Cabinet of Curiosities Episode 3 Ending Explained: The Autopsy, What Kind of Creature is the Octopus?

In the third episode of Guillermo del Toro’s The Cabinet of Curiosities, forensic doctor Carl arrives at the police station of his old friend, Police Chief Nate, to examine the bodies resulting from a recent crime. When talking to his partner, he discovers that it is a more complicated matter than he thought. The investigator hypothesises that one of the townspeople lost his mind and detonated a bomb in the local mine, causing several deaths.

Even though the case is pretty clear, Nate lets her know that certain things seem weird to him. Carl assumes that his friend must be tired and sends him back home to rest while he performs autopsies. Examining the corpses, he notices that several of them are bloodless and the cause of death does not appear to be the explosion. Little by little he understands that there is something strange inside the bodies.

Cabinet of Curiosities Episode 3: Summary Plot

The Autopsy begins with a prologue set in a mine. One of the workers appears to be in the throes of indescribable madness. His last gesture is to drop a bomb, which promptly explodes causing the death of other of his colleagues. That’s when the tale begins, with the arrival of old coroner Carl in Sheriff Bailey’s office. It is the latter who begins to tell the whole story to his old friend, which began with the disappearance of some people in the country. The mystery will become even more tragic when it is discovered that in the bodies found there is no blood inside the organs. An investigative case that has now come to a standstill. And that’s why Carl will have the bodies of the miners who died from the explosion of the bomb at his disposal, to proceed with an autopsy,

The Autopsy is a story that for the most part is concerned with adding riddles about riddles, unanswered questions and unexplained events at first sight. Then, when the viewer has become aware of the whole premise, he chooses to abandon the words and focus on the strength of the images. That no, they are neither spectacular nor particularly pleasant, but certainly strong. The solution of the enigma, which will take place during the third act, where again the word will be predominant, as in the best examples of detective stories, will try to unite all the remaining points. But at what price?

Cabinet of Curiosities Episode 3 Ending Explained

After noticing the strange incisions on the corpses, Carl goes for the one body he hasn’t cut open yet. Upon arrival, the corpse rises and begins to approach him, possessed by some kind of force or entity. Then he begins to speak, revealing that the one who has control of the body is some kind of alien that has entered it. The creature tells the coroner that he has been living among humans for some time, abducting and eating those who come near him.

• He then somehow attacks Carl, knocking him unconscious.
• When he wakes up he sees that he has tied it to the table and that he is going to try to use it as his next container.
• This is because, thanks to the work of the coroner, you will be able to access more “food” easily.
• When Carl realizes that his death is inevitable, he decides to kill himself to kill the alien inside him.

What Kind of Creature is the Octopus?

The interesting thing about this ending is that, during the conversation between Carl and the alien octopus,the creature mentions that his species has been living among people for years. This means that it is likely that in this universe the Earth is full of these bugs. They could have infiltrated society, integrating into towns and cities and living normally as they search for their next victim.