After Ever Happy Movie, Ending, Explained:
Is This The End For Tessa And Hardin?
Though she’s upset about the sensitive content, Tessa still attends one of Hardin’s book readings with Nora’s friend Robert. After seeing glances between Hardin and another woman, she leaves, prompting questions about whether their relationship is officially over. Although he sees Tessa right before she exits, Hardin chooses to continue reading. In the film’s final shot, Tessa walks away in the pouring rain.
But has Hardin truly moved on with someone else? There’s speculation that Tessa misinterpreted the look she witnessed between Hardin and the woman at the reading. There’s also the possibility that it’s all just a marketing ploy to drive up sales numbers for the new novel.
Ever After Happy deviates from the book it’s based on, which concludes with happier images of Tessa, Hardin, and their two children. The was initially earmarked as the final film in the After series and was supposed to serve as the finale to Tessa and Hardin’s love story. A fifth movie, however, was added to the franchise following an announcement in August last year.
Plot Summary: What Is The Film About?
Hardin was devastated to know the truth. He didn’t know what to do next. He didn’t know whether he should validate the actions of his mother or get angry with her. He realized that there was no way to solve this conflict. He knew that he would have to accept things as they were. He could get angry with the world for being so unfair, but that wouldn’t change the past. Christian Vance was his father, and he had to accept that fact sooner or later. Tessa, too, didn’t know how to fix Hardin. She didn’t know what to tell him that would make him feel at peace. She told him that she loved him and that she would always be standing next to him no matter what, but that wasn’t enough to pacify him. Tessa tells Kimberly (wife of Christian Vance) that she is feeling lost. She didn’t know where her relationship was leading to. She loved Hardin, but time and again she felt that it would never work with him. It was true that whenever they had a fight, Hardin always came back and tried to mend their relationship. But it was just a matter of time when, once again, the pattern repeated itself. Tessa was tired of fighting the odds. She wanted some peace in her life. She decided that she would go and try talking to Hardin. She decided to give her relationship one last chance. Hardin had gone to Mark’s house. He wanted to drown himself in alcohol and forget everything that had happened. Tessa found where he was and went to bring him back. She found him with a girl at the party. She knew that Hardin didn’t want to face the situation. She urged him to face his demons and not go into hiding like a coward. They had an argument, and Tessa left the premises. She had made up her mind that things wouldn’t work between them and that there was no point in unnecessarily trying to avoid the inevitable.
Tessa goes back to Washington State alone. Everything reminded her of the beautiful time she spent there with Hardin. Landon, Hardin’s stepbrother, was always there to support her. Tessa was still coping with her separation when she found out that her father’s drug addiction led him to his fateful end. She found him lying on the floor with a syringe in his hand. Landon told Hardin about the demise of Tessa’s father. Landon knew that only Hardin could help Tessa. Hardin came back to the States. He made all the arrangements for the funeral and tried to be emotionally available to the girl whom he loved with all his heart. It felt that maybe this time, things would get back on track. But Tessa had made up her mind that she wanted some time off. She wanted to be by herself and understand what she wanted from life. She tells Hardin that she has already planned to move to New York, and she wanted to stay there with Landon for a while. Landon, being the good friend that he was, supported her decision. Hardin was mad at Landon for not informing him about Tessa’s decision. Hardin screams in frustration. Life itself had become a burden, and a troubled Hardin just wanted to escape from the worst nightmare of his life.
Will there be a sequel to After Ever Happy?
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Among the upcoming projects is a prequel loosely based on Anna Todd’s novel Before, which follows Hardin’s life before he met Tessa and the two fell in love. Another spin-off will focus on the couple’s two children, Emery and Auden, and their cousin Addy who first appeared in the epilogue of After Ever Happy.
Fans have also been quick to point out that the last three films in the franchise – After We Collided, After We Fell, and After Ever Happy – were all released in September and are already eagerly awaiting a September 2023 premiere for After Everything.
The fifth film will pick up from the bombshell ending and will most likely be the last, with Tessa and Hardin rekindling the flame once again, having had their union tested by several factors: family issues, substance abuse, and long distance.
The book contains multiple layers that haven’t yet been explored onscreen, so ample scope and material exist for the fifth film to delve into for a dramatic finale of the lovebirds’ story.
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After Ever Happy Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:
The fourth overall installment in the After film series, After Ever Happy, poses several conflicts between the two sweethearts. It follows on the heels of the shocking conclusion to the previous entry in the film series, After We Fell. After Tessa’s new boss Christian Vance reveals that he’s Hardin’s biological father, Hardin confronts his mother for the truth at her wedding reception. Vance offers an explanation but Hardin storms off mid-scene with a bottle of alcohol. Tessa later finds Hardin completely drunk and attempting to burn down Trish’s house. He realizes his error as he comes out of his stupor, but the building is already engulfed in flames. Vance arrives and helps Hardin escape with Tessa, telling the fire department he is responsible for the blaze.
Tessa seeks advice from Vance’s fiancee Kimberley about Hardin’s anger issues. By the time she returns to their hotel room, Hardin has already left. She later finds him at a party, drunk once again and high this time. Tessa asks him to leave with her, but he refuses, and Tessa flies back home to America.
When Tessa gets to her apartment, she finds that her father has died from an apparent overdose. Meanwhile, Landon calls Hardin to tell him the bad news. Hardin returns to Tessa, attempting to comfort her, but she hides from him. He later gets into an argument with Tessa’s mom Carol about his increasingly unsavory treatment of her daughter.
Hardin stays to support Tessa, however, and attends Richard’s funeral. Afterward, Tessa tells him they need to spend time apart to process and deal with their family issues. She also reveals that she’s leaving Vance Publishing and moving to New York with Landon. Hardin is hurt but grudgingly agrees to honor her request for time apart.
‘After Ever Happy’ Ending Explained: Do Tessa And Hardin End Up Together? What Happened In New York?
Tessa started her new life. She started working two jobs in order to divert her attention from the developments that had transpired in the past. Hardin, too, started walking on the road to redemption. He wanted to make his life better. He wanted to become the kind of man with whom Tessa would happily spend her life. He went to a rehabilitation center to get rid of his problem of alcoholism. Something extraordinary happened during those rehab sessions. He read extracts from his personal diary. There were a lot of personal details in there, and he read everything. People are amused by the story. They urged him to get it published. Hardin had never written it with the intention of getting it published, but the kind of response he got from the others gave him a sense of purpose. He knew that maybe he could bring his life back on track through it. He didn’t tell Tessa about it, though. He got an offer from a publisher in New York. He called Landon and told him that he would be coming to New York. He didn’t reveal the purpose of his visit. He was not trying to hide anything, but he just wanted to tell Tessa at the right time.
Tessa was skeptical about meeting Hardin, but once she did, hope was rekindled. She saw that he had left alcohol for good and that he was a changed man. She could feel the transformation. She started entertaining the thought of living her life with him. Things were looking positive when Tessa stumbled upon a manuscript. It was the rough draft of the novel that Hardin had been writing. Tessa read the whole thing and confronted Hardin. She was angry with him because it was her life story too, that he was planning on telling the whole world. Hardin had always been very secretive about whatever he wrote in his journal. He even didn’t tell Tessa about it, and now he was getting it published. Hardin always wanted it to be a story of forgiveness and unconditional love, but Tessa didn’t see it that way. She felt violated. She decided that it was about time she left Hardin for good. They both go their separate ways. The novel got printed, and it got great reviews from critics. They called the story heartbreaking and applauded the writer, Hardin Scott. At the end of “After Ever Happy,” we see that Tessa ditched her date and went to see Hardin in a book reading session. She didn’t meet him but only stood there staring at him. She left the place without getting noticed. Hardin never saw her, but he felt her presence. He felt her warmth. They both still craved each other, but they couldn’t do anything about it.
“After Ever Happy” ends, but the story of Tessa and Hardin still isn’t over. The makers have already announced a fifth installment of the franchise (titled “After Everything”). Maybe in the upcoming film, Tessa and Hardin will be able to decipher what they actually wanted from life and whether it was possible for them to lead their lives without each other or was it a better idea to stick together through thick and thin.
“After Ever Happy” is a 2022 Drama Romance film directed by Castille Landon.
