Helix Season 2 Finale "O Brave New World" Review

In arguably the most massively scaled Helix episode, we've finally reached the finale of this twisted gem of a season. I say "massively" not so much as an emphasis on the episode having a huge climatic moment (like some of the past episodes), but mainly because of how many things actually take place in this one episode. It's quite a bit to take in once the Ilaira stuff starts to hit pretty hard. I honestly had to take my time with this episode a bit more than the others trying to piece together what everyone was saying to each other. So much like my Season 2 premiere review being more of a compilation of scattered thoughts, I ironically may have to do the same here.

Continuing on from such an intense ending with last week's episode of Helix, we find out that Julia did in fact shoot Alan before he could make the first move. Surprisingly enough we find Julia trying to stitch his constantly bleeding neck wound telling him that he tried to shoot her first. I honestly wasn't expecting this type of follow up, but that's why I love this show. There's a surprise around every corner (and "Boy is this episode full of them!"). You can tell from Alan's face while Julia is stitching him up that he still isn't finished with his task at hand. Alan isn't given much to do this entire episode, but his thoughts about Ilaria and Julia's plans on using "Mother" to control the population leads him to to a very significant moment in this episode.

Helix [S2] Ep. 12: "The Ascendant" Review

In one of the most darkest intros of the series, we see Peter's descent into darkness as he brutally disposes of Winger's body along with her squad with the help of Anne. If that wasn't twisted enough, we see him and Anne in the shower having sex directly after (while they're still covered in a little blood). My reaction to this was a strange mixture of shocked and understanding. I was shocked obviously on a visual surface level watching these two chop off body limbs and make out right after. However, my understanding comes to this scene as showing a sort of release for Peter's pressure building direction throughout the series. I remember in past episodes of the season always thinking how something big was going to happen to Peter after being shut down from everyone in and out of the pit. This in a sense is sort of Peter's absurd and psychotic "reward" for holding up all this time. Looking at it