The Fall of the House of Usher
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And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor shall be lifted nevermore!
In the series finale, we finally get the raw details on how that devils bargain went down.
(Madeline, sensibly, got an IUD.)
Let the next generation foot the bill, she says.
Its enough to make one wonder: Did Verna do anything?
The path was laid for Roderick and Madelines conquest well before she approached them.
Whatever the truth about the precise nature of her intervention, bills do come due.
When Verna comes to claim her latest victim, shes uncommonly gentle and kind.
And then she kills her with a soft tap to the forehead.
The frequent texts Roderick has received from Lenore, he reveals, were just Madelines A.I.
model spitting out variations on the word nevermore.
How can any one consequence fit the crime of bringing so much pain and death into the world?
Maybe, in the end, the best revenge is living well.
Im going home to my husband, my kids, their kids, he says Rodericks gravestone.
Im the richest man in the world, you know that?
Who could argue with him?
Its pretty cold that Roderick agrees to the end of his bloodline when he already has two kids.
Yes, the Pentagon really does spendabout $84 million a yearon Viagra.
Yeah, Rufus deserved what he got.
