Spoiler Alert !!!This article contains spoilers for Spider-Noir.

Spider-Noir is, in a word, a triumph that Sony sorely needed when it came to its universe of Spider-Man characters. Much like Venom, it would be likely that the success of the show is going to earn it additional installments. Nicolas Cage and the rest of the talented cast, both on and behind the camera, knock it out of the park.

While Ben Reilly’s slow-burning romance with Cat Hardy has a pretty solid through line in the show, the character ends up with her other romantic interest, Flint Marko, aka The Sandman. How much the show manages to do in it’s eight episode stretch without making any of the pieces feel rushed is nothing short of a miracle, which it executes with flourish and poise.

Be it the numerous villains that it manages to stuff the story with, or the various lovable side characters that it manages to develop in its runtime, Spider-Noir‘s finale is able to do its characters justice, tying everything up in a neat little bow. However, there are some shocking moments in the finale, mostly served by the genre that it plays around in, and the mature audience that it is aimed at.

ShowSpider-Noir ShowrunnersOren UzielSteve LightfootCastNicolas CageLamorne MorrisLi Jun LiKaren RodriguezAbraham PopoolaJack HustonBrendan GleesonSeasons/Episodes1 Season, 8 EpisodesRotten Tomatoes Score 90% || 92% (as on 27th May, 2026)IMDb Score8.3/10 (as on 27th May, 2026)

Spider-Noir‘s Finale Had A Brutal On-Screen Villain Death

While most media, including Spider-Man, is aimed at children and young teens, Spider-Noir trends towards an older audience. Nowhere near the level of Invincible or The Boys, but Spider-Noir, by virtue of its genre, does kill of it’s characters with a little more ease than other Spider-Man properties did.

One such death is that of Megawatt, the gangster Dirk Leydon, working for Silvermane himself. While there is a throat slit with visceral detail, and several executions, Leydon’s death is especially brutal, given that as he approaches to hurt Cat Hardy, already having broken Sandman’s hand by turning them into silicone, Ben Reilly webs him up, before flinging him onto the path of an oncoming train.

Of course, instead of blood, Megawhatt is killed in a splatter of sparks, rounding the final antagonist that was plaguing the city. Cat and Flint continue their romance, Robbie is able to start his own newspaper, and Ben Reilly upgrades his PI job, taking on his secretary as a partner.

Will There Be A Season 2 of Spider-Noir?

As of the writing of this article, Spider-Noir has not been renewed for a second season. The reception that the first season has received from fans and critics alike might have increased the show’s chances at a sophomore outing. Showrunner Oren Uziel has been very public about his ideas about what Season 2 of the show could look like.

Uziel was excited by the prospect of throwing the story wide open by setting it during the Second World War. Speaking with SFX Magazine, he said:

Obviously, as time passes from 1933, we’re heading towards not just trouble in the financial markets in New York, but also a geopolitical struggle that would be an amazing canvas for any future storytelling.

Spider-Noir works in a time period of relative peacetime, but seeing the character gear up to head to war might be a very fun concept to explore. Given how heavily the first season explored the horrors of the First World War, and the super soldier plotline therein, the Second World War would be familiar ground for such a conversation, especially in a Marvel adjacent setting.

However, do not expect the Invaders to show up, since this is still going to be a Sony production, which means it is going to be practically devoid of other Marvel concepts. However, given that Sony is also going to deliver Vought Rising in conjunction with Prime, Uziel will have a very tough hand on his hands to follow. Further, America’s involvement in the war only began in 1941, which would mandate an eight-year time skip. It all depends on how the showrunners will handle it, if given the opportunity.

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Spider-Noir is currently streaming on Prime Video (USA).

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