October Faction season 1 has some major revelations about the Allen family and the Presidio Foundation, but there are still plenty of questions left unanswered after the season finale. Based on the comics by Steve Niles and Damien Worm, October Faction was developed as a Netflix series by Damian Kindler (Sleepy Hollow) and follows a married couple who have a secret life as hunters of monsters and warlocks. There’s just one problem: twins Geoff and Viv are warlocks themselves, who were secretly adopted after Fred and Deloris Allen took part in a purge of a warlock sanctuary.
At the end of October Faction season 1, Alice Harlow - the twins’ sole surviving biological parent - manages to bring back the souls of her departed friends and beloved husband by forcing the townspeople of Barington-on-Hudson to act as hosts. Presidio moves in to contain the situation and wipe out the entire town as part of a cover-up, but are stopped when Alice kills the head of Presidio, Edith Mooreland. This leaves Maggie Allen, Fred’s mother, in charge - but she has devious plans of her own. Imprisoned by Presidio are Fred’s father, the mad scientist Samuel Allen, and a tragic human-machine hybrid called Dante, who is the soul of Fred’s deceased brother in the body of a convicted murderer.
Though life in Barington-on-Hudson seems to have mostly returned to normal, there’s still a lot that’s unresolved for the Allens when the credits roll on October Faction’s season 1 finale. Here are the biggest lingering questions that fans can hope to be answered in season 2.
How Can Fred Come Back From Limbo?
After being shot in the penultimate episode of October Faction season 1, Fred Allen finds himself stuck in a spooky limbo version of the family house. His only company is Omari, the twins’ biological father, whom Fred killed during the attack on Harlow. Omari tells him that while he exists in this in-between state there’s still a “window” for him to return and make up for everything he’s done. However, Fred is still in limbo at the end of the season and we see Deloris putting flowers on his grave. If Fred’s body is six feet under and rotting then his resurrection could prove challenging - though having a couple of warlocks in the family could certainly make it possible.
Is Deloris Allen Still an Agent of Presidio?
Deloris Allen has a lot of reasons to hate Presidio, from the fact that they killed her husband to their attempt to drag her children away from her. At the end of the season, Deloris declares in voiceover that she’s now on the right side of things - but that doesn’t necessarily mean that she’s done with Presidio. After Edith Mooreland’s death, Presidio is now being run by Deloris’ mother-in-law, who will no doubt be looking to bring her family back into the fold. Moreover, if Deloris decides that Presidio needs to be taken down, one of the best ways to do that could be attacking the organization from the inside.
How Much of Seth’s Soul is in Dante?
From what we know about Seth Allen, he was a pretty sick young man with tendencies bordering on the psychopathic. Moshe reveals that Seth tortured his wife and then made her watch while he murdered their young daughter. Now, Seth’s soul has seemingly been resurrected in the body of Dante, a prisoner who murdered his own family. It’s clear that the transfer wasn’t a complete success, since Dante’s body suffered great damage and he has no clear memories of his life before being “born” in Seth’s old bedroom. In the comics, Dante is a sympathetic character who ultimately becomes another one of the Allens’ adopted children, and from what we’ve seen in the show he seems to have a good heart underneath his frightening exterior. Is Dante simply a reincarnated Seth with amnesia, a mix of Seth’s personality and the prisoner who volunteered his body, or something else entirely?
Where is Alice Harlow Now?
Throughout October Faction season 1, Alice had two clear goals: to find her kids and tell them the truth about their heritage, and to bring back Omari and all the others who were killed during the attack on Harlow. By the end of the season she has achieved the first goal and made an aborted attempt at the second. More importantly, though, she’s managed to get revenge on the woman who betrayed her and had her friends and husband slaughtered. Following her escape from the Presidio convoy Alice’s whereabouts are unknown, and Moshe has offered to work with Sheriff Gina Fernandez to track her down. Will Alice take on a villain role in season 2? Will she continue to try and find a way to bring back Omari? Or will she prove to be an important ally for the Allens in the fights that lie ahead?
What Was Samuel Keeping in the Basement?
Just as the dust has settled on the Allen house, October Faction season 1 leaves off with a cliffhanger ending. Inside Samuel Allen’s creepy basement laboratory is a heavy-duty trapdoor leading to a sub-basement, and the finale concludes with something breaking out. As a mad scientist who used a mix of magic and technology to create Dante, there’s no telling what else Samuel got up to during his years of isolation. Is the monster in the basement simply a werewolf or some other creature that he was holding prisoner, or is it something of his own creation? Whatever was being kept hidden down there, the fact that another monster is now on the loose can’t be good news for the Allen family.
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