Since its premiere in January 2020, The owl house has quickly become a fan favorite as it managed to delight audiences and critics alike with its witty mix of comedy, horror and heart. The show follows a young female teenager named Luz (Sarah-Nicole Robles) as she navigates a mystical world. Upon encountering a portal in her Human Realm, she is led to The Boiling Isles in the Demon Realm, where magical and mystical creatures are real.
While there, she meets a witch named Eda (Wendie Malick), aka the Owl Lady, and King (Alex Hirsch), her sidekick and self-proclaimed “King of Demons.” Despite having no natural magical abilities of her own, Luz is taken under Eda’s wing, who teaches her the ways of magic and eventually starts a de facto family with her newfound friends.
As the show progresses, Luz manages to blossom as a witch. Despite being human, she can adapt to the world around her and gain magical abilities through glyphs. In the show’s finale, she managed to come face to face with one of the most powerful witches in the empire, Emperor Belos (Matthew Rhys), whom she and her friends meet as they foil his plot to destroy the Boiling Isles and return. to return to the Human realm. However, after the finale, viewers were left with many questions about the fate of many beloved characters.
Are Luz and her friends forever trapped in the human realm?
When viewers last saw Luz and her friends, they narrowly escaped death as the Collector destroyed the ground beneath their feet. While the Collector managed to stop Emperor Belos by reversing his spell, such an action forced them through the portal, allowing them to enter the Human Kingdom for survival. As they passed through the portal, it was destroyed behind them, leaving them stranded with no way to return home.
In addition, they had no way of communicating with those in the Demon Realm. Luz and her team of magical friends then show up on her mother’s doorstep in the rain before the show kicks off with no further explanation or hints as to how they might return.
Since there is no natural magic in the human realm, and with the portal seemingly destroyed in the finale, it’s a mystery how the group will return to The Boiling Isles. More than likely, Eda will join forces with those in the Demon Realm and find a way to get the group back. However, given the condition of The Boiling Isles, it’s hard to know for sure.
Is Emperor Belos somehow still alive?
After traveling to the Demon Realm during Season 2 before the events of the show, viewers learn that Emperor Belos was in fact a human named Philip Wittebane (Alex Lawther) who had traveled from the Human Kingdom many years earlier. Hoping to return home, but stranded and unable to adapt to the realm, he hated witches and magic and set out to destroy them. Fortunately, during the finale, his plans were thwarted by the Collector, who reduced him to a mound of slime.
However, unbeknownst to Luz and her friends, a slimy part of Belos fell on Hunter’s (Zeno Robinson) shoulder just before the gang entered the Human Kingdom. Though obviously less powerful than before, Belos successfully returned to the Human Kingdom as intended, leaving the fate of Luz and her friends in the air. After destroying his original plans and turning him to mush, Belos certainly won’t be happy with the group if he is able to regain his bodily form and gain any strength or power in Season 3.
Will Luz, Eda and King eventually be reunited?
While Luz may have been reunited with her mother in the Human Realm, the question of her de facto family remains open. The last time viewers saw Eda, she was alive but missing an arm, and while she’s probably fine, she’s completely in the dark about Luz and King’s whereabouts. It is uncertain how she will be able to help, given her condition leading into the final season.
King’s status, however, is more ambiguous. He seemed to sacrifice himself to protect Luz, who could barely keep the mangled portal together so her friends could get to safety. His deal with the Collector undone Emperor Belos’ spell, but it required that he obey the Collector’s wishes and stay behind to “play the game” he promised to play once Belos was neutralized. Viewers can only hope that the actual family will eventually be reunited, given everything the trio has been through. But now that she’s just reunited with her mother, Luz may want to stay put.
Unfortunately, despite its huge popularity with fans, Disney announced that they would be end The owl house with an abridged Season 3, which will consist of three 44-minute specials. The first of the final three episodes will air on The Disney Channel on October 15, 2022, while the final two episodes will air sometime in early 2023. Hopefully the very shortened final season will give viewers enough closure to be satisfied with its ending.
Meanwhile, viewers can watch previous seasons of The owl house on The Disney Channel or the Disney+ app.