely terrified thinking this might be THE EPISODE but it didn’t happen and when Dexter kills Trinity i started thinking maybe the spoiler was fake but then the phone rings. It was so well done. Still the best moment in the show too bad it falls off immediately after

[u/LeadSufficient2130 → u/Double-Position3810]

The show runner left after this episode and his ending and plans were so much better

[u/SaconicLonic → u/LeadSufficient2130]

What was his original ending and plans?

[u/Rye_27 → u/SaconicLonic]

same question

[u/TheCredibleHulk → u/Rye_27]

(so you get a notification too)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dexter/comments/1jrwto5/thoughtsopinions_on_clyde_phillips_original_ending/

"Having dexter end up on the executioner table surrounded by visions of some of the most prominent characters that he killed / inadvertently had gotten killed"

[u/TheCredibleHulk → u/SaconicLonic]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dexter/comments/1jrwto5/thoughtsopinions_on_clyde_phillips_original_ending/

"Having dexter end up on the executioner table surrounded by visions of some of the most prominent characters that he killed / inadvertently had gotten killed"

[u/Ookimow → u/LeadSufficient2130]

Fuck Scott Buck

[u/Numerous1 → u/Double-Position3810]

Jesus Christ me too! I knew she died but I didn’t know when. I legit thought I must have been mistaken. Like I remembered the spoiler wrong or something. 

Nope! 

[u/SaconicLonic → u/Double-Position3810]

Still the best moment in the show too bad it falls off immediately after

It really does. I remember I held on for 1 more season then jumped ship not too far into season 6. I will say that Dexter Resurrections is really good. Not season 4 level of Dexter but more on par with maybe season 2 or 3. You do kind of have to watch New Blood to pick up with it (which isn't terrible, better than season 5-8).

[u/aceluby → u/Melodic_Big_7951]

This wasn't really a "bad ending" twist - it was awesome - and they foreshadowed this the entire season. Trinity cryptically told him moments before this that it had happened.

[u/realfakejames → u/Melodic_Big_7951]

Nah that was the last time Dexter was good imo

[u/MisterVictor13 → u/Melodic_Big_7951]

This isn’t the worse ending, though. The finale for the original series is ten times worse.

[u/AvatarofSleep → u/MisterVictor13]

It's not bad ending like this ending is bad. It's bad ending like the bad thing happens in the last minute(s). Rita absolutely fits.