The second season of La Brea will come to an finish with a two-part finale, and all indicators level towards a TV occasion that can ship some solutions whereas elevating model new questions. On the heels of Levi destroying the Lazarus constructing and seemingly ruining all probabilities of the survivors getting residence, Gavin and Co. will discover a motive for hope… with the potential for deep despair. Showrunner David Appelbaum spoke with CinemaBlend forward of the finale on February 28, and previewed the “extremely excessive stakes” and the way the two-parter will set the stage for what comes subsequent.
As of the top of the penultimate episode (out there streaming with a Peacock subscription), the survivors’ hopes of getting residence are about as grim as they’ve been in a while, and that’s assuming that everyone who had been in Lazarus survives the explosion utterly intact! The promo for the two-part finale reveals that they’ll get some hopeful information, nevertheless: there’s a second portal. Whereas followers must tune in for all the main points, David Appelbaum previewed how excessive the stakes are with this second portal in play:
They’re extremely excessive. From the very starting of the collection, everybody’s making an attempt to outlive, however firstly, they’re making an attempt to get residence. What we needed to put in entrance of them was an actual alternative to try to do this. We’re placing that in entrance of them once more, and it looks like they’re gonna have their greatest shot, and the query is, will they be capable to do this? That is gonna be the case for Gavin, Eve, and the Harris household, but in addition for all our different characters.
“Will they be capable to do this?” is a really huge query heading into the ultimate adventures of Season 2, particularly contemplating how a lot La Brea basically modified every little thing with the Season 1 finale! If that’s any sort of precedent of what may come of this finale’s sky-high stakes as the ten,000 BC crew tries to get residence, then followers gained’t need to miss this two-parter. The collection has already been renewed for Season 3, so the journey undoubtedly is not on the verge of ending. Appelbaum continued:
Past that story, there’s so many different private tales for our different characters that we have been telling all through the season. They are going to be coming to a head all through this two-hour episode as effectively. I feel should you’re a fan of the present, and you have been following it, it is gonna be a very satisfying conclusion for the season.
Whereas Levi’s explosion was undoubtedly the large cliffhanger of the penultimate episode, there are a variety of unanswered questions for most of the characters, and no assure that they’ll all reside to make it to Season 3 in 10,000 BC. Ty seemingly misplaced his entry to the therapy he wants for his most cancers when Lazarus was destroyed, and he’s solely one of many characters whose future is probably not too shiny in the event that they don’t catch a break within the finale!
Though there might be some solutions on the best way within the two-parter, fittingly known as “The Journey, Half 1” and “The Journey, Half 2,” the showrunner defined whether or not or not the Season 2 finale will tie off all of the free ends which can be at present nonetheless dangling. David Appelbaum shared:
Undoubtedly not. It undoubtedly does resolve some tales in dramatic methods, however the enjoyable factor in regards to the finale is that it resolves some tales, nevertheless it additionally units up a variety of new ones. One of many thrilling issues about our finale is what it units up for Season 3. A variety of shocking issues find yourself in 10,000 BC, and lots of people will depart 10,000 BC and go to locations that we by no means may need anticipated. So I feel going into Season 3, issues are sort of flipped on their head in a enjoyable, thrilling manner. We’re ranging from a really attention-grabbing and totally different place as we get into the following season.
Change is on the best way to 10,000 BC, for higher or worse! It sounds just like the episodes will depart followers on an thrilling word heading into hiatus forward of Season 3, though maybe not as thrilling in a great way for the characters. “Thrilling” for them on this present in Season 2 can imply exploding towers and killer underground wasps, in spite of everything!
There’s one main plotline that’s going to get some decision within the finale, however based on David Appelbaum, followers could not see it coming the best way that it lastly ends. He addressed how the two-part occasion will deal with Gavin’s game-changing imaginative and prescient of Eve dying, saying:
It takes heart stage initially of the two-part episode, the place Gavin goes to understand that the journey to get into this new portal could in actual fact carry this imaginative and prescient to a head. And that by doing so, it’d find yourself costing Eve’s life. It will endanger Eve’s life, however there’s going to be some actually shocking twists alongside the best way. Whether or not Eve goes to reside or die goes to be sort of heart stage, however I do not suppose it may finish the best way that anybody goes to count on. I feel the followers of the present at all times just like the out-of-left-field twists and turns that we throw at them and we undoubtedly have a variety of these on this finale.
Are we in for a self-fulfilling prophecy with the chance that making an attempt to succeed in the brand new portal and return safely residence will finally end in Eve’s dying and the Harris household despairing? Gavin’s visions aren’t precisely an ideal science, and La Brea has two hours to resolve whether or not or not it’s doable to vary what he noticed… or if he accurately interpreted what he noticed within the first place. We are able to solely speculate for now, and Appelbaum appears to suppose that no one will see it coming!
It’s not exhausting to imagine that that followers might be shocked, as a result of what number of actually may have predicted only a few episodes in the past that Levi would efficiently destroy Lazarus and break the hopes of getting residence through that portal? That act appeared like a degree of no return for Levi, however the story isn’t over but. When requested if there’s any coming again for Levi after what he did in final week’s penultimate episode, the showrunner shared:
It is a lengthy journey for him and it isn’t going to be resolved even inside the course of the season. He is taken away the best way residence not only for Gavin and Eve, however for everybody, and it is one thing that has actual ramifications. Solely after he is finished the deed does he notice the true nature of what he is finished. That guilt is one thing that is going to eat at him by means of the top of Season 2, and even into Season 3. It is one thing that he’ll should grapple with. However ours is a hopeful present, and I feel he is on an arc in the direction of redemption. But it surely will not be a straightforward one for him.
Nicely, even when all the main points about how Season 2 of La Brea will finish gained’t be revealed till the episodes air, I feel it’s secure to say at this level that followers are fortunate to already know that Season 3 is assured! It ought to be an eventful two hours of tv, as you’ll be able to see within the preview:
Tune in to NBC on Tuesday, February 28 at 9 p.m. ET for the two-hour Season 2 finale of La Brea, and verify again with CinemaBlend for extra from showrunner David Appelbaum. You can even discover so post-La Brea viewing choices for when March begins with our 2023 TV premiere schedule.
