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Maybe I'm alone but I was hoping for Amber to be killed off she couldn't be more of an annoying character. This whole show goes no where and every time I watch it I have to got back and look because it always feels like I'm missing an episode? They introduced and devote time to characters that are only used in passing never to be seen again (Like the whole episode spent showing the brother becoming a drunk fisherman and selling fish). They try way too hard to make these artsy shots like cutting papaya in feeding it to monkeys. I especially love how she'll shocked and experience spook Amber is. It's crap only to have Andy yelling at her 24 hours later. Must be pretty cool to be able to make a show why would you make this!

Good show with a really really bad ending. Just really terrible script writing.

This show is a glaring example of the problem with activist script writers trying to infuse every new show with politics and a hatred for America.

This show starts with a premise that America's long history of interventionist policies in foreign countries has done more harm than good. It goes further and smears politicians, rich people, the CIA, and military community as arrogant murders who have no care for what they do.

While I personally think there are some threads of truth there, it is certainly not universally true and as such paints a pretty damning picture of the United States that lacks nuance. But whether you agree or disagree or like politics or don't in your shows isn't even really the worst part of the show. The worst part is that the show doesn't maintain consistency within the backstory they have set for their characters.

By the finale the very same heartless Americans are asking whether it was all worth it, paint the people they killed as 'innocent' when they are anything but, and mope and complain about the 'cost' of rescuing someone they presumably love. It's just not believable. The character stories lack consistency of character.

At least for me... I would just as soon have done without the political activism and American hatred to begin with, but if I do have to sit through it, at least give me a show with believable characters and a decent ending.

The wife lied and that was difficult and then she got worse. The most annoying character of all is. VIOLETTW. Please do not keep her in the show. First. It's scene after scene with Violeta. I am fine with her abilities, but her character is unwatchable. No thank you! Fast forward all scenes that she appears in. I have loved this series from the get go, except for her and he painful forced conflict. It's as if her sole purpose in this series is to disrupt our hero's success despite the early on collaboration. She had way too much screen time. I found myself fast forwarding anytime she was on screen.

Less Violeta and maybe I'll watch more - buy unsure if this will be renewed. It is way better than the Chris. Pratt Amazon Terminal List that's for sure.

Overall I enjoyed it. Please less Violeta.

This last episode and last 15 minutes in particular has redeemed this entire series for me.

Firstly, the cinematography of the series is picturesque and breathtaking - and this story would be nothing without it. The market chase scene in this episode, in particular, is incredibly well executed. Instead of using loud and distracting backing music, we hear and see the day to day chatter and activities of the market - the street vendors, market goers - as the military is in pursuit of the protagonists.

Now, I want to talk about how the story ended. The people who are complaining about Amber being ungrateful, or the brothers being incompetent, or how there wasn't a happy ending, I think you clearly have missed the point.

There are plenty of movies and TV shows about American commandos doing a rescue mission in a 3rd world country, and leaving a blaze of fire in their wake, with little regard for the politics or civilians of those countries. They accomplish their mission and teach the bad guys a lesson to not mess with the Americans ever again. Those tropes are a dime a dozen, so why would you want another story like that?

The significance of the ending lies in what Prince said to Amber at the end, where this is the first mission where he gets to do something "right instead of righteous", where he gets to "save the person he loves the most in the world, instead of just God and country". But the brutality and reality of war has irreparably changed Amber and those around her. And like all other wars, there is no happy ending. Even when presented with a victory, there are always stark reminders of the price that it cost to achieve that victory. And that price lies in Amber. She bears the guilt of bringing death and destruction to those in the Venezuelan compound as part of her rescue. And for as long as she lives, she will have to bear that weight. And for as long as she stays with Prince, she will have to be reminded of that fact. That is why there is no happy ending. Because this is a war story, and more importantly, because this is life.

I can't believe I am defending this series, after 9 episodes of seemingly meandering and aimless plot, but it's clear that the writers saved all their bullets for this last episode - and they perfectly stuck the landing. Impactful, stirring, and original.