‘The Consultant’ on Prime Video: That Bizarre Ending Explained

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All eight episodes of Prime Video’s new present The Marketing consultant made their debut final week, permitting of us to fly by means of the whole thing of the office saga like the degrees of an addicting cellular recreation.

The present a few office that will get a weird new boss stars Christoph Waltz as Regus Patoff, Nat Wolff as Craig, Brittany O’Grady as Elaine and Aimee Carrero as Patti. I binge-watched the darkly comedic sequence and loved it, however I felt just like the ending saved some rewards simply out of attain.

What about Craig and Elaine’s will-they-or-won’t-they dynamic? Is Craig nonetheless an worker at CompWare? How does Regus actually have a golden skeleton? Is he even human?

These questions may very well be addressed in a second season. Whereas we wait to see if season 2 goes to occur, that is what we did study from the season 1 finale of Prime Video’s new sequence, which relies on Bentley Little’s 2015 novel of the identical title.

Artistic liaison no extra

As a refresher, The Marketing consultant follows Regus Patoff, a mysterious stranger who takes over at a cellular recreation firm known as CompWare after the sudden loss of life of its CEO, Mr. Sang. Younger staff Craig and Elaine subsequently expertise new calls for and challenges, comparable to Patoff’s absurd, honest request to Elaine to launch a real-life elephant in downtown LA to advertise the cellular recreation Mr. Sang’s Jungle Odyssey.

Elaine enlists her ex-boyfriend Patrice to do the deed for $20,000, the funds Patoff allotts for her. Then Patoff solely offers her half for him upfront. Within the finale, Patrice returns to CompWare to gather the opposite half.

The finale reveals the elephant died after it was shot with tranquilizers. Patoff takes his candy time to seem at CompWare, which is in full social gathering mode after the discharge of Mr. Sang’s Jungle Odyssey, after which tells Elaine that Patrice’s cash went towards the festivities.

Elaine, performed by Brittany O’Grady, took the reins from Patoff at CompWare.

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Undeterred, Elaine comes up with a chilly plan to trick Patrice into ready longer for fee whereas she anonymously suggestions him off to the authorities.

When Patoff appeared at CompWare, he shook up the corporate with heartless terminations, rushed recreation launches and extra with a purpose to supposedly enhance the enterprise. On the finish of the finale, Elaine approaches the boss’ workplace, seemingly signaling she’s CompWare’s subsequent CEO.

Regus and Craig’s showdown

If Elaine is counted as a winner on this darkish story, Craig is the largest loser. Although Mr. Sang’s Jungle Odyssey would not exist with out him, on the social gathering within the finale, he is completely disinterested. His fiance, Patti, seems to have left him after he lied about being sick to spend time wanting into Patoff. However Patoff has intervened of their relationship greater than Craig is aware of. Patti did not ghost him — as an alternative, she’s typing up handwritten textual content for Patoff in CompWare’s data room.

Within the finale, Craig lastly learns the reality after he and Elaine handle to find Patti’s telephone. It isn’t Patti who has it, however Sang’s mom who disappeared some episodes again, and she or he was given the telephone by Patoff.

Craig and Elaine hurry again to CompWare. Elaine goes after Patti and an enraged Craig takes on Patoff. He grabs a big mallet used for an exercise throughout the social gathering and walks nearer and nearer to his evil boss.

Craig does not get the woman

Earlier than Patoff slips by means of the glass, a few social gathering tables breaking his fall, he tells Craig “you are not the hero. You do not even get the woman.” It is not instantly clear who he is speaking about.

Elaine (Brittany O’Grady) and Craig (Nat Wolff) appeared like they may have been extra than simply work buddies.

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Craig’s relationship with Patti seems to finish within the finale. We see her with curler luggage leaving a key with Craig. We additionally see Elaine taking a look at a file within the data room with Craig’s title on it.

Craig’s lies to Patti are little doubt a purple flag, even when they weren’t suitable. Patoff additionally explains within the finale that when Patti was within the data room (and seemingly in some type of trance), she helped Patoff full his file. “She’s seen your weak point, your betrayal, she poured it out on each web page in her personal phrases,” Patoff says. Might he have completed this to make sure Craig by no means had a shot at Elaine both? If there is a season 2, we would have to see these characters return to complete what was began.

Regus’ golden inside

When Regus takes his fateful tumble, one among his massive toes is sliced off and lands in a pile of leftover social gathering shrimp.

It is retrieved by Craig, who freezes it, boils and de-fleshes it to disclose a shiny golden bone.

So Patoff is actually manufactured from gold. Is that why he has a lot bother lugging his physique up and down flights of stairs? Does that imply he is not human? How might he be?

It is unveiled in an earlier episode that jewellery retailer proprietor Frank Florez made the golden skeleton for Patoff, and the expertise mainly ruined Florez’s marriage. There’s most likely some deeper which means right here, however I might additionally see a personality like Patoff getting gold physique elements on the expense of a poor man’s happiness simply because that is what he likes to do.

One factor stands proud as hinting that Patoff won’t be human. Florez by no means really noticed Patoff in individual whereas he crafted the bones. Nonetheless, he did obtain checks with Patoff’s signature. How might he have signed a verify with out a functioning hand?

Craig, performed by Nat Wolff, learns in regards to the golden skeleton from Frank Florez.

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Regus will get outcomes

Patoff bought Mr. Sang to log off on him taking up by promising to safe Mr. Sang’s legacy. By the finale, Patoff had certainly reversed CompWare’s dire course. Sang’s mom suggests her son is alive by means of Mr. Sang’s Jungle Odyssey. A unadorned statue model of Sang watches over a bustling CompWare.

“All I can actually inform you about Regus Patoff,” Elaine might be heard saying on the finish of the episode, “he will get outcomes.”

Simply do not take into consideration what it took to get there.

Patoff misplaced a dear massive toe, however it did not hold him from taking his companies to one more firm, Pterodactyl Robotics. A information report enjoying on the finish reveals the loss of life of its founder, who strived to develop the primary humanoid workforce. If Patoff is certainly really a robotic, possibly he’ll lastly discover some colleagues he can higher relate to.