Everyone Is Watching Netflix’s ‘The Watcher,’ But Not Everyone Is Thrilled By The Ending

[Spoilers for Netflix’s The Watcher below]

The Watcher, the seven-episode series that’s currently #1 on Netflix‘s top-10 list, tells the real-life story of Maria and Derek Broaddus, who thought they bought an unassuming home in Westfield, New Jersey — until they received a letter in the mail.

“Dearest new neighbor at 657 Boulevard, allow me to welcome you to the neighborhood,” the typed note — with no return address — began before taking an ominous turn. “How did you end up here Did 657 Boulevard call to you with its force within” It goes on, “Do you need to fill the house with the young blood I requested Better for me. Was your old house too small for the growing family Or was it greed to bring me your children Once I know their names I will call to them and draw them too me.” The letter was signed “The Watcher.”

There are numerous differences between The Watcher and Reeves Wiedeman’s New York magazine article the show is based on, including Maria and Derek’s names being changed to Nora and Dean, played by Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale, but one thing remains the same: the identity of The Watcher. Or lack there of. As Netflix’s Tudum writes, “To date, Westfield police have not uncovered the identity of the Watcher.”

This is not news to anyone who read the article, but a lot of people who are experiencing the story of The Watcher for the first time through the Netflix series are feeling let down by the ending (the last thing viewers see before the credits is, “The Watcher case remains unsolved”). And they’re unsurprisingly voicing their frustration on social media.

— everywhere and nowhere (@UNKNOWNENTlTY) October 14, 2022

Hated The Watcher, worst ending ever. I posted about it last night, and that's why so many people gave me the suggestion to watch Bad Sisters.

— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) October 16, 2022

I did not just binge watch the watcher for that ending, god fucking damn it

— twig (@itsallbollocks) October 15, 2022

So you telling me I watched 7 damn episodes on a binge for that ending

And then I search for an explanation and found this was a real story and they didn’t find out who The Watcher is either CREEPY

Daaaamn man #TheWatcherNetflix pic.twitter.com/xfxVf0dePT