Arcane season 2 act 3 ending explained: is [SPOILER] dead, is there a post-credits scene, will there be a season 3, and more of your biggest questions answered

Full spoilers follow for Arcane season 2 act 3.

After two critically-acclaimed seasons, multiple award wins, and millions of hours streamed, Arcane has ended – and what an ending it was. Following the release of season 2’s final trailer on Tuesday (November 19), the hugely popular Netflix series has bowed out with an emotionally stunning finale, and I’m certainly struggling to comprehend how Arcane season 2’s third and final act could end in such bittersweet fashion.

As one of the best Netflix shows’ final credits roll and the dust begins to settle on an animated masterpiece that’ll stand the test of time, I imagine you’ve got plenty of questions rattling around your head. Well, as I fight back tears, I’ll do my best to answer them. This is your final warning: full spoilers immediately follow for the entirerty of Arcane, including its final three episodes.

Arcane season 2 act 3 ending explained: is Jinx dead?

Let’s start off with the big one: did Jinx die? It certainly seems that way, but I’m not buying she is.

In the final 15 minutes of season 2’s mind-bending and bloody ninth episode, titled ‘The Dirt Under Your Nails’, Vi, Jinx, and an apparently dead Warwick are left strewn across the dilapidated Hexgate tower, with Jinx marooned on a steel beam above another that Vi and Warwick are perched on.

As Jinx and Vi stagger to their feet, the latter looks down at the monster that used to be Vander, aka the siblings’ surrogate father. Intuitively knowing that Vi will try to save Vander once more, Jinx pleads with her older sister to leave it be and head for a safer metal beam. Ever the stubborn individual, Vi ignores her sister’s pleas and, as she reaches out to Vander/Warwick, the beast awakens and begins lashing out at Vi.

With every attack from Warwick further destabilizing the beam that it and Vi are on, Jinx – using her shimmer-based powers – leaps from…