‘Hidden Assets’ Recap: ‘Season 2, Episode 6’

12/19/2023

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Photo from Episode 206 of ‘Hidden Assets’ Courtesy of Michel Vertongen/Acorn TV.

Caution: This article contains spoilers for the Season Two Finale of ‘Hidden Assets’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.

More often than not in crime dramas, the end of the case… brings forth cause for celebration. For the intrepid investigators are able to finally serve justice to the fallen and those who were wronged, and the criminal responsible for causing great harm goes to jail for a long, long time. Allowing for the story to really offer up a happy ending and for the investigators to move on to the next season of storytelling, since the close of the case is often handled during the season finale of said crime drama. But while that does indeed bring about a joyous and wondrous end to the darkness, one that hammers home the message that good tends to win, let’s be honest… this is nothing short of pure escapism and understandably so.

For that’s not how cases go in reality. Because sometimes the bad guys win or evade capture and sometimes… it takes too long for investigators to get to them. Allowing for stories to give us the sense of justice we crave, and that is why it is so supremely shocking when we encounter a story that does the opposite, that offers us the real-world view. Because we just don’t see it all that often here, and that is why the season two finale of Hidden Assets on Acorn TV is of note. For it is that rare crime story where the ending isn’t as joyous or as satisfying as one might like. Courtesy of the fact that this episode is nothing short of pyrrhic victory. For despite being able to get security in place for Bibi to ensure that Cline couldn’t harm her, a critical mistake was made in the protection process.

In that, Mila was asked to tag along, and she was quick to feed information, and had it not been for Wallace’s quick thinking, Bibi would have perished since Cline was waiting. But alas, the situation went south when De Long and Mila engaged in a pursuit of Cline. Because De Long got close, and nearly arrested him. Only to have Mila reveal her true self to De Long, long enough… to bring about his death. Which put the case on ice really. Since Mila spit out more misinformation to send the police on a Snipe Hunt for Cline. Which forced Wallace to get creative and use Melnick’s Last Will and Testament as a guide to his finances. To find something worth investigating to bring this to a close and well that… and a surprise discovery with Melnick’s phone, sent dominoes tumbling.

For Mila was exposed at last and sent to jail for her actions. And there was a discovery made in the Will. In that, Cline was likely hiding out at a property owned by Melnick. A discovery that brought about Cline’s end when he attempted to fight and flee. But finding Cline, did bring about the truth about Swann, since accounts tied to her were found in the property and that too… brought about an end. For Swann was arrested and a new company took over the port deal and well… that should have been a happy ending. But the death of De Long via betrayal, and the reveal that Bibi had her own role in this mess, a mastermind-esque one at that, which netted her payment for turning a blind eye to the events that happened, soured the ending a bit since justice wasn’t fully served.

All of which brought forth, a bittersweet end to two years of storytelling and going this route should come as no surprise regarding this series. Because this is a show that has been all about defying convention from day one so it could offer up a vastly different type of crime story and it most certainly did here. One that was bold and brave in every sense of the word and leaves us wondering what lies ahead if Acorn TV commissions a third season of the show. But for now, the big case is solved, at quite the cost for certain and sadly… this finale serves to remind us that this is sometimes how it goes for the good people that make justice the focus of their lives.

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