Wait, What? Selena Gomez’s ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ Reboot Drops Shocking Plot Twist for Alex Russo

Selena Gomez‘s character, Alex Russo, has travel a agelong mode since the premiere of Wizards of Waverly Place back successful 2007 — but connected the latest occurrence of the Disney Channel show’s reboot, her communicative whitethorn person conscionable travel to an end. (Spoiler alert!)

The Wizards Beyond Waverly Place season 2 finale arrived Wednesday (Oct. 8) connected Disney+, revealing the answers to immoderate series-long questions. Costarring and enforcement produced by Gomez and David Henrie — who reprises his relation arsenic Justin Russo from the archetypal Wizards — the reboot launched successful 2024 with the premise that Alex wanted Justin to assistance her bid a young wizard named Billie Russo, played by Janice LeAnn Brown.

At the beginning, Billie’s past and household were full mysteries. But successful the caller finale, it was yet revealed: Alex is her mom. And yes, the Rare Beauty founder’s quality knew each along.

In the finale, a magic locket activated by Alex’s tears unleashes a representation of the lovably snarky hellraiser wiping a overmuch younger Billie’s memories and sending her disconnected to boarding schoolhouse to support her from an evil wizard named Lord Morsus (who besides happens to beryllium Billie’s paternal grandfather). “I would bash thing to beryllium with you,” Alex tells Billie successful the memory. “But close now, there’s idiosyncratic retired determination trying to find you, and I can’t fto that happen.”

But Alex secretly being a parent wasn’t the lone jaw-dropping infinitesimal the finale had to offer. During a last confrontation with Lord Morsus, Gomez’s quality sacrifices herself by sealing herself wrong a portal, dragging the villain successful with her. That mightiness beryllium the past fans spot of Ms. Russo — unless Billie, Justin and his kids person thing to accidental astir it. At the precise end, the pack resolves to find a mode to find and prevention Alex.

Since its premiere successful October past year, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place has brought a caller procreation of fans into the magical satellite Disney Channel created successful the precocious 2000s. The archetypal amusement — which propelled Gomez into superstardom — wrapped successful 2012.

And portion the histrion has her hands afloat with astir excessively galore projects to count, from moving her Rare Beauty empire to starring successful Hulu’s Only Murders successful the Building, Gomez has said that returning to her roots has been highly fulfilling for her. “It’s the champion feeling successful the full satellite to beryllium capable to bring this backmost for you and to each the radical who person ne'er seen it before,” she told People in 2024.

She added astatine the time, “This is what gave maine everything that I person today, and I’ll ne'er hide that this is wherever I started.”

Both seasons of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place are streaming present connected Disney+.