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The above picture indicates who was left after the previous episode. And it changed...drastically.
It picks up from the previous episode where Giles was tied up and held hostage, and smoke got into the living room of Rue Manor. Melina was missing. At first I thought it was pot smoke. Someone was probably smoking pot somewhere in the building. Hence it was probably pot smoke.
The first place the remaining guests looked for clues were the evidence that was stashed in the inventory room. As they all looked for clues, especially from the previous cases, there they found Melina, with some blood, dead. With Melina out, it now came down to three.
There were flashbacks of various cases from the past eight episodes, just as a refresher course heading into the season (or series?) finale. It lead to the remaining three-Kam, Lindsey and Cris-and their next tasks in hand. But first, the return of the 'zombies,' led by Sheri from the first episode to the recent zombie of Ronnie. The fallen came back as zombies, and they did in an orderly fashion from upstairs. A voice forwarded the three to find evidence from the past cases and puzzles that would fit in the shape of a question mark. The first of those puzzles was found earlier in this episode, courtesy of Melina's right arm. The remaining three raced all around Rue Manor finding clues. They even found Giles who was untied. How was he untied? Who knows?
As they raced to the basement where Giles is located, especially Kam with a contract in his hand, signed the killer's pact. Remember, Giles is NOT the killer, and he tweeted that eight hundred fucking times! As the remaining three were trying to get more clues, they all met upstairs. Kam and Cris were already there. Lindsey opened a door and BOOM! A mechanical knight with a bow and arrow was there. Lindsey opened the swing door and the knight released the arrow. Splat! The arrow lands on Lindsey's throat! I was assuming since I am also a fan of SIBERIA, and recalling a couple of episodes ago when Irene was demonstrating to the rest of her compadres that she can excel the master of archery, thus the suspicion that Irene was the killer. Note, Irene is Asian and there are no Asians on this series this season, so was she the 14th guest on Rue Manor, and the killer? And was she recruited by the producers to take out the 13 guests? That was my speculation until the last moments of the episode.
And then, the shock and awe. Cris and Kam were arguing about who was the killer? Kam denied and Cris first denied it. But the swerve is about to come. As if I was hoping something big was going to happen at the end, well, there was. Cris came to her senses that she was the killer. A flashback of her crimes with her narration led to the 'police' to place her on handcuffs and escort her out of Rue Manor. It is fitting just looking at a picture of the cops today and it showed that those 'cops' are none other than CSI: creator/executive producer Anthony E Zuiker, the creator of this show, and Cris Abrego, co-executive producer, who also executive produced The Rock of Love and the hugely controversial Megan Wants a Millionaire, a reality series that aired on VH1 a few years ago which was axed by VH1 after one of its contestants was charged with a murder and would later commit suicide.
Kam Perez, 30 of NYC, a Homeland Security attorney, won the prize of $250,000. Only $250,000 in cash, no prizes. The only man left was the only one left standing.
Miss Nevada 2010 Cris Crotz, 27, was unveiled as the "Whodunnit? Killer." Crotz failed to make to second level of Miss America 2010, the only pageant where it's all about 'talent.' Her 'talent' throughout the series was to betray. Thus, the biggest heel turn on television, and one that could run parallels to Hulk Hogan's heel turn and the formation of the nWo at Bash at the Beach 1996:
As for Cris herself, I would think that she was probably not the killer, but more as a mole for an organized criminal group with ties to Rue Manor. The REAL killer is probably out there, hence my original guess of a '14th' and '15th' guest on Rue Manor to spice things up and for the greater good of television at this time. I also thought that Cris had a gun and shot Kam and turn it on herself. Why not? Also would have been good. Lots of good scenarios for the finale that would have worked much better than this. Great heel turn, but a big swerve as well. I was hoping for something big, and the viewers got it. And the Zuiker and Abrego cameos as 'cops' at the end. I was unaware!
So to recap this season...
1. Perez, Kam (winner)
2. Crotz, Cris (the 'killer')
3. Anderson, Lindsey (shot in the throat with an arrow)
4. Alvez, Melina (deceased)
5. Padron, Ronnie (hot tub turbulence)
6. Walker, Geno (shot in belly, impaled by chandelier)
7. Davis Blake, Dana (smothered, stabbed, immortalized)
(tie) Horne, Sasha (smothered, stabbed, immortalized)
9. Wilson, Ulysses (fatal horse fall)
10. Tabak, Don (mauled by puma)
11. Iwasinski, Adrianna (fatal cart explosion)
12. Mosbey, Dontae (third degree burns)
13. Marsh, Sheri (shot in neck with musket, blunt force trauma, electrocution)
It was a wonderful series. I would've expected more, and I hope ABC can pick up a season two, or do like most good series on broadcast television would do-take it to cable. If ABC doesn't pick up season two, it should be on FX, Showtime, starz, TNT, amc or HBO. Maybe CBS, since Zuiker's CSI: franchise is there, or even NBC or Fox.
Also the cast, not bad. I had a pleasure of interacting with the cast on twitter. Dana has followed me on twitter, and I had my tweets from the show favorite or tweeted by some of the cast, like Dana, and Melina, Ulysses and Adrianna.
Anyway, now that the season's over, I don't have not much to look forward to on Sunday nights this fall, maybe some Patrick Jane (Mentalist), but definitely, Sunday nights will be a sports night, especially in October when the baseball playoffs and World Series compete against Sunday Night Football. It's been done before...
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