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Netflix's 'The Body' Showrunners Don't Know Next Season

Netflix's 'The Body' showrunners admit they don't know what happens next season after a cliffhanger ending.

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Nov 14, 2026

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Netflix's 'The Body' Showrunners Don't Know Next Season

Netflix's 'The Body' showrunners admit they don't know what happens next season after a cliffhanger ending.

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Netflix's 'The Body' showrunners admit they don't know what happens next season after a cliffhanger ending. The Body showrunners say they don't know what happens next season after a cliffhanger ending where a character claims to be God. Originally reported by Polygon.

The Body season 1 ends

The Body season 1 ends with Anya confessing her sins including Grace's coma and her decision to return her body to her bedroom.

“I'm God.”

Showrunners admit uncertainty

Co-showrunners Quinn Shephard and Gina Gammell admit they don't know where the series is headed next season.

“We are amiable and gullible and don't have an answer either.”

Cliffhanger ending

Cliffhanger ending

The season finale ends with Grace waking up and declaring, 'I'm God.'

“I'm God.”

Showrunners' favorite debate

Shephard and Gammell enjoy how fans debate what's real and what's imagined after the cliffhanger ending.

“We want people to feel similarly at the end to the way you feel at all of the biggest turns of the show.”

What's real or imagined

The Body explores whether supernatural events are a mass delusion or a miracle after the cliffhanger ending.

“It could be part of a mass delusion, or it could be a miracle.”

Grace will be awake

Grace will be awake

If the show gets renewed, Grace will be awake for season 2 with new dialogue beyond 'I'm God.'

“Grace will be awake.”

Science and religion balance

Shephard and Gammell want their show to straddle science and religion without clear answers.

“We're both people who believe in science and ghosts.”

In short

The Body showrunners say they don't know what happens next season after a cliffhanger ending where a character claims to be God.

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