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Warning : This article contains spoiler for Before sequence 8 and all prior episodes !
Apple TV+’sBeforeepisode 8 leans into the horror musical genre , revealing new information while keep the key mystery . The psychological thriller is finally nearing its conclusion , with only two more episodes go forth before the miniseries ’ finale . Though most mystery shows would come out to serve queries about what ’s really happening , Beforehas stay steadfast in enter Modern questions and mysteries instead of answering the exist ones – a divisive choice that frustrate many viewers .
or else , the interview is left to pick together what ’s really chance in this unknown , mirky storyline . Episode 8 finally brings theBeforemain characterface - to - face with the farmhouse , a throughline for the miniseries . This leads to multiple reveals that are just as vague as previous episodes , smear the channel between realism , trauma , and the paranormal . The final present moment even include a present moment that will make viewers interview everything they know about the story and Eli .
8St. Benedicts Suspends Eli Pending Further Investigation
Noah Is Finally Removed From The Care Of Eli
After the incident with the scalpel inBeforeepisode 5 , Eli absolutely should have been suspended from work . He put a nestling in danger by cutting into his brow without any preparation or rubber , resulting in multiple stitches . unluckily , he ’s allow to continue treating Noah . Even though he says it ’s in a transitionary manner , Eli takes Noah on a trip-up to a stranger ’s house , at which peak Jane learns about the battle of interest . This and Noah ’s subsequent seizure seem to be the breaking point .
Besides being wildly irresponsible , Jane ’s alternative to allow Eli time with Noah for so long makes it extra challenging for both company inBeforeepisode 8 when they ’re separated . Noah continues to ask for Eli even though he ’s been informed that he ’ll have a new squad of doctors . Eli ’s genial State Department seems to degenerate quicker after Jane tell apart him that he ca n’t see Noah or even be at the hospital .
7Lynn Felt Like She’d Been To The Farmhouse Before
Lynn May Have A Connection To The Farmhouse Like Eli And Noah
When search into information on the farmhouse that Benjamin took photos of , he speak to Jackson — a Before grapheme that the show has all but forgotten about . Eli say that he felt like he ’d been there before , leading to a Deja vu feeling . amazingly , Jackson reveals to Eli that Lynn differentiate him the same thing before her death . The friend suggests to both Lynn and Eli that the farmhouse is their “ fernweh , ” a term that Jackson describes as a yearning for a far-off place .
At this detail , Before has provided so few explanations for the strange events of the show that Jackson could be right . However , there ’s a much better account based on the past episodes . SinceBefore episode 7posits reincarnation as an account for the unusual events of the show , it seems more potential that the deja vu the pair are experiencing come from the fact that they visit the farmhouse in a past biography . This is simply supposition , though , as the show has n’t concretely confirmed the popular rebirth theory .
6Noah Slams His Face Into A Window (& It Impacts Eli)
Both Eli and Noah Experience A Severe Bloody Nose After The Child Smashes His Face Into A Window
Before sequence 8 finally insert some solid repugnance to the psychological thriller , and the first moment that points to the scarey moments to come is when Noah bang his facial expression into a windowpane . The character does this in a import of distress after learn that Eli will no longer treat him . While Noah take this drastic action is traumatise enough , the more eccentric part takes place when Eli ’s face commence bruising and leech . This physical break stop is also a metaphoric breaking point for the little male child , who has grown increasingly attached to his psychologist .
retiring episodes have shown an increasing connection between the pair , with Eli ’s breath becoming visible when Noah ’s breath does and Eli seeing the dirt ball that Noah hallucinated . As such , it ’s not necessarily surprising that Eli receive the same injury as Noah . However , it ’s still shocking to watch , peculiarly since the show has n’t included roue and gore since the swimming pool prospect in the first episode . The fact that it fill so long for the traditional horror to make out back shows precisely how uneven the story and pacing are in Before , a common complaint among viewing audience .
5Eli And Cleo Visit The Farmhouse
Cleo Finally Tracks Down The Location Of The Farmhouse By Finding The Nearby Gas Station
The farmhouse has been an on-going theme throughout Before , with the account enter a picture of the edifice in the first episode . However , the show has delayed answers about the mysterious construction until the 2d half of the miniseries , with Cleo even struggling to find the farmhouse ’s emplacement . However , Before episode 8 finally brings Eli face - to - face with the mystic place .
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look at it from the exterior , there ’s nothing peculiarly notable about the farmhouse . It seems dilapidated and maybe dangerous to enter . However , Eli turn away to stay outside , going into the building against the advice of Cleo . unluckily , it ’s impossible to have it off if there ’s anything supernatural about the average - look farmhouse . So many hallucination and visions had happened prior to this moment of the sequence that Eli ’s foreign imagination within the building could have nothing to do with the location . If his past life-time has a connection to the farmhouse , the structure could also serve as a induction .
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4Noah Told Denise He Already Died
Noah’s Statement Points To The Veracity Of The Reincarnation Theory
Before episode 8 focuses more on Eli than it does Noah , so the few peculiar moments with Noah have more of an impingement than in previous moments . Noah tells his foster female parent that he does n’t want to die . Denise comforts the piddling son , saying that he ’s not belong to die . Then , Noah responds that he already has , a torturing statement that alarms Denise . As with past “ bomb drop ” import in Before , the show cuts off without providing further explanation , a thwarting choice this far into theApple TV+ original serial .
This moment of the episode foster the ongoing hypothesis that Before is going the path of rebirth . Noah is seemingly a reincarnated version of Benjamin and a Dutch fille based on previous episode , though the show has n’t explicitly confirmed the storyline of the past life . The only reading of Eli ’s past life , if that is the counselling the floor is pop off , is the fact that Noah read he ’s the Dutch boy in Lynn ’s Word .
3Eli Has Strange Visions While At The Farmhouse
The Visions Mash Together Actual People And Locations In A Horrifying Manner
The climactic moment in Before episode 8 shows Eli walking into the farmhouse he ’d been searching for the full series and experiencing strange visual modality that flux actual locations with phantasy . He is at his house and hears dripping water , footsteps , and laughing . Lynn then asks , “ Wait , you ’re leaving ? ” Then , he ’s suddenly back at the pocket billiards that he go to the day of Lynn ’s end , and he sees worms in his manus wound . The multitude in the pool are in line and ask him , in unison , to come in . However , he reveal that he has a phobic disorder of water and ca n’t swim .
Then , the pocket billiards is empty of water system and masses while he ’s on the diving board – a recall to his previous nightmare . However , he does n’t dive into the pool because he consider Dutch kids running around . He follows them and then escort Benjamin and a Dutch daughter . Lynn ’s ex read they ask to find out their friend . The conniption then shift to the Asian restaurant , and it start snowing while he try ice snap . Lynn then is in the bathing tub again , pray for help . The entire sequence is touch and feels like a fever dream .
2Eli Is Admitted To A Psychiatric Ward
Cleo Takes Eli To The Hospital After He Intentionally Injures Himself
After Eli experiences the strange visions , he ignite up on a gurney in a hospital surgical gown . The hospital staff is roll him down the hall of a psychiatric Aaron Montgomery Ward , with the camera tear apart to nurses working with other node who are in mental distress . Cleo tell Eli that he ripped his hand open with a pen , believing that something was at heart of it . Having seen Eli ’s visions , he must have sincerely believed worms were inside his hand wound . The infirmary staff had to do operating theater on his bridge player and treat him for an infection because of how grave the injury was .
After Cleo rushed him into the pinch room for treatment , the hospital likely admitted him for a 72 - hour hold , deeming him a danger to himself and others . With Eli in the hospital now , it will be interesting to see how they wrap up up the level in the next two instalment . At this point , Eli and Noah can not see one another due to their individual medical restrictions , but their experience seem to be inextricably linked .
1Eli Says He Killed His Wife While In A Stupor
Before Episode 8’s Ending Draws Into Question The Events Of Lynn’s Death
In the final moments ofBeforeepisode 8 , Eli recount Cleo that he killed his wife . However , he ’s clearly in a shock at the meter , having lose sentence between the farmhouse and the infirmary . The Before main character had also just had a vision of himself in the bathroom with Lynn when she is in the bathtub bleeding after attempting suicide and begging him for supporter . Because of his state at the time of the statement , it ’s indecipherable whether his vision was a memory of an literal issue , a incubus , or a hallucination .
Suicide is never the answer . If you or someone you love is experiencing self-destructive ideation , please call 988 or visit988Lifeline.org(US ) orFindAHelpline.com(international ) .
It ’s deserving noting that this is n’t the first clip that Eli has shown guiltiness ring Lynn ’s demise . His hallucination of Lynn have repeatedly been unfriendly towards Eli . InBeforeepisode 3 , he also had a hallucination or memory – it ’s undecipherable which – of him choke Lynn in the bathtub , where she died by felo-de-se . Future episode ofBeforewill need to brighten up the equivocalness , explaining whether he actually killed his wife or just feel immense guilt trip over her death .
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Before Release Schedule
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Release Date
Episode 1
" The Imposter "
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October 5
sequence 2
" The Scientist "
October 25
Episode 3
" The Liar "
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November 1
Episode 4
" symbol and star sign "
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November 8
Episode 5
" Folie à deux "
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November 15
instalment 6
" febrility Dream "
November 22
Episode 7
" The Power of Belief "
November 29
Episode 8
" When We Dead Awaken "
December 6
Episode 9
" And The Darkness Was Called Night "
December 13
sequence 10
TBA
December 20
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