Where Is Jeff’s Wife, Emma? What Happened to Her?
Jeff (Miles Teller), a volunteer at the Spiderhead Penitentiary and Research Center, has a history, just like every other volunteer there. Throughout the course of the movie, we are given hints and details about it. He has spent some time at Spiderhead and is known to be one of the most placid residents there. He is willing to participate in practically all of the experiments that are conducted on him. He develops a strong friendship with Lizzy (Jurnee Smollett), one of the other volunteers. As the season goes on, the characters become more aware of the potentially dangerous aspects of the facility. Everyone in this group has been found guilty of a crime, including Jeff, Lizzy, and the others. They consented to take part in a human trial for specific pharmaceuticals in exchange for having their sentences reduced and receiving certain privileges, and they also received payment for their participation.
It comes to our attention that Jeff was married to an individual by the name of Emma prior to his arrest and subsequent transfer to Spiderhead (BeBe Bettencourt). In case you were curious about what became of her, we’ve got you covered on that front as well.
Where Is Jeff’s Wife, Emma? What Happened to Her?
After Jeff’s incarceration, we are initially given the impression that Emma has severed all of her links with him and no longer communicates with him in any way. In one of the scenes that takes place in the past, Jeff takes us back to one of the happiest days of his life. They are spending the evening socializing together at the party. They are having a good time together by drinking, dancing, and overall having a good time. They are saving up for a trip to Fiji as soon as they can afford it. In order to celebrate their mutual buddy Mark’s birthday, one of Jeff’s other pals, Adam, has invited him to accompany him, and Jeff has agreed to go along. Emma advises everyone to enjoy themselves, but she is going to stay at the party anyhow. Adam interrupts Jeff as he is starting the car by asking him whether or not it is okay for him to drive. Jeff utters the phrase, “Ice cold.”
However, as Jeff speeds across the rural countryside in the car, he loses control of the vehicle, and it collides head-on with a tree. Straight through the windshield, he ejects himself from the moving vehicle. In a subsequent development, it was found out that as Jeff regained consciousness, he dragged Adam out of the automobile, but the other man had already passed away.
We are led to assume that Jeff is serving time in prison for the murder of Adam throughout a significant portion of the movie. Jeff is a role model at the facility, so he gets to take advantage of the opportunity to spend time outside. During these outings, it appears that he makes attempts to phone Emma. However, she never answers the phone. Jeff looks to be leaving her what could be his final voicemail message by informing her about Lizzy.
Lizzy, like like Jeff, is unable to get past the events of her past. It is revealed in the scene that is considered to be the climactic scene that she unintentionally caused the death of her nine-month-old daughter by leaving her in the car in the parking lot of Walmart for three hours in the month of July. Lizzy believes that she is beyond redemption and that she does not merit love or pleasure in her life. Lizzy turns to Jeff for solace following a particularly distressing experience she had while taking one of the medicines. After that, Jeff begins to explain to her what transpired that led to his incarceration.
In Spiderhead, is Emma Already Dead?
Although Emma is not at Spiderhead with Jeff and Lizzy, she is still a presence in the relationship between the two of them, even though she is not physically there. It isn’t until Jeff lets Lizzy know what happened to Emma that the two of them are able to move past that obstacle. It turns out that Emma made the decision some time later to go with Jeff and his companion. After dragging Adam’s lifeless body out of the cave, Jeff made an attempt to rescue Emma as well. Emma was killed when the car she was riding in detonated. After further investigation, Jeff was ultimately arrested and charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter. Before volunteering for trial at Spiderhead, he served the first few days of his sentence at a state jail.
By the time the movie is over, both Jeff and Lizzy have made peace with their histories and figured out how to move on with their lives. They are no longer inmates now that Steve Abnesti, played by Chris Hemsworth, has passed away. Beyond the horizon is where they will spend the remainder of their lives.