\tSPOILER ALERT:\u00a0This article contains major spoilers from the Season 1 finale of \u201cTeacup,\u201d now streaming on Peacock. \tEveryone remembers that infamous teacup scene from Jordan Peele\u2019s \u201cGet Out.\u201d Missy stirs her cup of tea and Chris experiences a surrealist body hypnosis into \u201cthe sunken place.\u201d Peacock\u2019s new horror series, aptly titled \u201cTeacup,\u201d may be even creepier. In this show, the most terrifying threat is not any singular person or group, but rather, the monsters inside us.\u00a0 \tProduced by James Wan under his Atomic Monster banner, the series from creator Ian McCulloch (\u201cYellowstone\u201d) is loosely based on Robert R. McCammon\u2019s bestselling novel \u201cStinger.\u201d \u201cTeacup,\u201d which concluded its first season on Oct. 31, follows a group of neighbors in rural Georgia who unite in the face of a mysterious presence endangering their community and an assassin-like host taking control of their bodies. \t \t\t\t \t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t \t \t\t \t \tThe show revolves around the Chenoweth family: James (Scott Speedman), Maggie (Yvonne Strahovski) and their two children, Meryl (\u00c9milie Bierre) and Arlo (Caleb Dolden). When we meet these characters, James and Maggie\u2019s marriage is reeling from the discovery that he has been having an affair. \t \t\t\t \t \t \t \t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t\tPEACOCK \t\t \t \t\t\t \tShortly after, a horse is found mysteriously dripping blood across its face; Arlo ventures into the woods and returns, changed, speaking about the danger that lies ahead; a stranger in a gas mask spray-paints a blue\u00a0line across town and offers warnings through cryptic messages on a whiteboard. As these developments intensify, the Chenoweth clan is forced to shelter with their neighbors. This just so happens to be the family of the very woman James\u2019 infidelity occurred with, leading to palpable tension. \t \t\t\t \t \t \t \t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t\tPEACOCK \t\t \t \t\t\t \t\u201cWe wanted to drop people right in the middle of that situation,\u201d McCulloch says. \u201cThe idea that Maggie knows, but she doesn\u2019t know who with \u2014 and who\u2019s the worst person you\u2019re bringing into their environment, but the woman who [her husband] was having an affair with?\u201d \t \t\t\t \t \t \t \t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t\tPEACOCK \t\t \t \t\t\t \tThe group must work together to learn about the ominous presence affecting their community. However, because the \u201cassassin\u201d can possess anyone at any given moment, the lines quickly blur between who is telling the truth and who is seeking to kill those around them. By the season finale, nearly every character has turned on each other, struggling to identify whether anyone can be trusted. \t \t \t\t\t \t \t \t \t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t\tPEACOCK \t\t \t \t\t\t \tWhen the assassin enters Meryl in the finale, her parents successfully expel the creature from their daughter\u2019s body, only for it to choose her father as its next victim. James, influenced by the assassin, attacks Maggie, who stabs him in the leg with a knife. When he dislodges the knife and attempts to strike her again, James falls into a large freezer container. \u201cWe don\u2019t have to win. We just have to trap you,\u201d Maggie tells her husband before closing the lid and sealing him in. James tries screaming and pushing the container open, drawing the attention of others, who stack pillows over the container to prevent his escape. \tMeryl is the only character who protests the rest of the group\u2019s decision. \u201cHe\u2019ll die, mom. He\u2019ll die,\u201d she says as her mother restrains her and the container stops shaking, signaling her father\u2019s death. The scene ends with the remaining members of the Chenoweth clan: Maggie, Meryl and Arlo sobbing as they embrace each other and fall to the ground. \t\u201cIt was intense and emotional and wild,\u201d Speedman says of his character\u2019s fate in the finale. \u201cI just feel like this is going to be a crazy ride \u2014\u00a0really satisfying at a genre level, and an emotional level.\u201d \t \t\t\t \t \t \t \t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t\tPEACOCK \t\t \t \t\t\t \tMcCulloch adds that James\u2019 death felt satisfying from a storytelling perspective, because of the narrative arc his character undergoes throughout Season 1. He details how James\u00a0becomes proactive as a father and husband, with his journey tied to making up for his past mistakes and redeeming himself in the eyes of his family. \t\u201cHis redemption story ends before he becomes assassin,\u201d McCulloch says. \u201cBy the time we get to Episode 8, I think James has grown as much as he\u2019s going to grow.\u201d \t\u201c[Ian McCulloch] really had a specific vision,\u201d Strahovski says. \u201cHe wanted to lean into the character of it, and the relationships.\u201d \t \t\t\t \t \t \t \t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t\tPEACOCK \t\t \t \t\t\t \tMcCulloch says although members of the writers\u2019 room made the case for James\u2019 survival, the showrunner always knew the character was going to die in the finale.\u00a0 \t\u201cJames\u2019s story is a redemption arc,\u201d McCulloch says. \u201cScott did so much work over the course of the season to win people over and to become a character that you cared about. I think then taking that character away, to me, is a really good way to keep your audience on their toes.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SPOILER ALERT:\u00a0This article contains major spoilers from the Season 1 finale of \u201cTeacup,\u201d now streaming on Peacock. Everyone remembers that infamous teacup scene from Jordan Peele\u2019s \u201cGet Out.\u201d Missy stirs her cup of tea and Chris experiences a surrealist body hypnosis into \u201cthe sunken place.\u201d Peacock\u2019s new horror series, aptly titled \u201cTeacup,\u201d may be even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serie-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}