Codename KND Series Finale January 21st (Spoilers Included)

[ZariusTwo]

The series finale of KND airs on January 21st on Cartoon Network, but the episode premiered in December in the Phillapeens.

Spoiler:

The episode begins with live-action interviews of the older KND agents, having been recommisoned to discuss their final mission with Numbah One.

Nigel, the KND, and their enemies, compete against one another to secure the most delicious birthday cake ever developed. Nigel wins the contest, but it's revealed to be the final test arranged for him by the mysterious Splinter Cell. The Cell reveal Nigel will become the leader of the Galactic KND federation, leaving behind Sector V, his parents (his true mother is revealed to be Numbah 999), and his life on Earth. Nigel gives Abigale his glasses and departs. Father arrives too late to stop his departure.

Abigale also reveals she became surpreme leader of the KND three months later (either 362 was decommisoned, promoted herself, or she went after Nigel since there a popular couple in the fandom, and Nigel and Lizzie broke up a few episodes prior to this), and that after decommisioning, she married Numbah 2. Numbah 3 and 4 also married.

The interviewer is revealed to be the obsessed Father, stil trying to locate Nigel after being cheated of his revenge. Abigale contacts someone by phone alerting them to the danger, before saying "Welcome back Nigel"

At first, I thought the idea was a little too much like a throwaway season two plot, but then the twists kept coming, and I enjoyed it more on a second viewing. All of the decisions Warburton made lately with the characters all made sense here, and the live-action portion was an innovative idea.

I still prefer "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y" as a finale though, as it had the scale and pace of a KND episode, this seemed like an old-school story, with a final touching epilouge. It also serves as an excellent means of foreshadowing the live-action KND movie