During the climax, Bond is infected with nanobots programmed to kill Madeleine and their daughter. To save them, he allows the British Navy to missile-strike the island he is on. As the missiles fall, Bond radios Madeleine one last time, telling her: “I know I said I wouldn’t, but I was wrong.”
No Time to Die is a flawed, ambitious, and unforgettable finale—a eulogy for Daniel Craig’s Bond as much as a spy thriller. It dares to close the book completely.
Now, for the first time since 1962, the series faces a true unknown. There is no Bond. There is no release date. There is only the legacy of Spectre and the bold, bloody ending of No Time to Die .
Whoever steps into the tuxedo next won’t just be replacing Daniel Craig. They’ll be resurrecting James Bond from the dead. What do you think? Should Bond have died? And who should be the next 007? Let me know in the comments below.
Then COVID-19 hit.
We just didn’t know how final that ending would be.
In a shocking, franchise-first move, .