Hellcats - Episode 1.09 - Finish What We Started - Review

In ‘Finish What We Started’ we see Savannah turn on Marti and return home after Marti and Dan’s past was revealed.

‘Finish What We Started’ yet again felt like another filler episode for the freshman show. Savannah returns home after last week’s over-dramatic ending to find that her sister, Charlotte, is pregnant and her parents are unaware. I enjoyed this twist to the show, it was something I wasn’t expecting (probably the first thing so far) and has the potential to be a very good story line in the show.

Seeing Charlotte and Savannah reconnect was really nice even though I was a little confused as to why Savannah would return home? The writers have made us believe this is the last place she would ever want to be and that her and her mum do not have a good relationship. Yet, in this episode, her mum was the first person she turned too for support.

I was very shocked that Savannah agreed to cheer for the Cyclones to help them get their sponsor for nationals. As close as her and her sister were this episode, it still seemed strange considering how passionate she is about the Hellcats. It will be interesting to see if the writers have anything planned for this, maybe someone spotted her? I can’t imagine the Hellcats being impressed by this.

Marti and Dan really annoyed me this episode. Seeing them kiss after Dan was upset about Savannah and Marti was so annoyed at Lewis it just didn’t make much sense. I think the writers went a bit too quick with this love triangle. It would have been nicer to see Savannah and Dan grow more as a couple rather than just a couple of episodes. Unfortunately, I don’t like Marti enough to feel sorry for her, maybe if we had this twist later in the season, when we know all the characters much better, the storyline would have been more effective?

Overall, the episode was a bit better than last week’s but I still don’t understand what the writers are trying to do. Do they want us to hate Marti? That’s the impression I got this episode. Savannah did over react last week, Marti and Dan’s relationship was in the past and that was acceptable, but now, they kiss again and I now don’t know my feelings about Marti. I seem to dislike her more and more every week and the more I dislike her, the less I enjoy the show.

Thoughts?