This review contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Chucky. The season finale of Chucky brought everything that a strong finale should to the table. It began to plant seeds for future storylines for the series to explore, as well as offering closure to some of its current characters who have been tortured by the killer doll. The young cast who has been involved throughout the series led the emotional finale, making their talent another huge takeaway.
Chucky's finale "An Affair to Dismember," is the perfect title for a finale that will be impossible for any viewer to forget. "An Affair to Dismember" is Chucky's most emotional and action-packed episode to date. The performances by Zackary Arthur, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Bjorgvin Arnarson, and Teo Briones take the Chucky finale to an entirely new level, just in time for the series' second season.
"An Affair to Dismember" begins right where the previous episode left off, placing Andy Barclay in the dangerous path of the recently acquainted Junior (Briones) and Chucky. Miraculously, Andy gets out unscarred, but not for long. On the other side of town, Lexy (Alyn Lind) and Jake (Arthur) soon discover the one innocent Good Guy doll has now been corrupted by Chucky. They are then saved (and drugged) by Kyle, who hopes to keep the young kids safe and away from the Charles Lee Ray house where Devon (Arnarson) is being kept. At the Ray house, Chucky and Junior arrive, and the reunion between the doll and Tiffany quickly goes south. After Nica gains control of her body and realizes the danger she's in, Chucky orders Tiffany to kill her. When Tiffany fails to comply, he tries to bait his newest protege, Junior, to comply, but Tiffany cuts off Chucky's head before he can. To add insult to injury, she also tells Chucky that she was the one that called the cops on him all those years ago when he was caught and killed by the police.
This scene begins to show Junior's own hesitancy with Chucky's demands to kill, as he wants to know who Nica is before he does it. Even though Junior has killed his father, in his mind, it was a justified kill after the verbal abuse that he and his mother suffered at the hands of his father. His questioning of Chucky means that Junior likely only finds himself able to kill those that he feels genuinely deserve it. Tiffany also pulls further away from Chucky in "An Affair to Dismember," as she very clearly picks Nica over Chucky. To hear her say that she prefers Nica previously and then to actually make the choice in front of Chucky is a huge step for her character.
Like Junior and Tiffany, Lexy, Devon, and Jake all have their own emotional struggles throughout the episode. After the Charles Lee Ray house is blown up following the arrival of Kyle and Andy, Jake and Lexy believe that Devon is one of the fatalities. Fortunately, he isn't, but that isn't revealed before Lexy and Jake are able to showcase their own emotional range. Jake has an intense scene wandering Devon's vacant room, clouded with guilt for bringing him into this danger. Devon makes his appearance soon after and the two share a heartfelt reunion. Lexy's own emotional battle begins with Devon but doesn't take its full form until the climactic event that is the charity screening of Frankenstein.
The charity event is the pinnacle of "An Affair to Dismember." For the event's celebrity guest, the Mayor introduces Jennifer Tilly, who announces that she will be giving Good Guy dolls away to sick children across the world. During her speech, Junior lures Lexy away by pretending to be in danger because of one of the dolls. This leads to an emotional exchange between the two, where Lexy reveals that she loved Junior because he was always innocent and good, the perfect contrast to her once horrid and cold behavior. This scene is arguably one of Lexy and Junior's best scenes throughout the entire series, as it feels incredibly raw and real. It also reminds viewers where these characters began and how they've developed over the series, which has been remarkable. Junior is then reminded of his parents and becoming the man that they would've wanted him to become. Once Chucky barks another order at Junior, telling him to kill Lexy, Junior stabs him instead. The moment is soon ruined by the shock that Chucky also managed to stab Junior, killing him.
Junior's heartbreaking fate isn't the only awful thing that occurs at the charity event, as another Good Guy doll crawls beneath the seats of the Frankenstein screening, killing people through their seats. The first victim is Lexy's father, making the finale even heavier for Lexy emotionally. Jake and Devon soon arrive and Jake has his confrontation with Chucky. In this exchange, Jake is able to get closure about his father's death, revealing that even though his father was flawed and had harsh opinions about Jake, that the two never got the chance to work out their issues because of Chucky's choice to kill him. The confrontation ultimately ends with Jake strangling Chucky to the point in which his eyes pop from his head.
Following the climactic scene are the beautifully crafted clues for future storylines. Andy is also revealed to have survived the explosion at the house and hijacks the truck filled with Good Guys dolls. As he cruises down the road, he is then held at gunpoint by the Tiffany doll (marking her first appearance in the television series). Nica is shown to have suffered an unimaginable fate because of Tiffany and Chucky's battle over her body, as Tiffany has now amputated both of Nica's arms and legs. Perhaps the most mysterious piece of the finale is the owner of the gloved hand seen watching over Lexy, Devon, and Jake as they leave flowers on Junior's grave. While it could be Kyle who is thought to have died in the explosion, there is also a chance that this could be another character from Child's Play coming to join the fray.
"An Affair to Dismember" ends with a scenic and incredibly comedic narration from Chucky where he recaps his 21-victim kill count. With all the events that take place within Chucky's finale, the development of Lexy, Jake, Devon, and Junior is the true highlight. None of these characters end in the same place that they began in, as Lexy has found a true sense of belonging with Devon and Jake. They have all experienced an insurmountable amount of loss in a short time period, making their fates in Chucky's second season an interesting point to uncover. Junior's own emotional journey has a tragic end, but it is a fitting end given the trajectory his character was headed toward following the loss of his mother. The trauma Chucky has put them through will bond them for the rest of their lives, and unfortunately, that trauma is just getting started.
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