Chapter Sixty-Six: Graduation

**Chapter Sixty-Six: Graduation** is the eighteenth and final episode of Season 5 of *Tales From The Darkside* and the sixty-sixth overall. The episode serves as the ninth and final episode of the Racing Arc, and serves as the grand finale to The Jackson Cosmology Project Trilogy.

Also known as **Tales From The Darkside Movie: Revelations,** it is a 2023 epic space opera comedy-drama dark fantasy film, and the third film of *Tales From The Darkside.* It premiered on November 7, 2023.

### Genre

Science-Fiction
 Space Opera
 Dark Fantasy
 Comedy-Drama

### Starring

Bryson Martinez
 Katie Jackson
 The Dark Lord
 The Angel Lord
 Yasmin Gutierrez
 Carson Vagil

### Music by

2Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Rihanna, Riverdale Cast, Britney Spears, Don Omar

## Synopsis

**THE FINAL BATTLE** — The Group band together to save Nelson and the universe from the biggest foe they’ve ever faced.

## Press Release

**GRAND FINALE TO JACKSON COSMOLOGY TRILOGY** — The Jackson Cosmology Project Trilogy comes to an end in this final film.

The Jackson Cosmology Project Trilogy began all the way in September 28, 2023 with *Chapter Twenty-Five: Fortune and Men’s Eyes,* which began the first part, The Origins Arc. The arc ended on October 6, 2023 with *Chapter Thirty-Five: Brave New World,* taking down Kathy Beefer thanks to the noble sacrifice of Angela Nalie.

The second part began on October 10, 2023 with *Chapter Thirty-Seven: Leaving Port,* beginning the second part, The Titanic Arc. The arc ended on October 17, 2023 with *Chapter Forty-Six: An Ocean of Memories,* giving closure to the Titanic victims. However, the season didn’t end there. It actually ended on October 19, 2023 with *Chapter Forty-Eight: A Night to Remember,* with The Group defeating The Dark Lord, and Yasmin Gutierrez reluctantly killing Melissa Walker.

On October 24, 2023, the third and final part began with *Chapter Fifty-One: Back To School,* beginning the Racing Arc. Bryson and Carson formed the Midnight Club, a club to practice and perfect driving and drifting skills. Member of The Group alongside other curious students joined as well. As they played around, The Dark Lord stalked them, planning his return to defeat The Group. Eventually, he returns, and possesses almost the entirety of the Midnight Club alongside a few members of The Group. Bryson and Katie defeat him briefly and imprison him in The Angel Graveyard. However, the imprisonment fails as The Dark Lord latches onto Kaleb Keeps, and reveals himself while also killing him. The Dark Lord then possesses and kills the recently resurrected Sonia Lane, finally achieving his final powers and beginning his final plan, rebuild the God Box.

Will our protagonists take down The Dark Lord once and for all and graduate alive and move on with their lives? Find out when the episode *Chapter Sixty-Six: Graduation* and the grand finale film, *Tales From The Darkside Movie: Revelations* releases on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, ending the arc, season and the Cosmology Trilogy as a whole.

## Plot

The Dark Lord flies up into the air, and hovers in front of the original location where the God Box once floated. He grabs items that once were a part of it, and begins assembling the God Box back together, eventually gaining a small part of it. He looks at it, and says, “Small steps, gaining you back.” A small montage featuring the events leading up is shown (“We Own It”).

The Universe Guardians are still recovering from The Dark Lord’s attack, when suddenly, the sky turns red once again. Katie says, “He did it. He’s reforming the God Box.” Yasmin asks, “What does that mean?” “We’re doomed.” Bryson yells out, “Guys! We still have a fighting chance. We just need to go through that portal, find The Dark Lord, and take him down once and for all.” Annalise agrees, saying, “Angela and Melissa would’ve wanted us to take on The Dark Lord and avenge them.” Yasmin agrees, and the Guardians build a ship. The remainder of The Group ask, “What do we do?” Carson answers, “Try to evacuate everyone. Remember Bryson’s bunker we used from the God Box’s invasion? Use that! It should be stocked well to last a few days!” Everyone agrees, and begins evacuating everyone.

The Angel Lord appears in front of the guardians, telling them, “I heard of your plan to destroy The Dark Lord. I’ll be the sacrifice. Katie, you have clearly shown you’re capable of saving the universe, multiple times. It’s time to pass down the torch.” The Guardians get into the ship, and fly into the portal, reaching the tiny God Box. The Dark Lord spots the ship, and tries to take it down. Carson reminds Bryson, “It’s like your driving lessons dude. Focus on not hitting the tree. Steer away from the police. Find the path to freedom.” The other Guardians ask, but Carson shuts them down. Bryson dodges The Dark Lord’s attacks, eventually hitting him, knocking him out. The God Box begins growing in size, which doesn’t go unnoticed by the Guardians. Katie says, “You’re up, Angel Lord.” The Angel Lord says a final goodbye to the Guardians, and jumps into the God Box.

Katie duplicates the ship, with her, Carson and Annalise on one, while Bryson, Yasmin and Summer are on another. Yasmin asks Bryson, “I hope we live, because I really want to be with you.” Bryson answers, “Same.” Summer looks at the two, and laughs (“S&M”). The Dark Lord wakes up, and sees the two ships. He targets Katie’s ship, and flies after it. Bryson’s ship flies into the God Box, which has grown larger. The Angel Lord sees the ship, grabs its bombs, and surrounds herself in them.

The remainder of The Group are in the bunker, with everyone freaked out (“The End Of The World”). Allison decides to head out, and look for more survivors, with Sabrina and Kayla going with her. They find more survivors, and take them to the bunker, but are hit by a meteor. Allison’s car is damaged, and all the passengers are injured. Allison tells Sabrina and Kayla to leave her, but Kayla decides to go back. However, she fails to notice another meteor, which hits and kills her. Sabrina yells out her name, and decides to save Allison. Fortunately, they make it back to the bunker, and report on Kayla’s demise.

The Dark Lord realizes what the Guardians are up to, and goes into the God Box to stop Bryson. He sees The Angel Lord, and The Angel Lord tries to talk to him. “Dark Lord. Look, let’s talk seriously.” This creates a distraction for Bryson’s ship to attempt to escape. The Dark Lord says, “I want us to be happy! We need to be happy! The God Box can give us exactly that!” “No. The only happiness we need is each other. That’s all we need, Dark.” “No, no, no. I need everything to be perfect.” The Dark Lord spots Bryson’s ship, and goes for the kill, but The Angel Lord drags him back. The Dark Lord tears up, and finally breaks, “We’re supposed to be together. We’re supposed to be together in our new universe.” “Dark. As long as we’re both together, we’ll be happy.” The two lords hug before The Angel Lord detonates the bomb, killing the two and causing the God Box to begin collapsing. Bryson’s ship makes it out, and the two ships escape the area as the God Box explodes once again. The ships crash land back on Earth, with the sky having gone back to normal. Everyone celebrates except for Sabrina, who tells the Guardians of Kayla’s fate.

A montage features the seniors graduating (“Ooh La La”), with a special memorial for all the students who have died. Everyone stands on the nearby grassy hill, with the graduates happy. Bryson says, “I‘m glad that’s over.” Katie agrees, saying, “I hope we don’t have to deal with anything like that ever again.” Yasmin states, “This’ll be interesting to tell our grandkids.” Sabrina adds, “The future generation will definitely be traumatized, and their future history classes will also be interesting.” Allison puts out, “The Midnight Club is officially dismissed?” Olaf and Marina say, “No, Bryson put us in charge. It’s dismissed for you, but we’re still here for another year.” Bryson says, “Maybe the Midnight Club can have one final race. We all can race to see who can get to their college first.” Ethan agrees, with Johnathan saying, “I can totally get there first.” Bryson looks at him, “Bet?” “Bet.” Everyone agrees to remain in contact, and head out to their colleges (“How We Roll”).

A year later, Katie returns to Nelson, where she hopes to meet with everyone else, but is disappointed when no one else arrives. Mr. Hence sees Katie at the restaurant, and comforts her, telling her, “I’m sure they’re all busy.” Katie agrees, and leaves, while narrating. “It would be six more years before I saw my friends again. We would all be different people, but one thing would remain; we’d all come back for a new mystery, whether we wanted to, or not.” The season and movie ends with Katie exiting the restaurant.

## Kills/Deaths

Kayla Drate: Hit and killed by meteor

The Dark and Angel Lords: Killed by the latter’s bomb

## Trivia

* While the episode title doesn’t come from any source, the film title comes from the 2022 web film of the same name by machinima series SMG4.
* During the introduction and finale songs, multiple flashbacks are shown;
	+ During “We Own It,” it flashes through Bryson investigating Janice’s murder, the Lockdown Arc, and later Evan‘s attempt to murder him and Katie. Then, it shows Kathy exiling Bryson, and later the Argos High murder. The musical is then shown, and The Group fighting Kathy in the woods. It briefly shows Angela’s vision board, and cuts to Katie, Carson and Veronica finding out about Bryson’s attack. It then cuts to Kathy possessing Angela, and the God Box’s first explosion. Later, The Group are seen on the Titanic before returning to the present. The quiz show is briefly seen before Eldritch Melissa‘s battle is seen. It then flashes through the current season before ending.
	+ During “How We Roll,” instead of actual flashbacks, it briefly shows the character in a scene from each season. Bryson shows him getting up from Evan’s attack, singing in the musical, revealing himself to Gordon and Michael, on the Titanic and driving his Dodge Charger. Yasmin is seen giving information to Bryson, seeing Katie during the musical, attending Bryson’s funeral, killing Melissa and shocked at being a Universe Guardian. Katie is seen killing the assassin, walking away from Bryson, holding the bloody rock, looking up on the lifeboat, and driving the van frantically. Carson is seen sad at Janice’s death, talking to Principal Brown, meeting the Georgia Group, in the car with The Group and running with the football. We briefly see Summer, Alex and Kendra, all seen in the memories of The Group, coming back from the Titanic, and evacuating citizens. Finally, it ends with The Dark and Angel Lords seen in the God Box right before it explodes.