This season finale was incredible but you can't compare it to last week's episode which was extraordinary and possibly the series best, whilst this isn't on that level but it's close to it.
The episode begins as we follow our characters after the chaotic riot which was the big event of the previous episode, it was inspired by the San Francisco Riot of 1877 and it was bloody. In the show, the two Tongs that we follow teamed up to defeat the ones who started it and it was action packed, here in the finale we get a more slower paced episode with lots of character development.
The cinematography continues to be top notch with great camera angles and fantastic lighting, each scene look beautiful and so authentic to the era. The editing was top notch which made the pacing so much better.
The story have always followed these four perspectives: Tongs, the Irish, Police and politics. I have to admit that all four perspectives was perfect. One character arc I have enjoyed this season is Penelope Blake, and I really didn't like her in the first season but here she got less screen time but more valuable and better written arc, how it should be. When you're looking back at the character and her whole story arc I have one thing to say about it, it's been a great one. Joanna Vanderham gave a good performance, and I want more of her character. There is a lot of other characters I have loved in this season, Dylan Leary is another one and he have grown to be one of my new favorites. Dean Jagger is incredible in both the dramatic and fighting side of the character, great performance.
There have been a lot of good acting performances in this season: Dean Jagger, Andrew Koji and Kieran Bew were my personal favorites.
The season finale continued with its superb writing, both in story and dialogue. There's also some witty dialogue and the actors succeed in delivering it, and what we got was something amazing and funny. Thanks to the chemistry too I believe.
The fight choreography for this episode was like expected incredible and it was a fight I have looked forward to for a long time, Ah Sahm versus Dylan Leary. It was a bit drawn out but for a fan of martial arts movies it was fantastic, entertaining from the very first punch to the very last. I thought there were a perfect amount of action in this season finale, as the episode does exactly what it should do. Tying up story arcs and building new ones for us to look forward to. I really hope there will be a third season, the show deserves it and we the viewers deserves it too.
The overall season have been incredible, it's been improved in every aspect. The third season will possibly be even better, I'm here to stay.
