‘Total Control’ Recap: ‘Season 2, Episode 4’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 204 of ‘Total Control’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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The day we are close to potentially achieving our dreams, should be a proud day indeed. Because it signals the culmination of hours upon hours of hard work. The kind where we injected blood, sweat, and tears into something we want more than anything, and of course, once we get exactly what we want… well, there’s no better feeling in the world. But while that is the kind of day that most of us envision in our heads when it comes to the dreams we chase, it likely won’t be perfect like that in the slightest. Because the world chugs along and twists and turns could surprise us on that all-important day, especially if we surrendered the moment for thoughts of the future, and that particular problem is of note today, because it served as the focal theme of the next episode of Total Control on Sundance Now.
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For when we catch up with Alex Irving and her family, the big day has arrived. For it is Election Day in Australia, and while Alex and her team haven’t a clue if they’ve made enough strides to win the Freeman seat and get Alex back into politics, they are expecting to take part in a full day of events. One that includes visiting polling places around Freeman, complete with photo opportunities and chats with the locals and of course, gratitude for her campaign team. Which sounded like a glorious day for certain, since it would have afforded Alex a chance to really bask in the journey so far and the strides she made and bask in a potential victory… were it not for one teeny, tiny problem. In that, Eddie didn’t show for the photo shoot and that concerned Alex to no end.

In fact, those concerns turned to utter worry and panic, when @Bait15 started taunting her again and that motivated her to head home and discover a noose hanging in her yard and that Eddie was missing and well, that changed the course of her big day. Because now she was on the hunt for her son and turning over every stone and stalker related clue and this made for a powerful sequence for certain. One that genuinely showed us how great a of a mother, Alex really is, and how far she’ll go to make sure that her son is the priority, and this was also a scary sequence for certain. Since @Bait15 heavily implied that he was involved in all of this and that he had harmed Eddie by burying him at a sacred site and for a brief moment there, it really seemed as though a worst-case scenario was going to come into play.

But thankfully, the police found Eddie, who decided it was best to just get away at Steven’s old place for a bit and cool off. Because he was sick of playing second fiddle to his mom’s career and wanted to feel loved and cherished by her. Hammering home how focusing on the future at the sacrifice of the moment can come back to haunt us when we are chasing dreams, and it would seem that Alex understands what her son needs now, and she will need to figure out how to balance that… and her new job. Because in the closing moments of this tale, the results for the Freeman portion of the election finally came through and well, much to Alex’s surprise… it turned out that she beat Jack Ramsey handily and secured a seat in Parliament.

Which led to a tearful thank you to those who supported her and she poured out love for her son since she really does believe the good, she can do in the government can benefit him and hopefully… there is peace now between the two of them. Because there is work to be done and laws to be made and change to be impacted upon Australia. But before we see how Alex handles life as an independent, we can bask in the wonder of one incredible episode. Because this one not only hammered home its commentary, but it took us on an emotional rollercoaster. One that truly had us worried that the worst had come to Alex’s family. Plus, seeing her win the election, just sends one spirits soaring and it will be quite interesting to see how long the high of this episode is going to last, one Alex is sworn back in. Until next time.

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