‘The Idol’: Sam Levinson & Lily-Rose Depp On The Finale Twist That Paints Tedros As “The Victim” All Along

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SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the finale of HBO’s The Idol. HBO’s controversial series The Idol came to an end on Sunday, and it certainly threw a wrench in the story that the show appeared to be telling across the first four episodes.

Episode 5, titled “Jocelyn Forever,” reveals that Lily-Rose Depp’s pop star character had the reins the entire time, even when she led everyone to believe she was being manipulated by Tedros (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye). “I think a lot of the audience will watch maybe the first few episodes and think that this guy is taking advantage of her,” Depp said in a segment about the making of the finale. “By the end he realizes that she knows exactly what he’s doing and she knows exactly what she’s doing.” The episode opens with quite a bit of tension, as Jocelyn has become hostile toward Tedros.

She’s ousted him from her inner circle, and he’s unraveling at the thought of no longer being in control. Meanwhile, Jocelyn’s team wants answers.

When her tour promoter stops by her house to discuss the tour, she puts on quite the performance, insisting that several artists that Tedros discovered will open for her, claiming that she’d been nurturing them the whole time.