Driven by a terrifying Calling, Michaela and Ben must overcome massive obstacles to try to save the passengers, their family and possibly the world.

Well, I said in my last review that the writers had set themselves a very tricky line to walk with the way the narrative had panned out between the increasingly overt religious direction of travel and the new angle of passengers being openly targeted by their own governments and law enforcement agencies as well as the public. Did they manage to stick the landing in this double bill finale instalment?

Hmmm, good question.

Cal turning up at Eureka at the end of the previous episode, directed there by his burns and by the efforts of the increasingly scary Angelina was a shock to be sure, but it’s nothing compared to some of the stuff that goes down here.

First up, let’s address the fact that a small child was able to wander into a top secret government facility. Then let’s further address that Vance here pretty much seems to forget that he’s mad at Ben for a whole variety of reasons and reverts to basically doing whatever he wants, in the face of objection from his immediate superiors and the US government.

Michaela meanwhile is plagued by some extremely disturbing visions in her latest calling, which seem to suggest that someone is going to get seriously hurt. Her investigation is somewhat hampered by her having turned in her badge and quit as a cop, though not as much as you might expect as once she’s exhausted Jared’s patience Drea is just super happy to help in whatever way she can.

The trail leads, inevitably, to a passenger though not one who’s been the focus of anything for a while but the question is whether they themselves are the threat, or simply the one who knows who is and what they’re planning.

Eagan meanwhile is still causing trouble of his own, stirring up a group of the passengers to take action that will hurt Ben Stone, though not as directly as you might think. Ben has an ankle monitor and is under house arrest though, so he can’t possibly get involved, right? Well, you’d think but then the writers just do a very dumb bit of handwavium so he can dramatically run around the place per usual.

It all just keeps relentlessly pushing forward and doing increasingly weirder and weirder stuff until it becomes quite clear that any sense of restraint or nuance has been thrown out of the window in favour of a kitchen sink approach to ending the season. By the end, a LOT has happened, including things that didn’t seem likely, things that make little sense and things that just flat out introduce a whole lot of new, pressing questions as to exactly what the hell is going on.

The final shot really emphasises this, as something completely off the charts just happens and then the screen fades to black and the credits roll. If this one gets another season, all bets are off.

Verdict: A bumpy, often confusing and certainly bold finale to what’s been a very uneven season. It feels by the end that almost every genre trope has been thrown at the wall, though I’m not sure how much of it sticks. 6/10

Greg D. Smith