{"id":12449,"date":"2022-03-18T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T13:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1607482"},"modified":"2022-03-18T14:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T13:49:17","slug":"top-boy-season-4-ending-explained-is-spoiler-really-dead","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/top-boy-season-4-ending-explained-is-spoiler-really-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Boy season 4 ending explained: Is [SPOILER] really dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 18 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It has been a long time coming.<\/p>\n

Top Boy<\/a> fans have been eagerly awaiting the new season of the Netflix<\/a> crime drama, with the COVID-19 pandemic leading to a two-and-a-half year gap between seasons.<\/p>\n

Now, finally, eight new episodes are available to stream \u2013 and if you\u2019re anything like us, you\u2019ll have binge-watched the entire lot in no time.<\/p>\n

Netflix is yet to officially announce the fifth season of Top Boy, but if the cliffhanger ending to the latest season is anything to go by, the odds of another outing for the Summerhouse crew are looking good.<\/p>\n

The final episode not only paid off most \u2013 if not all \u2013 of the plot strands that had weaved their way across the new season, but also delivered an explosive final surprise that leaves the show radically transformed and will no doubt have fans desperate to know what happens next.<\/p>\n

Below, we unpack said shocker as well as the moments earlier in the season that foreshadowed it, and we consider where Top Boy might go from here. Let\u2019s start with the big<\/em> question\u2026 (Spoilers follow!)<\/p>\n

*Warning \u2013 this article contains full spoilers for the new season of Top Boy on Netflix*<\/strong><\/p>

Top Boy season 4 ending explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Is Jamie dead in Top Boy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\""Jamie\"<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
Jamie in Top Boy<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

We hate to say it, but it does appear as if Top Boy has seen the last of Jamie.<\/p>\n

In the new season\u2019s closing scene, Jamie (Micheal Ward) is at home with his brothers Aaron (Hope Ikpoku Jr) and Stefan (Araloyin Oshunremi). There\u2019s a knock at the door, which Jamie leaves the dinner table to answer \u2013 their unexpected visitor is\u00a0Sully (Kane Robinson), who shoots Jamie twice in the chest.<\/p>\n

Stefan arrives in the hallway just in time to see Sully ruthlessly finish off Jamie with one final shot to the head. Sully departs, leaving a heartbroken Stefan and Aaron cradling their brother\u2019s bloodied body.<\/p>\n

Why did Sully shoot Jamie in Top Boy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Put simply, Sully has never trusted Jamie \u2013 not entirely surprising, given Jamie made multiple attempts on Sully\u2019s life while their respective gangs were at war over Summerhouse last season.<\/p>\n

This latest season saw Jamie strike up an uneasy working relationship with his former rival \u2013 and Sully\u2019s sometime ally \u2013 Dushane Hill (Ashley Walters), after Dushane framed Jamie for weapons possession then worked to secure his release from prison in return for Jamie working for him.<\/p>\n

Dushane seemed to respect Jamie, even if he didn\u2019t entirely trust him. After discovering the truth of what happened to Ats (Kieyon Cook) \u2013 more on that below \u2013 Dushane ordered Jamie to execute his friend and second-in-command Kit (Kadeem Ramsay) as a final test of loyalty, an act Jamie begrudgingly carried out.<\/p>\n

This was proof enough for Dushane, but not for Sully, who still disliked Jamie, leading to a clash between Dushane and Sully which foreshadowed the latter\u2019s later actions.<\/p>\n

Stood on the balcony of Dushane\u2019s flat, Sully is appalled when his old partner refers to Jamie as their \u201cretirement plan\u201d \u2013 Dushane now considers the young upstart not just an ally but also his successor as top boy of the Summerhouse estate and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like you want to be out here, on the roads, in your old age \u2013 I don\u2019t,\u201d says Dushane, which leads Sully to suggest that it\u2019s time they go their separate ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou got your way, I got mine,\u201d Sully says. \u201cAnd they ain\u2019t aligning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sully in Top Boy<\/span><\/figcaption> Ana Blumenkron\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Determined to prevent Jamie from usurping him and\/or Dushane, Sully took drastic action and shot his rival dead.<\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s surprising to see Top Boy kill off Jamie, Sully\u2019s actions were foreshadowed by a tense confrontation between the pair when they were together in Spain in episode 6 of the new season. Sully is there to tackle a drugs supply issue at Dushane\u2019s behest, after Dushane saved Sully from a rival gang who\u2019d been holding him hostage \u2013 but while he owes Dushane a favour, Sully is clearly struggling to work with Jamie.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think I\u2019ve forgotten?\u201d he asks his nemesis, referring to the prior attempts on his life.\u00a0\u201cDushane told me everything that happened in the past is done,\u201d replies Jamie.\u00a0\u201cDushane don\u2019t speak for me,\u201d insists Sully\/ \u201cSo you look at me wrong, you\u2019re done. Jamie, I swear to God, I will f**king bury you out here.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was only ever going to take the smallest of nudges for Sully to lash out at Jamie \u2013 Dushane crowning him his successor was the final straw. (In Sully\u2019s defence, he wasn\u2019t entirely wrong about Jamie, who earlier in the season had once again plotted to topple Dushane.)<\/p>\n

Who killed Ats in Top Boy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Jaq and Ats in Top Boy<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The new season of Top Boy opened with the death of Ats<\/a> (Keiyon Cook), former friend to Stefan who betrayed his pal by joining Dushane\u2019s crew and helping to frame Jamie by planting a bag of guns in his flat.<\/p>\n

Ats was killed off-screen between seasons, with his body being found in a skip, and the mystery of who was responsible for his death played out across the latest batch of episodes.<\/p>\n

It was revealed in episode 6 that Ats was killed by Dexter (Micah Loubon), who was working for Kit \u2013 furious at Ats for having betrayed Jamie and his brothers, Kit wanted to teach the teen a lesson and so ordered Dexter to \u201cscare\u201d him, but in the resulting scuffle, Ats tried to grab Dexter\u2019s knife and ended up sustaining a fatal stab wound.<\/p>\n

When Dushane\u2019s crew learn of Dexter\u2019s involvement, Kit murders Dexter in an attempt to cover up his own part in Ats\u2019 death, but Dushane grows suspicious and later has the truth confirmed to him by Jamie, after Kit confesses all to his friend. Dushane wants revenge for the killing of Ats and orders Jamie to execute Kit to prove his loyalty, which Jamie does \u2013 only to himself be killed by Sully just hours later.<\/p>\n

What is wrong with Dushane in Top Boy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Dushane in Top Boy<\/span><\/figcaption> Chris Harris\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

One plot thread that isn\u2019t resolved this season concerns Dushane\u2019s health \u2013 across the eight episodes, we repeatedly see him suffering from heart palpitations. In episode 7, he asks Sully if he\u2019s ever experienced something similar, his heart \u201cjust pounding for no reason\u201d while he\u2019s doing \u201cnormal s**t \u2013 cooking, driving\u201d.<\/p>\n

We never find out what\u2019s wrong with Dushane \u2013 is he experiencing panic attacks, or symptoms of some other kind of affliction? If Top Boy returns for another season, it seems certain this storyline will be revisited, particularly given Dushane\u2019s stated desire to leave the streets behind and go legit.<\/p>\n

What will happen next?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Stefan in Top Boy<\/span><\/figcaption> Ana Blumenkron\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Jamie\u2019s death is bound to have huge consequences in any potential new season of Top Boy.<\/p>\n

Most obviously, Sully\u2019s actions will put him and Dushane back at odds after the latter had handpicked Jamie as his heir apparent, but any future episodes will almost certainly look to explore the impact that their brother\u2019s death will have on Stefan and Aaron. Will young Stefan be pulled further into a murky criminal underworld as he seeks revenge for Jamie\u2019s murder, and will studious Aaron, who always refused to be involved in Jamie\u2019s criminal activities, now end up following a similar path? We can\u2019t see Aaron taking those exams now\u2026<\/p>\n

A question mark also hangs over Tia (Conya Toccara), Stefan\u2019s friend who arrives at his flat mere seconds after Jamie\u2019s murder, even passing Sully in the corridor as he departs. The camera lingers on Tia and Sully as they pass each other and Tia doesn\u2019t run to help when she hears Stefan\u2019s screams, instead walking calmly into the flat \u2013 was she somehow involved in the plot to kill Jamie?<\/p>\n

Earlier in the season finale, Tia had got Stefan mixed up with a rival gang, with Jamie arriving just in time to save his brother. Perhaps this gang were involved too, joining with Sully to stand against Jamie?<\/p>\n

Dushane, Sully and company were also pitted against psychopathic Liverpudlian gangster Curtis (Howard Charles) this season \u2013 the abusive Curtis was eventually killed by his pregnant girlfriend Lauryn (Saffron Hocking), with Sully ordering Curtis\u2019 sister and the rest of her gang to return to Liverpool and never return to London. Will they take heed of Sully\u2019s warning, or will they be back for revenge against Lauryn and her sister Jaq (Jasmine Jobson)?<\/p>\n

There\u2019s certainly no shortage of story to be explored if\/when Top Boy returns.<\/p>\n

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