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The Netflix show starring Kristen Bell, The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window, set its finale to continue into a possible season 2 storyline. Anna (Bell) is a painter who lost her inspiration after her daughter’s tragic events. Relying on prescription drugs and wine to get through the day, she witnesses a murder. Authorities do not believe her based on the lack of evidence.

By the end of The Woman in the House Episode 8, the murder story comes to a close, but it is far from over for Anna. The cliffhanger ending puts Anna back into the vicious cycle.

[Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window.]

Anna Whitaker from 'The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window' climbing attic stairs in relation to Season 2
Anna Whitaker from ‘The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window’ Episode 7 | via Netflix

Anna uncovers who the real killer is

After the jumble of clues that led Anna to suspect different culprits involved in Lisa’s, Emma’s mother’s, and other deaths, she finally uncovers the truth. The kind and unassuming Emma was The Woman in the House killer all along. Despite the authority’s hesitancy to believe her, Anna was right on many key points in the investigation.

Anns did witness the murder of Lisa. But a combination of evidence from her past trauma, use of prescription drugs, dependency on wine, and other factors led the people around her to distrust what she saw. At one point, Anna even questioned herself. But The Woman in the House had one final twist and cliffhanger that coud lead into a season 2.

Anna is not done with solving mysteries after ‘The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window’ finale

Anna from 'The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window' opening her front door.
Kristen Bell as Anna from ‘The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window’ | via Netflix

Life seems to have gotten somewhat back to normal for Anna after the investigation is closed. In a flash foward, Anna is back together with Douglas and has a baby. In the scene, Anna goes through security to board a plane to join Sloane for a girl’s weekend.

Anna does not seem to have let go of her love for alcohol. Instead of wine, she asks the flight attendant for vodka. She mixes the alcohol with prescription medication. It seems that Anna has not let go of what got her in trouble in the first place. She is soon joined by another passenger assigned to the seat next to her.

Sometime later, Anna wakes up after drinking multiple small bottles of vodka. She goes to the bathroom and finds her seatmate dead. Anna alerts the flight attendant, but he does not find a dead body. Once again, no one believes Anna. Back in her seat, she finds her seatmate’s metal mirror. Will Anna solve another murder in The Woman in the House Season 2?

Will Anna find evidence of a new killer in ‘The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window’ Season 2?

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Netflix has not confirmed if The Woman in the House will return for another season. The Woman in the House is listed as a limited series. While audiences might find the murder storyline somewhat tantalizing to watch, will it carry into a season 2? Some critics believe despite the Netflix show being only eight episodes; it drawled on.

Accorsing to Entertainment Weekly, “There’s no doubt that the showrunners want Woman to be a parody, but the humor is oddly toothless — and satire without a point of view is like a casserole with no crunch.” Netflix will have to wait and see how well audiences react to Kristen Bell’s murder story to decide if it is worth a renewal.

The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window is available to stream on Netflix.

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