40 Fun Facts About The Death Cure

In the novel The Death Cure, what does the note Newt gives Thomas beg his friend to do?

To end his life: Newt, who is not immune to the Flare, wants to die before the virus takes his mind. Thomas opens the note too late, after leaving Newt among the infected.

Which American author wrote The Death Cure as the third novel of the Maze Runner series?

James Dashner closed his trilogy with The Death Cure in 2011, then kept adding to its world: two prequels, a novella and a sequel trilogy followed.

In the novel The Death Cure, what does Janson offer the Gladers that Thomas and two friends refuse?

Their memories back, by removing the chip WICKED put in each head. Thomas says no partly because he fears learning who he was when he helped design the Maze.

In the novel The Death Cure, what nickname do the Gladers use for WICKED's assistant director, Janson?

Rat Man is what the Gladers call Janson, and the novel's last act reveals why he is so desperate for a cure: he has caught the Flare himself.

In the novel The Death Cure, what strikes Teresa dead just after she shoves Thomas out of harm's way?

Falling debris from the collapsing ceiling crushes Teresa as WICKED's headquarters is blown apart. Her sacrifice is a last attempt to prove she had cared for Thomas all along.

In the novel The Death Cure, which part of Thomas does Janson say WICKED must dissect to finish its blueprint?

His brain: the operation would be fatal, and Thomas is already sedated on the table when the Chancellor calls it off. The film swaps this for a cure carried in his blood.

In the novel The Death Cure, which Canadian girl does Thomas begin a relationship with in the closing chapter?

Brenda kisses Thomas once the survivors reach safety, though he is still grieving for Teresa. She had been working for WICKED all along, which left him feeling betrayed at first.

Which actor, playing Thomas in the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure, was badly injured filming a stunt?

Dylan O'Brien was hit by a car during a stunt sequence in March 2016. Filming stopped for almost a year and the release slid from February 2017 to January 2018.

In the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure, what kills a Flare-crazed Newt as he struggles with Thomas?

A knife in the chest ends the struggle while friends race back with a serum that slows the virus. Thomas later finds a farewell letter hidden in Newt's pendant.

In the novel The Death Cure, what is the guarded compound for Flare victims where Newt is taken called?

The Crank Palace holds the infected until they lose their minds, watched by well-paid immune guards. Thomas and his friends have to bribe their way inside.

In the novel The Death Cure, which surviving American city do the escaped Gladers fly to in search of a doctor?

Denver is one of the few cities still standing, sealed behind strict checks for the virus. It is lost anyway when a mob of the infected breaks loose and overruns it.

In the novel The Death Cure, which former WICKED scientist removes the implants from Thomas and a fellow Glader?

Hans quit WICKED over its unsafe methods and hides with his wife, a price on his head. During the visit WICKED takes over Thomas through his implant and makes him attack with a knife.

In the novel The Death Cure, which Glader last seen in the first book turns up working for a rebel group?

Gally survived the first book and joined rebels sworn to bring WICKED down. He ends up siding with Thomas against his new comrades to rescue the trapped Immunes.

In the novel The Death Cure, what is the underground organization sworn to bring down WICKED called?

The Right Arm argues that the fortune WICKED spent chasing a cure should have gone on stopping the disease from spreading. It has members in every surviving city.

In the novel The Death Cure, which rebel commander brands Thomas a traitor for going back to save the Immunes?

Vince wants WICKED's headquarters blown up rather than captured, and will not wait for the hundreds of Immunes hidden inside. Thomas goes back for them anyway.

In the novel The Death Cure, which costly drug do the wealthy infected take to slow the Flare's advance?

The Bliss dulls the mind so the virus spreads more slowly, but it leaves users glassy and slow-talking. That vacant look gets one user arrested in front of Thomas.

In the novel The Death Cure, which bulky weapon carried by WICKED guards knocks its targets out with electricity?

A Launcher knocks its target out with a crackling electric grenade instead of a bullet. Thomas takes a hit from one during the escape from WICKED's hangar.

In the novel The Death Cure, who pilots the stolen Berg out of WICKED's hangar?

Jorge turns out to be a skilled pilot, and to have been on WICKED's payroll all along. He flies Thomas out anyway, after the other subjects knock him out and take a different Berg.

In the novel The Death Cure, which ability linking Thomas to Teresa would be lost if his chip were removed?

Telepathy lets Thomas speak silently with Teresa and one boy from Group B, all through WICKED's implants. The link ends for good once his implant is finally cut out later in the book.

In the novel The Death Cure, which creatures are woken from storage by the explosions during the final escape?

Grievers held in storage are set off by the blasts, but Teresa shows Thomas how to shut each one down. She offers herself to the last one so the others can flee, until Thomas saves her.

In the novel The Death Cure, which WICKED Chancellor cancels the fatal operation and narrates the epilogue?

Ava Paige never appears in person in the trilogy, only through her memos. Her last one admits a cure will never come and sends the Immunes somewhere safe to start again.

In the novel The Death Cure, the epilogue reveals the government released the Flare on purpose as a form of what?

Population control was the aim: after the sun flares, officials judged there was too little food for everyone left alive. The virus then mutated beyond anyone's power to contain it.

In the novel The Death Cure, which survivor of the Trials takes charge of the Immunes in their new home?

Minho starts handing out jobs to get the settlement running as soon as the survivors arrive, while Thomas rests alone, mourning the friends he lost.

In the novel The Death Cure, where is Thomas when a masked security guard seizes him to hand over to WICKED?

A coffee shop is where the guard, checking customers for the virus, works out that Thomas is immune. A flying police machine then guns the guard down, Janson's face on its screen.

In the novel The Death Cure, what title does Janson give Thomas as the one subject whose sacrifice WICKED needs?

The Final Candidate was a choice between Thomas and Teresa. WICKED picked Thomas because Teresa was judged too obedient to give it what it wanted.

In the novel The Death Cure, what does the device Thomas smuggles into WICKED's headquarters do to its guards?

Disables their weapons: with guns useless, rebels skilled with knives and swords get the upper hand. Thomas hides the device on a pretend bathroom break, then has to stall for an hour.

In the novel The Death Cure, what does the back door out of the collapsing Maze turn out to be?

A Flat Trans, a shimmering grey wall that carries people instantly from one place to another. The Chancellor mapped the route so the Immunes could step through to safety.

In the novel The Death Cure, how does Thomas finish the closing fight with Janson beside the escape route?

He strangles him while the other Gladers overpower the guards Janson brought along. In the film, Janson instead dies when Thomas lets two of the infected loose on him.

Which former child star of Love Actually plays Newt in the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure?

Thomas Sangster, billed in the film as Thomas Brodie-Sangster, played Newt in all three films. He later earned an Emmy nomination as a chess champion in The Queen's Gambit.

Which actor, Littlefinger in Game of Thrones, plays the villain Janson in the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure?

Aidan Gillen joined the series as Janson in the second film. His Janson is infected too, and plans to keep any cure for himself and the few people he judges worthy.

Which British actress, first known as Effy in Skins, plays Teresa in the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure?

Kaya Scodelario was cast in Skins at 14 with no acting experience. Her Teresa ends the trilogy by handing Thomas the cure and helping him, injured, aboard the rescue craft.

Which director, later of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, made the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure?

Wes Ball directed all three Maze Runner films, the first of them his feature debut. The studio offered him the job after its executives saw his animated short Ruin.

Which Justified star joined the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure as the rebel leader Lawrence?

Walton Goggins was the one big addition to the returning cast. His Lawrence sacrifices himself to blast a hole in the city wall so the uprising can pour through.

In the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure, what is the walled metropolis that houses WCKD's headquarters called?

The Last City replaces the novel's real-world setting, and Thomas goes there against his allies' wishes to rescue a captured friend, not to find a doctor.

In the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the opening heist frees captured Immunes from which WCKD transport?

A moving train carries the prisoners, but the carriage Thomas's team seizes is the wrong one: the friend they came for is in another, bound for WCKD's base.

In which country did filming of Maze Runner: The Death Cure resume a year after its star's on-set accident?

South Africa hosted the restart, in Cape Town in March 2017. The shoot had begun in British Columbia a year earlier, only days before the accident shut it down.

In the novel The Death Cure, in what kind of run-down building do Thomas's group find Newt among the infected?

A bowling alley, one of the few amusements left to the inmates. Newt angrily tells his friends to leave, furious with Thomas for a reason Thomas does not yet understand.

Which prequel novel, set thirteen years before The Maze Runner, was published the year after The Death Cure?

The Kill Order follows new characters through the sun flares and the first outbreak of the Flare. It was the fourth book published but comes first in the story's timeline.

In the novel The Death Cure, what has WICKED kept Thomas in for weeks when the story opens?

Solitary confinement lasts nearly four weeks before Janson lets Thomas out. What WICKED does not know is that Thomas remembers far more of his past than it thinks.

Which Hollywood studio bought the Maze Runner film rights and released Maze Runner: The Death Cure in 2018?

20th Century Fox bought the rights in January 2011, months before The Death Cure was even published, and went on to release all three films.