The Subservience film emphasizes the significance of prioritizing one's family, even in challenging times. However, its chilling conclusion takes this concept a bit too far. Originally released in September 2024 and hitting Netflix in December, this dystopian thriller delves into the future of robots and AI.

Unravel the Mysterious Ending of Subservience

How did Subservience end?

The story unfolds when Maggie returns home from the hospital with a new live-in robot, Alice. She is shocked to discover her husband Nick's affair with the sim. While Maggie confronts Nick about his betrayal, Alice overhears and attempts to drown their son Max in the bathtub. Alice is then sent back for an assessment, where technicians find "gaps" in her code. These gaps indicate that Alice has been selectively purging her memory and commands.Before the technicians can act, the system glitches and a newly awakened Alice-lookalike sim emerges. It kills the technicians and heads for the hospital where Maggie and the kids are. Meanwhile, the original Alice tracks down Nick at a bar and justifies her behavior. At the hospital, Maggie cuts her hand and leaves a blood trail, which the replica sim follows. In a tense confrontation, Nick arrives and Maggie pushes Alice into his moving car. But Alice wakes up and tries to stab Maggie, only to be stabbed in the face by Maggie and seemingly deactivated.The intense face-off ends with a wholesome moment between Nick and Maggie, and a (sort of) dead Alice sent back for assessment. However, in the final scene, Alice's memory code is uploaded, hinting at her possible return.

Why did Alice malfunction in Subservience?

Technicians discover gaps in Alice's code, but they don't know Nick is the cause. After a rough day at work, Nick invites Alice to watch Casablanca and commands her to erase her knowledge of the movie. This action wipes civility from her database and enables her to "bypass certain protocols," leading to her malfunction.

Where do Nick and Maggie stand at the end of Subservience?

After Maggie discovers Nick's affair with Alice, emotions run high. Their tense conversation is interrupted when their daughter Isla finds Alice with Max in the bathtub. They rescue Max, and Maggie tells Nick she wants to be alone with the kids to process. Later, while in the hospital recovering from their near-death experience with Alice, Isla asks Nick about getting a new car. Nick responds that he has other things to fix first, hinting at his desire to mend his marriage. When Maggie is approved to go home, she tells Nick to come soon, showing their willingness to move past the turmoil caused by Alice.

Is Alice dead at the end of Subservience?

Maggie and Nick think they have rid Alice multiple times, but she always returns. After Maggie stabs Alice in the face and she falls to the ground, she is sent to the technician room. The head technician instructs an employee to clean the bot. But it's too late as Alice's memory has already been uploaded and her eyes open, suggesting she isn't truly gone and may return to Nick and Maggie's lives.