La Brea Season 2 Episode 7 1988 Recap And Review- The Fall Finale Ends On A Resonate Note Courtesy Of U2

The Fall finale is here, and it was a tightly bound nugget of saccharine goodness. La Brea Season 2 Episode 7 wrapped everything up while opening new doors to explore. La Brea lives and dies by its ability to connect with its viewers. Similar to Manifest, which is currently enjoying top-ten status on Netflix after it was resurrected from NBC’s scrap heap, La Brea knows exactly what it is and leans all the way into it. There aren’t any big surprises or unexpected plot beats. This sci-fi lite series with sometimes questionable effects and predictable story arcs is the time-jumping equivalent of a Lifetime holiday romance.

There are intriguing relationships, constant dangers, shadowy organizations, warring factions, and time jumps. It’s a lot for a show to juggle, but La Brea doesn’t even try to weave a tangled web of mystery like the brilliant German series Dark. Creator David Appelbaum understands La Brea is for the crowd that doesn’t want to strain themselves to be entertained. Its bubble gum and glitter and La Brea Season 2 Episode 7 was easily the best of the season.

Levi, Gavin, Eve, Izzy, Josh, Sam, and Riley are in 1988 and looking for Caroline. They are all together and back in the modern world, but the impending sinkhole and tidal wave are a big problem. Luckily they were able to use the radio Caroline left for Josh and Riley to find her. Using manpower and a prayer, they broke her out of where she was being held, but Levi was injured in the process. The love triangle is a distraction for him that almost gets him killed. But, like most injuries to significant characters, it was just a flesh wound. It gave Sam a chance to convince him that he should move on, though.

Caroline and Gavin also had the chance to talk about Gavin’s father briefly. She provided very little information beyond what we already know. He is deceitful and self-serving and not to be trusted. He is also one of only two people who can unlock doors to shut the system down and save the world from future sinkholes. For Gavin and his family, there is no going back now. Their only choice is 1988 or the Ice Age. Since Gavin is needed to get into the system, he has to go back, which means the entire family is going back too. The family will continue to grow together since Levi elected to stay behind in 1988. They can heal and begin finding their way back to each other.

This mess of emotions held all of the characters back, and I’m glad it looks to be ending in La Brea Season 2 Episode 7. Although I like Levi as a character, his connection to Eve was tedious and was a disservice to both Natalie Zea and Nicholas Gonzalez. If Levi finds himself somehow back in the Ice Age, I hope a new love interest is introduced to allow him to become something other than the side piece.

Sam and Riley had previously decided to return, hoping to one day find a way back to their family in 2022. The portals aren’t the only way through time; eventually, an alternative to the portals will present itself. It will undoubtedly be how our group can return home someday. What happens when the group goes back through the portal we can’t predict, but it’s bound to be more complicated than they think. Armed with Caroline’s virus, they have what they need to stop Gavin’s father and shut down the portals, but they are up against a better-equipped and more knowledgeable army, and that doesn’t even count Taamet and the Exiled.

Paara and Ty can’t catch a break. Not only is Ty dying of a terminal disease, but Paara’s ex-husband, who is less ex and more estranged, is Taamet, the influential leader of the Exiled. He is still in love with her and very dangerous. He also claims to know how to help Lucas, who is fading fast. Out of desperation, they agree to his terms, and the improbable duel between him and Ty begins. Taamet is strong, but Ty is smart, and they use his obsession and aggression against him. Ty wins, and Taamet gives them the cure for Lucas.

Lucas appears to be recovering, but Scott, who is always more naive than calculating, gets duped by Taamet. Scott thinks he made a deal to release Taamet if he throws the completion. This way, Lucas would get the cure, and Ty’s life would be spared. Taamet claims he let Ty win, and the remedy was missing one ingredient, so it won’t fully work. In typical shoot-first fashion, Scott believes him and Taamet run off without giving any extra ingredients. Whether he was lying about a missing component, we don’t know, but his parting words are ominous. He will make them all pay.

Lucas is regaining the use of his limbs but still can’t feel one side. We will have to wait and see whether this will take time or is permanent. For now, Lucas has dedicated himself to his budding relationship with Veronica and atonement. I have always been a Josh McKenzie(Lucas) fan. The shoehorned chemistry between him and Lily Santiago’s Veronica did not feel natural early on. But, now, there is something there to be built upon. These two are tough but fragile, wounded birds who have done things they regret and have seen more than they should have in their young lives.

Easily one of the best parts of La Brea Season 2 Episode 7 was the use of U2’s Bad. The ending had all the heartfelt sappiness I have been yearning for, and the gorgeous full guitar licks combined with Bono’s soaring voice perfectly captured the closing moments’ expectancy. The group will be back together, and there is a lot to be grateful for. New and newly rekindled love is on the horizon, and real hope has purchase. But, unfortunately, there are just as many problems as before. Gavin’s father’s group will stop at nothing to prevent the virus from destroying their system, Taamet wants revenge, and Gavin’s new troubling vision of Eve worries me. But he’s keeping that a secret for now. While we wait for La Brea to come back after the Fall break, find all our coverage here.