Has Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia left you pondering your own perception of reality? Don’t fret, you’re in the right spot.

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Lanthimos’ grim comedy centers on a conspiracy theorist who abducts a powerful CEO, delivering numerous twists and unexpected developments. The conclusion, in particular, appears crafted to astonish, although Lanthimos and screenwriter Will Tracy do sprinkle several clues about what’s ahead. Let’s dissect it.

What is the conclusion of Bugonia?

Aidan Delbis, Jesse Plemons, and Emma Stone in “Bugonia.” Credit: Atsushi Nishijima / Focus Features

Inspired by the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia follows beekeeper Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and his cousin Donny (Aidan Delbis) as they take pharmaceutical CEO Michelle (Emma Stone) hostage. They are convinced that she is an Andromedan alien sent to infiltrate humanity and enforce alien dominance. By the end of Bugonia, Lanthimos discloses that Teddy was right… sort of.

That’s correct: Michelle is indeed an Andromedan. Furthermore, she is the Andromedan empress.

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The revelation occurs during the lunar eclipse, the moment Teddy believes the Andromedan mothership will arrive near Earth. Michelle maneuvers to get Teddy to her company headquarters, Auxolith, where she asserts that the closet in her office functions as a transporter to beam them to the mothership. Events quickly spiral out of control when Teddy reveals he is wearing a suicide vest as a precaution. Moments later, the vest detonates due to his body heat.

If you view Michelle as a human, the entire Auxolith sequence seems like her stalling for time to summon external assistance. However, amidst the turmoil following Teddy’s demise, it becomes apparent that this is not the reality. Michelle manages to drag herself from an ambulance back to her office, where, indeed, she is transported to the Andromedan mothership.

What were the Andromedans’ intentions for Earth?

Emma Stone in “Bugonia.” Credit: Atsushi Nishijima / Focus Features

So yes, Teddy was right about Michelle being an Andromedan. He was also correct about her hair facilitating communication with her ship and her being part of the imperial lineage. (Naturally, he missed that she was the actual empress.) Nevertheless, he misjudged the true motive behind the Andromedans’ presence on Earth.

Just before Michelle and Teddy set off to Auxolith for the final time, Michelle uncovers Teddy’s experiments on deceased bodies, some Andromedan and some human. At this juncture, Michelle stops pretending to be human (or feigning to be a human claiming to be an alien to appease her captor) and recounts the tale of the Andromedan race. They arrived on Earth millions of years ago, inadvertently causing the extinction of dinosaurs. Subsequently, they shaped humans in their own likeness, leading to the formation of the ancient civilization of Atlantis.

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However, as humans turned against each other and waged catastrophic wars, the Andromedans became appalled by their own progeny. According to Michelle, Auxolith’s experiments — including the drugs that rendered Teddy’s mother Sandy (Alicia Silverstone) comatose — aimed to discover a method to aid humanity and foster their evolution. Unfortunately, those experiments proved unsuccessful. Ironically, by attempting to rescue humans from aliens, Teddy ultimately seals their fate, as his abduction and torment of Michelle marks the final straw for the aliens’ forbearance. Now back on the mothership (and adorned with a large hair ornament), Michelle declares that humans cannot be salvaged. With a swift pop of a bubble encasing the Andromedans’ model of Earth, she obliterates every human on the planet. It’s a grim finale for humanity but not for Earth: In the film’s concluding moments, bees begin to thrive once more.

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Wait, is Bugonia suggesting that conspiracy theorists are correct?

Aidan Delbis and Jesse Plemons in “Bugonia.” Credit: Atsushi Nishijima / Focus Features

Bugonia’s revelation that Michelle has been an Andromedan all along enhances the film’s rewatch appeal, especially regarding Stone’s performance and the numerous layers of