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Naomi and Alison rekindle their romance on the finale of “American Gothic”

Ok, I admit it. I assumed the worst last night. When I heard that Naomi was returning to American Gothic, I figured, they are going to find a way to kill her. Even at the episode’s halfway point, I was sure that the Psycho Lesbian trope was about to descend upon us, but after a little breadcrumb of hope from the show’s creator, I decided to slow my roll. Good thing I did because what happened really surprised the hell out of me.

@DanaPiccoli there’s still another hour left…

So let’s start at the beginning. After Alison’s marriage falls officially apart, she’s trying to focus on her campaign for Mayor, her family’s connection to the Silver Bells Killer and the unfortunate reappearance of the killer’s accomplice. When she gets a call from Naomi, who tells her she’s in town for a wedding, Alison’s face cracks into a big smile. She admits that things kind of suck without Naomi around, but their conversation is cut short when a construction crew member shows Alison a mysterious box hidden in the wall they are working on.

When Alison opens the box, she finds it full of silver bells. The same bells her mother swore she had gotten rid of. Seriously, does Alison have to do everything around here?

Alison confronts her mother about killing reporter Jennifer Wyndam (and her husband’s mistress) and Mommy Madeline basically admits that everything she’s done has been to protect the family and help Alison become great. Whoo boy. Alison really needs someone without an bananapants agenda in her life. Could that be Naomi?

While Madeline heads off to get some advice from her attorney about maaaaaybe murdering someone, Alison rushes to find her siblings. However, Tess and Cam are busy trying to track down Cam’s son, who was sort of kidnapped by his mom Sophie. While alone at Cam’s place, Alison has a lightbulb moment which she keeps close to the vest, but calls Naomi to meet up. At the campaign office, when the two women see each other, it’s electric. It’s everything they can do not to run into each others’ arms. But first things first-Naomi is really the only person Alison can trust, so she asks her advice about what to do regarding her proximity to SBK and perhaps a bunch of other murderers. Naomi gives her a pep talk that is some serious foreplay, and reminds her why she wanted to be mayor in the first place. She tells her to grab that power. Damn all these windows! Let these two make out, already.

Alison takes Naomi’s advice and tosses the box of bells into the harbor. Alison finds her mother burying her father’s ashes in the yard, and tells her the bells are gone. She also severs all ties to Madeline. While Cam is busy finding his son and basically telling his ex Sophie that she’ll never see him again and that she’s a “lost cause” (total dick move there, Cam. You’re not exactly Prince Charming of Good Decisionland), other brother Garrett is attempting to help the police figure out the identity of the dead SBK. They get a major lead, and link the killer to a man named John Martin. John lost his wife after a car accident and the two had a daughter named Dara. Garrett positively identifies John as the guy he buried in the backyard, and DNA evidence points to SBKs accomplice being a woman. Time to find Dara Martin!

Just when you thought things were turning around for Alison and Naomi, Alison finds a bunch of Metro cards in Naomi’s purse and realizes that Naomi never left town afterall. Alison calls her friend in Hawaii and gets confirmation that Naomi bailed on his campaign. Alison is furious that the one person she trusts, lied to her and when Naomi sees her again, Alison tells her to leave. She can’t deal with one more liar. Naomi tries to explain that her heart was broken and she couldn’t focus on another person’s campaign, but Alison isn’t hearing any of it.

More and more info about Dara becomes clear, and Dara is definitely a killer. Not only that but she’s known to the Hawthorne family. Can they stop her before it’s too late? Of course, this is when the show switches to Naomi sneaking in to Alison’s office and refusing to leave. This is when I lost it a little. The psycho lesbian trope, soon to be followed by the dead lesbian trope? My mind was racing. However, I was pleasantly surprised with what happened next.

When the siblings can’t find Alison, they panic and call Brady. The police track her cell phone to random warehouse. When the police bust in, Alison and Naomi are there, safe and sound, having a meeting with some Union members working out a deal and securing their vote. The police clear Naomi and Alison just may have clinched the election thanks to Naomi’s hard work.

Thinking that Dara is emotionally driven, they decide to investigate her mother’s gravesite. Low and behold, Grady notices that above the grave, is a cherry blossom tree. You know who has a cherry blossom tattoo? Sophie, Cam’s ex. Sophie makes her way to the Hawthorne mansion, and despite Madeline’s bodyguard, Sophie gets direct access to Madeline. She knocks the matriarch out with a syringe, and ties her up like the other SBK victims. Sophie aka Dara explains her hatred and how she and her father became killers. Dara was willing to let the hate go, but when Madeline worked to keep her son Jack and Cam away from her, she decided to continue with the plan. Madeline’s bodyguard is dead and she’s all alone with Dara…well, until Cam shows up. Dara handcuffs him to the dead bodyguard’s body while she goes about her plan to kill Madeline.

Dara and her father, feeling they were screwed over by the rich patients at the hospital, targeted the wealthy donors and that’s how they ended up at the Hawthornes. After Dara’s dad was killed, she was left alone with a lot of anger. Brady calls Tessa who lets him know that Cam and Madeline are at the house, and clearly in danger. He tells Tessa to stay put, but Garrett decides to bolt for the house. Cam finds way to get the bodyguard’s body down the stairs, but he’s too late: Madeline’s already been strangled to death. Cam wants to shoot Dara, but Garrett stops him, knowing that the guilt and memory of it will haunt him forever. Cam doesn’t care at that moment though so Garrett tackles him and Dara escapes just as the police arrive.

Back at the campaign headquarters, Alison and Naomi share a moment. Naomi got the scoop from a friend in the know-Alison has won. Alison credits Naomi with the win, but Naomi tosses it back at Alison. They look lovingly into each others’ eyes as Alison is called to the stage to accept the win.

Her happiness is short-lived however, when Tessa gets a call from Brady about their mother, and the sisters join their brothers at the house. Is it just me, or does no one seem too broken up over this?

We flash forward a year where the Hawthorne siblings are in a much better place. Tessa and Brady have a little boy now, Cam and his new lady friend finally consummate their relationship, Garrett flies in from California with Christina and they all meet up with Alison and Naomi at the beach. Looks like the Mayor and Naomi are raising the twins together and all is good. Awwww. Let’s just end it here.

Except, all is not perfect and shiny. Jack feels like the odd man out as the family reconnects, and instead walks off to listen to his teddy bear message from Dara. She’ll be back.

After the festivities, Alison is interviewed about her first year as mayor. As she answered the questions, we see what actually happened behind the scenes the year prior. Alison figured out Sophie was Dara before anyone else, and had a private meeting with her. She straight up tells Dara to kill off her mother and leave the rest of the family alone. They make the deal. Daaaaaaaaang!

Well, I didn’t see that coming. Did you? What did you think about this season of American Gothic? Would you watch a Season 2 if it gets renewed?

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