How to Get to Heaven from Belfast Episode 8: What's inside the mysterious pink bag? Here's what we think

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast is a Netflix comedy thriller produced by Lisa McGee, a veteran of the popular Irish sitcom Derry Girls. It was released on February 12, 2026, on Netflix as an eight-part series and is based on the story of three close friends from Belfast who head to County Donegal when the fourth member of their teenage friendship group unexpectedly dies.

The show has an approval rating of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes and immediately rose to the top of the list of the most-watched shows on the UK Netflix chart.

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, Season 1 finale is titled Anagnorisis, a Greek word that means the point of sudden discovery or recognition. It solves the big mysteries: Greta’s death, the reality of Heaven’s Veil, and the dark history that the four friends had to deal with. It also leaves the audience with one question that they cannot shake off: what is in the mysterious pink bag?

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast: What’s in the pink bag?

The pink bag is first seen in How to Get to Heaven from Belfast when Greta hitches a ride with a man named Conrad into Heaven’s Veil. Their discussion assumes disturbing directions. Conrad insists that Greta is not supposed to get into cars with “strange men,” and it may prove to be “dangerous.” He then halts in the woods halfway and gets out of the car, bringing back a jacket and the pink bag, noting that “They shouldn't be too long… speak of the devil,” as another vehicle can be heard approaching.

We are not shown what or who comes because the scene shifts away before the arrival takes place. In the finale of How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, Conrad is discovered dead with a screwdriver jammed in his neck. No one knows how or who killed him. What is known is that the pink bag ends up in the possession of Saoirse, Robyn, and Dara.

The three women are also seen at the end of the series, opening the mystery bag, and are visibly shocked by what is in it. The Season ends with Robyn stating that, “We are not, under any circumstances, getting involved in this.” And then the Episode ends. What is inside is not shown to the audience.

So what could it be? How to Get to Heaven from Belfast does not answer directly, but the hints are leading into a couple of interesting directions.

The most popular theory among the fans is that the bag holds a lot of cash or even weapons, probably guns. Due to the reaction of the women towards the contents, it appears that a lot of cash or guns are the most probable reasons. Neither of these would be too surprising, considering that Conrad seemed to be somehow involved in some sort of criminal network, and since he was found dead with a screwdriver jammed in his neck, neither of these aspects would be too surprising.

The other theory is that the bag is connected to the Evaporation Society, the secret organisation that has been pulling strings throughout How to Get to Heaven from Belfast. Booker and Feeney have been operating under this organisation throughout the show, assisting people to vanish and begin new lives. Towards the end, Booker reveals that she poisoned the rest of the organisation with the help of the Midwife who confined them in the basement and gassed them.

Now that the old organisation is gone, Booker is considering beginning a new one, and she even hints that her new operation could include Saoirse, Robyn, and Dara. The pink bag may have the documents, money, or equipment meant to bring the three women into the fold, whether they want it or not.

There is also a theory suggesting that Conrad was a part of the scissor gang, a brutal gang that was mentioned earlier in How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, and that the bag has something that the group wanted to keep safe or transport somewhere. The fact that he behaved strangely in the car, apart from the fact of his violent murder, indicates that he was not a random stranger who was giving someone a ride.

The response of Saoirse, Robyn, and Dara speaks volumes about whatever is in the bag. These three ladies have just been out of an extremely scary experience: a cult, killings, conspiracies, and a cross-national hunt. At this stage, they can hardly be shaken. Therefore, whatever was in that bag must have been something exceedingly drastic that even they would prefer to avoid. They have a peep inside the bag and do not want to see anything. That, of course, is more of a promise that they will.

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The pink bag is the biggest question of the show, which is unanswered, and it appears to be quite intentional. How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, Episode 8 leaves a lot of loose ends unanswered, but there is a completeness in the story on the emotional level. We do not need the pink bag to complete the story of Greta; the chapter is closed appropriately. But it is more like a door that has been left open to something new.

Netflix has not yet announced a second season, though its creator, Lisa McGee, has indicated that it will be determined by the number of people who watch. With the way the finale concluded, it is difficult to think that the bag will remain zipped for long.

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