Fused Zamasu’s big finish is akin to a self-destruct failsafe, only it’s not as if escape is exactly easy in this case. After Zamasu’s epic bisection, apparently all of his raw anger spills out into the universe and begins to infect the very world itself. Who needs an immortal body who destroys all mortals when you can just become the universe and implode yourself?

It’s only fitting that Zamasu pulls out one final trolling move because the way in which his face pollutes the sky feels a lot like the way a troll would spam a forum. It’s nice that Zamasu’s last gesture basically solidifies that he’d be a regular on 4chan. This flailing act of desperation destroys everything on the planet except for Goku and company, but the devastation is so severe that Beerus and Whis even feel it all the way over in their timeline. That might officially mark the first time that someone’s energy is so intense that it’s actually felt across timelines. That’ll give you one hell of a sense of déjà vu.

Matters seem pretty bleak during all of this and after Future Trunks’ impressive interpretation of the Spirit Bomb in the last episode, he’s pretty tapped out. Plus, how do you sword fight the entire universe? Furthermore, after the power drainage that was Vegito Blue, Goku and Vegeta are so strained that they can’t even turn into a regular Super Saiyan. For whatever reason, Goku believes a Senzu bean will be able to solve this problem. The bean is, of course, irrelevant, but what it does cause Goku to stumble upon is a heavy case of deus ex machina in his pocket.

Many people have been shouting about how Zeno’s “get out of jail” button would be pretty helpful in this multi-timeline disaster and Goku finally remembers that he has the damn thing and does exactly that. This is some vey hackneyed writing, but that was pretty much clear as soon as Zeno’s button was introduced. Besides, it’s not like this button is used to defeat Zamasu the initial time. Future Trunks cleanly defeats the obstacle in the last episode, this is all just gravy. It’s full of fat and it’s bad for you, but it’s gravy that’s meant to create suspense, all the same.

Goku pushes his button and Future Zeno promptly shows up to investigate what’s going on here. Goku explains their convoluted mess, but it’s pretty clear to Future Zeno that these guys are in big trouble. In fact, Zeno decides that all of this is so screwed up that he’s going to erase the entire timeline and wipe out every trace of Zamasu with it. The present timeline’s heroes all escape in time, whether via time machine or Gowasu and Supreme Kai’s teleportation abilities, but they’re safe and sound back home when Zeno cleans house and sweeps all of this under the cosmic rug.