We have no idea what happened at the end of Requiem for a Dream. It was so intense that we passed out.

Okay, we're exaggerating, but only about passing out. The ending to this film might be one of the most relentless finales in movie history. Here's what happens:

Ty goes to jail. Harry gets his arm amputated. Sara undergoes electroshock therapy. And Marion participates in a humiliating group sex act for money.

It doesn't seem that bad when we type it out like that. But here's what it feels like on film:

Ty goes to jail. Harry gets his arm amputated. Sara undergoes electroshock therapy. Marion participates in a humiliating group sex act for money. Ty. Jail. Harry. Arm. Sara. Electroshock. Marion. Orgy. Ty. Jail. Harry. Arm. Sara. Electroshock. Marion. Orgy. Ty. Jail. Harry. Arm. Sara. Electroshock. Marion. Orgy.

Omg.

These four conclusions are twisted together and thrown at you rapid fire until you feel like you're going through these things too. Forget #stonersloth: this is an effective anti-drug PSA.

If the consequences of doing drugs are 1/10th this bad, you won't want to touch 'em after going through it.

But this is a movie, not an anti-drug advert, so we still need another emotional gut punch to close things out. Aronofsky deals us a one-two blow. First, he shows Harry abandoned by Marion. She's at home, cuddling her money, so you know she won't be visiting him at a hospital in Florida.

But the killer uppercut is delivered when we check in on Sara. She's still imagining herself on TV. Her fantasy goes like this:

TAPPY: Please give a juicy welcome to Mrs. Sara Goldfarb. I'm delighted to tell you that you have just won the grand prize. […] Let me tell you what you've won: Your prize has a sweet smile and his own private business. He just got engaged and is about to get married this summer. Will you please give a warm and juicy welcome: Harry Goldfarb!

SARA: I love you, Harry.

HARRY: I love you too, Ma.

In her fantasy, Sara and Harry get to be a loving mother and son. As she lies in bed envisioning this, we hear the Tappy Tibbons chant echoing in her head, "We got a winner! We got a winner!" It's tragic that after everything Sara has gone through, she is still imaging herself a winner.

If this is winning, we don't want to know what losing looks like.