Shane is in an interview with a couple of detectives. They're
shaking him down and give him 48 hours to spill the beans on Mitch. They tell
Shane he's a scumbag who doesn't care about him and that if he doesn't
co-operate, he's going to prison. Andy, meanwhile, has found Yael (Meital Dohan).
The only problem is, she doesn't remember him. Silas is having more luck with
Megan and the two reminisce. He confesses to puncturing her condoms to try and
keep her with him and tells her she's the only girl he's ever loved... and
still does. She's pissed but admits that she might still love him too. They
kiss.
Doug, still back in Connecticut, complains that the Botwins,
his "real" family, don't care about him. The homeless man who claims
to be from the future tells him to forget about them because soon he will become
a very great man. Nancy and Conrad are at a dancing class. She's bought a plot
of land in the valley and wants to grow MILF there. Conrad tells her that it's
all owned by a gang and that she should leave town before they find out who's
back. I think we can all guess who's the leader of that gang...
Yep, it's Guillermo (Guillermo Diaz). He's really not happy to see her. He tells
her she shouldn't have come back. Last time we saw him he was being arrested,
but he got off. "This is business", she tells him. "No, blanca,
this is personal", he replies. Shane drops in on Mitch and tells him the
police want him to talk. Mitch pretends to know nothing, tells him he saved him
and advises him to do the right thing. Andy hasn't taken the rejection by Yael
well. He gets on the roof of the school and shouts to no-one in particular.
Guillermo tells Nancy that she assumed things would go back
to the way they were and pulls a gun. Conrad comes out and draws his gun too.
Nancy offers to make Guillermo a shareholder in their business and he drops his
gun. Doug, meanwhile, has a plan. What's the only better tax shelter than
charity? Religion. He claims that he was touched by god when the Mexicans
didn't kill him and that "this is gonna be the most awesomest fucking
cult, I mean, religion, in the world". The homeless man tells Doug he's
not really from the future but Doug tells him to sit down and shut up. Back at
the police station, Shane hands over his badge and refuses to talk. Mitch walks
in and tells Shane that it was all a set-up to see if he could trust him. He
passed and he's given his badge back.
At Conrad's wedding party, Silas re-introduces Nancy to
Megan and Nancy gives him some MILF seeds. Conrad asks Nancy if things will really
work out and she tells him "maybe we get lucky this time". Andy's
sitting, drinking by himself. Nancy asks him if he wants to leave and they
do... to go to the spot where Judah died. Andy tells her that she's kept him in
the wilderness, that she's bad for him. He tells her that he's done, adding that
he always wanted her but she never wanted him. He's leaving, saying that this
is how it ends. She asks him not to leave and kisses him. The two fall to the
grass and finally, after eight series, have sex. When they finish, he kisses
her and leaves, jogging down the pavement. She screams and calls out to him but
he doesn't stop going.
Now that's more like it! Finally, some actual plot
development after weeks of going nowhere. It looks like they're going to re-introduce
every single major character from the first few series as Nancy sets about
building her new business. You know, if they'd gotten round to doing this much
sooner, we could have had more good times reminiscing and her conflict and
eventual reuniting with Conrad and Guillermo could have been stretched out. As
it was, it felt rushed. Nancy all but sends Guillermo to prison and he forgets
about it at the drop of a hat. Cut out some of the bullshit in Connecticut
(Andy coaching the twins' derby team, Silas being approached by a tobacco
company, Nancy getting together with the boring Rabbi David) and we could have
had more episodes like this. After dawdling and kicking their heels with
pointless storylines (Andy getting married for ten minutes, Nancy trying to get
Stevie into a football club), they're suddenly trying to cram as much into the
last three episodes as they possibly can. Don't get me wrong, this is a good
episode but it reeks of "what might have been" and it's a shame.
As for the ending, well, at least they didn't fuck that up. After
almost ten years of pining and pawing after Nancy, Andy gets what he's always
wanted and he treats her exactly how she deserves. She's kept him on a leash
this entire time and when he's about to leave, she resorts to the only pull she
has left over him and sleeps with him. Andy doesn't stick around, hoping that
this means she has feelings for him, he just sees it for what it is: another
attempt by her to manipulate him. And for once, he doesn't fall for it. Good
for him. I don't like to say it, but she got what she deserved. She thought she
could keep on using him and she got burned.
They say you should never go back but clearly the lesson here
is don't leave it so long before going back. Moving to Agrestic/Regrestic a few
episodes ago would have been a much, much better idea. This episode was a real
pick-me-up and hopefully the show can go out on a real high now after weeks of
ambling along. Oh and I can't wait to see what's going to happen to Doug!
The best episode of the series so far. (Mostly) happy
reunions and Nancy finally gets her comeuppance.
8 out of 10.
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