Syfy’s Dominion: Season One Finale – “Beware Those Closest To You”

Warning: this article contains spoilers.

The Dominion finale snuck up on me like the plague. I mean, EIGHT episodes, Syfy? What? Are you trying to evoke a mass suicide from an overdose of all of this tomfoolery? I digress.

I’m going to format this one differently because there’s so much ground to cover in that hour and a half. Let’s start with the big stuff.

Important Things:

• Malex Plan is a failure. When Alex barged into the Senate meeting and started blabbing about Michael and Noma, you don’t understand how badly I wanted to jump into the TV and knock him in the head. If my aim was better, I’m pretty sure I would have a hole in my TV the size of my remote. But it was worth it because Alex and Michael managed to pull off a top secret plan. They met up with Noma outside of Vega, where she met up with Furiad. (Oh yeah, they got it in. Wouldn’t you tap that?) Then, they traveled to Mordor to have a meeting with Gabriel. I’m guessing the idea was to lure Gabe to Alex and Mike will attack, but Malex should’ve known better! OF COURSE Gabe didn’t go meet Alex! Of course. Let’s pretend Michael wasn’t involved and blame everything on Alex.

• Gabe is the HBIC of Dominion. Gabriel waltzed up to Vega like a boss. While Alex and Michael were waiting for him, he threw a wrench into their scheme by “surrendering” himself. The Senate had no idea what to do with him. Becca’s suggestion was to blow him up (perhaps they should’ve, but Michael probably would’ve reacted in the same way he did later if they had). David and William argued that Vega can’t mess up the opportunity to question the head honcho. Claire agreed, but she was suspicious of David’s motives. While in his Loki-styled captivity, Gabriel offered up absolutely no information about anything he was planning, but succeeded in screwing with every single person who came to visit him. Then, he walked out of his cell and walked right out of Vega. Don’t mess with him, okay? Just don’t.

• Claire’s Vacation to Preggoland. WHAT? Claire’s pregnant?! Oh, wow. Okay. Apparently, us and Alex were the only people that didn’t know because the angel sibling tag team had it all figured out. I was flabbergasted. For starters, how long ago did they have sex? I don’t know the Dominion episode time frame, but doesn’t it feel like they’ve been on the outs for a while? Anyway, I wish she wasn’t. I honestly thought we were done with the Claire-Alex love story—even though they both want each other. I’ve mentioned before that Claire doesn’t do it for me. I think she’s a lot more calculating than we give her credit for and a lot less intelligent than she gives herself credit for. Now, we have a kid to deal with, the Chosen One’s kid. Imagine the possibilities. What if Alex isn’t even the savior? What if he was just chosen to create the real Chosen One?Surprisingly, I was hoping for a bit more Noma. She’s still alive, so there’s hope for next season, but I want more. I know she’s only going to play second fiddle to Claire, especially now that Claire’s pregnant, but keep hope alive!

• Mecca Disaster. Raise your hand if you were hoping for at least a kiss from Michael and Becca. I know I was. But, in true Mecca fashion, we got nada—except for longing looks and body posture. Then, Michael went off and killed her. Yes, you read that correctly. Gabe blabbed about Becca’s angel experiments. Naturally, Michael was pretty heated (oh my God, that scene when Alex called Michael to ask where he was and Michael said, “House Thorn”— AAAAAAAAHHHHHH). She was basically dissecting members of his family, then lying about it. It was probably the lying that stung the most. Michael lost himself for a moment. He took out several of the Angel Corps (yeah, I’ve been saying they suck all season) and obliterated Becca’s neck, so… Is there a chance we can resurrect her for next season? It sucks, because their entire relationship was so understated and subtle, and now it’s over. Mike did wrong, too! He lied to Becca and pushed her away. If they were both more open about their feelings, things might’ve gone differently. After his freak-out, Michael disappeared from the episode. He won’t stay away too long. I’m guessing he needs space from us. He did just kill the woman he loved.

• William Gets the Boot. Finally, the relationship between David and William has minimized its suckage. Willie is in control of nothing. Aside from his random outbursts of psycho freakazoid moments, he’s pretty much a weakling. There were moments when I was rooting for him, especially when David was being an ultra douche. In these last few episodes, we’ve seen Willie gain some sort of a backbone and speak up for himself, but too little too late. Sorry to say this, but I’m happy he got booted off the island. Willie and Claire had their wedding, but this relationship was never evenly yoked. After finding out that she was pregnant with Alex’s child, Will promised to raise the kid together as a family. It’s too bad that Claire found out about his involvement with the Black Acolytes. She wants him executed. To be honest, this is one of the reasons I never liked Claire. She always plays the victim, but never owns up to her part in anything. Yeah, Will lied, but she didn’t even try to hear his point of view. She freaked out. This was only moments after Will discovered her pregnancy. He found out that she’d been hiding a secret relationship and—although he had to have an inkling—their marriage was nothing but a show. Will had feelings for Claire, so it was a huge deal for him to say he would claim her illegitimate child as his own. Do you think the people of Vega would want a leader who fornicated with a soldier, then produced a child out of wedlock? Soldiers are at the bottom of the caste, and no one knows Alex is the Chosen One. Will did her a favor, and she just tossed the guy out on his bum! I can understand David being the cruel one since he’s holding onto the emotional baggage of losing his family, but Claire’s known Will since they were children. Surprisingly, David is the one who showed William compassion. Well, as best he could, anyway. In fact, I think it might’ve been obligatory more than out of love. Instead of killing Will as Claire requested, he drove him outside the walls of Vega and set him free. Through this small act, we see that their relationship has grown. I expect more things from William next season, and I honestly believe David will be back to his conniving self in no time. He did burn an entire group of Acolytes alive this episode.

• Uriel’s with WHO? Arika is WHO? WHAT? So, I’ve pretty much been griping about how I want to meet Evelyn in every Dominion recap. Turns out, we’ve already met her. Arika is freaking Evelyn. I didn’t see that one coming AT ALL. On top of that major jaw-dropper, she’s in cahoots with Uriel. Oh, and she’s also in bed with Uriel. Wondering how the two tie in? Uriel kept Evelyn/Arika and the city of Helena safe while all of the craziness was happening twenty-five years ago. She was the engineer behind Helena’s success. After confirming that Claire was pregnant, the two hatched a plan to get her to Helena in hopes that Alex would follow. See, this is why Uriel confuses the hell out of me. She’s playing so many sides that it’s hard to tell whose team she’s actually on. I mean, first Michael, then Gabriel, and now I’m assuming that her alliance with Evelyn is for herself. She says that the goal is to get the war between her brothers to stop, but who knows if that’s the truth? Uriel is probably one of the sneakiest women on TV.

• Alex Goes to Mordor. Okay, it’s not actually Mordor, but Gabriel’s castle in the mountain is really freaking creepy. Alex decides that he has no other choice but to leave Vega. I mean, if we’re being honest here, he’s been trying to get away since episode one, so bye, Craig. He leaves Claire a letter to give to their unborn child and heads off. So, I guess the bad guy wins this round? It appears that Gabe’s plan was victorious, alluding that Uriel was working with him the entire time. As I said before, Michael is nowhere to be found and Alex needs some kind of guidance. Last resort: go hang out with Gabe and those weirdos.

• Questions That Need Answers

  • So, Riesen’s just going to leave Vega and die off somewhere?

  • Is Mike coming back from the store?

  • “Beware Those Closest To You” couldn’t possibly mean Michael…right? I’m still not sold on that idea. It’s clear that Gabe was using Michael’s past to turn Alex against him. In some moments, it appears to not have worked, but in others Alex seems very unsure.

  • What in the hell is Uriel planning?

  • Is David going to get another lion?

  • So, Becca definitely, like, 10,000,000,000% cannot be resurrected? Like not at all? Not just her head? Nothing? What if she becomes an angel? Oh my God, if she becomes an angel (not an eight ball), she and Michael can be together forever!

  • Can we have more scenes with Mike being angry? Seriously, that was hot.

Best Line Award: David Whele

“I may be broken, but I’m not gonna shoot my own son.” Gee, it only took a life-and-death situation, Dave.

This finale was everything. Everything. Amazing. Spectacular. Can’t wait for season two. See you guys next year!

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