Editor’s observe: The beneath article accommodates spoilers for Season 2 of The Flight Attendant.Cassie Bowden (Kaley Cuoco) has had fairly an exciting and eventful 12 months, filled with homicide and a number of rock bottoms, within the second season of HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant. After serving to to unravel the homicide of Alex Sokolov (Michiel Huisman) dedicated by Buckley a.okay.a. Feliks (Colin Woodell), who sought out a relationship with Cassie after the grotesque night time in Thailand, Cassie discovered herself dwelling in California, wrapped up in one other thriller. This time, someone is pretending to be her and attempting to border her for a number of murders. (Can this poor woman catch a break?) Regardless of the intriguing net of mysteries that Cassie has change into fixated on untangling, the collection additionally manages to inform a compelling story about Cassie’s private journey alongside the way in which, specializing in her psychological well being points and the alcoholism which have always tormented her since she was a toddler. After accepting her substance abuse downside on the finish of the primary season, this self-reflection is simply additional highlighted within the second season, as we study simply how tousled Cassie’s life has been since she helped cease Feliks — from her lie that she’s been sober for a 12 months, regardless of two slip-ups in New York earlier than she moved to California, to the wall she’s put up along with her new boyfriend Marco (Santiago Cabrera). Now that Cassie has accepted that she is powerless resulting from her struggles with sobriety, there’s nonetheless a lot extra story to be instructed in future seasons.
Essentially the most highly effective second is Cassie and her AA sponsor Brenda (Shohreh Aghdashloo) on the seashore on the finish of Season 2, Episode 5, as Cassie lastly confronts every thing she’s been working from after slipping up but once more. She lastly comes clear that she has not been sober for a 12 months, however has been mendacity to everybody as a result of she was ashamed and didn’t wish to begin over. However, as Brenda reminds her, she by no means left sq. one as a result of she by no means did what she wanted to do to keep up her sobriety. All the things was constructed on a home of playing cards, which collapsed. Now that Cassie has accepted her alcoholism and that she is powerless to ever “beat” it, a brand new journey awaits her if/when The Flight Attendant continues on (and let’s hope it does). After a virtually lifelong battle, Cassie accepts the components of herself that she can’t change, that she doesn’t fairly like herself, however the darkish components that can at all times be a part of who she is. How does she stability these components of herself whereas attempting to change into somebody she really likes?
That’s one of many greatest questions going ahead, as we’ve solely seen just the start of Cassie actually attempting to alter. She has actually reconnected along with her brother Davey (T.R. Knight) and her mom, taking duty for her half within the struggles they’ve confronted. Plus, Cassie serving to Megan (Rosie Perez) speak with Shane (Griffin Matthews) about getting immunity and into witness safety is the primary selfless factor we’ve ever seen her do, exhibiting an excessive amount of character progress. However, with out additional exploration of Cassie’s story, it’s tough to consider that she’ll really change. In spite of everything, that’s what the primary finale left viewers with, as Cassie appeared empowered to handle her points and make her life higher. And, from the place that left her in Season 2, it’s clear that Cassie nonetheless has quite a lot of work to do earlier than we will relaxation simple that she is going to take the time to raised her life in some ways.
Serving to to cease Dot, a profession felony, has given Cassie a good quantity of respect on the CIA, in keeping with her handler Benjamin Berry (Mo McRae). Regardless of how hectic her aspect gig has made her life, it’s clear that Cassie has no intention of leaving it behind as she re-focuses on herself. Hopefully, one factor the collection will actually handle sooner or later is Cassie’s alternative of profession given her private struggles. She’s going to at all times battle with habit, and dealing as a flight attendant moonlighting as a CIA asset doesn’t appear to be the healthiest alternative for her, given her historical past and the way we’ve watched it drastically affect her current. From what we’ve realized about Cassie’s life over the 12 months in between the seasons, Cassie was capable of distract herself from consuming — briefly — by digging into her work as an asset for the CIA and placing herself in dangerous conditions. After her misadventures with Miranda (Michelle Gomez) fixing Alex’s homicide within the first season, Cassie has clearly come to like the adrenaline rush the sort of exercise offers her. It makes her really feel alive once more in methods she hasn’t since she lastly accepted her alcoholism, serving to her obtain a sense that consuming once more in Season 2 wasn’t capable of give her. This love of the frenzy, of placing collectively the puzzles of the felony thoughts, is how she discovered herself in hurt’s means on the bombing in Berlin, tailing the mark she wasn’t presupposed to comply with exterior the resort. It’s how Dot (Cheryl Hines) sought to border her for the crimes she dedicated. Does this imply Cassie has to seek out one thing else to do along with her life? Not essentially. However, it is very important handle how her jobs could negatively affect her sobriety and her psychological well being, one thing that has solely been barely touched upon within the first two seasons.
The primary season ends with Cassie prepared to overcome being sober and stay her new, free life. From the music option to Cassie’s completely satisfied angle, it feels empowering. The second season is way extra grounded, ending with Cassie fortunately dancing along with her greatest associates Annie (Zosia Mamet) and Max (Deniz Akdeniz) at their marriage ceremony. It’s an indication that Cassie is able to lastly do the exhausting work, altering her life for the higher and turning into someone she really desires to be, someone that offers again to the loving folks in her life. After such a deep exploration of Cassie’s previous and her dangerous choices, it’s time for the viewers to see her do the work. It’s not satisfying to go away off proper earlier than she alters her life, as we don’t have any concept who Cassie may change into as soon as she actually stops working from herself. She’s made strides, however she’s nowhere near being in a wholesome and steady psychological state. Sustaining your sobriety is a lifelong journey and energy, so audiences ought to get extra alternatives to seek out out the place Cassie’s journey takes her. Plus, Cassie can at all times discover herself in one other messy state of affairs the place she turns into obsessive about placing the items of the puzzle collectively, so there’s actually no scarcity of tales to be instructed in future seasons of The Flight Attendant.
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