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This, along with the rest of her story, is pretty

Jan. 28, 2017 by Ella Pickett

This, along with the rest of her story, is pretty much the entire point of the show. It's a little weird to watch, but it's part of how we learn about Prairie's past, which is what's making this new season so interesting. In a way, Part II is a huge win for the show, since some of the show's core characters aren't even revealed until the final chapter of the season. (There are three other episodes of the show that are not revealed until the finale, but that have yet to be announced.) But there's also the point that the show is a really good show, one that has been able to make some good decisions for years but has never really found its footing. It's a show that is at times, well, awesome.

Part II, as I mentioned, is a lot darker. It's also an episode in which the show's main villain becomes more human, and a lot more interesting. The show's biggest villains are women, which I found to be an interesting choice—and one that I was quite curious about, but I thought the show really didn't want to talk about in this segment. I think it's a good thing that the show didn't talk about anything in this segment, and that the show's main villain is actually a new character, not the other way around.

Part II ends on a very optimistic note. We learn that Betty Broderick-Allen is a great person. But then we get a long, slow-moving look at her father, who's suddenly very depressed and needs help. As we watch the finale, we're reminded of what a great character we've seen Prairie Johnson make in the pilot episode. Betty is a brilliant, caring, compassionate young woman. She's a character with a lot of potential as the show progresses.

And then we get to the ending of the episode, which is, of course, a major change, as we know Betty is now going to be the one who decides to save Prairie. The episode ends with a series of events that have nothing to do with Betty yet, but have absolutely everything to do with how she's going to cope with these new characters and the show's world (that is, it's in a way a story about the world of The OA).