# Carrie Stars Explain Prom Ending and Emaline's Role

> Carrie stars reveal Emaline's true power and Margaret's mercy-driven choice in the show's bloody prom climax.
- Title: Carrie Stars Explain Prom Ending and Emaline's Role · TheWrap
- Summary: Carrie stars reveal Emaline's true power and Margaret's mercy-driven choice in the show's bloody prom climax. Carrie's lead actress explains Emaline's…
- Keywords: carrie, emaline, margaret white, summer howell, samantha sloyan, prime video, prom massacre, telekinetic abilities, entertainment, culture, business, Stars
- Source: TheWrap — https://thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/carrie-finale-prom-summer-h-howell-samantha-sloyan-interview
- Author: Jacob Bryant
- Published: 2026-10-11T17:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: carrie, emaline, margaret white, summer howell, samantha sloyan, prime video, prom massacre, telekinetic abilities, entertainment, culture, business
## Carrie and Margaret's relationship
Summer Howell and Samantha Sloyan revealed Mike Flanagan wrote their characters with love between them.

> Mike, from the start, had written them to have love between each other
## Three weeks of rehearsal
The actors spent three weeks building the mother-daughter relationship before filming.

> I, for one, felt once i had seen the carrie that summer had created
## Emaline's role in prom
Carrie befriended Emaline who helped her embrace telekinetic powers during the prom massacre.

> carrie took a backseat to emaline during a portion of the prom massacre
## Carrie's perspective on Emaline
Howell says Carrie still experiences the prom massacre despite letting Emaline take over.

> i like to think that carrie is still seeing it and experiencing it
## Margaret's decision to kill Carrie
Margaret chose to kill Carrie after seeing her true power to protect her from the world.

> when carrie comes home and she’s saying, i’ve killed them
## Margaret's survival and new mission
Margaret survived the attack and now must protect Carrie from the world.

> she realizes now that she can’t kill her, so then it’s just she’s going to protect her
## Key takeaway

Carrie's lead actress explains Emaline's ambiguous role and Margaret's failed attempt to protect her daughter from the prom massacre.