{"id":26175,"date":"2022-11-28T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1741469"},"modified":"2022-11-28T17:28:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:28:48","slug":"1899-ending-explained-finale-twists-and-mauras-fate-revealed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/1899-ending-explained-finale-twists-and-mauras-fate-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"1899 ending explained: Finale twists and Maura\u2019s fate revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Hamish Calvert\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 28 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Netflix\u2019s latest creepy sci-fi series 1899<\/a> has captured the imagination of viewers worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set at the turn of the century \u2013 hence the title \u2013 the eight-part drama weaves together the stories of immigrants aboard a steamship on its way from London to New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, their journey turns out to be anything but plain sailing after their ship crosses paths with a vessel that has been missing in the North Atlantic for months. Chaos ensues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Created by the duo behind Dark, <\/span>Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, the series is likely to leave viewers who\u2019ve already binged all eight episodes scratching their heads with its various twists and turns.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re wondering what really went down, then don\u2019t worry: we\u2019ve got you covered.\u00a0<\/span>Read on to have the ending of 1899<\/a> on Netflix<\/a> explained \u2013 although be warned, <\/span>spoilers<\/b> lie ahead!<\/span><\/p>\n

**Warning: Spoilers for the 1899<\/a> season 1 finale ahead**<\/span><\/p>

1899 ending explained: Did the passengers get off the ship?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Emily Beecham as Maura in 1899.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The penultimate episode of 1899<\/a> ended with the Kerberos and its remaining passengers travelling through a whirlpool to the ship graveyard, which we already know is the simulation archive. Here Maura (Emily Beechem) and the other passengers were reunited with Eyk (Andreas Pietschmann), who had previously been trapped here alone, aboard the Prometheus.<\/p>\n

Now with both ships in the archive, Eyk boards the Kerberos and questions Maura about the situation. Only six other passengers remain at this point: J\u00e9rome (Yann Gael), Cl\u00e9mence (Mathilde Ollivier), Ramiro (Jos\u00e9 Piment\u00e3o), Tove (Clara Rosager), Li Ying (Isabella Wei) and Mrs Wilson (Rosalie Craig).<\/p>\n

Maura reveals to Eyk and the other passengers that Daniel (Aneurin Barnard) is her husband and that Elliot (Fflyn Edwards) is their son, despite having no memory of them. She also admits that Henry Singleton (Anton Lesser), the owner of the shipping company, is her father. The passengers, especially Mrs Wilson, doubt the validity of Maura\u2019s claims. However, Maura then asks if any of them remember actually boarding the Kerberos and much to their dismay, none of them does.<\/p>\n

She admits that at first, she thought the simulation was just about her, revealing the letter from her brother, Ciaran, but now believes that all of the passengers are here for a reason. In turn, everyone else produces the letters that they have received. However, the origin and significance of these letters are not disclosed in this finale.<\/p>\n

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Emily Beecham as Maura in 1899.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Later, Maura reveals the key from the locket that came with her letter, explaining that she thinks it\u2019s the way out. Despite this, the passengers still struggle to believe that their experience is a simulation, with Mrs Wilson again being sceptical because of Maura\u2019s family connection to the shipping company. Subsequently, everyone but Eyk leaves Maura, favouring a plan to use a lifeboat to escape the Kerberos.<\/p>\n

Maura and Eyk attempt to get back to the mental hospital from Maura\u2019s memory, but the trapdoor leading to the tiled shaft in her cabin is no longer there. Instead, they use the trapdoor in Daniel\u2019s cabin to travel to his memory.<\/p>\n

Here Maura suggests that all of the passengers\u2019 memories are connected, with this simulation mirroring the way the human brain holds memories in different areas. After removing a panel of the wall in Daniel\u2019s memory the pair travel through another tunnel in the hope it will lead them back to the mental hospital.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Daniel has been using his handheld device to hack into the mainframe located in the ship\u2019s engine room. He opens a hatch above the wiring and connects his device. As a result, the black metallic substance (the virus designed to delete the simulation) that has already been spreading through the ship begins to grow at an even more accelerated pace.<\/p>\n

This eventually corrupts the entire simulation and deletes the Kerberos. So, the remaining six passengers left aboard do not make it off the ship. They are deleted along with the vessel after the total collapse of the simulation. But remember this isn\u2019t reality, so are they really dead? We\u2019ll come to that.<\/p>\n

What is the secret behind Maura\u2019s forgotten memories in 1899 on Netflix?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Rosalie Craig as Virginia in 1899.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, Henry has taken Elliot to room 1011 of the mental hospital and reveals that the simulation doesn\u2019t exist to keep Maura trapped, instead it\u2019s to keep Elliot trapped. Henry injects Elliot with a white substance that causes him to relive a memory.<\/p>\n

Here he sees his mother and father argue about his health, revealing that he was terminally ill. In the memory, Maura injects him with a black substance to make him forget and send him into the ship simulation. She does this so that Elliot doesn\u2019t have to die and their family can remain together. Elliot rejects this truth claiming that Henry has planted a false memory in his brain, however, he later comes to believe it.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Maura and Eyk arrive at the mental hospital after travelling through Daniel and Tove\u2019s memories. Here they are intercepted by the first mate, Sebastian (Tino Mewes) who is working for Henry and demands the key from Maura. She reluctantly gives it to him and then he uses his device to kill Eyk.<\/p>\n

He then takes Maura to Henry\u2019s office, reuniting her with Elliot. Her father then uses the handheld device to take them all to room 1011 and has her restrained in the chair. He reveals to Maura what we already know: that the whole simulation is actually her design and that it isn\u2019t him who is the Creator, but her.<\/p>\n

Henry injects her with the black substance in order to make her forget the truth and send her back into the loop, while he plans to escape using the pyramid and key \u2013\u00a0previously revealed to be the only way to leave the simulation.<\/p>\n

Henry returns to his office, takes the key and inserts it in the small black pyramid. However, when he turns it nothing happens. This is because Daniel changed its code when he hacked into the simulation mainframe, meaning Henry has no way to escape.<\/p>\n