Suicide Squad post-credit scene explained: What the mid-credit scene means for future DC films

** Spoilers ahead **

(Clay Enos)

If you’re going to see Suicide Squad in the near future, don’t leave the cinema when the credits start rolling. Whether you agree with the critics’ scathing opinions or not, the mid-credits scene is, as previously reported, pivotal for the upcoming slate of DC films.

(It should be noted that there is no post-credit scene, i.e. at the very end of the final credits. This is merely the mid-credits scene, i.e. after the first wave of rather wonderfully animated credits.)

For those who have watched the film (or aren’t going to the cinema), and are wondering what it all means, step no further as we break down what *that* meeting means for future films. Obligatory spoiler warning.

What happens in the mid-credits scene?

Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), arguably the film’s stand-out character, is sat in a restaurant asking for hep in brushing the whole Suicide Squad incident under the rug from non-other than Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck).

The multi-billionaire agrees but only in exchange for information on certain meta-humans; The Flash and Aquaman who will feature in the upcoming Justice League film.

As Wayne leaves the restaurant, he’s questioned about why he is interested in the information, responding with a slightly strange line about wanting to find ‘friends’. He also says that if she doesn’t ‘shut it down’ someone else will while Waller tells him to ‘stop working nights’.

What does this mean for the Justice League?

A lot, as the scene acts as connective tissue between Suicide Squad and the upcoming ensemble film.

First, it shows how Wayne is pursuing the other meta-humans he saw in Lex Luthor’s files in Batman v Superman. Batman doing detective work, who knew? It’s definitely a good sign for upcoming films, as Batman doing detective work is an integral characteristic of Batman's and has been severely underserved in previous film incarnations of the character.

Second, it establishes that people, in this scenario Waller, knows Bruce Wayne is the caped crusader; it’s heavily implied from the ‘stop working nights’ line and other tidbits that she knows exactly who he is. Earlier in the film, she also says how Deadshot was caught by The Bat after she offered the hero something, which makes more sense if she has an existing relationship with Wayne.

Their relationship also works vice-versa; he quite obviously knows she formed a reckless villainous squad to defeat Enchantress and is responsible for what happens in the film. How this will play out in the future will be interesting.

Obviously, the main point of the entire sequence is mainly to get people excited for Justice League which comes out next year. Fingers crossed the film is better received than Suicide Squad which has been heavily criticised by reviewers.