Servant – Season 4 Episode 10 Recap, Review & Ending Explained

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Episode 10 of Servant season 4 starts with Dorothy making her choice. She decides she needs a moment alone, telling Sean and Julian to go and wait in the car. She promises she’ll be okay, as Sean reluctantly leaves.

Leanne heads up to the rooftop, screaming to the heavens and claiming that she’s not afraid of God anymore, goading Him on. As she screams, down on the floor several strange figures happen to be watching her by a car. These happen to be those from the cult.

What does Dorothy choose to do?

Dorothy heads up to the rooftop and tells Leanne that she’s not evil, and tells her that bringing Jericho back was the kindest thing she’s ever done but it can’t continue. The pain she feels now is part of her love for Jericho.

Dorothy confirms that Leanne is not evil (but she is a murderer) and tries to talk her around, claiming again that Leanne is not a bad person. Dorothy likens it to her own situation, and how she let Jericho die. “I would have been so proud to have a daughter like you,” Dorothy eventually says.

Leanne believes she’s too dangerous to be around and tells Dorothy to head back inside. Dorothy shows Leanne a kindness and in doing so, so too do Sean and Julian who offer her a ride. “Take care of them for me,” She says to Julian, and heads back inside the house.

Why does Leanne sacrifice herself?

In fact, Leanne shuts and locks the door, taking the knife she used against Uncle George and apologizes to his charred corpse. With the knife in hand, she begins pouring gasoline across the house. Eventually she lights the match, starting with the Jericho doll, and face-timing with Toby while up in her room, flames hungrily licking up the walls.

By the time the Turner family realize what’s happening, they’re powerless to stop it. The only thing left are Leanne’s shoes outside. Sean confronts those from the Cult across the road, who confirm that Leanne did this to herself and she needed to do this to save them all. And eventually Leanne does burn to a crisp, her screams echoing through the air.

With Leanne gone and the weather brightening up, the Turner house is burnt to a cinder. Miraculously, no other houses have been affected and police can’t determine the cause of the fire either, believing that it’s actually a gas leak that eventually caught light.

How does Servant end?

The Turner family decide to leave, for good, but in doing so Dorothy comes to terms with what’s happened. They decide they’re going to start over now, call a cab and leave stronger than they were before.

As for Julian, he’s approached by the detective who was there during the horrible incident with Jericho originally. She brings up the “kiss of life” that Leanne gave him when he passed out and his heart stopped last year. She also tells Julian that he’s destined for a higher purpose and decides that they’re family now.

When she moves, several other people on the street happen to be with Julian, and his reflection happens to show him with wings, in a neat little motif. Julian curses to himself, as the episode closes out.

The Episode Review

I’m not sure the big “cliffhanger” ending is really appropriate here, especially given how much time and patience many people have had to endure going into this. And perhaps the word endure is the best way to describe Servant overall.

There have been some good ideas in here but it’s been wrapped up in a perfunctory story about the occult, God, the devil and everything in between, with several seasons that felt meandering and dragging the story out unnecessarily.

When you compare this season to where it started in season 1, Servant does feel like its dropped the ball considerably. This final chapter goes some way to round out all the big plot points, eventually deciding that the story was more about Dorothy dealing with her grief and accepting Jericho has gone rather than the family battling the evil Leanne who apparently isn’t evil anymore she’s just misunderstood?

Nowhere else is that perhaps more evident than in the sudden and abrupt character changes. Seeing Sean suddenly happy to help Leanne feels a bit left-field when the whole time (even 15 minutes prior) he’s been cursing out Leanne and claiming she’s an evil influence.

Overall, Servant has been a pretty average watch but like most Apple Originals, it goes on for far too long and in the end, loses its effectiveness.