How I would’ve personally loved to see the season 4 finale go, as an aspiring screenwriter.
Alright, I know most of you will probably be like “nah that’d be dumb” but I was messaging my partner, and went down a detailed description of how I would’ve personally ended season 4. It started as a couple sentences but as an aspiring screenwriter, I ended up down a rabbit hole of how I would’ve ended it and set it up for the final season. Curious to know what you guys think, try and take it easy on me, I’m just a daydreaming fan😂 I might’ve made some typos too, I was just typing in a hurry.
Everything stays fairly the same, but then an added 30/40 minutes. Scrap the ending with the boy in white and Sophia and scrap Marielles death. While in the midst of everything going on, and all the forces of the town distracted, Julie tries to storywalk, one last time. She does not save her dad but she find the truth about the town and most of our answers are given there. Jade and Tabitha have the bones, but are informed not do anything, and instead they need to save the bones to bring to a specific burial ground where they need to do a sacrifice to undo what’s going on. Julie informs Boyd and Tabitha about the past that she uncovered, and right after that, THATS when the tree shoots out the red lightning. Man in yellows form can’t hold anymore and he transforms into a giant spider type monster. Everyone in the town runs, the monsters are full on RUNNING, going on a violent rampage.
Everyone is running, people are dying, shits going crazy. People all pack into the rv and the cars and everyone tries their best to fit, but some stay behind. The lighting begins to DESTROY the town. The streets begin to crack, the buildings all crumble, things begin catching fire. The town is done. The couple cars and RVs are being chased by this giant entity, and the fire is someone leading a path, as trees are falling behind them and rhe town completely crumbles behind them. Marielle and Kristie stay behind with some others to fend off the monsters and distract them to allow the others to escape since there’s not enough room. Marielle and Kristy both get severely injured and are about to get killed, but the monstrous Fatima appears from the shadows, fights them off and takes the remaining townspeople with her into the caves, assuring they’ll be safe. That’s rhe last we see of them. We see smiley, on fire, walking toward the cave, slowly behind, staring and watching Fatima bringing these people down there. As they’re driving, they see that the entity is now stopped, behind them and not moving, they stop the car next to the settlement and upon looking behind them, the entity is screaming and losing power. Looking to see why, Tabitha sees that her childhood dolls have done something to slow down the entity, showing that not every creature and nightmare bows down to the man in yellow. The entire lake at the settlement is on fire too, as they are surrounded and have nowhere to go. It’s then that we see Jim appear to Ethan and Julie. He says he’s been trying to warn them, and that he can help. Ethan, Julie
And Jim are all standing near the fire, with Jim giving an emotional goodbye. Julie and Ethan both begin to cry heavy, when suddenly the fire on the water goes down. The tears and the suffering provides a path, now without fire OR water. This is the lake of tears. Similar to the children’s hopes and dreams poured, The children of the towns tears cleared a way, but only AFTER collecting the bones and the town collapsing in on itself. The entity has ripped apart the dolls and is slowly making its way to everyone. They all begin RUNNING across this waterless lake, and in the distance is cosmic nothingness, basically an edge leading nowhere, but there’s one thing. A giant faraway tree. Some people get killed as the entity run after them but most of them safely make it into the tree. Suddenly all the remaining survivors are at the lighthouse. Tabitha looks up at the top of the lighthouse and sees the boy in white in the top window, which is still shattered from her being pushed. He looks at her and nods his head, pointing out the window. Tabitha guides everyone up to the top of the lighthouse and tells them they need to jump. People argue and tell her she’s crazy, but she says they have no choice but to trust her. They all jump.
They individually begin coming out of faraway trees, and suddenly get a look at a surreal, strange looking new location. It’s cosmic in nature and very weird. It’s a lot bigger, but looks older in architecture. It’s nighttime. They don’t see monsters and they don’t see the entity. They all begin smiling, but are reassured that they’re not home free just yet. They just don’t know where they are and what evil is lurking, but they know the entity isn’t far behind, so they discuss what their next move is. They say they need to split up and look for answers in this new area and then meet back up to discuss what they find. Tabitha and Ethan agree to stay behind with Julie as she tries to storywalk again to see if there’s any information on this place. Victor says he recognizes some of the imagery of this place from dreams he had as a kid. But these were good dreams, not nightmares. Every else looks around and is shocked that it’s the same for them. Little bits of each of their sweetest dreams have morphed together to create this familiar yet unfamiliar town. They realize that if the last town was built on nightmares, this one appears to be the opposite, but agree that the place can’t be trusted. The boy in white appears beside Julie and the faraway tree. The boy in white tells them that he’s sorry he couldn’t give them more information, but that this cosmic rivalry has rules. He states that in an older cycle, man in yellow placed a hex/curse after almost helping another cycle escape. This hex makes him unable to fully help, and that his speech instead comes out in riddles when he gets too close to explaining. He mentions that after watching humanity get worse and worse through each cycle, he’s not even sure he’s on the right side anymore. When they all ask where they are, he explains that where the previous place was the man in yellows domain, this town is his. A neighboring town that acts as an exit/gateway. He eludes to the fact that they are at the finish line but can still fumble it and that they need to hurry. They begin asking how to get out from where they currently are, but the boy in white states that if they want those answers they need to find a way to break the hex that prevents him from giving away too much. He states that barriers are breaking and that the entity can come into this town at any moment. They all immediately begin splitting up, running to look for answers. The boy in white says that to the man in yellow, this is a game. And that every game has rules. He looks at Julie and says that she’s cheating in this game and pushes her through the faraway tree, sending her to an unknown location. People begin to scream, and Boy in white disappears. Everyone is screaming and crying.
Julie is now shown chained up, yet again to the dungeon and sees a dead Martin chained next to her. He’s been dead for years, but the man in yellow uses his corpse to communicate and trick other people who end up there. The man in yellow begins talking to Julie through the corpse and says that the two of them are going to do such things together and that she’s gonna be the key to trapping them in the town forever. He also mentions that sacrificing Ethan can undo the destruction done to the town, even though he planned on keeping him alive for the next cycle.
The final shot is everyone in the new town and Tabitha crying and screaming, before red lighting begins in the new town and starts spitting out of the faraway tree, signaling that he is coming.
Cuts to black and leads the way for the final season.
Hope you guys enjoyed the read 😂