"The Lady" of the Hullen has managed to re-enter our world, and has used her ability to control human memories to seize control of every planet in the Quad. Dutch, D'Avin, Jonny and almost all the rest of the Killjoys crew are now among her victims, believing themselves to be very different people and living other lives.
Fortunately, I did say almost all. D'avin's son Jaq - the half-Hullen, half-human hybrid The Lady so desperately desires to control - is still free and on the run, as his his step-mother Delle Seyah. And closer to home, Zeph has broken free of the Lady's conditioning and is trying to understand why her memories are so conflicted and confused.
But these are small glimmers of hope, and even if Zeph, Jaq and Delle Seyah can stay free and win more allies, The Lady doesn't keep all her (literal or metaphorical) eggs in one basket. Thwarting just one of her plans won't be enough to save the Quad.
Overall, this final season of Killjoys continues the show's "odd-numbered seasons are the good ones" pattern. Zeph in particular is awesome; the addition of Kelly McCormack's character as a series regular in season 3 was definitely a smart decision by the writing team. She does a great job here as both "crazy" Zeph, struggling to cope with a world that makes no sense to her, and as something much closer to her normal self once the team remembers the truth.
Even the seemingly inevitable "the main characters go to space prison" and equally inevitable "the prison has a plot-critical fight club" sections of the season - seriously, these must be among the most over-used narrative elements out there - are executed much better than such things usually are. Credit for this I think goes to the writing team for making the prison's Warden a much more nuanced and interesting character than they usually are in such arcs. Credit also to Rachael Ancheril for her performance in the role. She has good chemistry with the main trio, which really helps their scenes together work well.
Overall, this final season of Killjoys continues the show's "odd-numbered seasons are the good ones" pattern. Zeph in particular is awesome; the addition of Kelly McCormack's character as a series regular in season 3 was definitely a smart decision by the writing team. She does a great job here as both "crazy" Zeph, struggling to cope with a world that makes no sense to her, and as something much closer to her normal self once the team remembers the truth.
Even the seemingly inevitable "the main characters go to space prison" and equally inevitable "the prison has a plot-critical fight club" sections of the season - seriously, these must be among the most over-used narrative elements out there - are executed much better than such things usually are. Credit for this I think goes to the writing team for making the prison's Warden a much more nuanced and interesting character than they usually are in such arcs. Credit also to Rachael Ancheril for her performance in the role. She has good chemistry with the main trio, which really helps their scenes together work well.
This is not to say that the season is flawless, though. As a 'final boss' threat that has been built up for the entire run of the series, The Lady is honestly a little bit underwhelming as a threat. She makes a number of what at best could be described as 'sub-optimal' decisions. There does seem to be an theme that being in a human host is affecting her, to explain this; her inexperience with the emotions of her human host are affecting her in ways she does not understand and struggles to control; but I still feel like she comes across a little underwhelming, overall.
I will give Alanna Bale a thumbs up for her performance in the role, though. She does a good job of conveying both The Lady's arrogance, and the emotional turmoil she is desperately (if not very effectively) trying to control.
Overall, this was a decent conclusion to the show.
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