Code 8: Part II Ending Explained

Warning! Contains major spoilers for Code 8: Part II.

Code 8: Part II‘s ending brings a satisfying closure to Connor and Pavani’s journey, where the two finally find justice after facing several challenges and threats. Serving as the second installment in Netflix’s Code 8 movie series, Code 8: Part II features many of its predecessor’s characters but primarily follows a standalone storyline. The sequel begins with Connor Reed getting out of prison and settling for a humble life after his criminal endeavors in the first film.

However, his peace is short-lived when he finds a superpowered girl, Pavani, who is being chased by corrupt police officers. In his efforts to protect the girl, Connor finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy that threatens the future of people like him. As he sets out to save Pavani from the police, he is also forced to join forces with old allies he can barely trust.

How Connor & Pavani Exposed Sergeant Kingston In Code 8: Part II’s Ending

The two jointly use their powers to overcome the common threat

Pavani tells Connor that King’s K9 units record everything, and their recordings are later used for training them. Realizing that the K9 that attacked Pavani and killed her brother would have recordings of the crime, Connor and Kelton visit King’s house. While Connor and Kelton distract King by engaging him in a conversation, Pavani sneaks inside his garage and finds the K9 she had shut down on the night of her brother’s death. Using her powers, Pavani keeps the K9 switched off, and she and Connor steal it from King before he can realize what they are up to.

Although Pavani and Connor acquire the footage from the K9, they find themselves trapped when King surrounds their building and sends his men in to capture them. Connor develops a new plan where he attempts to make it to a media van outside their building. However, things take a dark turn when one of King’s men stops them with his K9 unit. Pavani manages to take control of the K9 using her powers before it kills Connor. Unfortunately, she gets shot by the officer with the K9.

In Code 8: Part II‘s ending, Connor still makes it out of the building with Pavani, and while Officer Davis prevents other cops from attacking them, Connor uses his electrokinesis ability to power the hard drive in the K9 unit. While he is at it, Pavani transfers the video on the hard drive to a live camera with her powers, which telecasts King’s actions and crimes on live television. With what follows, everyone from law enforcers to King’s wife watches his crimes on television.

The Aftermath Of Kingston’s Exposure & Arrest Explained

All ends well for Pavani and Connor

Although King tries to take control of things by attempting to shoot Pavani and Connor, Garrett stops him with his telekinesis before the other police officers arrest him for his crimes. After King’s vicious actions against humans with superpowers are exposed to the world, several provisions are taken to improve their living conditions. For instance, a new bill ensures that the people of Monument Hill get all the necessary financial help to recover from the damage caused by law enforcers like King.

Even the use of robotics to maintain law and order gets completely banned in the region after evidence reveals how King was misusing K9 robots to brutally murder superpowered people. While Pavani survives and gradually heals from her injuries, Connor reopens Mrs. Mina’s community center. As Code 8: Part II‘s ending moments confirm, Connor also keeps his promise to Pavani’s mother by looking after her and running the community center with her.

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What Sergeant Kingston Wanted From Pavani

Pavani witnessed what the K9s could do

Code 8: Part II‘s opening arc revealed that King had busted Garrett’s business of extracting Psyke from the superhumans and selling it in the streets. However, he did not arrest him. Instead, he offered him a deal where he took a massive sum of his profits while letting him continue his business. Pavani’s elder brother, Tarak, who worked for Garrett, struggles to make ends meet and hopes to fund his sister’s education. To achieve this, he decides to steal from his boss by getting his hands on the money bag Garrett had left behind for King.

To Tarak’s dismay, King and his fellow officer spotted him before he could flee the scene with the bag. After King unleashed the K9 on Tarak, the K9 injected Tarak with a heavy dose of Psyke, which killed him. Pavani somehow sensed something was wrong with her brother and arrived at the scene to witness her brother’s murder. Although King and his partner tried to hide all evidence surrounding the crime by directing the K9 towards Pavani, Pavani used her powers to shut the robot down before escaping. Since she was the primary witness of Tarak’s murder, King fears she will expose his secrets.

Why Sergeant Kingston Was Getting The Superhumans Killed

King wanted to climb the political ladder and grow more powerful

Seargent Kingston was driven by his hunger for power. To politically rise in the ranks, he not only “tweaked” the K9 units to make them vicious superhuman hunters and killers but also lied about his abilities (or lack thereof) to his peers and his wife. Since the K9s were killing every superhuman criminal on the streets, the crime rate naturally dwindled, further improving King’s reputation in the LCPD. To capitalize on his growing fame as an LCPD officer, King also intended to stand for the Union presidential elections. However, Pavani and Connor stopped him before he could cause more destruction.

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Why Garrett Encouraged Connor To Get Pavani’s Memory Erased

Garrett’s initial plan offered a temporary solution to a permanent problem

Garrett initially suggests that they should get Pavani’s memory of her brother’s murder erased. With no memories of the crime, she would not be a witness anymore, and Kingston would spare her because she would not be a threat to him. However, Garrett’s idea does not go as planned. When a memory-controlling superhuman tries to delete Pavani’s memories of her brother’s murder, she starts destroying all of her brother’s memories, claiming that the roots of other memories could bring back the erased ones in the future.

Realizing what the superhuman is doing, Pavani resists and restores all her brother’s memories before they get eradicated. Connor then helps Pavani escape, realizing that Garrett and his team were willing to go a little too far to resolve the matter. Connor helps her leave because, unlike Garrett, he realizes that it would not be morally right to erase Pavani’s crucial memories with her brother just to hide the evidence of the crimes committed by a corrupt officer.

Garrett’s Failed Proposal To Kingston Explained

Garrett’s selfish actions lead to dire consequences

After Pavani and Connor get their hands on the K9’s hard drive in Code 8: Part II‘s ending arc, Garrett proposes that instead of using it to expose King, they can capitalize on it to blackmail the police force. However, when Garrett tries to make a deal with King, King refuses to comply and shoots him. King does this because he believes that he and his men can overpower Pavani, Connor, and the other superhumans on their side. To his surprise, Connor and Pavani soon prove him wrong.

How Code 8: Part II’s Ending Sets Up A Sequel

Code 8: Part II sets the stage for many possibilities in Part III

Before Code 8: Part II‘s credits start rolling, a news reporter claims that the inflow of Psyke has increased from an unknown source after Garrett’s arrest. Garrett watches this news on the television and smirks, hinting that he was prepared for King’s downfall and had already set up a plan for increasing his Psyke-selling business before being sent to prison. Since Connor is now responsible for the welfare of several children at the community center, Garrett’s criminal endeavors might put the two at odds with one another if a child at the community center gets harmed by Garrett’s actions.

Owing to this, the third installment of Netflix’s Code 8 series could feature an all-out showdown between Garrett and Connor. Since King is still alive, he might find a way to evade all charges against him and set out on a warpath against Connor and Pavani in Code 8: Part III. Or, after Code 8: Part II‘s events, the third film could introduce a new player who could force Connor and Garrett to bury their differences and join forces with Pavani to combat the mightier threat looming over Lincoln City.

Code 8: Part II

Code 8: Part II is the sequel to the 2019 sci-fi action film by director Jeff Chan. Connor has been released from prison and intends to turn his life around, but he is dragged back in when a teenager named Pav crosses his path. Running afoul of corrupt police officers, Pav flees with the help of Connor, but to succeed, he’ll have to reach back out to his former criminal partner, Garrett.

Director

Jeff Chan

Release Date

February 28, 2024

Studio(s)

XYZ Films , Collective Pictures

Distributor(s)

Netflix

Writers

Chris Pare , Jeff Chan , Sherren Lee , Jesse LaVercombe , Sirena Gulamgaus

Cast

Robbie Amell , Stephen Amell , Alex Mallari Jr. , Jean Yoon , Aaron Abrams

Runtime

100 Minutes