So the bad batch is finally over. And how did the finale go? Pretty uninteresting in my opinion.
Omega and the kids execute their plan to escape their lab by rewiring the medical droid to knock out the only scientist staffer who is watching over the children which is just silly since we have seen countless scenes of the whole observation area above the vault crawling with scientists before. Omega releases the Zillo Beast for it to rampage and act as a giant distraction. Echo dressed as a TK trooper and Emerie go to the vault and by the time they get there, Omega and the children are already gone so they now have to track them down. They eventually do and they have Emerie take the children to Pabu while Echo and Omega go free the clones and look for Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair, who were captured by Hemlock's clone assassins. They break out all of the prisoners, including Nala Se and Rampart, and all the clones agree to help Echo and Omega. Nala Se goes to the lab to destroy the data and Rampart follows her and forces her to tell him about project necromancer. He thinks he can use the information to bargain with the empire but she had a thermal detonator that she activated before he shot her so they both die and destroy all research along with them. Echo and Omega eventually find the rest of the bad and save them but only after Hemlock takes Omega with him and Wrecker gets hurt even more (how he didn't die in this finale is insane). Hunter and Crosshair go after Hemlock and of course shoot and kill him while he has Omega hostage because she was able to distract Hemlock by stabbing him in the thigh with the medical tool she used to create an opening in the vault wall. They then escape the planet with the rest of the clones seconds before Tarkin and his star destroyers arrive (he came because he got reports that the Tantiss lab was under attack and they had lost control of the Zillo Beast).
Tarkin recognizes Hemlock's failures, shuts down the use of the Tantiss base and diverts all funding to "Project Stardust". We then see that everyone is on Pabu, with Echo and Emerie going to Rex and eventually Senator Chuchi in order to help find places for the clones and also tell the senator of what Emerie saw while working in the Tantiss lab. We see that Crosshair got his hand chopped off and that Wrecker is still injured so this must have been right after they escaped Tantiss. The show then fades to black and then shows Omega all grown up getting ready to leave to be a pilot for the rebellion and an old Hunter yet again not wanting Omega to go because it's too dangerous but of course she tells him she's not a little kid anymore and she wants to do more so he just says that she's still a little kid to him and he lets her be on her way.
So here are my critiques: first and foremost, this does not feel like a finale besides Hemlock dying and the Tantiss base being destroyed. I think this probably stems from the fact that the show has had way too many instances of the Bad Batch having to rescue Omega from the empire after she's recaptured during the show's lifespan. It just isn't that interesting when you've already played out almost the exact same thing multiple times. This wouldn't have been an issue if Omega had either been trapped on Tantiss for this whole season or just wasn't captured as frequently. My next critique is Emerie. Apparently she decided to help Omega and Echo because she was wrong about the Tantiss lab. Like I said in my review of the previous episode, was she brainwashed or did she just not question experimenting on clones up until now? It's never explained but I guess she just had a random change of heart when interacting with Omega. Also, we still have no explanation as to why and how she's a clone yet female. Next up, this was a fast 48 minute finale; it feels like the show really didn't want you to be able to take a breath while watching the episode (maybe to trick people into thinking that a lot happened despite being 95% action and 5% wrapping up loose plot threads). Then there's the issue of the empire. Omega tells us that now that Hemlock is dead and his data is destroyed, no one will be coming after her or force sensitive kids anymore. Really? Is no one in the empire responsible for figuring out who destroyed the Tantiss base or did Tarkin just chalk it up to the Zillo Beast? And then there's the future stuff. First of all, Omega looks about 19-20 in the future, assuming that she was 8-9 during the rest of the show and has no accelerated aging. If that's true, then wtf were they doing on Pabu for 10-11 years??? Just hanging out and leeching off of the locals again? And I find it hilarious that they don't even show us future Wrecker, Echo, and Crosshair because I guess the show deems them unimportant compared to Omega and Hunter *sigh*.
Ultimately, an uninteresting finale that is honestly just confusing in the end. I guess it fits with the series: a bunch of ups and downs, yet somehow always managing to flatline at the worst possible times. It probably doesn't help that Hunter and Wrecker have no character outside of Omega, Omega is annoying, Echo is stuck in side character mode despite him being apart of the batch, and Crosshair is actually interesting but is never explored enough (his shaky hand was never properly addressed, it just got chopped off in the end). I will not miss this series. If you want to watch a series that actually develops clones properly, watch The Clone Wars.
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