However, he doesn’t even consider death as an option to further the experiment until Wee suggests killing himself. Therefore, his dedication to his research into ghosts is unsurpassed. Perhaps most tellingly, we see Gla visit multiple famously haunted sites across the world and even dabble in dark magic himself, all to catch a glimpse of a ghost. Ever since glimpsing his father’s ghost as a young boy, he had been obsessed with seeing them. So did Gla kill himself for nothing? Even though the spirit of Gla eventually convinces Wee that they have learned something, and therefore his death is not in vain, the living Gla had a very different view of what he wanted to achieve. However, in real life, Wee’s research is rejected by the publication. We then see Gla as a benevolent, smiling spirit on the beach from his childhood, holding a reputed scientific journal with him and Wee on the cover. In the closing scenes of ‘Ghost Lab,’ we see Wee delete his research and acknowledge that sometimes things end in a mess, but also that they did all learn something from it. Gla implores him to end the experiment, and after a time, Wee finally gives in and is returned to the realm of the living. Finally, Gla appears in his decaying body and kills Wee.ĭuring his subsequent out-of-body experience, Wee meets a benevolent Gla, like the kind he used to know.

He does this by emotionally manipulating Gla’s grieving mother and even drugging his girlfriend. Gradually, Wee begins to torment Gla’s spirit, trying to goad it to show itself. Excited, Wee realizes that it is Gla that saves him because ghosts can exert more force on their physical environment when they are worried. Haunted by guilt for the death of his friend, he attempts to end his life by suicide but is mysteriously saved. Ghost Lab Ending: Why Does Gla Kill Himself?Ī shattered Wee then spends the next 3 months waiting for any sign of contact from the other side from Gla. However, when he is unable to kill himself, Gla, in the spur of the moment, commits suicide. Shattered, Wee decides that the best way to advance the experiment is by killing himself so that they can have a live ghost test subject for their research. Gla calls their research the Northern Lights Quest.ĭuring their experiments, Wee’s mother, who has been ill for many years, passes away.

He then introduces Wee to the large body of research he has already done, and Wee agrees to join him in attempting to demystify the phenomenon of ghosts so they can be seen by everyone. Gla is excited and reveals that he has been studying ghosts ever since he glimpsed the ghost of his father as a child. Soon after, while talking by the hospital vending machine, the two see the ghost of the burnt man. However, Wee insists that there is no scientific backing for the existence of ghosts, and therefore, don’t exist. The latter keeps bringing up ghosts and does so when a nurse describes a gruesomely burnt man who was admitted to the hospital. We are then transported to a hospital where Wee and Gla are young doctors. ‘Ghost Lab’ opens with two men (whose faces are not seen) making a presentation to a large audience, claiming to change their beliefs forever.

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