This week, one ofthe most delightful yet nightmarish TV showsin recent memorycame to an end.
David, Kristen, and Ben will no longer be co-workers united against the forces of darkness.
As the finale, poignantly titled Fear of the End, begins, everyones gingerly embracing the new normal.
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David immediately assumes that means Kristen, but at that very moment Kristen is handling her own business.
Oh god, were back, Ben groans.
Meet the 60, eh?
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Sounds suspicious, like maybe they want her sacrifice to be the main attraction at their Satanic jamboree.
Could that be an image of St. Josephs?
Is that a hint to the 60s secret meeting location?
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What are they up to?
Whatever it is, Stick thinks its a waste of time.
We dont need this, he gripes.
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We already have the mother of the Antichrist!
You cant protect Kristen anymore…
I dont know what your thing is with her!
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Their quarrel is interrupted when Sister Andrea walks in.
She boops his nose!
Or boops the crack in his face where a nosewouldbe.
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Sister Andrea: an absolute legend.
Obviously, this means Ben, David, and Kristen will don the goggles and stroll throughMother Midnightthemselves.
It seems the game showseveryonethe same location.
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Ben pokes around in one of the headsets and extracts some sort of high-tech interface.
This links the cloud to a persons cerebrum, he explains.
It specializes in infusing evil online and into all sorts of technology.
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Sixty evil families, 60 regions of the brain, David says.
But the Entity would never listen to a nun, so she tells David he needs to intervene.
Clearly, thats whats happening hereSt.
David arrives just in time to drag the leader to safety, but this round goes to Satan.
Hes clearly old-school, if not literally ancient, and asks for clarification about the groups new technological advancements.
Were still families, Stick explains.
Leland butts in: Were using technology to implant evil and despair right in the human brain!
He wants to know just what happened to that plan to kill Timothy and Kristen.
It sounds like he was expecting it, maybe even looking forward to it.
Stick and Leland exchange loaded glances, and Leland quickly assures Gray that the double sacrifice is still happening.
Its gonna be tonight!
When the call ends, Stick turns to Leland and scolds him: Youve protected Kristen for four years.
If hed wanted to kill her, he easily could have, many times.
Has he really been protecting her all along?
Its not about the 16th century families anymore, David explains.
Its about the systemic.
Theyre bringing evil right into our brains, bypassing the middleman.
He doesnt believe in or agree with their methods.
But for everyone who thought he was about to give up being a priest, thats a nope.
David is keeping his collar, but he wants to be put in charge of the assessor program.
Hell be helping the Vatican rebuild its assessor program.
She just wants a normal life, preferably far, far away from the sexist world of organized religion.
But Dr. Bouchard, we know you better than that.
In her dark bedroom, she changes her mind: Ok. Shes gonna do this!
And that doom-laden countdown?
With that, we journey to the silent monastery seen in standout season-two episode S for Silence.
Closed, locked, see ya never, Leland.
Evils last scene takes us to St. Peters Square.
The gang excitedly chats with Ben over video chat, and he promises to come visit soon.
A trick of the light, or something demonic?
And is that a row of pointy monster teeth glinting out of his giggling little mouth?
Baptism be damned, Baby Tim has still got the devil in him.
Kristen takes this in, waits a beat, and decidesnah.
Shes not gonna tell David what she thinks she just saw.
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