What I’m Watching: Last Resort

Last Resort: Season 1, Episode 10 “Blue Water” (C)

It seems like it’s quite easy for people to get off of the island and to wherever they need to go, and quickly. Sam and James found Christine without much trouble, and Hopper got into Kylie’s house without much effort. It was obvious that Sam wouldn’t be able to stay with Christine, and watching her car explode moments after deciding that he couldn’t come with her will definitely prove motivational. He should know that there’s never actually any time for emotional goodbyes, lest the bad guys arrive armed to the teeth before you can make your getaway. Seeing that Wes had in fact faked the explosion to keep Christine captive in his home wasn’t entirely surprising, and it just suggests that all this isn’t headed anywhere definitive anytime soon – which is a problem given the fact that only three more installments of this show will air. I recognized Jason Beghe, who played Karen’s husband Richard Bates on “Californication,” as soon as I heard him speak, and clearly Wes will now have a bigger role to play. The overcrowding of the prison and Marcus’ decision to let them all go, give or take a few lashes, is bad news for the stability of the crew. Accepting Chinese help means that Marcus is essentially declaring war on the United States, and there’s no way any of this ends peacefully. Where this show will go over the final three episodes is a mystery to me, and I do hope that there’s some sort of semi-satisfactory conclusion that lies ahead.