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Last week, the two-hour finale of Alert dropped.

Welp, I wanted answers.

However, I think about halfway through the second part I wasn’t sure I actually wanted them anymore.

For one reason – I didn’t want this to break Nikki and Jay again.

These two spent so much of their lives looking for their son and when they couldn’t find him, it broke pieces of them. Nikki spent her entire career looking for other people’s babies. Jay buried his head in the sand, pressing pause on his whole life.

Then… Then they believe they found their son.

They went through a roller coaster of emotions with him. Trying to help him. Trying to help their daughter. Finding out that their daughter believed she accidentally killed her brother. That their son might be lying on a cold slab waiting to be identified. Thought it really was Keith.

I found myself convinced during these moments that it wasn’t Keith.

I didn’t know all the answers, but I knew it wasn’t him.

And I was afraid for Nikki and Jay because what if this just destroyed them?

I don’t think I could get up in the morning and go to work. I think I’d need a whole year to recover, if at all.

It’s not Keith.

Honestly, I don’t think I was ever truly convinced it was. At one point during this, I was like, maybe it could just be Keith, and his birth mom kidnapped him or something. Again, not because I believed he was Keith. I just wanted a win for Nikki and Jay.

I wanted them to have their son.

There was also a part of me at the end of the episode that the cliffhanger would be a kid showing up at their front door all like, hi, I’m Keith. Your son.

I think I would have chucked something at the TV.

Like what is this? Harrison Wells from the Flash? Every year we get a new one?

Anyway, we still don’t have answers about Keith. His body wasn’t found yet. Did he drown? With drama shows like this, you never know. I wouldn’t be surprised if this show comes back, that there’s a new mystery around Keith.

All in all, it capped the ending nicely.

I loved finding out C is trans. That was so beautiful. Also, I’m with you man. I don’t like Game of Thrones either.

I also didn’t expect nor did I like that Lucas got killed. Clearly, he had a rough life. He didn’t deserve to die over a lie to get him somewhere safer.

Yes, it was bad. I don’t like what he did to this family. But I didn’t want him dead either! Like how was that the choice?

Poor kid. He deserved a mother who loved him.

I feel so bad for this family. They’ve been through so much.

But I did like the growth of everyone. Sydney understands that whatever truly happened to Keith isn’t her fault. Just a terrible accident.

Nikki moves forward, actually forward with Mike.

Mike is honest with himself and with Nikki.

And Jay does the right thing and arrests the person properly despite his anger. And then he gives the spare key to Mike, finally starting to move on.

I did appreciate the whole moment between Nikki and Jay when they were mourning their son. Together on the couch as they mourned what they lost and leaned on each other. I thought for a second they were going to kiss but I was pleasantly surprised that they didn’t.

They grew.

Instead, of falling back into bad habits or each other when they’re in pain. They talked. They thought about life and how they would mourn tonight, but tomorrow would move forward.

They have answers.

Even if they’re not what they wanted.

And they’ll still be there for each other. But it won’t be the way it was and that’s okay.

Jay giving Mike the key was a turning point for him. He’s no longer holding on so tightly to Nikki because he knows he’s not being replaced. He still has her. They’re still family. Just a new kind. He can still sleep on the couch and be at the house.

He’s not worried about his place in their lives anymore.

I think that’s great.

Overall, as a police drama, not a very good one. Too much rule breaking for my taste.

As for a character a drama, it was pretty good.

Every character was flawed and dealing with stuff. They try their best and stumble and fall. They’re not perfect, but they try to do better.

Which is all you can ask for.

Do you think this show will get renewed for a second season?

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