'Oh, Hi' Ending Explained

Cosmopolitan

2 days ago

I think it's safe to say that we all, deep down, love a good rom-com. But the newest rom-com on the bloc, Oh, Hi!, ends up having a bit of a darker edge to it. Iris (played by Molly Gordon) and Isaac (played by Logan Lerman) are on a couple's getaway. They're laughing, drinking wine on the porch, having spontaneous daytime sex, and it really seems like an idyllic romantic weekend. That is until after trying out some BDSM restraints they find at the cabin, Iris refers to Isaac as her boyfriend. Isaac, still tied up, tells her that – after four months of dating (!!) – he's not looking for a relationship and he's still seeing other people. So what does Iris do? She decides to keep Isaac tied up and try to convince him that they should, in fact, be in a relationship. A totally normal reaction, right?
Well, that's where things take a bit of a dark-comedy turn, and what ensues is, for lack of a better term, a chaotic clusterf*ck, so let's discuss Oh, Hi's ending.
After Isaac drops the bomb that he thought they were just having fun and that he's still seeing other people, Iris storms off, hurt and angry. Fueled by many, many drinks, she spends the night going through her phone and running back every moment of their relationship (or, I guess, lack thereof) looking for clues that can help her understand what's happening. By the morning, she has her plan ready to go: she's going to keep Isaac tied up for 12 hours and convince him she's the one for him.
Shockingly, being held against his will doesn't exactly make Isaac open to changing his mind. And despite Iris's attempts to sway him (including making him french toast, which she's pretty sure he loves) Isaac's just not having it and repeatedly demands to be set free.
Iris calls in the help of her best friend Max, who shows up with her boyfriend Kenny. Although the two bring some laughs, they're not exactly overflowing with good ideas on how to deal with the "felony-in-waiting upstairs." One of their brilliant plans is to make a literal witch's brew that's supposed to erase your memory. As it just so happens, one of Max's family members is a witch (?) and they get the recipe from her. The friends get Isaac to drink the brew, hoping it'll make him forget the fact that he's been, ya know, kidnapped, and the wanna-be-witches even do a naked dancing ritual around a bonfire, so it should totally work, right?
Well, the next morning, it looks like it actually might have. Isaac seems to have forgotten everything that happened after having sex with Iris, but...it's all a lie. When he goes to fetch something he says he forgot in the car, he hops in and drives away, manically trying to get away from the people that have been holding him hostage. Turns out he overheard the whole plan being hatched and played along until he could make his escape.
With Isaac speeding away as if fleeing for his life, he ends up crashing the car on a rain-soaked road. But when police find the wreck, Isaac is nowhere to be seen. Iris heads out, frantically looking for Isaac, and she finally finds him down in a valley. He's hurt his ankle and can't really walk any further, so once again, he's forced into a conversation. But this time, the two talk and are actually able to reach some level of understanding about where the other person is coming from. Iris tells Isaac that she wanted him to be upfront about his intentions and that his sudden declaration left her feeling totally hopeless. They're both able to accept blame for where they went wrong (although, let's be real, where Iris went wrong was committing a literal crime, so probably a little worse than what Isaac did).
Paramedics take Isaac away in an ambulance and he and Iris are finally able to go their separate ways. We're left not really sure where Isaac and Iris go from here, or whether they keep in touch. It's all kinda ambiguous, just like their relationship!