Life 2.0 – As the finale of Sweetpea begins, Rhiannon Lewis (Ella Purnell) is arrested and booked. Marina (Leah Harvey) sits down with Rhiannon in an interview room. Marina’s boss joins them. Rhiannon asks about Julia (Nicole Lecky). Marina says Julia is being very helpful. Julia is told that Marcus is definitely dead. Marina wants to know how Rhiannon figured out where Julia was being kept. Rhiannon tells them about the texts from Marcus. Julia tells them what happened when Rhiannon arrived. Rhiannon tells a similar story. When Julia is asked about the knife, she says Marcus threatened her with it. Marina urges her to tell them what really happened. Julia says Marcus slipped. When Rhiannon is asked about the knife, she says it’s Marcus’s knife.

Marina says that type of knife is usually used in the trades. She suggests it belonged to Rhiannon’s father. Marina keeps pushing her and accuses her of killing those people. Marina’s boss eventually interrupts and takes her outside. They talk about the case in private. Marina wants to search Rhiannon’s house, but her boss won’t give her permission to do that. Rory (Nitin Ganatra) tells Marina that every dog has its day. Marina yells at him. Her boss tells her she’s not overlooked because she’s just not good enough. Rhiannon is told she can go. Craig (Jon Pointing) picks her up outside. They go to Julia’s house where they see the press and police outside. AJ (Calam Lynch) runs over to speak to Rhiannon. She apologizes for how she treated him. AJ says he’s glad she’s okay. Once Rhiannon makes it home, she finds a box. Once she opens it, she finds a box with Tommy’s ashes.

Julia arrives because she didn’t know where to go. Rhiannon insists she had to kill Marcus and she’ll never kill again. Julia is happy when she realizes that it’s over. She doesn’t want to go to prison. Rhiannon insists people don’t go to prison for doing good things. She also says they rid the world of a bully. Marina is still upset. Julia and Rhiannon go out. Rhiannon thinks they should go to The Gazette and tell their stories. She argues this is how they’ll take the power back. Julia agrees to do it. Rhiannon reveals she brought her dad’s ashes with her. When a man interrupts, they try to get rid of him. Once the man leaves, Rhiannon insists she’s done with killing. Julia just wants to get messed up. She takes Rhiannon’s bank card and leaves. Rhiannon speaks to Craig on the phone.

Marina goes to Rhiannon’s house and finds it empty. It appears she’s going to break into Rhiannon’s house. While Rhiannon and Julia party, Marina searches Rhiannon’s house. Craig meets Rhiannon who begins making out with Julia. Julia makes out with Craig too. Marina finds a wig and the USB stick. She finds the CCTV footage of Rhiannon slashing Julia’s tires outside Tommy’s Transformations. Rhiannon talks to Julia about her dad. She believes he would be proud of her for standing up for herself. Rhiannon finds out that her dad’s ashes as spilled out inside her bag. She dumps him out off the side of the building and wakes up Craig. Rhiannon suggests Julia could live with her and take Seren’s room. Rhiannon realizes she texted AJ and tried to say she was obsessed with him. He says the same about her.

When Rhiannon goes home, she’s shocked to find Marina in her house. Marina admits she’s been waiting for her. Marina tells her about the CCTV footage. She knows it was Rhiannon, but Rhiannon says she cannot use whatever she found. After all, she broke in. Marina claims Rhiannon will do it again anyway. She says Rhiannon will do it again and she’ll be there. Before Marina leaves, she tells Rhiannon that she’ll see her again. Rhiannon and Julia go to The Gazette where they are greeted by AJ. Norman says hello and tells Julia she has a face that will sell papers. Julia begins telling them about her time in captivity. AJ asks what she’d say to Marcus if he was there now. Rhiannon sits and listens to her. Julia gets upset and ends the interview. Rhiannon follows her out to make sure they’re still good. Julia tells her she’ll get her stuff and pop over later. Rhiannon visits Craig to say they should just be friends.

Craig finds it odd that she’s hanging out with Julia now. He also mentions that she asked him to lie for her. Craig suspects something messed up is going on. He tries to use that to get her to sell him the business. Craig grabs a copy of the agreement and gives her a pen to sign it. Rhiannon calls him pathetic before signing the paper. As Rhiannon returns home, she tries to get in touch with Julia. AJ ends up arriving at Rhiannon’s place. She tells him that she broke up with Craig. They have sex. Rhiannon goes to the bathroom and sends Julia another message. She receives an alert that money has been spent at British Airways. Rhiannon calls Julia again and asks about her bank card. Julia still doesn’t answer. AJ tells Rhiannon that he got his first police contact. AJ shows her a picture of the murder weapon. He remembers that it belonged to Rhiannon previously.

AJ gets up and starts getting dressed. He asks where Rhiannon’s knife is. Rhiannon admits it was her dad’s. She claims it’s in the kitchen so AJ tries to find it. Rhiannon tries to convince him that this is nothing. She eventually admits that it is her knife. Rhiannon says she stood up for herself and they were bad people. She shouldn’t have to fight this hard to be seen. Rhiannon says he’s the only one who sees her. She tries to stop AJ from leaving. Rhiannon eventually grabs a knife and stabs him repeatedly. Rhiannon insists she’s not a monster while AJ dies. Seren arrives and likely finds out what has happened.

 

Sweetpea Review

The finale of Sweetpea was pretty lackluster considering it was an attempt to secure another season just like so many other shows. It also made Rhiannon even less likable. One issue with the finale is the fact that the police somehow linked the knife to the other crimes. Although it’s possible, it’s highly unlikely. After all, even ballistics evidence is often considered unreliable.

It’s also odd that AJ didn’t remember the knife until after sleeping with Rhiannon. If he remembered it then, he would’ve remembered it when his police contact first sent it to him. Rhiannon’s behavior remained odd throughout. When she found out that her bank card had been used, she handled it dumbly. Surely, she would’ve realized that Julia was fleeing.

There are many little stupid bits scattered throughout the series, but they become more noticeable in the last two episodes. Another issue here is the soundtrack and sound effects. The music is bad enough, but the sound effects are over-the-top. This is really in the same line as Pretty Little Liars.

It strives to be a hip series for specific people who enjoy watching men being slaughtered. There is nothing else here because Rhiannon and Julia are equally unlikable. The series really could’ve been so much more, but it’s let down by a flimsy script and weak characters. The finale scores a 4 out of 10.

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