Ashton Kutcher Was Also Shocked by ‘The Beauty’ Finale — and Thinks the Show “Can Go So Many Different Ways”

The world’s richest fan in The Beauty universe, Byron Forst (aka “The Corporation”), played by Ashton Kutcher, appears to be a changed man after that finale. But is it sincere?

In Wednesday night’s season one ending, Byron’s wife Franny Forst is injected without her consent, by her and Byron’s sons, with the superdrug called “The Beauty,” which turns its users into the most physically perfect versions of themselves — an idea that Franny was very much against.

Franny has been played by Isabella Rossellini throughout the season, but Nicola Peltz Beckham makes a finale cameo when she takes over the role after Franny is injected. While Byron is thrilled his wife now has “The Beauty,” she is miserable. She says she feels like “a prisoner trapped inside a body that is not mine” and attempts suicide. Franny is now on life support but is “stable for now.