Surface
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Are you picturing it?
Are you excited about whats to come next week?
Things need to progress and evolve in an engaging way, andSurfacedid not deliver on that front.
Throughout the season, I thought several times that the show would have worked better as a limited series.
Clearly, there are more twists to come, so why hold them back?
As the credits rolled on the finale, many questions remained: Who is Sophie, really?
Why, exactly, did she jump?
Whats up with her horse obsession?
How did she find that random ghost memory girl in the hundreds upon thousands of pubs in London?
IfSurfacenever gets picked up for a second season, we wont get answers to any of these questions.
In fact, it kind of makes me furious.
But lets start at the beginning, shall we?
The top of the episode deals with the fallout from Badens completely unnecessary death.
Honestly, she would have probably bolted anyway.
Memory loss or no, the urge to flee is in her bones.
Hes investigating the case, but he also knows that Sophie and Baden had a past.
This seems very much like a question that someone anyone should have asked in the very first episode.
She had the power to remember simply by dunking her head underwater the whole time?
!THE WHOLE TIME?
!This turn of events is very frustrating, but sure, whatever.
Whos to say?)
Eventually, the bag is found, but Sophie is not.
A long, painful interlude unfolds in which James starts to lose his mind a bit.
He mourns the loss of Sophie, but also seems to realize that shes probably still alive.
James is confused, but he knows where to start looking.
She taunts James by alluding to Badens death and telling him that he deserved to lose her.
The video continues in voice over as Sophie unveils her motivations like a villain monologuing in a Bond movie.
He is determined to find her and protect her from whatever she finds in London.
The woman recognizes her and runs out into the street to intercept her.
she shouts, What are you doing here?!
Will we ever find out?
That depends on the grace of Apple TV+ and whether or not they green-light a second season.
The wardrobe mirroring was effective in showing how attached and rooted he is to his wife.
Thanks so much for following along with me throughout this season ofSurface!
Maybe Ill see you on the other side.
