This article contains discussion of abuse and Ed Gein's crimes.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story director and executive producer Max Winkler breaks down the haunting ending and final line. After previously focusing on Jeffrey Dahmer and then Lyle and Erik Menendez, season 3 of Ryan Murphy's Netflix anthology series explores real-life serial killer Ed Gein.

In Monster: The Ed Gein Story 's ending , the titular character played by Charlie Hunnam hallucinates that he is helping FBI agents catch the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. In the final moments before Gein's death, his life essentially flashes before his eyes. This includes sitting on a porch with his mother, Augusta (Laurie Metcalf), who delivers the final line of the show: "Only a mother could love you."

In an interview with

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