The Sparrows decide to get their revenge on Ann, Summers learns exactly who has been leaking information, and Ian makes a decision about his future.
I came into this final episode with moderate expectations, but with several questions I wanted answers to. One, was Franklin's story going to amount to anything? Two, what would Ann's revenge be? Three, would the dealers be caught, and four, would Summers nail his crooked colleague.
I just wish the rest of series two had been this standard, I've struggled with it at times, but I'll concede that this final episode was excellent. They've managed to conclude most of the various threads pretty well. The questions I had, I mostly got the answers I wanted.
Finally Summers comes through as a character, up until now he'd been a bit dense, a little bit slow on the uptake, and totally in Ian's shadow, he came through. Stephie certainly came through, Monica Dolan was terrific if course, Ann has certainly been a piece of work.
Franklin's story still seemed pointless in the scheme of things, it would have been better if he wasn't included. We didn't really get much in the way of Ryan's story, no reason why he did what he did.
It's people like Ian who terrify me in politics, the turn the other cheek brigade, those that simply won't punish those that break the law, regardless of age, crime is crime.
It hasn't been perfect, so many potholes and underdeveloped threads, but as a closing episode, it did the job well.
A strong series finale. I think this needs to end here now though, please no third series.
8/10.
