Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Grotesquerie episodes 8 and 9.
AlthoughGrotesquerie’s cast is constantly evolving thanks to the show’s many unexpected twists and turns, few viewers would have expected to see Broadway star Santino Fontana appear in episodes 8 and 9 of the series.Grotesquerie’s cast of charactersis large and the show’s seventh outing made it clear that the show’s lineup was even bigger, and much more complicated than it initially appeared. The first six episodes ofGrotesqueriefocused on Niecy Nash-Betts’ troubled homicide detective, Lois Tryon, as she paired up with a quirky nun reporter, Sister Megan, to hunt down the titular religiously motivated serial killer.
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WhileGrotesquerie’s many Biblical referenceswere tough for the average viewer to decode, it eventually turned out that these were all an elaborate misdirection. In one of the most audacious plot twists of 2024,Grotesquerieepisode 7 revealedthe entirety of the show’s first six episodes wasn’t real. It was all part of Lois’s elaborate dream while she was trapped in a coma, where she had transformed the real people in her life into bizarre dream versions of themselves. Lois’s dream ended when she woke up at the end of episode 7, the appropriately titled outing “Unplugged.”
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Fontana’s Specialist Helps Lois Acclimate To Reality
In episode 8,Grotesquerieintroduced a new character who was a dream specialist hoping to help Lois interpret her coma dream and work out what it all meant.Santino Fontana played Lois’s charming dream specialist inGrotesquerie, a doctor who was certain that Lois’s dream versions of reality contained a sort of skeleton key to unlocking her real-life issues. The specialist proposed that Lois’s husband, Marshall, was in a coma in her dream world because she felt she had no control over her marriage and this would redress that imbalance. Similarly, her holier-than-thou coworker Megan became a literal nun.
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Someone murdered an entire family the way Lois described in her dream, and this made Fontana’s character seem creepier in retrospect.
Fontana’s doctor seemed helpful, and his insights were undeniably compelling. However, it was hard not to be suspicious of the new arrival. After all, until the end ofGrotesquerieepisode 6, the series was a dark, gruesome serial killer thriller. The ending of episode 9 brought back this tone as one of the nastiest killings from Lois’s dream came true in reality. Someone murdered an entire family the way Lois described in her dream, and this made Fontana’s character seem creepier in retrospect. Of course, the actor’s CV didn’t exactly help in this regard given his most famous role.
What Else Santino Fontana Is Known For
Santino Is Best Known For Playing Frozen’s Villain Prince Hans
Although he has been a Broadway star for years, on screenSantino Fontana is best known as the villainous Prince Hans from 2013’s Disney hitFrozen. Outside his supporting part in that blockbuster, Fontana also appeared in the seriesSubmissions Onlyand had a multi-episode arc inThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Fontana also had a major role inCrazy Ex-Girlfriendas Greg before the role was recast by Skyler Astin. In terms of movies, Fontana had minor cameos inThe Devil All The TimeandFrozen II, although theGrotesquerieguest star’s most notable work is on the stage.
