Wes Anderson's Poison Ending Explained

nake and the tense journey to being rescued.

Poison begins when Dev Patel's character, Timber Woods, arrives at his friend, Harry Pope's, house. When he enters, he finds Harry in a strange state, and soon discovers that the man has a krait, or a poisonous snake, resting on his stomach, keeping him from moving or speaking loudly. Woods calls a local doctor, Dr. Ganderbai, to help remove the snake. The trio work in incredibly quick and intense conditions to remove the snake, including giving Harry antivenom and soaking his mattress in chloroform to anesthetize the snake. However, in the final act of the short film, the story takes an unexpected turn.