Joker 2 Ending Explained & Spoilers: Who Dies? Arthur & Lee? By If the 2019 film Joker built up the myth of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) as Joker, its sequel, , categorically deconstructs it. When the movie begins, Arthur is held at Arkham for the murders of Murray Franklin and several others. He appears to be a vastly different man from the one we saw at the end of the first film when he killed Murray.
Things change when he meets Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (Lady Gaga), another patient at Arkham, who draws out the Joker persona as Arthur faces trial for his crimes and the prospects of a death penalty. Here is everything that happens at the end of Joker 2. Does Arthur die at the end of Joker 2: Folie à Deux? Yes, Arthur dies at the end of Joker: Folie à Deux.
After killing Murray on live television in the first movie, Arthur, as Joker, has become a symbol of anarchy and violence to certain sections of Gotham City’s population, so much so that these people ardently believe there is no distinction between Arthur and Joker in the sequel. This is also what the prosecution, headed by the newly-minted Assistant District Attorney Harvey Dent (Harry Lawtey) wants to establish during the trial. Conversely, Arthur’s defense team wants to prove that he and Joker are separate personalities trapped in a single body.
After Lee comes into his life, Arthur tries to embrace Joker while simultaneously being afraid of that part of him and decides to put on a show during his trial, compl.