One of the biggest questions in Grotesquerie is whether Lois is still in a coma, dead, or in the real world at the end of the first season. There are arguments to be made for all three, and Lois herself seems as confused as the audience about which is true. Below, we’ll check out the clues we have so far and theorize about which is most likely true.
Is Lois still in a coma in Grotesquerie?
In the season finale of Grotesquerie, Lois comes to believe that she’s either dead or still in a coma. However, part of her reasoning behind this is proven to be incorrect at the end of the episode when Megan reveals she covered up Justin’s death after Lois shot him.
However, there are definitely clues that Lois isn’t in the “real world.” The prime evidence that she is either still in a coma, dead, or in some sort of parallel universe is the copycat Grotesquerie murders. While we only get to see recreations of the first and second murders by the time the season ends, they’re almost impossibly similar to the ones she saw in her coma. Dr. Witticomb mentions that hundreds of people have access to his interviews with Lois. Still, even with that info, it would be practically impossible to recreate the scenes so perfectly.
Additionally, Lois’s relationships are almost surrealistic once she comes out of the coma. She states explicitly to Dr. Witticomb that Marshall’s proposition that she, he, and Redd live in the same house as a throuple was entirely out of character for him.
We don’t have definitive proof that Lois is still in a coma or that she’s right, and she’s died and gone to some version of hell. However, things are weird enough that it seems unlikely she’s in the real world. Hopefully, we’ll get a season two that’ll give us the answer we seek sooner rather than later.
