Written by James Eagan And Ray Utarmachitt
Directed by Jes Macallan
Buddy (to the Legends): "It's great seeing folks having a good time in the bowling alley again. How about a team photo?"
I have to admit the trailer to this one kind of filled me with dread. After the brilliance of the previously dark episode with Constantine on his descent to doom, I didn't want something overly light. Fortunately this episode struck a decent balance.
Sara, Mick, Astra and Spooner found themselves transported to a space bowling alley where the owner, Buddy was a kind old man but not in control of what happened in his established. Nope, the control was at the hands of the Pin Killers and they're an awfully competitive bunch.
Led by Mike the Strike (Nicholas Bishop), these competitive aliens hold planets prisoner when the competition loses, meaning that Sara and company not had to win their bowling game against the Pin Killers but if they lost, the Earth was definitely doomed.
Fortunately both Sara and Spooner were excellent bowlers. Mick and Astra, not so much but to make this even more tense was Astra having to be the one to bring the Legends to victory. Needless to say, Astra did just that and there's no doubt we'll likely see the Pin Killers at a later date for a rematch.
As for the rest of the episode, Constantine had everyone believing his magic came back naturally. The only person not fooled was Buddy, who just had to tell us the audience that Constantine would die. Given that we know he's on the way out, character wise, I actually would not be surprised if he is killed off by the end of this season.
As for Nate and Zari 1, they had a camping adventure that involved an annoying couple named Jeff and Jamie while Gary kept Ava distracted with wedding dress antics and Behrad assisted with some spellcasting with John. Everyone somewhat got something to do this week.
- Third time Nicholas Bishop has appeared this season as an antagonist character. Just the show trolling or s it leading to something?
- Spooner and Mick had some nice scenes mulling over their respective pasts.
- Ava should figured out something was amiss when Gary kept adding to her wedding dress.
- Chronology: 2021 Kansas and Alaska for this episode.
The Final Frame was a solid directorial debut for Jes Macallan. The A plot in the bowling alley was a pleasant surprise and the B plot with Constantine's erratic behaviour and what its leading to also worked.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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