Fiasco
The penultimate episode of AppleTV’s thriller begins with the group reconvening in the graveyard, right by Blake’s gravestone as agreed. Roddy shows up alone, with Cartwright showing not long after, out of breath and seemingly as quick as Roddy’s driving. What are the odds, eh?
Alan Black has confirmed that he remembers seeing Cartwright in secret and that they collaborated. However, he has not taken the photo with him because he is embarrassed.
Lamb and Cartwright head to Cartwright’s apartment intending to grab incriminating evidence. However, the rest of the team try to figure out if they can trust Lamb or not. They do so while sitting in a little café together. Why are the MI5 after these guys? The CCTV cameras should be checked. Ah well, onward. ..
But Curly is not interested in a peace treaty. He wants to take down Hassan and make his name as a powerful player in the game. With tears streaming down his face, Hassan begs the others not to let him die, but they don’t listen. They want to kill Curly and make their name as the best assassins in the world.
It’s touch and go for a while, as Roddy and the others work in the diner, trying to track down the vehicle that the Sons of Albion are using. At the same time, Lamb shows up in a separate car blaring out loud music and bringing it back to see MI5. It seems to work too, as he distracts all the guards and refuses to get out car. He wants to talk to big boss (that being Diana of course!) Nick shows up and he’s definitely not in mood for games. ..
Neither the kidnappers nor Hassan are responsible for his kidnapping. Hassan was the one who filled up the gas and paid for it, and he is concerned but ultimately he drives back on the road to parts unknown.
Diana confirms that Alan Black’s body has been found and she wants to pin the death on Lamb, but Lamb has plans of his own. In fact, he nonchalantly confirms there’s actually a bomb in the trunk of his car. Nick is the first one there, but in his absence, Cartwright heads off to get his incriminating picture back from Spider Webb.
The bomb is obviously a dud and unfortunately, Cartwright is captured. Oh, wait… no he’s not. Whoever it is that MI5 have taken downstairs, it’s definitely not River. He’s found the right file and he shows up before Diana with it, slapping down a file with the word ‘Fiasco’ over the front. What is this? Well, it’s Cartwright and Lamb’s trump card. ..
Meanwhile, the Sons of Albion continue to try and get Hassan to start joking, given that he is supposed to be a comedian. Unfortunately things don’t go as planned. After spitting truths about Albion’s racial ties, Curly starts laughing before turning to Zeppo and blowing his brains out. “Now that’s funny.” He says, slamming on the brakes. ..
The Episode Review
The MI5 is incompetence in the sense that they are not able to keep up with the fast-paced, high-stakes game Diana and her team are playing. The story has been a little bit like that in truth, depicting the MI5 as both incredibly competent and incredibly stupid.
We know the group use surveillance footage and across the season we’ve also seen MI5 tracking down Lamb’s whereabout very quickly, sending troops in to buzz around the general vicinity as soon as trouble occurs. But yet, they can’t send them into a little diner where Roddy and the others are working? I mean, it is possible but given we know they’re working the CCTV cameras, it does seem a little farfetched.
That’s to say nothing of Cartwright (who worked for the MI5 for a while and is well-known there by face) manages to outsmart all the security and sneak into Diana’s office while simultaneously using some sort of doppelganger. ..
I feel like there’s a lot of disbelief going on here, but it does feel a bit far-fetched that he could do this so easily.
The Hassan story feels like it’s gearing up for a big finale but right now all we’ve seen is this guy just being driven around for 2 episodes. All the pieces are here though for a bombastic finale to follow, so let’s hope this one closes out with a bang.
