Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Longlegs!

Summary

• Characters in Longlegs missed obvious clues, making the ending predictable for the audience.
• Maika Monroe shines in every film she's in, but especially as Lee Harker in Longlegs.
• FBI agents in Longlegs failed to connect the dots, making them look foolish in the end.

I loved by the ending of Longlegs.

Throughout Longlegs, Agent Harker and Agent Carter are investigating a series of murders carried out by Nicolas Cage's Longlegs serial killer. The film sets up a series of rules that have to do with what families that Longlegs targets, something that I found incredibly intriguing. By the time that Longlegs got to its final scene, I was shocked due to the film subtly setting up what happened. While it made sense for me as an audience member to be surprised, however, the characters should have predicted the ending a long time ago.

Agent Carter Should've Known Ruby Would Be One Of Longlegs' Targets

It Should Have Been Obvious

Early in the events of Longlegs, Lee Harker makes some shocking discoveries about Longlegs' method of killing. Firstly, she discovers that Longlegs is set to have a killing take place on the 13th, with her then learning from Agent Carter that every murder has happened to a family whose daughter has a birthday on the 14th. As it turns out, Agent Carter's daughter was born on the 14th, with the Carter family being Longlegs' final target.

Ruby Carter's birthday is subtly set up early in Longlegs, so the twist works for the audience's POV. However, Agent Carter should have known that his family was a potential target, as it is doubtful that he never realized the connection to his daughter's birthday. The Carter family even explicitly talks about preparing for Ruby's birthday party that the doll appears at, meaning I think it is a huge plot hole for Carter to not have realized the danger that they were in.

Longlegs' Ending Makes Agent Carter & The FBI Look Dumb

How Did Nobody Catch This?

Since nobody caught Ruby Carter's birthday, the ending of Longlegs makes its cast of characters and the FBI as a whole look incredibly dumb. Even if it wasn't Agent Carter, surely Harker or one of the many other FBI agents could have realized that Ruby's life was potentially being threatened. The danger of the situation was in front of the FBI's faces the entire time, so it is strange that nobody did anything to prevent it.

One possible explanation is that Carter simply didn't think that the killings could still happen after Longlegs ended his own life. However, Carter still doesn't seem concerned about the issue before Longlegs' death, with this being the fatal flaw that I believe breaks Longlegs' otherwise airtight story.