To say that the Jurassic World franchise faced a setback earlier this year might have you scratching your head in confusion. Commercially, Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) was a huge success, devouring over $860 million worldwide. But critically, it was an absolute disaster.
Sure, the film has its defenders but it’s widely considered one of the worst entries in the entire seven-film series. A terrible script, underdeveloped characters, and major retconning did it no favors. And now, another sequel has just landed, and, to paraphrase Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), like Rebirth, “it is one big pile of poop.”
The fourth and final season of Jurassic World: Chaos Theory is now streaming on Netflix, and it closes the door on both the animated side of the franchise and on a story that has always struggled to balance adventure with plausibility.
The series, which is aimed at younger audiences like its predecessor Camp Cretaceous, follows a group of teens navigating a world overrun by dinosaurs, a popular storyline that was established in the 2018 film Fallen Kingdom.
By this point, the five main characters — Darius, Kenji, Yaz, Sammy, and Brooklynn — have evolved far beyond ordinary teenagers. While they had already survived an unbelievable number of deadly dinosaur encounters in the previous eight seasons (between both shows), Season 4 presents them as practically invincible operatives, capable of taking on gigantic prehistoric predators with zero consequences.
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The show’s proximity to the live-action films might be fun, but it’s also very frustrating. Like the end of Season 3, the fourth season runs parallel with the events of 2022’s Jurassic World Dominion. But while characters such as Henry Wu, Lewis Dodgson, and Soyona Santos appear, the Nublar Six never cross paths with any main Jurassic World characters such as Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) or Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), despite the fact that we know they’re also running around in the same jungle and in the same facility in Biosyn Valley at the exact same time.
Season 4 even inexplicably mirrors many sequences from the film — dinosaur chases through Malta, aerial assaults above Biosyn Valley, and even events on the Hyperloop.
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Showrunner Scott Kreamer has repeatedly affirmed the series is canon with the films. By weaving characters into events from the larger Jurassic timeline, Chaos Theory certainly attempts to function as an integral part of the wider franchise, but we’re not convinced. Kids will probably love it, but longtime fans may struggle to accept it even as secondary canon, let alone primary.
Chaos Theory stars Paul-Mikél Williams as Darius Bowman, Darren Barnet as Kenji Kon (who was previously portrayed by Ryan Potter), Sean Giambrone as Ben Pincus, Kausar Mohammed as Yasmina “Yaz” Fadoula, Raini Rodriguez as Sammy Gutierrez, and Kiersten Kelly as Brooklynn (who was voiced by Jenna Ortega in Camp Cretaceous seasons 1 — 5).
All nine episodes of the final season are now available to watch on Netflix.
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