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“Bisquik”

I loved the final scene of this season! I did not know that I needed it so much. 

The finale of the tremendous season was so very satisfying even though it was nowhere like I expected it to be. 

The whole standoff was done in like ten minutes. We did not get the final showdown between Roy and Dorothy. We did have a showdown, but it was not final nor was it as epic as I thought it was going to be.

Most of this episode would be considered falling action in the plot map. Basically, they wrapped up the conflict quickly and then they showed us where everyone woundup.

RIP to Deputy Witt Farr. I was yelling at the screen for him to shoot Roy in the head as he held the renegade sheriff at gun point. When Roy would not drop the knife he was holding, I was getting nervous and I was right to be nervous as Roy killed Witt with that knife. It was a shocking death that I did not expect and Dorothy’s reaction after was one of deep pain.

The episode was filled with great final interactions including Dorothy shooting Roy in the gut, Dorothy being so sweet to Gator, Dorothy reuniting with Wayne and Scotty, Dorothy’s hug with Lorraine, and Lorraine’s meeting with Roy in prison. But everything was building to the scene that I had no idea that I really needed.

Dorothy and Ole Munch… aka Oola Moonk. 

In a season of so much violence and anger, this soft and kind scene between the man and the tiger was so beautiful. Moonk was clearly thrown off his game by the manner of Dorothy and her family. When Wayne handed him an orange pop, the look on Moonk’s face was everything. The Sin-eater kept speaking to the past and the code, but Dorothy was having none of it. It was halfway to dinner and a school night so Dorothy said either wash your hands and help or do this another time.

The switch of scene to Moonk washing his hands was perfect.

And the look on his face after taking a bite of the biscuit ‘made with love’ was a perfect punctuation to the season. What a beautiful image. It truly filled my soul with hope and kindness. 

What a wonderful season finale. Honestly, I loved this and it was so unexpected that it caught me totally off-guard.