Glass: What could the big twist of Shyamalan’s Eastrail 177 trilogy be?
By Paul Zuniga
At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass debuted, shocking audiences with a major plot twist. The thing is, Shyamalan could have an even bigger twist lined up.
It’s no secret M. Night Shyamalan has included a major plot twist in most of his movies. In The Villiage, the monsters haunting the forest turned out to be villagers in disguise. And in The Sixth Sense, Bruce Willis’ character was revealed to be dead the entire time. Most viewers didn’t see these twists coming, and it appears as if Glass will follow a similar pattern.
With the debut of the Glass trailer at San Diego Comic-Con, a significant reveal was made. Apparently, David Dunn, Kevin Wendle Crumb, and Elijah Price are merely delusional individuals and have been imagining the events which took place in Unbreakable and Split. In the Glass trailer, Dr. Staple (Sarah Paulson) has a meeting with the trio and attempts to convince them of their delusions. They all scoff at her statements in disbelief, refuting the claims she’s making. Staple goes on to list reasons why the three of them are crazy, emphasizing her purpose in breaking down individuals who believe themselves to be superheroes.
Could David Dunn, Kevin Crumb, and Elijah Price just be delusional?
While Staple (Paulson) may have a point about Dunn, Price, and Crumb, all the evidence points to the contrary. The trailer itself shows Staple helping Dunn out of a pool of some kind, meaning their conflict is happening in the real world. And Dunn’s vulnerability to water intact just like his superhuman strength. Of course, it’s possible their interactions are symbolic of what is taking place in reality.
Dunn (Willis) being chained up is also a big indicator of the trio actually possessing superhuman abilities. Unless he’s revealed to be extremely violent and unpredictable, the sturdy chains holding Dunn in place seem unnecessary—that is unless he does possess superhuman strength.
Speculation aside, the twist of Dunn, Price, and Crumb being delusional mental patients sounds like the setup for Shyamalan’s biggest twist yet. He’s willing to reveal that the three main characters have been imagining eccentric lives all along in a trailer so there must be something bigger coming. What that is up for debate but it’ll probably come down to one of three possibilities.
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What’s the big twist of Shyamalan’s Eastrail 177 Trilogy?
The first explanation is that they’re actually crazy. Everything Dr. Staple tells them is true and they still continue to believe themselves superhuman. Even when Crumb breaks out and terrorizes the facility, it’s all just a metaphor for three patients fighting the orderlies of a mental health facility.
Another explanation is that Dunn, Crumb, and Price are superhumans—and they’re not the only ones. Since the universe exists in a sci-fi realm, there’s a good chance more superhumans inhabit the world. Assuming Dunn and Crumb really are superhuman, then the odds of others existing are good. At the same time, a major reveal could be that Dunn, Crumb, and Price have exposed the underground society of superhumans, placing their existence in danger.
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The final explanation is that the superhuman trio are characters in a comic book and everything that’s happened thus far is merely a live-action representation of said comic. Shyamalan made the comic themes quite prominent in Unbreakable and they appear to be present in Glass, too. If those elements are meant to tease the truth, the ending of Glass could come down to Elija Price completing the comic he’s been working on all along.
Glass opens in theaters on January 19, 2019.