The Body season 1 ending explained and what it means for season 2

Netflix's The Body from Quinn Shephard was just released on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and it's already showing signs of becoming the next big Netflix original series.

After watching all eight episodes of the Netflix new release, I've shared how the first season comes to an end, and most importantly, what it all means for The Body season 2, which will surely happen if there's enough interest in this series.

What happens in The Body season 1?

The Body season 1 begins on Halloween night in 2004 when the girls from a Catholic school dance team are holding a party at Devil's House. Captain Anya (Kristina Bogic) and the team are also using it to initiate a new team member, Grace (Sofia Wylie). When the drugs Grace takes cause her to have a bad reaction, Anya and Lisbeth (Geena Meszaros), an outcast trying to make the team by any means necessary, drive Grace to the hospital, but when her heartbeat stops and she stops breathing, Anya and Lisbeth take Grace home to cover for Anya, who provided the drugs at the party.

Well, things take quite an interesting turn when Grace is found alive and breathing yet unresponsive by Lisbeth's brother, Leo (Jackson Kelly). The series revolves around the investigation into what really happened to Grace, Anya and Lisbeth's attempt to cover it up, and the possible presence of something supernatural.

So, what happens at the end of The Body season 1? It basically plays out how you would expect.

Anya finally confesses for taking Grace home from the party

In the season finale of The Body, the truth comes out at the Debutante Ball. Anya's boyfriend, Steven (Orlando Norman) confesses to Anya during the big dance that he thinks he is the one who hurt Grace and took her home from the party. He can't remember what happened, but he found Grace's necklace in the car.

Anya panics and runs to Elise (Sara Boustany), who takes her outside. There, Steven and Tyler (Marcel Ruiz) join them. Elise, who has already figured out this part of the mystery, gives Anya a chance to come clean, but she won't, not even with Elise and Steven as the top two suspects at the moment. Then, Anya tells them what happened, but it's too late. She had every opportunity to come clean and tell them what happened and to make things right, but she waited until the last second. They abandon her at the ball.

From there, Anya goes to Grace's house, where she finds a crowd has gathered, including Leo and Maddie (Shirley Chen), Grace's best friend and dance team member who quit and revealed everything to Father Franklin (Nnamdi Asomugha).

Anya storms in and just misses the bishop and priest who are hoping to make Grace a saint, and she confesses everything that happened to Father Franklin. She claims that she just wants everything to be back to normal. Unfortunately, things are getting even weirder.

In the final scenes of the season, we learn that Grace is awake. Immediately after Anya's confession, Grace comes out of her coma, and she says, "I am God." And that basically sets the stage for everything that we're prepared to see in The Body season 2, assuming Netflix renews the series.

How the ending sets up The Body season 2

Heading into the season, I thought that we would have had a lot of questions about this mystery answered by the end of the season 1 finale, and that's not the case. I still have some significant questions that were not addressed in the first season, and there's a lot more ground to cover in season 2.

So, what's next? That's the interesting part of all of this. It feels like Shephard and the writers have given themselves the perfect way to continue this story. Grace is awake, and she didn't die, so that means that, for the most part, Anya will probably be off the hook. She did give Grace and others some drugs that caused a lot of chaos and pain, but now, she probably can move forward with her life.

Will Anya still have friends? Can things ever be the same with Elise? Is she finally ready to show the world who she really is after confessing? We'll see in season 2, but there's plenty more to this story.

For Grace, she's alive, and she could have some memory of what happened at the party, but we still don't know really what happened to her. Was it the drugs that caused this? Was it Lisbeth? Was she bit by a snake? Did Lisbeth poison her? We have questions.

One thing is for sure, though. Grace is definitely going to be viewed as a saint when the series returns. The bishop and priest are very open to keeping the charade, if that's what it was, going. History shows that the church will protect itself. A saintly tale about a teenager who goes into a coma, performs miracles, and comes back to life is a lot more fun and interesting to sell than a story about about a girl who overdosed on drugs and got a new lease on life after falling into a coma.

Beyond that, Father Franklin might be forced to bury the real story of what happened to Grace on Halloween, and his job might be on the line if he messes this up.

Then, we have Lisbeth to worry about. She's already claiming that she is actually the reason that Grace is alive. In fact, Lisbeth might even believe that she resurrected Grace. Then, we have all the stuff with her mom and her brother to worry about, too.

Overall, there are a few things that we can reasonably expect to happen. One, we're probably going to see Anya get off the hook because the church doesn't want the bad press. They're going to prop Grace up as a saint and use her celebrity status. Only a few know the truth about what really happened, and this group of girls has shown they're more than happy to go along with lies.

Grace's ascension should put her at odds with Lisbeth, who seemed very keen on becoming the center of attention through the season. I don't think she's going to allow Grace to continue this without making life hard for her.

Those are the big things I expect to happen in The Body season 2. We'll share more updates on the season and where the story goes from here.

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