Hugh Grant Gives Insight Into the Final Moments of 'The Undoing' Series Finale

Hugh Grant is breaking down the final moments in the series finale of The Undoing, which aired last night.

The show was a “whodunnit” series that followed the investigation into the murder of Elena Alves, the mother of a child at the school attended by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant‘s characters.

We’re not going to give away the spoilers right away in this post, just in case some readers haven’t caught up on the show yet. Beware of reading any further though!

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It was revealed in the finale that Hugh‘s character Jonathan Fraser was indeed the killer.

“From a practical point of view, to make the series work, he has to be as convincing as I can possibly make him when he’s protesting innocence and his love for his wife, his love for his kid. And then you ask yourself in the margin, ‘But what does he really feel?’” Hugh told Variety in a new interview. “The real Jonathan, in my opinion, is incapable of admitting he killed this woman — to himself, even.”

“I did warn my wife. I said, ‘Look, there was a kind of highly characterized way I was thinking of playing it, but in the end, Susanne Bier wanted me to bring it back to one version: adult Hugh Grant for the last 10 years. You know, I have children, they go to a school rather like the school [in The Undoing], we go to fundraisers; there are parallels and I didn’t want my wife to suddenly think, ‘Christ, who have I married?’” Hugh added.

Hugh told the outlet that he believes Jonathan was “self-delusional” and indeed a sociopath.

“He’s just so narcissistic that he believes the real him is the marvelous Jonathan, the star of medicine and great dad and great husband,” Hugh said. “I think he absolutely lives off adoration, undiluted, unequivocal love.”

“I don’t think the violence he shows when he kills Elena is the first time it’s happened. I think there have been instances in his life before where it’s been hushed up,” he said.

Hugh also talked about the final scene of the series, in which he kidnaps his son Henry and tries to flee New York City. He stopped on a bridge while surrounded by police cars, helicopters, and news cameras and threatened to jump off the bridge.

“He knows he’s screwed by now and what I recall is he might be planning to jump off that bridge, he might not, but I think he wants to be the center of attention still. I don’t think it’s terrible news for him when all those helicopters appear overhead and the TV cameras and all that [show up]. He’s a narcissist and that never goes away: If he’s going to go out, he’s going to go out in a blaze of glory,” Hugh said. “He still thinks it’s all going to be OK because he’s the great Jonathan Fraser and Grace is going to embrace him and say, ‘It’s all right.’”

Fans are now wondering if The Undoing will be getting a second season. Get the latest scoop here!