Bugonia (2025) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

• Netflix Stream · 4K
• Netflix Standard with Ads Stream · HD
• Amazon Video Rent $3.99 · 4K
• Apple TV Store Rent $3.99 · 4K
• Fandango At Home Rent $3.99 · 4K
• FlixFling Rent $5.99 · HD
• Google Play Movies Rent $5.99 · SD
• YouTube Rent $5.99 · SD

Streaming availability powered by

1. 1

   Shopping for the mission

   Teddy and Don head to a store to stock up on supplies, treating the trip as a mission to fix society. Teddy’s conspiratorial mindset drives the plan, and Don reluctantly goes along, doubting its importance but not willing to abandon his cousin. They prepare for the tasks they believe will shape the world.

   Where

   store

2. 2

   Abduction of Michelle

   Michelle is abducted from the street near her home when Teddy and Don spring from the bushes wearing paper masks. She fights back, but Teddy overpowers her with a needle and she loses consciousness. The incident marks the beginning of their shadowy mission to transmit a message to the mothership.

   When

   night

   Where

   street near Michelle's home

3. 3

   Shaving and suppressing powers

   Back at their house, Teddy and Don shave Michelle’s head and cover her with histamine cream to suppress any powers. Michelle realizes that her absence will trigger a police search, highlighting the consequences of their actions. They state there are three days until the lunar eclipse to present her to the mothership.

   When

   three days before eclipse

   Where

   Teddy and Don's house basement

4. 4

   Sandy's past and Auxolith

   A flashback reveals Teddy’s mother Sandy was a patient at Auxolith and is now comatose after medical trials. This backstory fuels Teddy’s paranoia and shapes his distrust of the corporation. The memory ties personal trauma to the larger conspiracy he believes in.

   Where

   Auxolith facility

5. 5

   Three days before eclipse: Casey encounter

   Three days before the lunar eclipse, Teddy bikes to work and is stopped by Sheriff Casey, a local figure from his past. The uneasy exchange hints at old wounds that have never fully healed. Later, a news report confirms Michelle is missing.

   When

   3 days before eclipse

   Where

   town streets

6. 6

   Michelle missing becomes reality

   A news report confirms Michelle is missing, deepening Teddy’s sense that a larger conspiracy is at play. His fixation on the Andromedan theory grows as he clings to the belief that she has been taken for a mission.

   Where

   home / TV

7. 7

   Two days before eclipse: electroshock

   Two days before the eclipse, Michelle is subjected to an electroshock device, a torture that even Don finds troubling. His growing unease signals a shift in the dynamics of power and control. A flashback underscores Michelle’s past cover-ups at Auxolith.

   When

   2 days before eclipse

   Where

   basement

8. 8

   One day before eclipse: dinner escalates

   During a tense dinner, Teddy and Michelle clash over Andromedan theories, and the argument escalates until he lunges and attacks with a fork. The domestic scene collapses into fear as the conspiracy narrative bleeds into violence.

   When

   1 day before eclipse

   Where

   dining room

9. 9

   Casey arrives; memories surface

   Casey arrives to investigate Michelle’s disappearance, forcing Don to retreat with Michelle to the basement and hold her at gunpoint. Upstairs, Teddy and Casey confront painful memories of Teddy’s past, including a molestation confession, heightening the danger. The moment foreshadows the brutal choices to come.

   Where

   house

10. 10

    Apiary reveal and tragedy

    Teddy leads Casey outside to show him his apiary, while Michelle pleads with Don to call the police. Don, torn between loyalty and fear, shoots himself, his death shocking everyone and leaving Teddy to confront the collapsing situation.

    Where

    outside the house

11. 11

    Don is dead; antifreeze plan surfaces

    Teddy returns to the house to confront the aftermath of Don’s death, and Michelle reveals a plan to help Sandy by offering an Andromedan cure in a bottle of antifreeze. The revelation shifts the objective from mere captivity to an attempt at spiritual salvation for a comatose patient.

    Where

    house

12. 12

    Hospital attempt and Sandy’s death

    Teddy races to the hospital and uses the antifreeze-based cure to tamper with Sandy’s IV, but the attempt ends in tragedy, killing Sandy. He escapes before authorities arrive, fleeing into the escalating chaos around him.

    Where

    hospital

13. 13

    Auxolith and the Andromedan reveal

    Michelle reveals she is an Andromedan empress who first arrived on Earth in the age of dinosaurs and urges Teddy to take her to Auxolith to contact the mothership. They travel toward Auxolith to continue the mission he had feared all along.

    Where

    Auxolith

14. 14

    Bomb, death, and mothership

    In Auxolith, Teddy attaches a homemade bomb to himself while Michelle guides a device toward the mothership. The blast tears through him, and Michelle, momentarily unconscious, regroups as she prepares for the final confrontation. She eventually teleports to the mothership to join her people.

    Where

    Auxolith office

15. 15

    Earth's doom and bees return

    The Andromedans declare Earth a failed experiment and destroy the planet by popping a bubble model, ending human civilization. In the aftermath, bees begin to return to Teddy’s quiet, bee-filled prairie as a symbolic rebirth of nature.

    Where

    Earth / space