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Spoiler Warning: This story discusses the ending of “No Time to Die,” currently available for digital rental and purchase. Please do not read if you have not seen the film.

If audiences knew anything walking into “No Time to Die,” it was that Daniel Craig’s fifth movie as James Bond — and the 25th (official) Bond movie ever — was also Craig’s final film as the dashing secret agent. On its face, this wasn’t unusual: Originated by Sean Connery in 1962’s “Dr. No,” Bond has been played by six actors over the past 59 years, keeping the Bond movies perpetually alive as the longest running movie franchise in cinema history.

What most audiences were not expecting, however, was how Craig concluded his tenure as Agent 007.

In the film, the main villain, Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek), comes into possession of Heracles, a microscopic weapon designed by the British government to target...

Through James Bond's storied history, he is seemingly unable to be killed. With each iconic actor taking over the title-character role - from Sean Connery to Pierce Brosnan and No Time to Die's Daniel Craig - they've added something to the James Bond lore, but through it all, the spy known as 007 has survived every manner of explosion, treason, stunt, and everything in between. That's why the ending of No Time to Die has viewers totally reeling. Is James Bond actually dead, or was this just Craig's exit from the franchise?

As the 25th film in franchise history, it only makes sense that No Time to Die would be a larger-than-life installment that aims to quite literally blow up the entire story. In the latest movie, we see a different side to James Bond - a man seemingly in love and (gasp) with a child. Léa Seydoux reprises her role as Bond's love,...

[Editor’s note: The following post contains extensive spoilers for “No Time to Die.”]

What an exit! Daniel Craig literally went out with a bang as James Bond in “No Time to Die.” And he made us cry as never before. But his shocking death was necessary in completing his character arc and providing closure after all the heartbreak he endured. It was also important for the franchise to have a clean break before introducing the seventh 007.

But Craig’s tortured Bond finally found salvation at the end of his five-film journey. He saved the world from Safin’s (Rami Malek) targeted DNA bio-weapon, especially those closest to him: lover Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) and their young daughter, Mathilde (Lisa-Dorah Sonnet).

Craig’s unique run as Bond has been like watching one continuous movie: the “Casino Royale” origin story established him as a newbie 007, who was extremely rough around the edges; the “Quantum of Solace” sequel tied up the emotional...