Does Chase Survive Dispatch? The Truth Behind the Finale

Spoilers for Dispatch episode 6 ahead. If you are still catching up, this is your exit. For everyone else: yep, that ending probably made your stomach drop too.

So... did Chase die?

The episode tries to play it coy, but no — Chase is gone. Invisigal goes off on a solo mission, it goes sideways, and Chase steps in. The cut and the aftermath feel ambiguous for a beat, but Invisigal's reaction all but spells it out. It is the sad answer.

Who Chase was — and why this one hits harder

From the start, Chase is not just some random geriatric with a chip on his shoulder. Robert knows him well. Back in the day, Chase was Track Star, the youngest member of the Brave Brigade — the superhero team led by Robert's father. Being the kid on the squad also made him Robert's unofficial babysitter. In the present timeline he is a cranky old man, sure, but also a loyal friend to Robert, which is why the finality of this one stings.

The power that burned him out

Chase's speed isn't free. Every time he taps into it, his body ages 50 times faster. That is not a cute side effect — it is a hard cap on your lifespan. He figured it out too late, stopped using his abilities to stop the clock, and lived with the damage already done. At this point in the story, one more run is basically a suicide note, and he knows it. He still squares up for one last dash and drops the old line.

'Keep up,'

It lands extra heavy because there is nothing anyone can do to keep up with what using his power is about to cost him.

Why saving Invisigal matters

Chase does this for Invisigal despite having some deep, long-running resentment toward her. That friction has been there, and it would have been easy for him to look the other way. He doesn't. He saves her anyway and dies as Track Star — the hero version of himself he probably hoped he'd already left behind. If you are tempted to be mad at Invisigal, I get it, but the show is clear: she was trying to do the right thing too. The tragedy is baked in.

How old was he, actually?

This is the part that messes with your head. Early on, Chase says he's 39. When Robert runs into him at SDN, he looks about 80. Both are true in a way: mentally, he's still that late-30s guy; physically, the power has chewed through him. That dissonance is what makes his final choice feel both inevitable and unfair.

The aftermath, in plain terms

• Then: Young Chase joins Robert's father's team, the Brave Brigade, as Track Star and ends up around Robert a lot.
• He learns the catch: using his speed ages him 50x faster, so he largely quits to slow the clock.
• Now: He is gruff but loyal, looks elderly, and has history with Invisigal he hasn't forgiven.
• Episode 6: Invisigal goes solo, gets in over her head. Chase uses his power one last time to save her.
• The show doesn't show a body, but Invisigal's devastated reaction confirms it: Chase doesn't make it.
• He exits as a hero, and his last act is about giving Robert the shot at a normal life he never had.

Final word

Chase's fate was written the minute we learned how his power works. The show just waited for the most brutal moment to cash it in. It hurts because it should — he goes out doing exactly what he always did: running toward the danger so someone else doesn't have to.