‘The Woman in the House Across the Street

From the Girl in the Window’ Ending,

Explained
By Kayla Cobb

January 28, 2022 // 10:50am

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If you’ve pressed play on The Woman in the House
Across the Street from the Girl in the Window,
chances are you’re a bit confused. And that Share
confusion doesn’t necessarily have anything to do
with that obscenely long name.

Netflix’s latest original is an odd duck in the world

of crime dramas and mysteries. It’s both a spoof on
the genre and a mystery in its own right. Want to
know what happened to the woman in the house
without spending four hours of your limited time
alive listening to casserole jokes? We have you
covered. Consider this your guide to the the
ending of red wine-drenched Anna’s woes.
Spoilers ahead, obviously.

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Did Lisa Really Die in The

Woman in the House Across the
Street…?
Unfortunately, Shelley Hennig will never be
returning to this universe. In the final two episodes
of The Woman in the House…, it was revealed that
Lisa had, in fact, been murdered. They found her
body and everything. So Anna (Kristen Bell) may be
a bit unhinged from all of those pills and glasses of
wine, but she didn’t imagine a murder.

Who Was the Killer?

Are you ready for a truly WTF revelation? Lisa’s killer
was none other than…. Emma (Samsara Yett), Neil
the neighbor’s (Tom Riley) nine-year-old daughter.

It was the typical bratty child story. Though Emma

appeared sweet, she was secretly furious at her
mom for getting pregnant again without telling her.
So Emma set a trap that ensured her mom would
drown. But her reign of terror didn’t stop there. She
pushed her teacher off the lighthouse for calling
her crazy. Then there was Lisa. Emma turned on the
flight attendant when Lisa refused to buy any of the
chocolate bars Emma was selling for her school.
She had a pretty sick line with that kill, saying “I
don’t think sugar is the worst thing you can put in
your body. I think this is,” before slashing Lisa’s
throat with a knife. Ten out of 10 Freddy Krugers,
Emma. She even killed her father offscreen. What
sin did he commit? Emma thought that Neil’s
ventriloquist act sucked, and honestly? She wasn’t
wrong.

So how did Anna become the prime suspect for

Emma’s crimes? One time when Anna went upstairs
to get her checkbook so that she could buy more
chocolate, Emma swiped one of Anna’s palette
knives. She then hid it near Lisa’s body. When the
police found the knife, they traced it to Anna and
arrested her. Clever, creepy girl.

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What Happened to Anna?

There was no way that Emma was going to confess
all of this to Anna just to let her walk away. Emma
was prepared to kill her neighbor once and for all.
Emma and Anna started fighting for their lives.
When Emma pulled a knife on the older woman, it
looked like it was the beginning of the end. But
then the least likely hero of all saved Anna: her
dishes.

In the middle of their fight, the duo broke another

one of Anna’s endless casserole dishes. While
Emma was holding her down, Anna managed to
grab a shard of the broken dish and used it to stab
Emma. Technically, yes. Anna is guilty of murdering
a child. Thankfully for her legal future, Anna’s ex-
husband Douglas (Michael Ealy) appeared to
witness the whole thing and take Anna to the
hospital.

While Anna was recovering, she learned the full

extent of what happened. Neill and Emma did, in
fact, die. As for Anna, she was on way too much
medication thanks to her husband, who has to be
the worst psychiatrist in history. He put her on a 50
gram dose of a class 4 psychotropic when she just
needed some Zoloft. No wonder she was seeing
things.

Somehow, Anna managed to forgive Douglas for

overmedicating her and leaving their late daughter
in the cell of a serial killer. Toward the end of the
finale, Anna learned that Douglas was actually
single and, as his purchase of one of her paintings
proved, he still had feelings for her. They got
caught in the rain together, and for once, Anna
wasn’t afraid. As they kissed, it seemed like Anna
and Douglas would be officially reuniting.

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What Happened to Buell?

Don’t worry too much about Anna’s loyal
handyman. Yes, Emma did stab him. And yes, he
was creepily squatting in her attic. But Buell
(Cameron Britton) survived her attack, and they
even developed a cozy roommate relationship.
That’s pretty much best case scenario for anyone
who squats in a random house.

How Did The Woman in the

House Across the Street… End?
In the final moments of Season 1, this new and
improved Anna boarded a plane to visit her long-
suffering friend, Sloane (Mary Holland). She turned
down the flight attendant’s offer of red wine. But
don’t be too proud of her; Anna is now a vodka girl.
After unsuccessfully trying to bond with the woman
sitting beside her — played by none other than
Glenn Close — Anna fell asleep. But when she
woke up, horror struck again.

Anna went to the bathroom and found the bloody

body of her former seat buddy. Only when she
grabbed a flight attendant, that body disappeared.
In the final moments of The Woman in the House…,
Anna fished a golden compact out of seat beside
her, seemingly left by the woman in the seat on the
plane who was Glenn Close. Looks like Anna has
another mystery on her hands. Season 2, anyone?

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