Hippopotamus (2018) May 2026

After pretending to fall for Tom and having sex with him, Ruby attacks him with a mirror shard. She crawls out of the room, finds a boat, but collapses from exhaustion. The Ending Explained

The story follows Ruby (Ingvild Deila), who wakes up in a sterile room with no memory of her identity and severe injuries to her legs that prevent her from walking. Her captor, Tom (Stuart Mortimer), claims she is being held until she falls in love with him. He provides for her basic needs, including medication and food, while attempting to "jog" her memory through sensory appeals and shared stories. Hippopotamus (2018)

It is eventually revealed that the "kidnapping" is part of a complex cycle. Tom claims to have "fixed" her and that this ordeal was the only way to gain her trust after she suffered a traumatic event—implied to be an assault by a man named Nick—that caused her memory loss. After pretending to fall for Tom and having