The Lost Symbol Review: Resonance (Season 1 Episode 10)
Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol Season 1 Episode 10, “Resonance,” marks the end of Langdon and company’s quest for the portal and the ancient wisdom it contains, and, well, it’s been a bumpy journey. As for the ending, it is just okay, which is a pretty accurate description of the show overall.
It’s hard to say the finale is underwhelming because it’s not as if the prior episodes had set things up for a stellar season finale anyways. The Lost Symbol Season 1 Episode 10 is neither surprising nor disappointing. It’s what we all expected it to be.
The reveal that the hidden knowledge is just a bible is laughable but in the best way. Some masons would have decided to go through all that secrecy just to protect a bible. It’s an amusing ending to a season-long quest, especially because Mal’akh has a bit of a temper tantrum about it.
The return of Mal’akh’s mentor serves absolutely no purpose. He should’ve been left out altogether, at least in the present-day scenes — I still maintain that we could’ve done without Mal’akh’s origin story episode.
Mal’akh’s mentor doesn’t add any extra menace to scenes, and it’s not like he turned the CIA into a real threat. He is simply there, and all he really does in the finale is show that Mal’akh deviated from the original plan. Then he gets his ass kicked by Mal’akh, giving Katherine a chance to run and send a text for help.
That’s it. He is unnecessary.
You would think there’d be more emotional moments or dramatic tension between Mal’akh, Katherine, and Peter, but there really isn’t. The show never gave us a reason to feel connected to him or the three of them as a unit.
However, “Resonance” does deliver a surprisingly good moment between Mal’akh and Katherine.
When he heals her, you can see that she is in awe, and the wheels are turning in her head that he might be on to something with this ancient wisdom. It’s the closest she gets to understanding how her brother became Mal’akh.
“Resonance” leaves the door open for a potential second season, and honestly, I’d tune in again.
Ashley Zukerman’s Langdon is great, as is the relationship between him and Sato. The mysteries and puzzle-solving part of the show are what I love about Langdon’s adventures. So for that alone, I’d tune into a second season.
However, the second season should really be released all at once for people to binge-watch. The series doesn’t consistently have enough momentum to sustain it over a weekly release. And as much as I love Nunez and Katherine, let’s add some new people to the mix in Season 2.
What about you, would you tune in for a season 2? What did you think of this finale of The Lost Symbol? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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The Lost Symbol Season 1 is now streaming on Peacock.
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Hoping they make a second season because there is so much potential for adventure here, but season 1 was just such a slog to get through. Peter never stopped feeling like a pretentious rich guy who I don’t care about. I’ll stick around for Ash Zukerman, though (his character portrayal in Rush was so perfect).
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