Legacies Recap: Did The Series' Final Battle Just Claim Its First Casualty?

The human body can only handle so many emotions at once, and Legacies is doing everything it can to test those limits.

Given that Thursday's episode was the series' third-to-last ever (#SaveLegacies!), fans were already teetering somewhere between "I still can't talk about it" and "irrevocably shattered" before it even began. And by the end? There are no words.

Here's what went down: Cleo used her prophetic powers to spy on Ken, unaware that she was also creating a link between herself and the Tomorrow Person vengeful god. Even worse, Nightmare on Elm Street rules are in effect, so if you die in the mental bridge... you know the rest.

Ken took advantage of this, luring in Kaleb and offering Cleo an ultimatum — hand over Hope, or watch Kaleb get staked. I genuinely thought Cleo was going to save him, but I was wrong. With a capital W. And to have it all go down during Hope's speech to her fellow students about the importance of our chosen family? Savage.

While there's no guarantee that Kaleb will remain dead, especially given some of this week's other developments, his death was still tough to watch. Here's hoping for a speedy resurrection!

Read on for this week's other major moments, including several potential goodbyes, then drop a comment with your thoughts on the antepenultimate episode below. What do you need from the two remaining episodes?

Then again, Kaleb may not be the only major character being sacrificed by the time this is all over.

The Super Squad's master plan to stop Ken involves detonating a massive explosion, and while Alaric was fully prepared (excited even!) to play martyr, Vardemus' magical probability device pointed to Lizzie as the best option. Not only could she siphon Ken's magic at a crucial moment, but as a heretic, she stands the best chance of surviving the blast. After consulting with Caroline and Josie (off-camera, of course), Lizzie was all in.

That said, every single conversation about this was heartbreaking. When Alaric told Lizzie, "You have too much of your mother in you — both of them," I just about lost it. And did they really sucker punch us with a father-daughter wedding dance just in case that day never comes? I need my own therapy box just to process all of these emotions.

There was one silver lining to Cleo's otherwise tragic journey into Ken's mind: He informed her that she's now a fury, a natural transformation that apparently occurs when an oracle interferes in their visions and changes the future. She also happens to be the last of the furies, as Ken killed the others once they stopped being "collaborative."

Assuming he doesn't return at the eleventh hour to detonate the explosion himself (and I wouldn't be surprised if he does!), Ethan said his last goodbyes to Mystic Falls this week.

MG used the therapy box to help Ethan realize that he can't resist being a hero, and since using his powers will result in certain death, he's better off with some distance between himself and the Salvatore School.

Still, that rationale did nothing to quell my emotions during MG and Ethan's farewell at the bus stop. After encouraging MG to tell Lizzie how he feels (oops, too late!), he left his vampire pal with these parting words: "Just to be clear, you're one of the best people I've ever known."

...Ken's sister! Not only that, she isn't actually the skeletal monstrosity we've come to know. That's more of a metaphor for how soulless she's become in the 10,000 years ("give or take") that she's had this gig.

She used to live with the other gods in Valhalla (which is the real name of this particular "peace"), but when she took pity on an innocent mother and child who died in one of Ken's senseless wars, secretly shepherding them to Valhalla, he banished her from the realm.

(Side note: As a fan of The 100, I definitely released an audible gasp when Tasya Teles appeared on screen. Always a pleasant surprise.)

Of course, Ken's sister did more than just share her family history with Landon. She also offered him a job. More specifically, her job.

"You remind me of who I used to be," she told him after explaining that she can return to Valhalla if she finds someone to take her place for the right reasons. Ten centuries in the soul industry have made her cynical, hence her creation of the coins in an attempt to quantify a person's worthiness.

"The world needs people like you, who will find a new, better way to do things," she told him.

And he accepted!

Landon's first order of business as the new "Ferryman...woman...person?" was to make good on a promise to an old friend.

OK, "friend" might be too strong a word. It was the Necromancer, whom Landon turned back into Ted in order to send him to the proper afterlife.

"The Necromancer can't exist in Peace, he doesn't belong there," Landon explained. "But I made a promise to someone who does." Cue the hugs. (OK, maybe they are friends.)

Jed was initially hesitant to accept Ben's help in the impending battle, still resenting him for trying to make Ken remove his werewolf curse — as if being a werewolf is so awful. But he changed his tune by the end of the hour, thanks in part to a word from Finch.

After the gang's (incredibly premature) victory party, Jed invited Ben to stay with him for the night... while he transformed under the full moon. (Wait, what did you think I meant?)

As Jed explained, "Being a wolf, that's part of who I am. And I want you to accept that side of me, too."

"Whatever you're about to go through tonight, I want to be there," Ben replied, to which I'd also like to submit my RSVP. Can I be there too? Please?

Let's try to end on a high note, shall we? Lizzie and MG kissed! ... Fine, they almost kissed. Cleo interrupting them with news of Kaleb's death prevented them from actually locking lips, but at least we got a beautiful confession out of Lizzie before it all went to hell.

"There's no guarantee that any of us lives to see tomorrow, and if I don't get a chance to say this, I will regret it always," she told him. "For the longest time, I thought I was dying in the Merge. So what was even the point of thinking about the future? And then I realized — I have no idea if we're going to make it through this. And apparently the timing between us will never be right. ... I never allowed myself to want something that was good for me because I didn't think I deserved it. I didn't think I deserved someone like you. And I don't know what's going to happen next, but I think you're amazing."