Efficient egress depends on the completed curling and buckling of the RBC membrane. Snapshots of iRBC aborted opening without buckling. The iRBC has been labeled using 1μM PKH26. The different steps of release are presented: pore opening (0.5 seconds), shoulder-type deformation (1 second) before curling. Curling stopped at 2 seconds, leaving merozoites trapped inside the cell (22 seconds).