This post contains spoilers for Hulu’s “Washington Black.” You get the sense that “Washington Black” has much more in store than just a globe-trotting odyssey as soon as the historical drama starts. “Washington Black” isn’t your typical linear tale.

Adapted from Selwyn Seyfu Hinds accalimed novel. "Washington Black" is a tale of freedom, adventure and the desire to change the world.

It's a much more hopeful and optimistic ending than the novel's. There, Wash heading into the sandstorm reads as a mirror to Titch walking out into a snowstorm, suggesting that perhaps, like Titch, Wash is losing himself in the pains of his past.