Quick Summary: The Struckers opt to protect their family blood or not no matter the cost as Lorna becomes like her blood in order to build a new world in the gripping and intense finale.
Family Is the Ultimate Power: This literally is what the show has been about- family whether blood related or not. For the Struckers the episodes force them to have a complete turn around as they not only shoot at humans but let their children kill in order to save the rest of the family. It was never about not letting Lauren and Andy use their powers or acting like mutants it was about when to use them. You don't go blatantly kill people but when you are attacked and every member of your surrogate family is fighting to survive you do what you have to. The Struckers realized that it was a war and in war horrible things happen and young people go off to fight that war. This completes the great arc that was started for Reed and Caitlin in the pilot. They are now leading the mutants and it seems even with Andy going dark they still will. Lauren and Andy's bond proved destructively powerful. Got to believe that the Hellfire Club will want Lauren to join next season and will do whatever in their power to get her on board. Marcos and Lorna losing each other was so sad breaking apart another family. We started the season with Lorna and a male Strucker away from the Underground and we end that way. Nice full circle.
Can You Feel the Thunderblink: Now it has only been a few short days since Dreamer's death so getting John and Clarice together already would seem icky and not right. Luckily Blair Redford and Jamie Chung have such a nice chemistry and by golly just make it work.
The Conference: Using kids as shields shows your character but so does not caring that kids were used as shields.
Every Character/Actor Has a Moment: With a large cast, major action and a plot to move along it would be understandable if someone got short shifted but not with these eps. A few to point out here. Hayley Lovitt's Sage, Jeff Daniel Phillips' Fade and Jermaine Rivers's Shatter have special scenes esp Lovitt who has a few lines to get the audience to see why Sage goes dark. That twist was perfect at the end because while we knew Polaris and Andy would turn bad we didn't expect Sage.
Sharon Gless's return as Mama Strucker was perfect. I would love to see her guest star again. Check out Gless's other work as well from Burn Notice to Cagney and Lacey to the Trials of Rosie O'Neil. The woman made the female lead drama role what it is.
Amy Acker and Stephen Moyer get some quality time putting humor in with the donuts scene to drama with Mama Strucker and Andy to kick-ass action stars. Once again I say they have the hardest jobs because they have to be the humans and be on the side of reason. Here they got to evolve the characters more and the season ended with some meaty material for next year for them to play off of.
Percy Hynes White and Natalie Alyn Lind have perfected the sibling chemistry and they also got a chance to showcase they frustration and despair as White reviled in this new Andy that has always been humming under the surface. Lind, trying to save her brother as Lauren, had her conflicting emotions on her face. She knew how hard this was for him but couldn't let him go all evil.
Sean Teale was so raw and pained as he tried to convince Lorna to do the right thing. Emma Dumont showed the conflicting thoughts in Lorna's mind but made it understandable why she was feeling the power of her bloodline. All season long these two have been the best scene partners ramping up each character moment together.
Always Leave the Audience Wanting More: Where will the Underground call home? Will it still take place in Atlanta? This is a Civil War blooming here, will more join the Hellfire side? What happens next to Jace?
Small Nitpicks: One thing the show is going to have to be careful of next season is not missing out on golden opportunities. Dreamer could have been made a hound and John could have had to fight to get her mind back. Pulse could have been used by SS in the finale to stop the Mutants from fighting (but Lauren and Andy could have had to combine them and fight through it all). The last scene was amazing but as an audience we knew it was coming (Sage reveal really saved it) but we needed some even bigger OMG moment. With the leads being Acker and Moyer it would have been amazing if Reed found out (to himself) that some of his powers were coming back. Or if Caitlin went to cry in the bathroom about Andy and then starts holding her head as a voice talks inside (because she is actually Emma Frost but doesn't realize it, I mean why the blonde hair if not for a big reveal later). With having to wait so long to see it again the show needed something huge to have people talk and get others to start to watch.
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