In the same vein as many previous works produced by Mike Flanagan, “The Midnight Club” is not your typical horror show. It tells a complicated story about family, loss and coming to terms with it all by incorporating aspects of horror and mystery. The main character Ilonka, who is also the show’s point-of-view character, finds out that she has thyroid cancer early in the tale. Ilonka discovers Brightcliffe Hospice while frantically seeking treatment, and she quickly persuades her adoptive father to help her gain admission to the facility.
After Ilonka arrives at Brightcliff, she is introduced to the seven other people who already live there. One of them is Sandra (Annarah Cymone), whose deep religious beliefs cause her to have frequent disagreements with other people. In case you’re curious about whether or not Sandra was saved at the end of “The Midnight Club,” we’ve got the answer for you.
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Does Sandra die or recover?
Sandra is shown both to the audience as a whole and to Ilonka at the same time. Spence takes Ilonka on a tour of Brightcliffe, and at one point they enter a room where Sandra and Natsuki are performing yoga poses together. It has come to our attention that Sandra has been diagnosed with lymphoma. The further we get into the series, the clearer it is where Sandra fits in with the other characters. Because she is a devout follower of Christianity and has a strong religious belief, she and other neighborhood residents, like Spence, are not always on the same page.
Spence was from a family that shared Sandra’s staunchly conservative and passionately religious values. On the other hand, unlike her, he was separated from his family, especially by his mother, due to the fact that he is gay and has been diagnosed with AIDS. After the death of one of the inhabitants, Sandra suggests that the community turn to religion. This causes Spence, who grew up in church, to become hostile to Sandra. In a later part of the show, Sandra makes a peace offer to Spence by telling the story she told at the Midnight Club meeting.
Sandra warns others against such activities as Ilonka investigates the possibility of using ancient Greek religion as a cure; nonetheless, she participates in the ritual the group performs in Episode 6 in order to heal Anya. And that’s when the apparent contradictions in Sandra’s character come to light. Her ideas are diametrically opposed to what others are plotting, yet she is willing to participate despite this opposition because she wants to be there for the people she cares about.
At the start of the episode titled “Anya,” it feels like it takes place in the future. Only Anya from the whole group was able to complete the ceremony successfully. All the others are deceased, including Sandra. This later turns out not to be accurate. Anya has these experiences in her last dream before she dies, and they are all connected.
During the same episode, Ilonka overhears Dr. Stanton while on the phone with someone else and overhears him mentioning that one of his patients is going home. Illonka begins to mistakenly believe that she is the one who was cured, despite Dr. Stanton specifically telling her that it was not her. On top of that, she begins to believe that the ritual is the cause of everything. In the end, it is discovered that Sandra is the one who will return home, and it was just a case of misdiagnosis; it was not the consequence of some sort of ancient rite.
Before Sandra leaves, she confesses that she is responsible for a number of mysteries that have happened at the facility. She defends her conduct by saying that she simply wanted to instill optimism in others. Regarding the whole situation, Sandra has a variety of contrasting feelings. She’s relieved that her condition isn’t life-threatening, but at the same time, she feels like she’s suddenly cut off from others. They were forced to meet due to the inescapable reality that their fates were intertwined. Suddenly, that doesn’t apply to Sandra, and she’s terrified that her friends will turn their backs on her because of it. However, Sandra discovers that their connection extends far beyond their simple shared diagnosis.
