He She It – Series Review & Ending Explained

Ending

Sad ending

He She It has a sad ending where Mike drowns Peem in a fit of anger, but he regrets his actions afterwards. Peem returns as a ghost to haunt Mike and Mean, the two people responsible for his death. Both the culprits are left mortified, frightened out of their minds when they see Peem's ghostly apparition.

Since He She It manipulates the timeline, the sequence of the events isn't shown in the exact order. Here's a quick summary of what actually transpired between these characters:

Episode 1: Mike falls into a state of shock when he hallucinates seeing Peem's ghost. However, the viewers don't know yet what causes him to react this way.

Episode 2: The viewers learn that Mike pushed Peem into the swimming pool and watched him drown to death. We don't see how Mike gets away with murder, but Peem's drowning seems plausible enough that it could be excused as an accidental death.

Episode 3: This episode focuses on Mean's character, as he also hallucinates seeing Peem's ghost. This hallucination comes after Mike and Mean's confrontation at the school, where Mean shows no remorse for exposing their affair. Mean doesn't know that he caused Peem's death inadvertently.

Ending explained

Peem coming back as a ghost is a literal interpretation of the ending. However, my theory is that Peem's ghost doesn't actually exist. Instead, he is a manifestation of the guilt that Mike feels for causing his lover's death.

In Episode 3, Peem's ghost doesn't actually haunt Mean. I suspect that scene is just a figment of Mike's imagination. Notice how Peem's ghost only appears after Mike and Mean's confrontation in the school. Mike feels furious about Mean's lack of remorse for what he did, so he imagines Peem's ghost haunting his friend. In Mike's fantasy, Mean receives his comeuppance for exposing the affair, getting spooked by Peem's ghost. Just like how Mike is "haunted" by Peem's death, he wants Mean to be "haunted" in the same way.

Or at least that's how I interpreted the ending anyway. Whether Peem's ghost is real or not, Mike feels remorseful over killing Peem, that much is clear. At first, he is shocked and frightened by seeing Peem in his hallucinations. By the final episode, Mike has gotten used to his hallucinations. He even imagines himself singing a song as an apology to Peem.

Best character

Acting teacher

Honestly, all the main characters in He She It are pretty awful human beings. The two leads are cheaters, not to mention that Mike is also a killer. The girlfriend is supposed to be sympathetic, but I just find her naive and annoying. The so-called friend is a snitch and it's disturbing that he filmed two closeted guys having sex to use as blackmail.

After crossing off the main characters one by one, the only candidate we're left with as the best character is the acting teacher! Don't get me wrong, her character is awful too. When Mike is having a mental breakdown in front of her, the acting teacher doesn't show any concern towards her student. Instead, all she does is flash an evil little smirk. 😏

I actually thought the teacher would be a pivotal character and we'd learn the rationale behind her evil smirk. Unfortunately, she doesn't appear again in the series. We're left to assume that the teacher only smirked because she enjoys watching people suffer. This type of random sociopathy fascinates me and that's why she is the best character in He She It.

Highlights

Mike's ending song

Mike's character sings a song (called "Comedy", written by Jeff Schur, the actor himself) that is really beautiful. His voice is exceptionally haunting, conveying more powerful emotions in this one song than all his scenes combined during the series.

I thought the character's singing was an effective way to cap off the He She It series. I just wished the scenes leading up to this moment were better written, so that the emotions from the song would resonate even stronger.