Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Talamasca: The Secret Order episode 6!I had high hopes for Talamasca: The Secret Order episode 6 to stick the landing, especially after episode 5 felt like it was rushing towards the finale. It felt like the series was about to make its mark in the immortal universe from the very first scene of the finale. A flashback to the 1980s reveals that a vampire in Amsterdam is forced to turn someone else into a vampire, although it is not clear who at first.
This cliffhanger is juxtaposed with Doris leaving the apartment in which she and Guy are hiding. When he follows her to a convenience store, the two men see a news report about the massacre of her clan, prompting them to return to the boat. Of course, it’s not a wise decision when half the characters Talamasca they can no longer be trusted, but the emotional event makes their abandonment of security reasonable.
However, what follows makes the episode feel less like a season finale that ties things together, and more like a setup for a much bigger Season 2. While I’m excited to see where the series goes from here, I also felt like the finale episode was weakened due to its focus on setting up the future.
Talamasca’s Season Finale Offers a Compelling Twist to Its 752 Story
Upon their arrival at the docks, Guy and Doris are immediately apprehended by Ridge, whose investigative skills make her curious about their involvement in the deaths of Keves and Archie. She is particularly keen to link Guy to Helen, as Helen’s DNA was, inexplicably, found at the crime scene. It’s a tense sequence interspersed with Helen learning the truth about her sister, both stories crescendoing to a riveting climax.
As the two events unfold, we learn that Doris is Helen’s sister. After a very strange and inappropriate assassination that I still don’t understand, an action sequence reveals both Olive as a traitor and Doris as a vampire. It’s a clever twist that begins to make her connection to Guy all the more understandable, while also indicating that the Talamasca themselves are now compromised.
The best twist happens when Guy brings Doris to safety. Due to her ability to memorize information to a supernatural degree, she read everything in Talamasca’s Amsterdam library. The fire, it appears, was set on purpose to prevent the information from falling into the wrong hands. Because Dory is 752.
Partially fragile, I was invested by this twist. Although it was somewhat far-fetched of the Talamasca to compromise themselves so blatantly by putting all their information into someone who would burn in broad daylight. Still, I was happy to see Doris have a greater purpose both as Helen’s sister and as 752. It made a moment near the end, as Guy and Doris try to escape, all the more powerful.
As the season finale draws to a close, Helen arrives at the train station to give Guy and Doris their passports, as promised in Talamasca: The Secret Order episode 5. However, she ends up having to go to the police to avoid being captured by agents working for Olive and Jasper. It’s a sad scene as she and Doris look at each other, but it also suggests that their story together is far from over.
Talamasca season 1 ends with more questions than answers
However, despite the responses Talamasca: The Secret OrderThe story provided in the season finale also leaves many events and ideas open for a possible season 2. To some extent it works, like Guy running away with Doris while searching for his mother. This lays the groundwork for the direction of Season 2, which seemed necessary now that the 752 mystery had been (mostly) solved.
But other elements seem more disconnected and larger. Helen appears to be trying to recruit Ridge to Talamasca, despite the lack of trust she should have in them after Olive’s betrayal. There’s also Jasper, who was captured by the Talamasca, who want him to turn over a dozen people into vampires. It’s unclear why, but it proves that corruption within the organization runs deeper than previously thought.
While these developments provide intrigue for Season 2, the 752 still being in play because of Doris makes the Season 1 story feel somewhat left hanging at the end. Since the series is meant to be ongoing, this makes sense. But the episode’s presentation felt more like a series of mid-season twists than a full-fledged season finale.
Despite everything, I enjoyed Talamasca: The Secret OrderThis is the last episode for what it was. There were many interesting developments in the story that left me wanting more, and I’m intrigued to see how the series will play out in a possible season 2. The series was a bold expansion of the immortal universe, and this episode left me wanting more, especially in a good way.
- Release date
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October 19, 2025
- Directors
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Eva Sorhaug
- Writers
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Donald John
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Nicholas Denton
Guy Anatole
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- The major twists and turns of Episode 6 offer something to look forward to in Season 2.
- Interesting developments make the story more complex than ever.
- The 752 twist was interesting but lukewarm on a logical level.
- Enough dangling threads to make this feel like an inappropriate season finale.
