‘Big Sky’ Recap: ‘Unfinished Business’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Four of ‘Big Sky’.
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Each and every one of us, have a variety of goals that we would like to accomplish in life, and we work hard to make them happen. But once in a while, our quest to cross another goal off our list, doesn’t quite go as planned. Sometimes that happens simply because we don't put enough effort into said goal or we are attacking it from the wrong angle, or the timing isn't right to allow for it to happen. Or in some cases, the people that we need to work with in order to accomplish a particular goal, aren’t pulling their weight and well… that motivates us to apply a little pressure in the hopes of getting everyone to work together, so we can see that goal come to fruition. 

An act that quite frankly, tends to get us exactly what we want. Because pressure can be a healthy thing and a fine reminder to get things done. But sadly, while pressure definitely has its merits, it also has a dark side to it as well, since some people don’t quite respond to it in a positive manner, when we apply it, and it just so happens that the uglier side of pressure, served as the focal theme of this week’s episode of Big Sky. For the news that Grace and Danielle and Jerrie were missing was now public knowledge in ‘Unfinished Business’, thanks to some fine work from the press, and that put some serious pressure upon Rick and Ronald and well, it didn’t take long for us to learn that these two gents don’t do well whilst under its influence.

Because pressure more or less brings out the worst in both of them and that was put on full display in this tale. Simply because, public knowledge about the girls meant that these wicked dudes had to cobble together a rushed plan to get the ladies out of town before any clues pointed toward them as being the culprits of their disappearance, and that motivated Rick to go into full control freak mode. Something that ol’ Ronnie didn’t respond to in the slightest. Which meant we were treated to a little infighting and some terrifying ‘Alpha Male’ moments as both men tried to seize control of the situation and since Ronald lost this little tiff and also came to learn that he’d be the fall guy if things went south… he decided that revenge was in order.

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Which motivated him to try and romance Rick’s wife and he was oddly successful at making that happen. For he was able to take her dancing and give her some semblance of hope for a future life where she was appreciated, all in the hopes of destabilizing Rick's home life and driving him mad so Ronald could gain the upper hand in this situation. But sadly, Ronald’s revenge plot may cause more harm than good. For Trooper Legarski was basically at his breaking point in this tale since Jenny and Cassie applied some extra pressure to him as well. Since they had him brought in for questioning and they even planted a tracker on his ride, in order to get some idea of his involvement in this mess, and the fury flowing through him from said interrogation and the situation with his wife, might motivate him to do something quite awful, as evidenced by the closing moments of this tale. 
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But while that exploration into how pressure can go sideways quick was quite powerful for certain, this particular tale was also quick to explore its brighter and more productive side. After all, having the press break the news about the situation did indeed motivate Jenny and Cassie to work harder at cracking the case, so that the matter wouldn’t linger and fester, and engender fear and worry in Helena, and that motivated them to go undercover to a possible suspect and their quest for the truth also led them… to the right place. Because Rick’s quick stop at the farm to give Grace some antibiotics for the wounds he inflicted, was logged by the tracker and it did indeed bring our dynamic duo to the exact spot where the girls were hidden. But their rush to do a quick scan of the place, and a lack of understanding of where the girls were tucked away… allowed for Jenny and Cassie to just miss them, making the ending a touch heartbreaking as well.

If anything, this was simply one intense episode through and through. Because it was chaotic and scattered in all the right ways since our villains were stressed beyond belief and pushing to do stupid things left and right, and there are some benefits to that. For it might force them to make some major mistakes and leave some critical clues lying around, and that’s something that Jenny and Cassie can use to their advantage. Plus, this episode also did a phenomenal job of putting this plot on the clock so to speak, since now we know that our heroes are on borrowed time when it comes to finding the girls. For the couriers are coming for Grace and Dani and Jerrie, and that likely will make the next episode, a genuine race against time to try and save them all before they’re swept up, in the worst-case scenario. Until next time.

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