UnREAL Season Finale Review: Friendly Fire (Season 2 Episode 10)
UnREAL‘s “Friendly Fire” serves as a deadly reminder to any douchebags (Coleman), sneaky reporters (Yael), and any doubters, that the people of Everlasting are a family.
Coleman first came around with grand promises and even bigger dreams for a life with Rachel. As soon as things got tough, and Rachel could stand on her own two feet without him, he bolts like the coward he is.
Rachel was an opportunity to achieve notoriety and fame for Coleman, nothing else.
Yael suffers from the same problem as Coleman. She doesn’t care for the women of Everlasting, that they’re being embarrassed, and dragged through the emotional ringer. It’s an opportunity to get ahead in life and stick it to the people who made her embarrass herself on national television.
What they both didn’t count on is the fact that these people are bonded through pain, love, and suffering. And like any family, when things get rough, and someone threatens to tear the house down, they band together to destroy the interlopers.
When Coleman and Yael were threatening to expose them, it wasn’t business anymore. It was personal.
Jeremy stepping forward doesn’t make him any less of a jerk or a drunk who manhandles women. It proves that when Everlasting really needs him, he’s there to answer and protect them.
The same could be said for Quinn. Her reunion with Rachel to take down Coleman, and deliver a shit show for ratings, doesn’t erase everything that’s happened to them this season.
Even Chet, whose been a pain in Quinn’s ass for ages, promises to stay by her side when the truth is revealed. He cares for her and would choose her first.
All of this is done because they’re family.
They can hurt each other, cry, scream, and rage until their faces are red, but only they can do this to the other. Coleman and Yael never stood a chance, to be honest.
It’s twisted, dysfunctional, detrimental to true change, and will lead to even more turmoil when UnREAL returns for season 3. But that’s what good family drama is.
It’s not about rainbows and butterflies. It’s about testing the boundaries of what you’re willing to fight for and how far you’re ready to go.
In the case of Everlasting, they’re willing to kill.
Favorite Quinn Quotes UnREAL’s “Friendly Fire:”
- That’s great. But people want a shit show, literally. If last week’s ratings were any indication.
- It’s a taste issue, Chet. It was tacky then, and it’s tacky now.
- The suitor fake-proposing to one of these bimbos might’ve been interesting 14 seasons ago, but now we have an obligation to our viewers. We have to escalate the tension, up the stakes, complicate the story.
- Screw Coleman. And screw your mom. Cause believe it or not, all the crap that happened to you made you exactly who you are. And you’re perfect.
- True love, who get’s that?
- So it’s over? Well…it was only a matter of time. At least we went out with a bang, huh?
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UnREAL is set to return for season 3 on Lifetime.
Lyra Hale
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