The Usher family is full of terrible people–you’ll be sure of that even before the first episode of the new Netflix series ends. Most of the deaths you’ll see throughout the show are satisfying on some level or another. Grisly as they may be, some of these characters absolutely have it coming. The show does a fabulous job of establishing a dark, gothic atmosphere without forcing us to watch a period piece about the 1840s, and how a once-famous and opulent family can fall into ruin as a result of greed and hubris.
The bodies pile up, though, and the series does come to an end. Still, while the finale has a lot to say, and a lot of it is right on the money, so much of the finale is ripped so directly from the headlines that by the time the credits roll, it plays as preachy and undercuts the show’s final impactful moments.
Warning: This article spoils the entirety of The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix (though we leave out the really grisly stuff). Reader beware.