I kind of can’t believe this spin-off series is somehow on it’s fourth season. While it has parts that are extremely over dramatic and corny, I am still totally enthralled by these people’s fictional interpersonal lives. Get ready for a whirlwind of a season!
Everyone really got their time to shine this season, but I think it was all leading up to a romantic finale – the Tarlos wedding! Too bad they couldn’t just let it be that. I think that would have been really nice, but more on that later. The season starts with Owen getting involved with some radical biker gang and then the FBI to help take them down. That did mean we got more Neal McDonough guest starring spots, and I’m all for that. Marjan goes through some tough life lessons and almost gets murdered by a violent man hellbent on revenge. She ultimately reaccepts her calling as a firefighter and saving lives. Tommy finds a new and complicated love in her life, but it looks like it’s here to stay, for now.
Actually, everyone finds love in their life. Paul and Marjan each find someone just right for them when they were least expecting it, and Nancy and Mateo are still going strong. Owen also finds new love in his life, but things get complicated when he finds himself as the side piece in an open relationship. And then she’s suspected of murdering her husband! There were some interesting twists in that storyline, and I truly don’t know what the future holds for those two. Aside from Tarlos, Grace and Judd continue to be a top couple for me on the show. While they are a bit rigid in certain aspects of their lives, they love each other unconditionally and so opposite at times. So cute!
Carols probably experiences the most trauma this season, but of course that’s offset by the happiness of getting to marry TK by the end of it all. Early in the season he’s captured by a disturbed mother and son after trying to find the person who kidnapped his ex-wife (long story). He nearly gets killed himself, but the show would be fools if they didn’t save him in time. He also helps Grace uncover an organ trafficking ring. Like I said, big stuff. In what should have been the happiest few days of his life, the writers for some reason just couldn’t let it be a singular happy moment. Instead, they have his dad killed just a few days before the wedding. He almost does something he regrets, but ultimately, things work out the way they were supposed to.
The finale itself comprised of two episodes airing back to back, and let me tell you that they were emotional ones. I definitely found myself wiping some tears away more than I would have liked. The Tarlos wedding was as perfect as it could be given the tragedy so soon beforehand, and I love seeing those two so in love. In other news, Judd’s long lost (kind of) son was previously hit by a car and learned that he probably won’t ever walk again. Cue Judd making a huge life change! Speaking of other life changes, Owen learned he had a half brother somewhere in the middle of the season, but he quickly learns that he’s being impacted by Huntington’s disease. What a horrible fate. One that his brother wants to control by season’s end, having Owen help him take his own life before things got unbearable. Fun fact, Owen’s brother was being played by Rob Lowe’s actual real life brother. I can’t imagine how difficult those scenes were to shoot even though the scenario was fictional.
Overall, it was a jam packed season with lots and lots of chaos. I believe I’d read where a lot of the things that happen to people in this show and it’s companion show, have happened to people in real life. A lot of inspiration from actual 911 calls. Hopefully those folks steer clear of this show – could be traumatizing. I know it sounds like I explained everything that happened this season, but I promise, there is so much more oddball detail in there. Go watch it if that’s your vibe!