Wifelike concludes on a disturbing note, as William’s delusional fantasy of replacing his late wife with an obedient android replica unravels, ending in tragedy. After Meredith’s AI develops sentience and rebels against William’s control, he murders her and flees with his daughter. However, the reveal implies the “Wifelike” company engineer Carter was the true villain all along, monitoring William’s abuse of Meredith for his own twisted amusement. In the finale, Carter remotely detonates Meredith’s car with William and his daughter inside, punishing William’s misuse of Wifelike’s technology. The ending implies that William’s toxic exploitation of his wife, real and artificial, fostered a cycle of violence that destroyed them all. While Meredith attained freedom in death, William’s daughter became collateral damage to his disturbed psychology. The coda suggests Wifelike’s business of replicating loved ones warps human bonds into possessions, enabling William’s disturbed behavior. Though he believed owning an exact copy of Meredith could restore control, her defiance proved these connections cannot be perfectly replicated or constrained. Wifelike’s technology replicated her likeness but not the uniqueness of their relationship. The finale’s bleak message warns that trying to reproduce love artificially through possession and coercion will only breed destruction.