Brie Larson on Why the ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Finale Changes the Book’s Ending to Honor Its Hero
variety.comHunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Introduction to Chemistry,” the series finale of “Lessons in Chemistry,” now streaming on Apple TV+.
Elizabeth Zott, hero of the people. It’s not exactly where the scientist and reluctant television star thought she would end up, but Apple TV+’s “Lessons in Chemistry” is all about surrendering the inevitability of change.
The finale of the eight-episode limited series certainly asks fans of Bonnie Garmus’ best-selling book on which it is based to do just that.
In the book, Elizabeth (Brie Larson) leaves behind her nationally renowned cooking show “Supper at Six” and returns to the lab to continue her abiogenesis research, fully funded by the generosity of Avery (Rosemarie DeWitt), the mother of her late partner, Calvin (Lewis Pullman) — whom he’d never met, and who Elizabeth didn’t previously know existed.
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