# 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.
- Title: Netflix's 'The Body' Showrunners Don't Know Next Season
- Summary: Netflix's 'The Body' showrunners admit they don't know what happens next season after a cliffhanger ending.
- Keywords: the body, netflix, showrunners, season 1, cliffhanger, grace, elise, Polygon
- Source: Polygon — https://polygon.com/the-body-ending-explained
- Author: Maria Loreto
- Published: 2026-11-14T19:00:17+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: the body, netflix, showrunners, season 1, cliffhanger, grace, elise, gaming, culture
## 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
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
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.
## Key takeaway

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