I found myself really disliking the first half of the finale, and then liking the second half. Jessie emerged as the hero, and how they ended up catching the demon I thought worked well. And it tied things up nicely, despite leaving questions about the mythology unanswered.
Here’s a few Lost spoilers because the parallels are just too much to ignore, so turn back if you must……..
I think the motive for the dark side was somewhat that of Lost’s smoke monster. And if you will, this camp was sort of like a cork keeping the darkness at bay from reaching the outside world and wreaking havoc. The light side (Holyoke) is like Jacob. Sort of the protector to make sure the darkness doesn’t get the chance to leave. It seems like Garrett will now be resuming that role since Holyoke is like completely gone (at least that’s what the writers said after the episode was over). So basically Holyoke was Jacob, the demon was the man in black, Garrett is Hugo (or you could even say Garrett is like Jack in the sense that he sacrificed himself, helped defeat the demon, and then reunited with his dead father in the afterlife), Jessie emerged as a Kate-type-hero figure (delivering the final blow and then being one of the few who make it out of the camp alive), and Blair and Drew were basically Rose and Bernard just floating through all this mess but not really having a major play in how it all ended haha. Now if only they had a dog…..
Liked:
– So much death.
– Lail’s acting as a crazy psycho demon actually was solid. “WHERE’S YOUR CAMP SPIRIT!”
– Jessie Tyler vs Marco Polo bathroom scene. Creepy and well done I thought.
– I enjoyed all the flashbacks in this episode, especially Blair and Cricket’s.
– The twist with Garrett actually being dead. Damn they got me! I thought it was just crap writing because I mean how on Earth could he be alive. But I dismissed it, and then they surprised me. So yay for that.
– The final goodbye for Jessie and Garrett. Ahh yes, Townie and Braces. I liked it. A little mushy, but I liked it.
Disliked:
– Still many questions about how the demon got there, and other mythology stuff, but I’m assuming they didn’t want to reveal everything if they had plans for future seasons.
– Cliche dumb cops who don’t know what’s going on and get killed in a matter of minutes.
– What about Amy’s actual soul? She didn’t go into the water at the end, and really got zero closure for her character as a whole. At least we got closure with Locke.
– Them running around the whole episode and hiding. Then just one by one “sacrificing” themselves for literally zero gain.
– Blair and Drew basically sent all those officers to a watery grave. Did they really think they would be able to help without, idk, explaining the situation to them (like there’s a crazy demon going around in the form of a blonde girl and killing everything in its path).
Overall I’d give the show a 6/10. It had many flaws and many cliches but it was still entertaining and had its good moments. Until the next season I’ll leave you with this:
“Nothing happens by accident, kiddo.”- Jack Sykes
“Everyone dies sometime, kiddo.”- Christian Shepherd