Big Sky Review: Trust Issues (Season 2 Episode 9)
I am so glad Big Sky is back.
After what felt like a lengthy two months, Big Sky returns with high drama, a number of interesting developments, and more murder on Season 2 Episode 9, “Trust Issues.” It picks up where Season 2 Episode 8, “The End Has No End,” left off with Cassie finding her father dead at the Dewell & Hoyt offices.
It would be difficult for any show in their sophomore season to recapture that devastation after a big hiatus, but Big Sky manages handily. Kylie Bunbury brings the grief and sadness in such a subtle and understated manner that allows the audience to get back into that mood with little melodrama.
Big Sky‘s melodrama, however, is one of the things Big Sky does so very well, but it knows to play down that angle on the really serious stuff, like here with Cassie and with Jerrie’s homecoming on Season 2 Episode 5, “Mother Nurture.” This also helps Cassie’s barely-controlled rage and sorrow that is just under the surface to shine through her stoicness.
This is a great performance by Bunbury—it starts with disbelief and heartbreaking grief and carries through to the funeral procession at the end of the episode that is impressively intercut with the violence happening at Wolf’s ranch.
In the in-between, a lot happens. Some good ol’ detective work moves things along and connections are made. Cocoa Chunks cereal becomes a bonafide lead for Mark, Harper’s fingerprints now place her at the crash/crime scene that kicked off the season on Season 2 Episode 1, “Wakey, Wakey,” Dietrich finds out that Travis is lying to him, and some major Bhullar family drama is revealed.
Siblings Ren and Jag have an Ozark-y/Succession thing going on, and I am here for it one hundred percent.
But it’s the stuff with the kids that keeps the middle humming along. And then the baton is passed to Scarlet and Ronald who ramp up the energy in the final scenes.
It was only a matter of time before rich twins Madison and Bridger turned on Max and Harper. The pairs going their separate ways for help makes sense and will probably complicate a lot of things.
It’s kind of hilarious that Bridger first turns to his sensei with their problem. It’s also kind of hilarious that Sensei thinks he can handle the Bhullar cartel. Okay, everything that happens at the Dojo and with the sensei is kind of hilarious, and I enjoyed it will it lasted.
RIP Sensei.
This season’s ‘In Memoriam’ is already racking up its entries.
Along with the sensei, Wolf and Agatha don’t make it to the end of the episode alive. Their deadly tussle with Scarlet and Ronald really gets the adrenaline pumping for those last nail-biting minutes that are interspersed with the sorrow of Joseph being laid to rest.
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Big Sky airs Thursdays at 10/9c on ABC.
Featured image credit: ABC/John Britt.
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Erin Allen
Erin is a former script supervisor for film and television. She's an avid fan of middle aged actresses, dark dramas, and irreverent comedies. She loves to read actual books and X-Files fan fiction. Her other passions include pointing out feminist issues, shipping Mulder and Scully, and collecting pop culture mugs.