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Stefan Chops Up His Father and Creates the Perfect Game

Instead of burying Dad's body, you can chop it up! Flash forward to a very zen Colin who has finished his game, has turned it in on time, and is glowing as he talks to his therapist about it. We get flashes that Colin saw his dad's flesh, and his severed head just casually hanging out in Stefan's room.

The game gets a perfect score, five stars! Then Stefan's dark secret comes out, he gets hauled away, and the game is quickly pulled from the shelves.

Flash forward: Pearl, Colin's daughter, is has decided to update the game for a new generation, and may have a hush-hush deal with Netflix. when her computer crashes, we have a familiar choice: smash it or pour tea over it?

This, to me, would be the ultimate satisfying ending for Bandersnatch if it were a simple, linear Black Mirror episode. It's poignant and unsettling that Stefan ends up like his hero, Jerome F. Davies, insofar as he goes mad and decapitates his father. And the bit with Pearl at the end, proving we never really learn, is the icing on the cake. So, it's a pretty great ending, but there are two more that are much more fun to watch.

Image Source: Netflix