The surreal conclusion of White Noise depicts Jack Gladney and his family dancing blissfully in a supermarket aisle, having survived the looming threat of death. After narrowly avoiding being killed by a toxic chemical cloud and a murderous conspirator, Jack appears to make peace with his own mortality. The closing scene implies he has overcome his all-consuming fear and anxiety about dying. Together with his wife Babette, who also had a near-death experience, they bask under the fluorescent lights of consumerism and modernity. Their final ritualistic dance suggests a return to comfortable suburban normalcy after facing existential dread. However, an undercurrent of unease remains as the supermarket layout has confusingly changed, alluding to shaky foundations beneath the family’s renewed sense of hope. The bittersweet ending conveys how fleeting and fragile life’s ordinariness is, but how we must move forward with optimism, come what may. Having stared into the abyss, Jack chooses to embrace life’s dizzying uncertainties, holding his loved ones in a brief, luminous moment before the dancing ends.