3x06 Do Not Sleep

There were a few things that seemed iffy:

The fact that Marissa and Hanna immediately trusted Terri.

• I guess Hanna would've recognized her from when she was in The Meadows and because of the whole "texting the trainees their orders as the mother/father" thing. She would also know Terri's on their side by how she helped in three instances:

When she texted Hanna about Sandy; and how she's back to her tricks in the premiere.

Warning Hanna that Pioneer knows about her and Marissa in the second episode.

When asked by Hanna for Sandy's location at the end of the third episode, she told Hanna.

• As for Marissa, because of what Charmichael texted her in the second episode, she knows someone in Pioneer could be on their side. But, come on. She wouldn't have known it was Terri, let alone that the person who showed up in front of them was Terri.

Then again, as far as the latter is concerned, Marissa knew her name; she said it in the car with her. As much as I seem to jump to the assumption of plot convenience, they may have met in the second season. But I don't remember at all.

No matter how you spin it, Hanna and Marissa, trusting Terri immediately: was stretching it a little too much. At the very least, there should have been some hesitancy involved.

The Chairman, going out in the field himself. Of course, we all know why, writing-wise. But that was still iffy.

Terri, being the one to bring the message to Ethan. For all Marissa knew, Terri could've been playing her. That was a dumb move, but we know the reasoning behind it, writing-wise. Still iffy.

Sandy's death.

• I don't get why the writers had her killed. It's like they hinted at this rivalry between her and Hanna at the start of the season, making you think that they'll face off and it'll end in her death. That happened two times, yet she survived the first one, making you think she'll end up dying in the next one. Which she did, but Hanna didn't do it.

• There was the slow build of Sandy's mental and emotional state from killing Anne, reaching the point of hallucinating her. The writers made a point of showing all of that, yet it's like none of it mattered. If it did, Sandy wouldn't have raised her gun.

• So, either my theory is correct: that Sandy wanted to die so she wouldn't have to live with the haunting guilt of killing Anne and her unborn child, or the writers killed her for no reason, besides maybe wanting all three "bad guys" (her, The Chairman, and Brianna) to be dead.

And lastly, the reason for Marissa's death. It seems like the best writing for how Marissa will get shot that the writers came up with was for her to be dumb and try picking up the radio. I guess shooting The Chairman first and then picking up the radio was too much to ask: huh, Marissa? Embarrassing.

But, as expected: this series finale was bittersweet. For me, there were two or three reasons for that:

Marissa's death. I'm not sure if it was predictable for other people. But I was expecting it to happen. There were feelings of death flags for her throughout the season. And the title of this final episode also gave off the impression that she'll die, or someone will.

• Her death was bittersweet. I thought she was one of the top characters in this show. Especially in this final season, alongside John Charmichael. And while I think her death, as bittersweet as it was, added more to this series finale than it would've had without it, I'm also disappointed. Just like I was with Charmichael's death. But it is what it is.

The ending. Yeah, it was a "happy ending," so to speak. Hanna, Abbas, and Nadiya were all fine. None of them died. But the fact that Hanna left by herself, and wasn't able to be together with Abbas, at least for a certain amount of time, was bittersweet.

And the third reason wasn't as prominent as the first two, but I'll include it anyway: Sandy's death. Most people probably ended up hating her in this season if they didn't already and likely glad that she "got her comeuppance."

• I thought she was more likable in the second season. And I thought Jules was a little dislikable. In my review of this season's premiere, I entertained the possibility that those roles will switch in this final season because I thought Jules was more likable, while Sandy was a little dislikable.

• And it did, somewhat, so I can understand why people may have begun hating Sandy and wanting her to die. But while I didn't like her in this season as much as I did in the second season, and she got on my nerves a little bit, her death was bittersweet.

I find it interesting how this series finale, as the season finale of the second season, was the most decent episode of the entire season. In this case, I think it's even better because this is the series finale and not the season finale.

Even though there were things that I thought were a little iffy or was disappointed by, this series finale was a decent end to the show. As much as I thought this show was underwhelming and not as good as it could've been, as well as being sarcastic about certain things that were convenient or ridiculous, I'll miss this show. It was entertaining enough.