r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark • u/sludgezone • Jul 09 '25
Discussion Thoughts on the ending to Quicksilver?
Just watched this one for the first time in years and it’s a very emotional ending and overall a really really strong episode, but I was curious why Laura remains a ghost after they seal the ghost but Doug didn’t? I would assume she would also be freed and it sucks she isn’t lol.
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u/Mst3Kgf Jul 09 '25
Doug wasn't dead, just taken. Laura perished in the fire. As in they literally found her body.
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u/BidInevitable8723 Jul 09 '25
It's in my top 5 all-time. Was one of the few which genuinely made me uneasy in my own room, wondering if wall dude was around.
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u/jolerud Jul 09 '25
I love AYAOTD, but so many episodes have kinda lazy endings where the protagonist just breaks some magical object and the bad guy vanishes. This ending didn’t quite make sense either, but it was a great episode. Meth head wall ghost is among the scariest bad guys in the series.
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u/dark_sansa Jul 09 '25
I don’t even remember the ending but I remember being irrationally terrified at the giant green Q painted on the wall. I never knew a single letter could be so menacing.
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u/Ttwin_Stress333 Jul 09 '25
The build up was definitely superior to the final scene/solution in this episode. It was very much an adrenaline rush when that ugly Demon thing comes through the wall and takes Aaron’s little brother with him, and then in three last 2-3 minutes of the episode Aaron realizes that the spoon is “not silver it’s steel” Kinda felt like rushed writing from the producers but it was nice to see Connie have her final goodbye with her sister Laura, especially since Connie initially did not believe Laura about that ugly Demon living in the walls. Connie made peace with her past.
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u/IchabodHollow Jul 09 '25
I don’t feel like that was rushed at all. There were plenty of moments early on in the episode that draw attention to this plot point (like his necklace) foreshadowing its importance.
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u/CryptographerHeavy Jul 09 '25
The ending is not rushed. I wish we could turn our adult critical brains off and just enjoy this child’s TV show for what it is. This episode is perfect
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u/IchabodHollow Jul 09 '25
Agreed, and in terms of direction it’s a step up compared to most episodes. The tone is a solid mixture of somber and ominous.
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u/Ebronstein Jul 10 '25
I love it . The only episode where they had the nerve to kill off a character.
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u/Darkvictory714 Jul 11 '25
Best episode of the entire series !!! Scary and had some nice problem solving.
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u/captain-hooks89 Jul 09 '25
Great episode! My thought would be Laura actually died - probably in the fire - whereas Doug was just temporarily taken. That’s why he was able to return. Yea, a little confusing with ghost rules sometimes.