{"id":64061,"date":"2018-02-10T20:15:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T01:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/hard-sun-episode-6-review-7-reasons-why-the-final-was-a-total-let-down\/"},"modified":"2018-02-10T20:15:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T01:15:29","slug":"hard-sun-episode-6-review-7-reasons-why-the-final-was-a-total-let-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/hard-sun-episode-6-review-7-reasons-why-the-final-was-a-total-let-down\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hard Sun’ Episode 6 Review: 7 Reasons Why The Final Was A Total Let Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Hard Sun’ Episode 6 Review: 7 Reasons Why The Final Was A Total Let Down<\/b>
\nWhile the entire series of \u2018Hard Sun\u2019 has been available on BBC iPlayer for some time now, the finale has only just aired on normal TV.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019d been watching along at normal pace, you\u2019d be forgiven for being a little disappointed for investing six weeks of your life in it, given what a damp squib the ending turned out to be.<\/p>\n

Having shown great promise in its earlier episodes, the finale delivered so little it terms of closure for those who had followed it, with Hard Sun seemingly arriving early to wipe out the world.<\/p>\n

While there could be a second series (although we\u2019re not really sure how), if there\u2019s not, those loose ends it has left will remain just that.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, here are just seven things that totally frustrated us about the \u2018Hard Sun\u2019 finale…<\/p>\n

We never found out why Hicks killed Butler<\/p>\n

In a flashback, we saw a scene were Hicks shot Butler in the head at point blank range while on a bridge. However, it was not at all clear why he did it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw you, Alex. I saw what you did… in a video<\/a>, on that laptop you just lied about, reflected in a mirror, in that horrible bedroom.\u201d Hicks raged. \u201cWe can\u2019t ever let them find out about this. Alex, no-one can ever find out about this. No-one.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Butler said he was \u201cout of control\u201d and swore \u201cit\u2019s over\u201d, Hicks then pulled a gun on him – but what on earth had Butler supposedly done? Was it to do with the Nicholson or something more sinister?<\/p>\n

Hicks was never avenged for any of his crimes<\/p>\n

Throughout the series, we\u2019ve been in a constant state of conflict about how to feel about Hicks. We were totally on his side in the battle against MI5, but he was also a cheat and a murderer.<\/p>\n

Not only did he kill Butler, but if you cast your mind back to episode one, you\u2019ll remember how a balaclava-clad Hicks robbed Nicholson at gunpoint and made off with the money. However, his part in the gang and his other crimes were left up in the air. Plus we saw no evidence of what he did with the \u00a3300,000 he stole.<\/p>\n

There was no resolution to Daniel\u2019s story<\/p>\n

Renko\u2019s son was pretty key to the series, and while the last episode saw him take centre stage, he only featured at marginally in the series finale.<\/p>\n

Although the scene appeared to suggest there could be light at the end of the tunnel for him, we still felt a bit short changed given how problematic his relationship with his mother has been.<\/p>\n

It seemed very convenient that right at the end of the episode, with so many loose threads still hanging, Hard Sun arrives to wipe everyone out, meaning there will never be answers to all the remaining questions the series created.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but we\u2019d also like to know why it arrived early, and why the documents on the flash drive got it so wrong.<\/p>\n

The wooden acting as Hard Sun arrived<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t like to be critical, but the way Nikki Amuka-Bird delivered the line as Morrigan realised that Hard Sun had come early was so underwhelming for someone who had just discovered she had seconds to live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Morrigan getting away with everything<\/p>\n

The MI5 agent was the one we all loved to hate throughout the series, and when it finally looked like Hicks and Renko had her up against a wall, Hard Sun meant we never saw the \u2018baddie\u2019 get what she really deserved.<\/p>\n

The fact we didn\u2019t actually get to see the end of the world<\/p>\n

Call us sadastic, but for a drama based upon the premise of an apocalypse, it would have been good to see the actual apocalypse happen when the moment finally came. Perhaps the BBC ran out of budget?<\/p>\n

\u2018Hard Sun\u2019 is available to watch in its entirety on BBC iPlayer.
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