Who noticed that coming?
For a season finale, Fireplace Nation Season 1 Episode 22 hit all the best notes within the first three-quarters of the hour however then went downhill within the final quarter.
It was action-packed, thrilling, and touched on some storylines that had been ignored for the higher a part of the second a part of Fireplace Nation Season 1, however in establishing a cliffhanger felt like we have been again to sq. one.
What’s so disappointing was the very fact that there have been 1,000,000 and one methods this might have gone, but they went that manner.
However earlier than attending to the unhealthy, let’s unpack what transpired.
It appeared that Eve had healed and moved on from previous trauma as a result of she was courting once more. Or at the least she tried to.
Whereas one wasn’t significantly invested in how this relationship would end up as a result of we had simply met the brand new lady, it was disappointing that she was one of many few characters not in a secure relationship.
Mel got here out of nowhere, and just like the mudslide, she wrecked every part in her path.
She will be termed in a single phrase as being incompetent at greatest.
There’s something to say about Fireplace Nation and its incompetent investigators. Keep in mind the bridge rescue investigator?
Mel was even worse. She got here in with a idea, laid it in entrance of Bode, and similar to that, he agreed to vary his story. What transpired was blackmail, and that should not be authorized as a result of it wasn’t moral.
Whereas Bode is understood for going to bat for the folks he loves, this was simply so out of character.
When he returned to camp, he discovered Manny ready for him, armed with a grave allegation. Typical of Bode, he fought the accusation as greatest he may by telling the reality irrespective of how wild it sounded.
Bode: It must be Sleeper, man. He advised me that our beef was not over.Manny: Are you able to inform me how a dude in jail may orchestrate a drug take a look at swap her in camp as a result of I am having an actual arduous time understanding what that appears like.Bode: He clearly has a foothold right here. May have been one in all his guys.
Even when Manny did not imagine him then, he later got here to see the reality.
Being accused of working a drug ring was additionally severe, and Bode not placing up a protection was what felt odd about the entire affair.
Many characters have been by way of some unbelievable stuff by way of Fireplace Nation Season 1 however by no means did anybody roll over and take it. They fought one of the best they may.
And possibly the season finale was at all times set as much as fail since that they had a number of storylines to wrap up, or else the season would really feel odd.
Foremost was the overall story centered on Sharon’s kidney for a very long time.
We have been below the impression that the kidney drawback was pressing and that it might be unhealthy if she did not get a transplant.
But after Jake did not be a match, they forgot about it till this hour once they wanted to offer Luke a redemption arc.
Regardless of the consequence, Luke was a creep and wanted to grasp that about himself. He had been desensitized to his conduct by Walter for therefore lengthy that he thought it was acceptable to go behind his brother’s again and make plans with Sharon.
For somebody identified to harbor unholy emotions for Sharon, his interactions along with her ought to have been chaperoned if in any respect they wanted to occur.
However why does that matter when he can supply a wholesome kidney?
You suppose donating a kidney is gonna erase what you probably did?
Vince
There additionally wanted to be an emergency, and whereas the mudslide was a terrific one, it dragged on for a lot too lengthy.
Seeing it occur was wild. Inside lower than a minute, a hill was nearly leveled off, and the mudslide trashed every part in its path.
Lots was occurring throughout the mudslide, which made all of it that thrilling to observe.
By nature, it was as dangerous as a fireplace as a result of it denied its sufferer oxygen, and similar to a fireplace grows, the mud was hardening with each passing minute decreasing the possibilities of survival for the victims.
It is at all times unhappy when persons are in such a state of affairs, however the stakes change into a lot increased when kids are concerned.
Between Janey and Dylan, it felt like we have been experiencing the mother and father’ anxiousness in actual time. It was solely after Janey was pushed away in an ambulance whereas Dylan was reunited together with his dads protected and sound that one may breathe a sigh of aid.
And even then, there was at all times the hazard of creating the flawed step or one other mudslide getting triggered.
It had all of the makings of a terrific emergency, however with how a lot was occurring, it consumed an excessive amount of time.
The whole lot else needed to be squeezed into lower than fifteen minutes making the finale appear rushed.
Sharon and Luke have been delivering the kidney information to Vince one minute, and the subsequent, Bode was locked in a cell.
In between, a bombshell was dropped concerning the potential of Bode being a father, and there wasn’t sufficient time to get a response from Jake and even Cara herself.
Fireplace Nation was marketed as a present about redemption, and we tuned in each week to see how the journey unfolded.
Many individuals had made lots of sacrifices to make sure that Bode received the numerous probabilities he had gotten, but he threw all of it away.
Who’s keen to wager that if he’d fought, the investigator would have needed to current an precise case she did not have? All she had was a narrative and a menacing posture.
I imagine you might be working a drug recreation at Three Rock, Mr. Leone. Hear, you have received a few choices right here, OK? When you skirt justice on this listening to at present, all you might be doing is prolonging my investigation and preserving Freddy’s case in limbo. You settle for the blame; my investigation ends.
Mel
It felt like we returned to not sq. one however zero as a result of Bode was now again in jail.
Each phrase Bode mentioned after the mudslide rescue did not really feel like him.
Did he spend greater than two seconds interested by the consequences of his determination?
He can be letting down his whole household and buddies as a result of he needed to play the silent hero.
To have a lot privilege you may upend your whole life for a lie is wild, and my thoughts cannot compute that.
Not too long ago, camp’s modified. All it takes is one unhealthy dude to contaminate a spot as particular as Three Rock. The reality is, that unhealthy due is me. I relapsed right here at camp, and it snowballed. There isn’t a one else guilty. I alone take full accountability.
Bode
It felt just like the writers needed to do one thing wild for the season finale, and as an alternative of killing off a vital individual to Bode as different regular writers do, they did that.
Is it wild to suppose they did not anticipate a second season and thus did not map out the present’s path for various episodes? As a result of it certain felt prefer it.
Whereas many season finales create intrigue and depart viewers questioning what’s to return, Fireplace Nation Season 1 finale left a nasty feeling and a nasty style.
What did you suppose? Was that ending one thing you would stay with till Fireplace Nation Season 2? Will Freddy attempt to assist Bode, or will he take pleasure in his freedom and household?
Chime into the dialog within the feedback part.
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