 SPOILER: The original ending had Paul walking into the ocean and  killing himself. He thought he had passed the HIV Virus on to Karen  and couldnt live with the guilt. At the same time he enters the  water Karen and the rest of the gang have made their way to the  water and Karen rushes in after him, eventually pulling him to shore  and tries to resuscitate him but its too late. Although this was  the original scripted ending, director James McDonald (IV) (qv)  felt it would have dragged the film out too much and he went with an  alternative ending. Instead of Paul committing suicide, Karen is  informed that the results of her blood test are weeks away and she  takes her own life because she cant stand the wait.