what happens at the end of the new supergirl movie

The new Supergirl movie ends on a dark twist: Kara stops Ruthye from killing Krem, then kills Krem herself with Ruthye’s sword. Afterward, Ruthye later writes the story in a way that hides what really happened so Krem’s allies won’t keep looking for him.

Ending beat

• Kara and Ruthye track down Krem with help from Lobo.

• Kara defeats Krem to secure the antidote for Krypto.

• Ruthye gets the chance to take revenge, but Kara talks her out of it.

• Once Ruthye walks away, Kara turns back and kills Krem herself.

What it means

The finale is deliberately harsher than the comic it’s based on, which ended with Krem being sent to the Phantom Zone instead of being killed.

That change has been a big point of debate, because the movie spends most of its runtime arguing against revenge, then ends by having Kara choose it anyway.

After the credits

There is no post-credits scene , but the ending still leaves Kara back on Earth and apparently more settled with Clark, hinting she may stick around in the DCU.

TL;DR: Kara talks Ruthye out of revenge, then kills Krem herself, and the movie ends without a post-credits scene.