Content Warning: This article contains depictions and descriptions of violence.
When Amazon Prime Video announced the release of its series, Them (starring Shahadi Wright Joseph of Us), fans assumed it was a sequel to Jordan Peel’s hit thriller, Us. And while the series is a thriller, it's not tied to the film at all.
"Them" is anyone who does not look or act like "us." Although the series has deep racial overtones, it also centers around things that go bump in the night. It deals with the supernatural that makes the community of East Compton a playground for prejudice, hostility, and deception, leaving viewers awed by the end - wondering what is next.
9 Do The Neighbors Stop Harassing The Emory Family?
The East Compton "Welcome Wagon" lead by Betty Wendell (Alison Pill) orchestrated a "sit-in" upon the Emory's arrival. The neighbors gathered with tables and radios blasting music throughout the day outside of the Emory's house in an attempt to run them out of the neighborhood. But now that Betty is dead, will there be anyone else to lead the band of intolerant neighbors?
After witnessing Henry (Ashley Thomas) beat up Marty Dixon (Pat Healy) who tried to hang him in his basement and Lucky screaming that caused a ring of fire of protection in her front yard, will they finally stop tormenting the Emorys?
8 Does The Realtor Keep Selling Now That The Sergeant Is Dead?
Helen Koistra (Brooke Smith), the Compton realtor with a conscience. Does she keep selling to “them” now that her blackmailing partner, Sergeant Bull Wheatley (Derek Phillips) has died? Or will she have a change of heart and stop taking advantage of families who leave the south to try to find a better life and more opportunities in the west?
Possibly, she may continue to succumb to the enticement of money and power (mainly power, to gain respect and to be considered as a valuable asset to the company) because as the adage goes, “once corrupt, always corrupted”.
7 Will Betty's Nosey Neighbors Ever Find Out What Happened To Her?
It is hard to believe that Betty's militia (her neighbors) may never find out what happened to her. Her body may never be found. The pride of Compton finally perished by her own manipulation via the hands of the milkman. With the use of her beauty, charm, and dalliance, she thought she had finally got a pawn to due her evil bidding. But to her detriment, it backfired.
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But since the foundation of her friendship with fellow wives in the neighborhood was built on control and deceit, will they care about her wellbeing or will she become rumor mill folklore as her neighbors cast their vote about her whereabouts?
6 What Happens To The Milkman, George Bell?
True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten seems to be your everyday milkman. The ladies of the neighborhood are truly infatuated by him with his good looks and gentleman decor, but he only has eyes for one housewife, Betty Wendell. Once Betty decided to use him to get rid of the Emory family, she soon found out that she was not the hunter but the hunted and the prey of his excessive love.
George drugged and kidnapped her in his bomb shelter and then killed her when she could not pass his true test of love. But what was his next plan? Is there another housewife he has his eyes on? Or does did it all end with Betty, his one true love?
5 Does Anyone Find Out That Henry Emory Killed Sergeant Wheatley?
A wolf in sheep’s clothing is the best way to describe Sergeant Bull Wheatley (Derek Phillips). He added a feeling of safety for the Emory family while lining his pockets through the blackmailing realtor, Helen Koistra.
But justice came his way one night by the hands of Henry Emory, who was dealing with issues of his own, as he shoots him and leaves him dead in the street. It is hard to imagine that this was not seen by any of the overly inquisitive neighbors.
4 Is The Emory Family Cursed Forever?
When Lucky confronts The Black Hat Man (Christopher Heyerdahl) in her basement, he raises the question of what will she do when she realizes that her family is cursed forever? What did he mean by that? Are they truly cursed considering what Lucky went through? Or does it go back even further, back to when her husband was in World War II?
It seems that they have overcome one large hurdle with The Black Hat Man bursting into flames. But was that the end of the book or the start of a new chapter?
3 Will Lucky Go Back To The Psychiatric Facility?
As the tenth day is revealed, Lucky is in a psychiatric facility, strapped to a bed. But how did she get there? In the last scene of the previous episode, we see her husband, cradling their dead son after he opens the box marked "CE." It seems that Lucky, not able to bear the loss of their son, dug up his grave and kept his remains in a box when they left North Carolina. Flash forward and we see her in the hospital getting ready to have a lobotomy, but she escapes as a guard watches her walk out.
But is Lucky truly free of her psychotic episodes? She defeated The Black Hat Man, but was her emotional demons banished with him, or is the trauma she endured too much to overcome?
2 What Happened To The Family That Attacked Lucky And Killed Her Son?
In an old white house in the country of North Carolina viewers are introduced to Lucky and her son eating peaches. They meet a bizarre, elderly woman who sings a dark rendition of “Old Black Joe,” who wants Lucky's son, Chester. As her kindred joins her, they assault Lucky and play a cruel game of “cat in the bag” with her son, killing him.
But where did this family come from? Did they terrorize anyone else and were they eventually caught? The “cat and mouse play” of the series teases fans, begging the question if they were actually real or a figment of Lucky’s imagination so that she could rationalize killing her son.
1 Do The Emorys Survive Day 10?
As the season finale comes to a close, police are outside of Lucky and Henry's home pointing guns at them while Nina Simone’s "To Be Young, Gifted and Black” plays. Surrounded by a ring of fire, do Lucky and Henry give up without a fight to protect the kids, or has their ability to trust anyone completed diminished?
Are shots fired by the police first and questions asked later to de-escalate the situation for the betterment of the neighborhood? Or has the neighbors become so furious craving for bloodshed, they take matters into their hands?
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