Wizards of Waverly Place fans are in shambles after the latest episode of the sequel series. We’re on the ground in New York this week, and the entire place is buzzing because Selena Gomez’s Alex Russo actually died in the Season 2 finale of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place! Just when you thought one week couldn’t deliver more emotional gut punches. (Step aside Peacemaker, it’s time for Disney Channel fans to grapple with a shocking ending of their own.) It’s a wild chain of events, and we’re here to walk you through it.
So, the central mystery of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place has been who Billie’s (Janice LeAnn Brown) real parents are? I mean, early in the show Alex just drops her off at Justin’s (a returning David Henrie) house. It’s a weird little note that is dangled above the audience’s head throughout these two seasons. We get some fun flashbacks where there’s clearly a secret life that we didn’t get to see Gomez’s character live in the years since Wizards of Waverly Place went off the air.
In the finale of this season, we learn that Billie is actually Alex’s daughter! I know, what a wild reveal, but there were signs. Flashbacks indicate that Alex was actually married. (To an evil force that agreed to wipe their memories so that Billie wouldn’t fall into the hands of Lord Morsus, our big bad!) It’s a lot to unpack, and there’s even a tearful goodbye between Billie and her newfound mother before Alex sacrifices herself to save her daughter and the world itself. The episode is named “The Wizard at the End of the World, and they weren’t kidding, huh?
Selena Gomez’s Alex Russo dies in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2
Like, they really went there and the fans couldn’t have expected all this to go down after just two seasons on-air. Billie is now more tied to the Russos than ever, and there’s one heck of sequel hook if Disney Channel wants to make a Season 3 sometime down the line. David Henrie and Selena Gomez deserve some real credit for keeping such a massive twist a secret through the press interviews about the show. No one caught on to what was going on.
To be fair to the fandom, some of them did suspect that Billie would somehow be related to the Russos. But, having her be Alex’s daughter, only to be ripped away from her mother again by a noble sacrifice? That’s TV operating on all cylinders folks. Fans shouldn’t be too down about the rug getting ripped out from under them though. It seems like emotions were all around judging from that video! Check out what else Gomez had to say right here.
“It’s actually really fun for me to come back and hang out with you guys. It’s honestly been nostalgic for me,” Gomez tells her castmates during that emotional interview. “It’s honestly been a wonderful experience. It’s so fun to see us pass the baton to a new generation.” Hopefully, we get more seasons to see it, and they give us a moment to pick ourselves up after getting the wind knocked out of us.
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