As the rebels count their losses, Nyssa takes matters into her own hands. Seg decides to face down his troublesome son man to man.

Last week’s episode of Krypton delivered a lot. The action was intense, the battle scene with Doomsday did more on a TV budget than the DCEU managed with a multimillion dollar movie, and the death of Kem was a real, painful moment that resonated with characters and audience alike. So how to follow on all that in this finale?

Much like earlier seasons of Game of Thrones, it starts out feeling as if this will be the quiet, shell-shocked ending as everyone absorbs the massive events of the last time out. But instead of resting at that speed, the show amps up things and sets so many different threads in motion that it will feel criminal if it doesn’t get a third season to resolve them all.

Nyssa – clearly fed up of being the very best character all the time – decides to take a pretty reckless course of action in pursuit of her infant son. Fair dos really, as she’d been so pivotal in the battle for Wegthor that it didn’t really feel like there was going to be much left for her to do back on Krypton, especially knowing that Seg would be returning to the waiting arms of Lyta. It does mean that she gets rather less to do this time out, but if anyone can carry a solo story arc in this show it’s Wallis Day, and I truly hope we get to see more of this.

Back on Krypton, word of Lyta’s being alive is spreading quickly through the ranks of the Sagitari, but it seems like her confidence in this being the answer to toppling Zod may have been misplaced. Dru Zod didn’t get to be the arch-nemesis of Superman by being a stupid man, after all. Faced with a fight that they probably can’t win but definitely can’t avoid, the remaining rebels come up with an audacious plan which includes Seg confronting his errant son face to face. That confrontation comes with the odd Easter egg nodding to the franchise’s heritage, as well as some excellent performances from Cameron Cuffe and Colin Salmon as the two face off.

Meanwhile, back at their base in the outlands, the rest of the rebels are facing quite a significant threat, and rankles and former Sagitari must join ranks to face the common foe. Even if they can overcome it, there’s something potentially far more dangerous out there among the asteroids and debris raining down from orbit as the remains of Wegthor crash down on Krypton itself.

While it’s not as thrill-packed as the last episode, this instalment delivers plenty on all fronts – action, drama, emotion, they’re all here. There’s also a little bit of further character development that pleased me because it pays off something I’d suspected for a while, and a surprise reappearance of a not entirely welcome familiar face at the end promises lots more fun to come.

Verdict: Rounding off what has been a very strong second season in the best of ways, it’ll be truly criminal if the writers and cast don’t get the chance to finish this story in at least one more season. 9/10

Greg D. Smith