SIBERIA Episode 11 Review: "You Guys Shouldn't Be Here!" (Season Finale?)

Yep. More on that shortly. For the last time this season, if you haven't seen the episode, do so. If you have, scroll down in...



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I feel sorry for the Eastern and Central time zone crowd who watched 'inferior' shit on Monday night, such as RAW, the Under the Dome season finale, and of course the failure of Ben Rapistberger...I mean...Roethlisberger on Monday Night Football.

But for all of us hardcore SIBERIA fans, this was the last episode of the season--and possibly the series.

It all starts with some highlights of the previous episodes. It then picks up from where the rest of the 'contestants' are about to reunite. As that one group headed to the sanctuary, they knew that they were walking in a path of landmines. Irene was stuck in one, realizing that her one false move could result in her body being blown into smithereens. So, with that in mind, here comes Daniel, the co-leader of the what I now call them, the 'Geek Squad' (I used to formally call those four the 'Fearless Four' a.k.a. Daniel, Sam, Johnny and Joyce/Carolina), except those four never wore Geek Squad outfits (the black tie, white shirt, black pants and shoes). He actually came across this barbed wire and slowly took Irene from the land mine without any harm. They would later head to the sanctuary.

While in the sanctuary, some see help on the way--in a military truck. But it wasn't the help they thought it was. This truck carried some armed men, presumably soldiers, who jumped out the truck, stormed the sanctuary, and carried the 'contestants' one by one, with the exception of Dan, Sam and Esther. Esther ducked down realizing that they would execute the rest. Joyce/Carolina told them that they were part of a reality show, and was later tied to the truck with one of the men holding a pistol to her head. As they were doing this, a blast feet away was heard and the soldiers escorted them all back into the sanctuary. Plenty of bombing and shots, giving you that wartime feeling. All of this probably had something to do with what we saw concerning the Territory of the Valleymen in the previous episode.

Later the intensity ensued. An armed soldier entered the sanctuary and fired shots. One of the 'contestants'--couldn't tell who it was--fought off the soldier and was later shot. Later that night, the guys discovered the truck was vacant and it was a good time to get the fuck out of here. So with Johnny behind the wheel, everyone hurried up to jump in while shots were fired--except a very slow Anne Marie, who tried to jump in when the truck was running, and was apparently shot in the back. She was the third 'fatality' in the series, joining Tommy in the first episode and Natalie a few episodes ago.

The next day, the truck overturned and was stuck in the snow. As they pushed the truck out, it was Esther behind the wheel this time. Just as the truck is pulled out of the snow, Esther drives away with the truck! Then the unthinkable happens. Miljan begins to tell the rest about the prize money and why Esther is running away with it. He also told the others that the prize money was originally in the Revealer! Since the AFL finals are winding down for 2013, we all know Esther is a huge fan of Geelong and they're playing in the elimination final this weekend against Hawthorn. Go Cats, and I know that Esther will put all of that prize money on the Cats. We all know about that, just like Floyd 'Money' Mayweather betting millions of dollars on college football games.

The rest (sans Esther) started to walk toward town, where the town was evacuated and Sam started to discover these flyers that warned townspeople in Cyrillic to "evacuate to the nearest army shelter." As they continued to walk whilst showing their ignorance, they discovered the military truck Esther drove as a vacated military truck, with the driver's door open! Looks like she's heading home with the money, or is she? Meanwhile, a light was on in a vacated apartment and there, they found relief. A fridge with food and drinks were begin to be invaded, while they looked for more things in the apartment. Miljan even discovered a gun and started to put it in his pocket, in case he smells suspicion.

While in the apartment, Daniel and Irene shared a special moment on the balcony, where yes folks! They 'made' up, if you know what I mean. Later, they were all watching a video shot by one of the cameramen with Johnny and Joyce/Carolina in the woods, where they were experiencing first hand how the green sky can change everything. Remember that episode where the 'contestants' discovered the green sky? I still do not know how that green sky came up? And from watching that previous episode that involves the green sky, I would have thought that was a result of a UFO touching down. But who knows. The power no doubt got toward Johnny and Joyce/Carolina that it battered them a lot enough to blame each other (again, go back to that episode as a refresher course).

Finally, the unthinkable happens. As I thought one of the soldiers is in the apartment complex, think again. This 'soldier' turned out to be none other than...Jonathan 'Bucko' Buckley, the host! And he dropped in the apartment to warn the remaining 'contestants' that "you guys shouldn't be here." And that's it. A very interesting ending to a series that is not getting enough praise from the public, especially when some thought the 'contestants' would actually die. This is fiction folks.

So as far as the final scorecard goes...
15. Harpreet (flag race elimination)
(tie) Berglind (flag race elimination)
14. Tommy (deceased)
13. George (quit)
12. Victoria (quit)
11. Natalie (deceased)
10. Anne Marie (deceased?)
9. Esther (missing? deceased?)
1. Miljan, Johnny, Dan, Sam, Irene, Joyce/Carolina, Sabina, Neeko

However the real 'winner' was again, Jonathan 'Bucko' Buckley, who showed up at the end of the episode. Remember, from the third (or fourth) episode until that final scene, he was missing. I thought he would perish in the copter crash. I was a bit surprised that Bucko would appear in the episode!

As this is the season (and possibly series) finale of SIBERIA, some want a season two. I want a season two, and I don't care if NBC renews it or the show vacates NBC for either ABC, CBS, Fox or even cable. Keep in mind, Matt Arnold (creator and co-executive producer) has a new Wizard of OZ project for NBC that is coming soon. Don't know where this show will go, and my best bet is that if there is a season two, I'd love to see it on cable, and possibly on AMC, TNT, Showtime, HBO, starz, Audience (DirecTV), FX, or FXX. Even FXXX, when that network goes on the air. Cable/satellite is a better avenue for dramatic TV than broadcast network, considering on cable/satellite, you can say words like 'shit,' and on HBO or Showtime, you can say the word 'fuck' and titties are also shown as well. So the possibilities are endless.