The “Solar Opposites” finale gave us the perfect Retcon

Solar opposites Season six It arrived on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+, that is Solar opposites I finish. And it ends on a high note (read our spoiler-free io9 review here), and it also does an amazing job of wrapping up all of the story’s events – in some surprising ways. It was all a bit of a retcon, but it stayed true to the show and ended up being very satisfying.

First, we knew the fate of the wall; The story concluded in the eighth episode, entitled “The Last Flight of the Plane.” Ariana 1After a daring mission to steal Yumyulack’s shrink ray – hoping to use it on everyone to return them to human size – Sherry and company realized they were hunting a replica. Cleverly and ruthlessly, Yumyulack created a replica of his weapon…in the form of a cake.

But it doesn’t end there. With the SD card from Yumyulack’s phone in their little clutches (and help from Pupa), the little people threaten to blackmail Yumyulack with embarrassing selfies and sexy videos. Reluctantly, he agrees to make everyone big again, but there’s a problem: one person in the wall is physically unable to change his size.

It’s Sheree’s daughter, Paisley, of course, who was born tiny. Sheree’s entire motivation was to make Paisley normal and able to experience a normal-sized life. After she destroys it, she encourages Ringo, Nova, and the rest to go ahead and let Yumyulack beat them up – but since Pezlie can’t grow bigger, Cherie doesn’t want to either.

To Cherry’s surprise, everyone agreed to stay small in solidarity (and not tell the rest of the Wall what happened). Yumiulak reluctantly promises that he will help make life at the Wall more bearable by providing food that isn’t candy once in a while.

“I know in my heart that this will work!” Sheri announces. Then we cut it to 90 years later.

The world has suffered a devastating apocalypse. The Shlorpians were seen as alien skeletons rotting in their ship, and were presumed to have been killed while trying to flee the planet. We zoom in on a skull in the yard, where the last generation of tiny humans is roasting an insect to survive.

Enter Great-Grandma Paisley, who launches into the story of how her mother, despite all her good intentions, “accidentally brought about the destruction of worlds both large and small.”

We never see what actually happened, that’s up to the limits of your imagination.

However, we are He can We see that the pupa did no The Earth ends up being repaired – a long-promised endgame Solar opposites– which the show addresses in the last two episodes.

In episode nine, “The Goocleus and the Protoshlorpian”, Korvo destroys the “goocleus”, which – long sci-fi story short – is the home-source material required for Pupa’s final transformation. The pupa will be fine, but he won’t follow through on his destiny of completely reshaping the Earth – thus undoing the job the Shlorpians have been doing all this time.

In Episode 10, “What Is a Mission Anyway,” we see how putting aside the mission made everyone feel free and happy. Opposites flourish. Terry’s romance books are being made into films. Jesse and Yumiulak start their studies in school and apply to the best colleges. Corvo’s new job in construction plays to all his bossy strengths.

Have the solar opposites finally found happiness?

Not so fast! Despite having his terraforming directives removed, Pupa has been acting strangely aggressive and doing all sorts of sinister shape-shifting. The Antipodes initially think it’s their fault – is there still some unresolved business with the Red Goobler, perhaps Corvo’s self-created enemy? – But this is not the case.

There have been teases all season that there is something strange with Aisha, the ship’s computer. She revealed the ominous “red mode” amid the reset attempt in a previous episode; Then the evil Aisha contacted SilverCops (Solar opposites(Dirty Galactic Police) for gossiping about the sabotage of Korvo goocleus.

In space, we catch up with Glen – once a human neighbor of the Antipodes, now a good-natured mutant GoldCops agent working undercover with the SilverCops – as he joins the Earthly mission to exterminate the Antipodes. In true villain form, the SilverCops announce that the alien family is finished, but not before providing a detailed explanation of the “Shlorubian Scam.”

You see, the SilverCops invented Pupas to help the Shlorpians rehabilitate planets. They created Aisha to ensure that the Schlorpians stick to the mission. They are even behind the asteroid that destroyed Corvo and the Company’s homeworld, Planet Shlorp. In fact, this is an ancient cycle: once the pupa repairs the planet and rebuilds Shlorpian society, the SilverCops drop a celestial body at it. Once the population disperses and the planet explodes, they swoop in and steal anything of value they leave behind.

Takeaway: “For you TRUE “The mission is to make us money.”

Horror! Fortunately, Glenn was able to summon the GoldCops in time, and the villains were captured.

We arrived a few months later, and the family was doing better than ever. Terry makes his movie. Jesse and Yumiolak are in college.

Korvo, Pupa, and Pupa’s robot friend JK Sevens travel across the galaxy, visiting all the other scattered Shlorpians to inform them of the Shlorpian scam. Schlarpians everywhere no longer have to worry about their tasks; They could just be families. “I’m about to set you free and lead you on,” Corvo announces with great joy.

There’s another tease at the end. By releasing the magic, the final shot of the galaxy turns into a small object that Virgo finds seductively delicious. Corvo scolds the pupa not to eat Solar oppositesbecause “No one will watch the show again if you spit on them!”

We can hope, but if “what’s the mission anyway” is really the end, then the Shelrobian scam seems like the right way to tie things up. And if you’ve seen Episode 8, you know that Earth is doomed in 90 years anyway.

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