the House of Usher<\/a> finale it all became clear. Madeline and Roderick had killed Roderick\u2019s boss Rufus Griswold, drugging him at a New Year party and building a wall in front of him, leaving him trapped in a basement.<\/p>\nThey had then met Verna in the bar, and after the party had ended she offered them a deal \u2013 they could achieve everything they ever imagined, with Roderick being elected CEO, and they would never face legal consequences.<\/p>\n
However, in return they would have to agree that just before they die \u2013 and they would die together \u2013 their bloodline dies with them.<\/p>\n
They had taken the deal. Over the years, Roderick and Madeline had put this moment out of their mind, believing it to have been in their imagination. But this is why the Usher children had died.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s never clarified exactly what Verna was \u2013 it\u2019s suggested that she could be death itself, or otherwise some other form of ancient demon, offering people the opportunity to become rich and powerful by giving her collateral.<\/p>\n
Verna killed Lenore mercifully, admitting it was the part of the job she didn\u2019t want to do because Lenore was truly good.<\/p>\n
As some recompense, she told Lenore that her mother would recover and inherit a fortune from the collapse of Fortunado.<\/p>\n
She would give most of this fortune away to charities but would keep the rest to start a non-profit called The Lenore Foundation, which would save millions of lives. She told Lenore that she is responsible for saving those people, before putting her to sleep.<\/p>\n
The texts Roderick had been getting all night hadn\u2019t been from Lenore \u2013 they had been from a sentient AI version of her, set up by Madeline, which only said \u201cnevermore\u201d.<\/p>\n
What happens to Roderick, Madeline, Pym and Auguste?<\/strong><\/h2>\n Eike Schroter\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n After Lenore\u2019s death, Madeline and Roderick met at their childhood home and expressed no regret for their lives and their choices. However, Roderick poisoned her drink, and used a knife to send her off like Queen Twosret, saying he was honouring her.<\/p>\n
As we return to the present day, where Roderick was telling Auguste his story, the pair realised that the banging coming from downstairs must be being caused by Madeline, despite her having seemingly died. Roderick noted that their mother was the same way \u2013 Madeline had somehow been re-animated.<\/p>\n
Madeline strangled Roderick as the house caved in around them \u2013 Auguste escaped but the twins were seemingly both killed for good.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath, Juno inherited and dissolved Forunado, while recovering from her addiction.<\/p>
Pym was offered a deal by Verna, but insisted he had no collateral to offer her \u2013 no one and nothing he truly loved. He was therefore arrested after Camille\u2019s assistants turned over evidence against him. He was the only conviction from the Fortunado Pharmacuticals case, with Auguste saying he would die in prison.<\/p>\n
Auguste retired and visited Roderick\u2019s grave, telling him that because of his family, he was the richest man in the world.<\/p>
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