The Horrifying and Humanistic Ending of “The Curse”

The finale of “The Curse,” the oddest and most original show on television right now, opens with Asher and Whitney Siegel, the grin-and-bear-it married couple played by Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone, in the midst of a press push for their new HGTV reality series. Last we saw the Siegels, on the previous episode of “The Curse,” they were wrapping up the filming of their show, “Fliplanthropy,” which had put such a strain on their marriage that it seemed like they were on the fast track to divorce. Now, it’s a few months later, and Whitney is pregnant. The couple’s show, which is finally complete, has been renamed “Green Queen.” We watch as Whitney and Asher, nervous and grinning, are live-cast into a taping of “Rachael Ray.”