Netflix's One Hundred Years of Solitude Part 1 concludes with José Arcadio Buendía's mysterious death

Netflix's adaptation of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" premiered its first part on December 11, 2024. This part consists of eight episodes and follows the Buendía family across generations in the fictional town of Macondo. The finale sees Colonel Aureliano Buendía leading a war against the political system, ignoring his mother’s pleas for peace. Meanwhile, family patriarch José Arcadio Buendía dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving his mother, Úrsula, to grieve. José Arcadio's death occurs off-screen, with a gunshot heard and blood leading to Úrsula. The series does not clarify if it was suicide, murder, or something supernatural, maintaining the ambiguity found in the original book.