The ARCANE Season 2 Finale DESTROYED me! | Ep. 7-9 Reaction

[@zeus982]

One detail I like about the first scene between Ekko and jinx in the finale is that at first, jinx thinks he is imaginary like Silco, so she blows up. Then, when ekko makes it clear he is really there, jinx decides to fall to her death instead of hurting him too.

[@AddieCounts]

😭😭😭

[@tylermcclain5332]

@@AddieCounts *boops your nose*

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

I've read there was a lot more to that scene, but it was removed for time. I'd like to see the over hour of content that was cut.

[@javiert9766]

Maddie was most likely a Noxian plant working for Ambessa from the very beginning

[@alextan1478]

Let's give Addie a round of applause for officially completing Arcane Season 2! 👏👏🎉🎉

[@BrandonWestfall]

Huh?

[@jaredwallace3270]

@@BrandonWestfall He said quote “Let’s give Addie a round of applause for completing Arcane Season 2! 👏👏 🎉🎉”

[@BrandonWestfall]

@ I’m aware, I didn’t realize people needed a participation trophy for watching a tv series.

[@tylermcclain5332]

lets give her a round of applause for being the most adorable girl on Earth

[@zenmastermtl]

I think Maddie was always a spy. When we first meet Maddie, she was a "junior officer" which means she was a new recruit. Probably one of many new recruits to join after Jinx's attack. This leads me to believe she was planted by Ambessa to be an agent on the Enforcers for her. After all she was the first to pound her chest to encourage Cait to take power. This would mean then, that she took advantage of Cait's breakup with Vi to move in and get even closer to her, becoming Cait's right hand. Of course on the surface she acted like she was against Ambessa, with Ambessa likewise acting like she was annoyed by Maddie's presence, but that was likely a ploy to avoid suspicion (Ambessa is VERY cunning after all). As a note: look up the black and white flash frame as Maddie shoots Cait. You can see an evil grin on her face. Showing her true feelings.

[@erinhaury5773]

Yeah, Maddie was a Noxian plant from the start. She was Ambessa's inside line to Cait, a way to keep tabs on her and give her a confidant to spill her secret plans to. Knowing about the heel turn makes it obvious on a rewatch as there were many clues to Maddie's deception.

[@HelloThere.GeneralKenobi]

Why does it have to be over?! The music was epic! The artwork was phenomenal! What an incredible story! We're ready for your Christmas reactions now!!

[@kmilita94]

Jinx is alive!!! If you watch closely, you'll see her characteristic shimmer dash out right before the explosion. In one of the next scenes, Cait is looking at the project of the hexgate and there is a lot of vents Jinx could slip through, aswell as finding the head of her monkey bomb, but no dead body. And lastly, in the very last scene of this season, there is a zeppelin, which Jinx said in first episode of first season she's gonna ride one day

[@BrandonWestfall]

Yet another thing that is open to interpretation in this show. You actually don’t know if she is alive or not. There’s enough hints to give people hope though.

[@IainGibson-h9h]

Ella Purnell has said it's open to interpretation, so no definite answer ... yet.

[@lukemcniven4131]

One last hint is the "the end" written in jinx graffiti with her signature shark-toothy smiley. I think it's fairly clear she got away.

[@BattleAngelFan99]

@@IainGibson-h9h And my interpretation says she's alive. :-) Come on, she can't die. Runeterra isn't going to feel right without her being there. Besides, I kind of knew it when they showed the lone airship sailing off and then her flash of air graffiti scratches at the end. And that was before I knew of the other evidence. They have lots more stories to tell in future games and series. They just wouldn't. She is the needed element of cute chaotic danger that only she can fill. She's half the reason I've been interested in the League of Legends universe.

[@CapTaVate-wz4kh]

@@BrandonWestfall?

[@evilwelshman]

I feel the pacing of Season Two was really a case of Real Life Writes The Plot, and it really shows. With a budget of 250 million dollars, Arcane is one of the most expensive animated projects of all time - costing more than most Disney movies - with it funded almost entirely by Riot. Which is probably why they made two seasons a hard cap for the show, with instead plans for other shows that explore other regions and characters, as well as pushed for certain characters (Ambessa, Mel) and certain new designs (purchasable skins for the game) to be featured.

[@twistedtempo200]

Netflix told them they had to wrap the show up so they had to cut a lot of stuff

[@ClockMonsterLA]

Well, when Hollywood spends $250M they get only one 2-hour blockbuster movie. Riot spent that money on 12 hours of cinematic brilliance.

[@ZeFraank]

A point of hope for Heimer is as a Yordle when he "dies" he instead is shunted to a spirit realm called Bandle City.

[@erinhaury5773]

The one thing to remember is that Arcane is basically the prequel to the rest of the Runeterra stories (in this adaptation specifically). I have a feeling we will see the major champions again in later shows, not as the focus of course, but as supplementary to the other stories. I find it highly unlikely that they would set so many of them up and then drop them altogether. I think this is a major part of why the season feels unresolved for so many people. With Noxus/Damacia/Ionia as the next focus, Mel will be a major player. The last act of Arcane sets us up for LeBlanc and Swain (the Black Rose and the three-eyed crows, respectively), both champions from LoL. Considering that Piltover/Zaun is on the southern edge of the same continent, it's very likely there will be crossover with some of the Piltie/Zaunite characters already established in Arcane, as well as allowing new champions from the cities to be introduced. Thanks for taking this journey with us! Be glad you didn't have to wait three years for S2. 😆

[@ClockMonsterLA]

The ending is very much in the spirit of the last Calvin & Hobbes strip.

[@Missangelblanco]

Jayce was string enough to leave hell Ekko was strong enough to leave heaven behind

[@daurydavis3983]

Glad we're getting more shows of this universe

[@Etticos.]

The implication of alternate reality Powder having all the hex crystals is that hex tech was never invented because Powder hoarded all the crystals after the accident on the job that killed Vi because she realized how dangerous they were due to the loss of Vi and didn’t want anyone else to get hurt because of them.

[@BrandonWestfall]

It’s very clearly open to interpretation.

[@TheMick7823]

Hah awe hun, yes they are all dead. Jacye, Victor, Hym, Isha… Jinx whole crumbling dispare was from Isha’s death, that was her adopted daughter, Vis concerned about her because of her death. Her whole flying blimp was Painted like Isha and her helmet and bunny ears and her face paint on Jinx. Mel’s Story will continue in the next series based in noxis as will the black rose as well as that 3 eyed crow at the end. Great reactions thanks lady🍻

[@mlivraghi]

They wanted to leave some hooks to further develop some characters in future stories, but I understand the feeling. For example, it is quite confirmed that the next series will see the whole part regarding Mel-Black Rose developed more deeply.

[@cerberus01]

Leave the audience wanting more, rather than going on for too long, and they get bored. Sort of like, "Sometimes you die a hero, and sometimes you live long enough to become the villain."

[@greywarden5513]

22:40 That was incredibly intimate.. Ekko: No matter what happened in the past…it’s never too late to build something new…with someone worth building it for. Jinx:😐…(realizing he basically made a love confession)…😳

[@73Fluxx1]

Another great TV series that almost get's undone by another unsatisfying ending.

[@lukemcniven4131]

It WAS satisfying. Had it ended where season 1 left off, THAT would be unsatisfying. These characters got their endings. Even if not to your liking

[@metoo7557]

Don't be sad it's over, be happy because you'll probably never see anything this good again.

[@evilwelshman]

But that's not something to be happy about! I wanna see _more_ stuff that's this good. 😅😅

[@AddieCounts]

Well that’s depressing, but you might be right 😂😭

[@tylermcclain5332]

@@AddieCounts stopp making me blush

[@christophercorbin9387]

I have high hopes for the 3 spin-offs. :)

[@akoskralik3053]

Singed gets away scot-free. You see, there's 2 types of people in the world. The people who will sacrifice what they love to save the world, and the people who will sacrifice the world to save what they love. That is exactly why Singed got what he wanted. He didn't care about what it would cost. He had one singular goal he set his mind to achieve. As for Jinx. She is not dead. Yes there's the obvious clues, but there's been an interview recently with Ella Prunell (Jinx), Hailee Steinfield (Vi) and Reed Lorenzo Shannon (Ekko), where them and the producers were asked questions. One of them was "Is Jinx actually dead?" Ella's response was "Ummmm.........we don't know. We're gonna leave that open to interpretation" But all the while she was hiding her face behind the question card, and was giggling. Almost like she was holding back something she was told not to reveal. With this, they pretty much confirmed that Jinx is still alive.

[@diamondem]

I liked the 3rd act well enough, but I totally agree that I wanted more from the ending. I feel like act 3 should have been stretched to one more episode with more of an epilogue and that would have sufficed. I would have liked to see them working a bit towards restoring Zahn to what Ekko saw in the alternate timeline. I know we got the shot of Sevika on the council which is one step but I definitely felt like there should have been more. That said, the show overall was great and the animation is top tier in every episode so I really can't be too disappointed.

[@Uzkodas]

19:24 this is my one big critique of season two. Jinx made he self-harm intentions very clear when she locked Vi in the jail cell and as soon as Vi gets out she goes, “eh. I got time for some dirty jail sex.” It’s the same annoying narrative problem in Fallout 4.

[@wilwaycoholland4337]

While their fate is unknown, Jayce did indeed stay with Viktor, he wasn't going to let his friend finish what they started alone. I like to believe they're both just scattered across reality and time, like when the anomaly displaced them at the end of act 1.

[@Salohkin1]

mentally I'm still in the Alternate Undercity & I'm never leaving.... I like it here

[@arkansasorigami83]

I love how everyone cliams they have proof jinx is alive... your right she is alive in an alternate universe. As for our main jinx, only the writers can answer that, not the YT comment section.

[@CimmerianAssassin]

There's a lot of theory that a lot of the characters that are alive. Like the lore of many characters would state that like heimerdinger who is a yordle who respawns because he's a literal spirit. There's a bunch of lore cinematics if you want to see the rest of the league universe. Also There's already confirmation for new projects with more regions of runeterra, so there's going to be much more projects within the decade. With a possible movie or series sequel to continue arcane from the creators themselves. So there's stories might not be over per se. Or they exist in the other projects like Mel with the noxus project.

[@-nav-398]

There is an implication that Jinx might have escaped the explosion through the air vents in the hex gate, but given she was feeling suicidal earlier and how close she was to Warwick/Vander I have my doubts.

[@perrywinkle5000]

Very unsatisfiying ending. Almost like they were expecting to have more seasons and then got forced into doing only 2. Ekko got done extremely dirty.

[@Kosmisch1987]

I'm sure you are aware there will be more stories in this world... Arcane is over, but you could still see some of these characters in the future.

[@merdufer]

"Is it rough." Oh where to even start.

[@LockeNarshe]

Whom else is ready for some Addie pain? XD

[@jbwade5676]

@@LockeNarshe that hurt

[@mathmexican4234]

I know people don't like that Isha wasn't mentioned, but the only person that would would be Jinx. And Jinx gets arrested, then is so sad she literally tries to kill herself 5 times. I heard they had tons of content with Jinx and Ekko they cut, so it probably would have been in there. But they had to stick to the 9 ep and certain time limits. It sucks.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Dont know if they changed the lore as Arcane is now canon. But as it stands, Heimerdinger, who is a Yordle, cant die. Yordles are literally pure magic taken corporeal form, if they "die" they just "respawn" back in Bandle City, the Yordles home town.

[@petrusjnaude7279]

36:53 This might not be a consolation since we don't know how or if any of the characters in this story will feature, but they are planning a sort of "Cinematic Universe" (like the MCU) where they create a spin-off show that takes place in some of the other countries in this world, like Noxus (where Mel and her family are from) or Ionia (where Caitlyn's family is from originally, I think). Some reactors/KZbinrs have said that there should have been at least one or two more episodes for Act 2 and especially for Act 3 to kind of round-off the story properly. The Ambessa/Caitlyn/Mel fight is one of my favourites though.

[@drhapi5308]

“One day, I’m gonna ride in one of those things” Jinx’s first line. She is on the airship “walking away to break the cycle.” As Silco said. “Have you had enough?”

[@michaelnordbergjeppesen9095]

Thanks for an amazing reaction. We all want more and sadly the season is quite rushed. The main producer, Christian Linke, has also mentioned this. The show is still amazing though. Some thoughts/theories: - Heimerdinger is not dead, at least not if they are following the current lore. in that case, his race is basicly immortal and when they "die" they go back to their main city. - Jayce and Victor are probably dead. If my memory serves me well, Christian Linke has confirmed this in an interview. - Jinx - thats the main question and point of discussions. I dont think she is dead. Due to several in-show and out of show aspects. 1) If you go frame by frame at the explosion, you can see her iconic shimmer flash moving away from the explosion and towards the vents/hole in the building from her lair (the vents at another level). Some will say this is from the explosion, but it is straight and forward and there is only the one. 2) Her escape was possible because Vanders last humanity was used to let her go. A small part of him was still there symbolized by the flashback to putting Vi and Powder to bed. Since Powder was sleeping there, it was not her memory. Vanders disappeared when he blew out the candle. 3) Caitlyn sitting with a jinx bomb and looking at the pipes and vents of the building. She knew Jinx escaped. They probably did not find a body or parts of a body. (the oldest trick in the book - no body, no death). 4) The airship at the end - in episode one, one of Powders first lines was that one day she was gonna ride of those. 5) The jinx "The end". Out of the show, it is so expensive to create a scene, so the airship and especially the Caitlyn scene is a bit much for a dead character. Beside, Jinx is most likely the most popular and iconic character in the show, and for the broader audience the universe, so I really dont think they would kill her. Even the actress Ella Purnell said it was very open-ended and had to cover what could have been a laugh or smile. Who knows. Will that mean we will see Jinx again? Maybe not, but I think she will show up as a cameo or minor role in a coming show. People are speculating about some connections for the confirmed regions of the next show, but I will not go into that and risk spoil a show in two-three year (ugh, that wait). But again - thanks for reacting to the show - I really enjoy all your reactions :)

[@Ghoulstille]

Always leave them wanting more it seems.

[@sciencehistoryandentertain734]

i don't think any playable character is dead....there are either in other dimensions or realms...Or can be brought back to life or be undead......Jinx is certainly not dead... Noxus is the next region up...

[@TheRawrnstuff]

There's also the fact that the "Episode 7 Powder" was there building the device that Heimerdinger boosted to send Ekko back, saw "Our Ekko" in the rift with "Her Ekko" on the ground, and has a whole bag of Hex Gems in her vanity. I've no idea if we'll ever see that Powder (and that Ekko) again, but I won't be surprised if we do, even if this story arc ends here.

[@Emily-tb1cp]

Please continue with Star Trek.

[@jbwade5676]

@@Emily-tb1cp soon

[@Emily-tb1cp]

@jbwade5676 Do you have any information?

[@cwdkidman2266]

Is this channel performance art? Did someone lose a bet? Is this reactor EMBALMED, COMATOSE, or freshly un-alive and Rigor Mortis has set in? Is saw this channel appear on a compilation of Monty Python reactions and was so baffled as to why the compilor included this channel on a video of people going rightly into hysterics over the Pythons that i had to see if this was real. The channel is; the reactor may not be. Is this a prototype of a.i.? Because I don't see the i part of ai.

[@Xman_supreme]

I've seen a couple of theory videos about Jinx possibly surviving. One showed a frame where a pinkish streak shot away from the explosion, and pointed out that Caitlin was looking at the schematics for the building and seeing that there were escape vents down at the bottom...also mentioning that her smile indicates that she believes Jinx got out through those. And of course, the ship at the end...Powder said at the beginning of the first season that one day she was gonna fly on one of those, and then we saw the "Jinx Glitch" as that was flying away. I like to believe that she did get away and is just taking some time for herself...

[@Desertfox201]

This is the end of THIS show but not the end of this story. No way they will end such a popular and well written franchise and not do any more shows. That's like not doing any more Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Game of Thrones stories.

[@josephwallace202]

@@Desertfox201 we should all be so lucky

[@zebrion5793]

The great news is that because Arcane was so wildly successful, it's VERY likely that we get more stuff like this from Riot. They've already greenlit their last 2 projects.

[@taunteratwill1787]

It obviously doesn't take a lot to "destroy" you. How sad can you get? 😋

[@rickymoranjr9609]

it wasn't just you that this finale destroyed, all of us fans were left crying our hearts out after watching Jinx sacrifice herself to save Vi from Warwick. me included

[@Lehnert]

I wasn't because she's obviously not dead.

[@rickymoranjr9609]

@@Lehnert yeah, I can clearly see that. I was just making a point

[@jameslarsen5681]

Good news. Jinx is alive. You'll get a bunch of comments on this because it's been broadly figured out by the community, but there's 3 moments that show that the writer's clear intent that she lived and Vi is the one that's not supposed to know. In the explosion there's a pink shimmer streak along the pipes in the top right on the screen. It appears nowhere else in the explosion and it's Jinx's SFX. Vi rolls over to her back screaming before she can see the explosion. Then we see Cait looking at those same pipes, holding the recovered top of the monkey bomb-grenade as if they never found a body and she figured it out, followed by Vi humming Powder's song. Then in the final shot, we see not just *a* ship, but the exactly ship that Powder says she wants to ride in in episode 1, followed by a "the end" in typical Jinx style. The writers really want you to think about Jinx's outcome, and are basically begging everyone to look and figure it out, which many of us did. She walked away. There's a lot to say in that Vi was starting to burn out in all the fighting, and Jinx leaving is what ultimately thematically saves Vi. "You're never going to give up on me, are you?" "You don't have to worry about me anymore." Thankfully she leaves instead of blowing herself up, which she consistently thought was the answer to her story until the end. Vi not leaving the failing platform in hopes of saving Vander is Jinx's motivation to fake her death. That family needs to go before Vi destroys herself trying to save it. This is foreshadowed earlier the season with "destroy what's left of my family," in episode 2 of the season and probably in other places I haven't found yet. Aside from Isha, Ambessa, Maddie, and Loris being very dead and Jinx being alive, everyone else's deaths were made deliberately ambiguous, so I suspect they want them available in case they're needed in future Runeterra adventures that Riot's promised to produce as shows.

[@BrandonWestfall]

Don’t cite opinions as facts. We don’t know if she is alive or not. Unless you specially see Jinx alive it’s pure speculation.

[@nakorwohbeta]

@@BrandonWestfall You got to be blind if you need to see her alive to know she alive. Those scene are not there for no reason. it's actually the 3 combined together that proove that. WIth out the shimmer flash it would have been as you say. Pure speculation. When you put all 3 scene together. Everything change. YHou got to remember that we see this from the outside and not as a character in that universe.

[@BrandonWestfall]

@ It’s not proof at all. Hell, even the actress said it’s open to interpretation. Also, lose the ignorant condescending attitude.

[@lukemcniven4131]

​@@BrandonWestfallactors say what they're supposed to say. The clues were there. It's animation, everything you see is deliberately included. There are too many direct hints at her survival to deny it. If she was meant to have been dead we would know it. With all these hints we are meant to doubt it. If they want to bring her back they will. If not, the fans can at least be comfortable "knowing" she got away.

[@BrandonWestfall]

@ All of them could also just be nods to her. The entire point is not to state things as fact. It’s fine to speculate.

[@jbwade5676]

I am man

[@josephwallace202]

Well this is new

[@jbwade5676]

@@josephwallace202 I miss Colette Cherry 🍒🥺

[@alexlandsbergs]

their stories are over and that is the point, they had a single story to tell in the league universe and they did that, now they will move on and tell different ones. this show doesnt need to go on for a needless amount of seasons untill it goes downhill. get over yourself and stop wishing for that.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

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[@jbwade5676]

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[@jbwade5676]

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[@jbwade5676]

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[@jbwade5676]

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[@michaelnordbergjeppesen9095]

Oh, Addie did not react to The Boys? I really hope she will.

[@RayMcElroy50]

They did Maddie dirty I really liked her

[@josephwallace202]

Just the visual media equivalent of a mobile hanging over a crib lmao

[@SwiftJustice]

What, no hate speech today?

[@josephwallace202]

@@SwiftJustice next i tell you you don't understand that term, then you deflect because you hate being reminded of being an ignorant manchild

[@josephwallace202]

@@SwiftJustice next i tell you you don't understand that term, then you deflect because you hate being reminded of being a simpleton manchild