Unfortunately, the Big Sky Twitter account was tweeting behind-the-scenes photos all day yesterday, including one of Cassie, Cormac, Emily, and Denise at the mine shaft. Having seen that, there was absolutely no tension.
Despite that, I really enjoyed everything Cassie/Cormac - especially Sunny’s implied blessing in her last conversation with Cassie, and teared up at Cormac meeting Walter. Glad to check in with Tonya and Donno, too, although I didn’t realize we hadn’t seen the characters at all until they popped up.
But, a big frustration: By the end of the season, Emily has discovered a dead body, has been threatened, abducted, held hostage, psychologically tortured, seen a man killed in front of her for trying to help her, spent an extended period of time in an enclosed space with that man’s corpse, is hidden and left for dead, is rescued but now knows that her stepfather was killed in an attempt to save her life.
And Emily’s dad, who moved across the country to continue being a part of her life, is totally fine with her moving back across the country now that she’s traumatized and there’s no stepfather to compete with? I’m sure her mourning mother will be able to give her all the support she needs, and there would be absolutely no benefit for Emily to have a parent around that’s also experienced violence, traumatic loss, and (seeming) survivor’s guilt.
I liked the character of Beau until the finale, and think Jensen Ackles did a great job with what he was given, but to throw away his character’s entire season-long motivation in a couple of minutes? I’m sure there’s excitement that Beau might return for a season 4, but they’d almost be starting from scratch in characterization.
