Be aware there are spoilers for the first season of Netflix's The Rain.

Netflix's Danish drama The Rain serves up some of the best apocalyptic YA drama this side of The CW, but the first season sure does leave you wanting more! Told over a tight eight episodes, The Rain unfolds as a compelling mystery infused with moments of potent character drama. It's the kind of show that leaves you on such a big hook at the end of every episode, you just can't help but hit play on the next one. Until you get to the finale, of course.

There might not be a next episode to hit play on at that point, but that doesn't mean The Rain lets you off the hook. To the contrary, the series packs in a series of revelations in the finale, and each new discovery opens the door to even more questions. After a season spent in an apocalyptic wasteland, we get our first hints of what lies beyond the borders of the quarantine zone and our first glimpse at the forces pulling the strings that will determine the fate of the world. We've come a long way from the bunker, that's for sure.

The Rain's season finale certainly sets the stage for a follow-up, though it hasn't been confirmed by Netflix yet. So with that in mind, I'm breaking down the biggest questions I need answered if the show comes back. For more on The Rain, be sure to check out our review.

Was Rasmus Always Contagious?

Could Simone really have survived six years in the bunker with Rasmus if he was always a carrier for the disease? I have serious doubts. After all, Simone cared for her younger brother single-handedly since he was a child and as the first episode showed, they shared a close relationship. We even see her shaving his face. It's perhaps possible that they could have shared sinks, toilets, beds and lives together for six years without contamination, but the odds are miniscule. And let's not forget about when he got stabbed and was bleeding all over everyone. So what happened? Most likely, it has something to do with Rasmus injecting himself with that second dose of the virus (classic Rasmus), which then triggered another mutation. Boom, walking apocalyptic nightmare. Is that what that vengeful doctor was trying to do when she captured him and Simone? Or was she planning to inject him with something else? Either way, Rasmus didn't inject himself until after Beatrice died, so...

What Killed Beatrice?

Poor Beatrice. My favorite character on the series, gone too soon. Beatrice was clever, mysterious, and kind -- an unlikely combination in the post-apocalypse -- and her relationship with Rasmus was one of the series' most angst-a-licious elements. Beatrice and Rasmus finally found some alone time, consummating their affection in a rush of terror after a droplet of rain fell on her face. But the rain had no affect on Simone and the gang at the bunker, so we know that's not what killed her. That leaves a few options, the first and most obvious one being the stray dog we see sniffing around Beatrice and Rasmus while they're asleep. We saw that same dog earlier in the episode, when Martin and Patrick noted that it was probably sick but decided not to kill it (oops). That dog was definitely all up in Beatrice's business, but the question is whether he was licking her face before or after she died. Option number two is Rasmus, poor petulant Rasmus, who we discover is contagious in the lead-up to the bonkers Season 1 finale. But as I mentioned in the question above, it's a matter of when he became contagious. The obvious implication is that Beatrice died after contracting the disease via sexytimes with Rasmus, but the timing doesn't add up. That leaves the most likely answer: Beatrice overdosed on Rasmus' painkillers. It's telling that she died so quietly that she didn't wake Rasmus. That means she didn't suffer the convulsive death we've seen from the infected, nor was there any sign that telltale foamy vomit. Did Rasmus kill Beatrice? Did she kill herself? We'll have to wait for a surefire answer, but the clues we have point to the later.

So WTF Is up with the Rain?

I need the truth about The Rain's rain explained immediately. After six years spent living in deadly fear of water, turns out the rain isn't even poisonous anymore. Patrick's bad buzz becomes a major learning moment for the gang, when he drunkenly shoves Simone into the rain and they discover that whatever disease used to flow through the clouds dissipated at some point. But when? Was the poisonous rain simply a one-time thing? Would one storm have been enough to wipe out so much of the population? It certainly seems impossible that not one person in our survivor group discovered that the rain was safe in six long years. We saw multiple times throughout the season how easy it is to accidentally get wet. I guess if they were shooting everyone the second it happened, that would be why they never learned, but it is a tough sell to believe that ignorance could have lasted for so long. Maybe there was a certain amount of the virus that had to be "rained out," so to speak before the water went clean. Hopefully, they'll address this if there's a Season 2, because even for a show that strains logic pretty regularly, this is a big logical leap. However, it does explain how that creepy cannibal cult was able to farm fresh food and take showers, and why their ex-Appollon leader knew they could. Finally, does this mean the rain is safe for good now? Is it a time-release scenario, where the waters could run deadly again at any moment? Speaking of which.....

What Is Appolon's Big Plan?

The big bad corporation behind the apocalyptic rain stayed in the shadows of The Rain's first season, remaining a mysterious but ever-present force through the bunkers, cult, and of course, Simone's family. So what is this sinister organization and what the hell are they up to in the long game? From the final scene, it looks like they're upgrading from their a classic corporate villain play. Step 1) Spread a virus only you can stop. Step 2) Sell the solution. Step 3) Swim in money. Sten explains this in the finale's final scene, discussing the cloud sealing technology that seems to explain why the rain isn't poisonous any more. "The world looked for us to save them," he gloats, "free them from the virus they don’t know we let out in the world." But now, they've got a bigger agenda aimed at weaponizing the virus now that it's mutating in Rasmus' body. But first, they need Rasmus. "We have found a way to control the world with the most dangerous disease it has ever known," Sten tells the cocktail-sipping Apollon board We just need the boy." So how will Rasmus' disease mutate? And how would that allow them to control the world?

Were We Supposed to Root for Rasmus to Escape Quarantine?!

Since the very first episode, Simone and Rasmus have been a special kind of stupid. Rasmus is the king of causing problems and despite the fact that Simone's one job is to keep Rasmus safe, she's shockingly good at making the kind of decisions that could get them killed. You can love them, and we do, but damn they make a lot of bad calls. Yet at a certain point, your bad calls become bad deeds if you decide to put the entire world at risk for the safety of yourself and your loved ones. Typhoid Rasmus, walking viral apocalypse, is 100% a danger to himself and others and what does Simone want to do after she learns this? Take him out of quarantine. I mean good lord, woman. I can't stand for this kind of tomfoolery. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for breaking your younger brother out of Appallon's murder and world domination headquarters, but you stay in the damn quarantine zone. Go back to that second bunker. You absolutely do not cross through the quarantine unless you are secretly also a supervillian, or just a total dick. But the weirdest thing is that finale's tone suggests that we're supposed to be ok with this, even root for it, despite the fact that it would almost certainly mean the start of a new outbreak at some point (you know that creepy mask isn't staying on his face forever). Look guys, I know unleashing catastrophic epidemics on the world runs in the family, but stop the cycle.

How Are They Going to Get Those Supplements Out?

Remember that old adage "never take candy from a stranger"? Well, definitely don't take pills from them either, especially if the stranger in question happens to be the representative of a vaguely nefarious mega-corporation that you're pretty sure unleashed a viral apocalypse. Even if they tell you you're low on nutrients, just sit out the pills. But they didn't so now they're stuck in the quarantine zone, pumped full of little particles waiting to explode as soon as they cross the line. The finale certainly suggests that a potential Season 2 would stay focused on the quarantine zone, and all those cannibal cults and crazy doctors prove there's plenty to explore in this part of the world ravaged by disease for the last six years. However, the finale also makes it clear that there's a much bigger world out there, and a much bigger game at play, so eventually some of our characters will probably cross over to that world. But how? If there's a cure or solution, it's no doubt hiding at Apallon headquarters, which is exactly where Simone and the gang don't want to be seen right now. What about the bunkers? It's clear that Simone and Rasmus never knew the details of where they were staying -- could the bunker facilities hold a clue for them? Or maybe there's an ex-Apollon employee out there (they seem to be everywhere) who can help them find a way.