“Fate’s A Bitch, Isn’t It?”
LET THE GAMES BEGIN — Hope (Danielle Rose Russell) is forced to work with someone from her past. Kaleb (Chris Lee) and MG (Quincy Fouse) go on their first official superhero mission. Lizzie’s (Jenny Boyd) plan to find Hope a rebound relationship takes an unexpected turn. Matthew Davis, Aria Shahghasemi, Kaylee Bryant, and Leo Howard also star. Jeffrey Hunt directed the episode written by Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes (#316). Original airdate 6/24/2021.
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Episode 16:
Season Finale! This season originally had 20 episodes, but lockdowns, so I imagine we'll get the remaining 4 next season like last season's ending started season 3.
As showrunner Brett Matthews explained in a tweet earlier today, this episode is the “unintentional” season finale. Additional episodes were filmed — in fact, Thursday marked the show’s final day of production before going on hiatus — but they will be held for Season 4 this fall.
These kinds of things are either network limitations or contract limitations, though it's also possible they ran out of season 3 budget and cannot edit and create the effects for the final 4 episodes until Season 4's budget kicks in.