The story starts with Cassie being asked by Dot to come with her. She shows her a classified photo of another blonde impersonator with Grace. I am not even kidding. The moment Dot said “from my time in Iraq”, I knew there was something shady going on with her. Grace said the exact same thing in the dying moments of episode seven, and Dot repeating the same thing within the first ten of episode eight cannot be a coincidence. And then the story unravels. Take into consideration the following clues and see where it goes. Sandal 33 in Dot’s bathroom, the picture from Iraq that is clearly the other half of the torn photo in Grace’s house, unrestricted access to Cassie’s and other files. Everything adds up.
Dot is right about Cassie as she reveals her true self. She somehow manages to trigger the alarm and the CIA agents walk in to arrest Dot on Benjamin’s instructions. She is being charged with treason and murder. Benjamin reveals that Dot had been selling access to CIA records for years. Her lies were finally caught when an officer mentioned to him that she was taking Cassie to her home, not the office. Now she has another problem to deal with – Davey. He does not pick up his phone until Jenny picks it up and says he is at her house. ..
Jenny tells Cassie that she knows what happened and that Bucky was just trying to help her. Cassie is confused and doesn’t believe her. Jenny then tells her that Bucky killed the killer from season one, which shocks Cassie even more. She asks Jenny what she means and Jenny starts to tell her story, but is interrupted by a knock on the door.
After being on the verge of dying, Davey comes from behind and strikes Jenny. Cassie completes the rescue by hitting her in the head. Post this, everything goes back to normal. Davey is back with Rick; Megan and her family are in witness protection under new identities; Cassie is back as a flight attendant; she also patches up things with her mom; and finally, Annie and Max are getting married.
The instant reaction to the scene in Dot’s house when she gets caught was one of disappointment. Disappointed because it seemed like the show was going to finally address the elephant in the room and then it didn’t. After the scene in Jenny’s house, it worsened. The season finale is a dampener on the good work done previously. The storylines are too conveniently closed off and I cannot emphasize “too” enough. ..
The writing is lazy and unappreciative of the character build-up. It so easily lets go of the strong tangents that the narration had built and kept under wraps so dearly. It leaves too many questions without answers, and our guessing work does not help. ..
Is Dot the other blonde from the photo she showed Cassie or is that photo fake? Why did Dot do all that? Was her only intention to earn more money – don’t the government jobs pay that well anyway? Why go through all that and put your reputation in jeopardy? And how does Cassie’s theory about grace in episode two bypassed here when it is revealed she was the impersonator? The list has the potential to swell if I really get to it.
The finale of season two left many questions unanswered, but it also left us with a compelling enough premise for a third season. However, the creators at Warner Bros. have not yet given us an answer to our questions and we are now left with high expectations for what could happen in season three. We will be reviewing the finale soon, but I can tell you that it won’t be as shiny as it once was!
