The second season of ABC's spy thriller Quantico has built to an epic finale. A rollercoaster second season saw the Financial District blockaded and the G20 summit overtaken by a rogue CIA splinter group, who were searching for a cache of information containing intimate details about how the US and other countries reacts to terror attacks. When the multiple timeline format shifted and the focus became foiling the attacks perpetrated by collaborators with access to the cache, we learned the terrorists' ultimate endgame: to oust President Claire Haas and have Speaker of the House Henry Roarke ascend to the Presidency, where he can begin to reshape America the way the collaborators wanted. Terrifyingly, a number of the wants of these collaborators have reflected the current political climate.
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| Henry Roarke (played by Dennis Boutsikaris) |
Our heroes created a taskforce to fight against the tyranny that was growing, but in the last couple of episodes their failure has created shockwaves. Roarke has become President and now intends to pass the Muslim Registry bill Haas recently vetoed, and the collaborators attempted to create a 9/11-type terror attack to incite panic and generate support for such bold moves.
The taskforce capably prevented the attacks, but Roarke even managed to twist that to his advantage, exposing every member of the taskforce to the world by pretending they are an off-books terror prevention unit of his own making. There's no more pushing against the tide, there's no more hiding in the dark for our heroes: there's only one thing they can do to stop Roarke and the collaborators.
Expose them.
Episode 2x22 "Resistance"
And they have one episode to do it.
One episode to bring down the President of the United States of America, who is protected by the might of the United States of America, knowing very well that this is last chance saloon and, should they fail, Roarke will have them silenced very soon.
The promo delivers a chilling insight into how that will be done.
A Finale How A Finale Should Be Done
Even compared to most shows, Quantico has built to a uniquely enormous point. Not only is this because of the outcome of failure - if our heroes fail to undo Roarke and the collaborators then not only will they probably die, but a scary future will be unstoppable - but perhaps because this is all based on a very plausible, very scary reality. There's nothing Quantico has talked about in the build-up to this finale that couldn't very well happen in real life - only we don't have an Alex Parrish trying to fight back.
That's why I think the Quantico finale is going to be one of the best finales I've seen, because the most horrifying, high-stakes and intense finales are those that mirror or predict the world we live in and the world we will live in. But that's also why they're so rare: seldom do shows ever involve a storyline capable of building to such dramatic heights as this, with global consequences should our heroes fail.
As far as my life of TV viewing goes, I think only Person of Interest could hold a candle to the scales reached ahead of the final episode. And anyone who follows me on this roundup will know the esteem in which I regard Person of Interest.
So here's to hoping Quantico can deliver on its promise and round out what will likely be its final season with an unforgettable finale!
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