I think this show was a good show but I wasn't satisfied with this last episode. I didn't like the way it unfolded, it didn't feel right to me. Some parts were forced, some major questions remained unanswered and some parts were downright silly. Here are few examples:
(CAREFUL, SPOILERS ALERT!!)
- I was wondering the whole time how exactly did her husband get involved with these hardcore criminals. He was supposedly a good regular guy with a wife and two kids. The wife said they used to work together before her daughter was born so considering she's about seven years old something really BIG had to happen in those seven years that caused her husband to start working for them. I'm sure he was stressed with money considering he had a mortgage, a housewife and two children to support but that's not enough. What was the connection between them? Why did they even trust him? Was he threatened? What was the story behind that? We got zero answers about that.
- How could she not have known anything about it? She wasn't just a housewife, she's an accountant. And seemingly a good one so how could she be that clueless? It's not impossible I guess if you blindly trust your spouse but still. She wasn't even aware of their mortgage payments which is usually a very big thing.
- I didn't like it that there was no explanation for her husband behavior of stealing the money. Why on earth would he do this? This is a huge risk for a guy with two kids. Taking it for yourself cause you want to go on the run is very very dangerous but giving it to charity is downright ridiculous if you ask me (maybe kind but still stupid). Was he some sort of a genius or was he really that dumb? Cause stealing from this crime family with all their money and connections and considering how ruthless they are is both dangerous and stupid if you ask me. I really wanted to understand him. I was very unhappy that we got no explanations. I was really missing his side of the story and it could have been done in a way of a flashback or a letter or an explanation from a close friend he confided with. We have absolutely no clue to what motivated him. All we know is that he was a good person but how can you be a good person and launder money for criminals while putting your family at risk? It doesn't add up. The story revolves around the wife but it all started with her husband. Very frustrating not to get a decent background story on him!
- I wasn't satisfied with the resolution of this story. It was done in a way that the main characters did not clash with each other in the end. I wanted to see the confrontations, the admissions. So we basically assume that this hotheaded guy decided to kill her husband in the middle of a huge deal his uncle was doing cause he was jealous. He couldn't have waited another day? I don't know. It didn't feel right to me.
- There were other things that felt forced to me like the fact that he even asked her to help him with the container business. Why would he trust her and how helpless is he that he can take care of a small issue like that? He just handed her all the details. Felt forced. Also when she was given permission by the guard to look around for the container cause sure, that make sense. Also the way they got this big shot criminal was that he forwarded unclean money to his daughter cause "he didn't want to risk a divorce"? Give me a break! And he let her do that? Really? Makes no sense. Either he's a very smart, untouchable criminal that can afford to pay for an island or he's that dumb to take such huge risk. I didn't buy it. Same with her criminal record btw, that popped out of nowhere and all we know is that it probably wasn't her fault but again, no real idea what happened there. Her father was almost beaten to death and the parents decided to punish her even though she had nothing to do with this? Why? What was the story there exactly? Again, we don't really know which makes this whole thing feels forced.
- It is also implied that she deliberately gave them time to kill her husband's killer by not sending the word "delivered" in time. This is a very strange way for police to conduct an operation. They send her in with a microphone, they don't follow her or the other people. She has time to sit around and write a eulogy while the cops are just sitting around waiting in their offices? Not buying it. She couldn't have known for sure the uncle was going to kill him. He could have captured him and tortured him or whatever. Also, the whole container story is a little ridiculous in the first place if you ask me.
- We also don't get to find out what happened to this family. Clearly they were moving out of their house cause they were carrying luggage but are they really going into WitSec? Doesn't look like it. Are they safe now cause the big criminal was taken away in handcuffs to the police station? It seems a little too easy. Usually these criminals are so dangerous because they have a whole network of connections and people and money and everything they need to overcome the police and to get back at those who betrayed them (even from jail, that's why they're so dangerous). I'm not a police officer or a criminal mastermind but the way the police was acting the entire show and especially in the end didn't feel right to me. Oh and I just HAVE to point out how MORONIC it is to put a million dollars necklace on the neck of a seven year old. That's NOT cute that's downright STUPID! Seems to me that through out the show, the characters were not behaving in a coherent way. Are they smart or are they stupid? And that includes everyone from her husband to herself to the criminals to the police. It's all over the place.
-Lastly, I have to say that I totally understand that she loved her husband but he left her in a huge dangerous mess, not to mention lying to her for a very long time so I think a little anger should have been expressed at some point but it seemed she was sure he was the best person in the world so again how is it all working out, I just don't know.
So these are the major issues I had with the show. Most of them could have been resolved in this last episode. I think it should have been wrapped up in a better way so that's a shame because I was invested in her story. It was like one housewife against the world.
So to sum up, while definitely not the worst ending to a show, it wasn't a great one either. The main story was good, the acting was really good and the production was good but more clarity and attention to details was needed.
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