[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for all seasons of Animal Kingdom.]
It’s going to be an Animal Kingdom summer time. The hit TNT collection, which initially ran from 2016 to 2022, has skilled a resurgence following the discharge of all six seasons on Netflix on June 1.
The gritty crime drama, which adopted the dysfunctional Cody household, was full of twists and turns. With Smurf Cody (Ellen Barkin) operating (and typically ruining) the lives of her 4 sons—Baz (Scott Speedman), Pope (Shawn Hatosy), Craig (Ben Robson), and Deran (Jake Weary)—you by no means knew what would occur subsequent.
Now that Animal Kingdom, which was government produced by ER and The Pitt‘s John Wells, has gotten a second wind on streaming, you is likely to be questioning if there’s extra life to Animal Kingdom past Season 6. Let’s have a look again at Animal Kingdom’s ending and the potential for Season 7.
How does Animal Kingdom finish?
Animal Kingdom’s collection finale, which aired on August 28, 2022, ended like an incredible Shakespearean tragedy. The remaining Codys (Baz died in Season 3 by the hands of a hitman on Smurf’s orders) tried to interrupt Pope out of jail, however not each Cody was on the identical web page.
J (Finn Cole) turned his again on Deran and Craig throughout a shootout with the cops. Other than his personal private points along with his uncles, J wished to destroy Smurf’s prison empire from the within and search justice for his mom, Julia (Scarlett Abinante), Smurf’s solely daughter, who died from a drug overdose within the collection premiere.
Craig and Deran later held up a comfort retailer to steal some money and necessities. The shop’s proprietor shot and killed Craig. In his brother’s last moments, Deran promised Craig he can be a father determine to his son.
Earlier than he was the badass Dr. Abbot on The Pitt, Hatosy’s best-known TV function was the unstable and sophisticated Pope Cody. Pope survived the preliminary police shootout however was mortally wounded. He had lastly reached his breaking level after years of prison conduct and Smurf’s relentless psychological warfare. Pope confronted J about setting him and his brothers up with the police however finally let his nephew reside. Content material with dying, he then lit the Cody home on fireplace and laid all the way down to die because the place burned to the bottom.
Whereas it appeared like J may have been the one to interrupt the Cody cycle of crime, he proved to be Smurf’s grandson in any case. When his girlfriend, Penny (Stevie Lynn Jones), wouldn’t run away with him, he arrange a deadly drug overdose by poisoning her cocktail. J understood that he couldn’t depart her behind with all the knowledge she had about him. The final moments of the Animal Kingdom collection finale featured J fully alone at a tropical location.
What occurred to Smurf?
The Cody matriarch didn’t make it to the ultimate season as a result of she was killed off in Season 4. Despite the fact that she was concerned in harmful heists, it was her terminal pores and skin most cancers prognosis that had Smurf really scared. Decided to regulate her personal mortality, Smurf determined she wished to exit in a blaze of glory throughout one final heist.
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Her son, Pope, couldn’t let his mom go like that. He saved her from being killed in a gunfight, which led to her unleashing her fury on her sons. She begged Pope to kill her, however he refused. When Smurf pulled a gun on Pope (she even grazed his ear with a bullet) to drive him to shoot her, it was her grandson, J, who finally pulled the set off with out hesitation.
Showrunner John Wells advised Leisure Tonight that there have been “countless conversations” about who would finally kill the legendary Smurf. The principle actors even lobbied for his or her characters to be the one to carry out the execution.
“They understood in the intervening time that Smurf was committing suicide as a result of she didn’t need to die [in a hospital bed], so it’s not a homicide essentially, however it’s who had the braveness to really do what she wished performed,” Wells defined. “The ramifications of that and the recriminations for the long run have been going to grow to be main story factors for subsequent season. There’s already fairly a bit about that within the last episode, however it’ll be one thing that propels us into subsequent season considerably.”
Is there going to be an Animal Kingdom Season 7?
As of proper now, there aren’t any plans for Animal Kingdom Season 7 or a by-product collection, however it hasn’t been dominated out.
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“John [Wells] is aware of how a lot we love him and love working with him,” TNT’s former common supervisor Brett Weitz advised Deadline forward of the ultimate season. “In our jobs, you need to nudge the creators, you don’t need to drive them into a call. So, when he’s prepared and he looks like there’s a pure evolution to that present or spinoff, not solely is my door open, however there’s in all probability a slot on the air for him to do this. He may do no mistaken in my books.”
With Deran and J nonetheless alive, there is a chance to proceed the Cody household story. Govt producer Daniele Nathanson revealed after the collection finale that she believed Deran would elude the police and finally reunite along with his love Adrian (Spencer Deal with Clark), who Deran despatched away on the finish of Season 4.
“That is 100-percent what I consider occurs,” she advised TVLine. “I consider he hooks up first with Renn, discusses what they’re going to do with [her and Craig’s infant son] Nick, and he additionally reaches out to Adrian. They’ll type some sort of household unit.”
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