It Was Always Going to End This Way
In the seventh episode of Surface, Sophie returns to therapy after her big breakthrough. She apologizes to Hannah and confronts her past, believing once and for all that she really did jump off the pier… but is that really the true story? ..
Sophie tells Baden in confidence that she has evidence against him and James. She wants him to hold off for a while, getting cold feet about this as there are “innocent people” about to get caught in the crossfire. Baden agrees to give her 24 hours.
Sophie is back in the UK, and her problems have only just begun. James has been called into work by the Financial Crimes Unit, who have received a tip-off about an internal investigation. They want to look closer into this, and James tries to keep a calm head while Sophie continues to tumble further down the rabbit hole, pointing out that Baden has access and knows about the fraud. ..
It was Todd who spoke to Baden and leaked all the information to Harrison and James. He is now on the run, and they are demanding to know everything he has told Baden.
Sophie tries to withdraw $3.1 million in an account under the name of Tess Caldwell. This happens to be Sophie’s alias of course. She heads to the bank but has to answer a series of security questions. And naturally, it seems she gets the first question wrong. It doesn’t look good and Sophie eventually gets cold feet when the clerk decides to go and speak to her supervisor.
Baden is gathering evidence to post about Sophie. Sophie is deliberating over what to do and believes a solution could be for her to come clean and confess. That way, if Baden sees that it’s her that’s going to get hurt the most, he may hold off. James isn’t so sure. ..
Sophie shows up to see Baden and admits she’s the one who stole the funds. Baden questions why she’s trusting James so much. Sophie refuses to let someone else take the fall for what she’s done, admitting that she’s getting her memories back now and doesn’t want to live with the guilt.
Sophie starts to question her own motives in the wake of all this and eventually decides they should run away together. She urges Baden to come with her and leave everything behind. Before we hear a reply, Sophie leaves his place. However, there are bigger issues here.
James decides to take care of this, realizing he can’t trust this dishonest man and forcing Baden into physical submission and not posting this evidence.
Sophie confronts Baden about his stalking and blackmailing her. She demands he destroy the evidence or she’ll tell the police about it. “You can’t do this!” Baden says, but Sophie points out that it’s not up to him anymore - she’s playing damage control.
Sophie tells James that she’s been seeing a black figure on the edge of the pier. That figure from way back earlier in the season returns – and James believes her. He suspects that it’s Baden responsible for pushing her in a jealous fit of rage.
Baden shows up at the restaurant with some pretty gnarly injuries across his face. Someone has blown his cover and as a result, he’s a wanted man. Baden promises he’s not there to hurt anyone and hands over a USB stick. Naturally, a fight breaks out between Baden and James. just after this.
Evidence on a USB stick confirms Sophie fell off the boat. A dark figure rushes to her location but it’s too blurry to make out who that may be. Rushing up to Baden’s apartment, Sophie finds the place has been broken into. It seems the drug ring has caught up to him and he’s taken outside in a body bag. ..
The Episode Review
In the end, Surface does a bit of a bait and switch by showing that Sophie jumped off the boat rather than being pushed. This seems like a big deal to us, as it could be an important clue in the series. We’re not sure if this is the real story or if we’re just being misled, but it feels like we might have been better off not spending so much time on this one.
The show has a lot of potential, but it doesn’t have the wow factor that makes murder mystery shows so popular. So far, it seems like Baden was killed by James, and Sophie jumped because of her own confliction. But we could also be in for one final twist- what if Sophie was drugged by James or Baden and she fell off the boat? We’ll have to wait and see. ..
The mystery of what’s been going on in the town of West Egg has been building up for weeks, and if you’re keeping up with the story, there’s not long left before we get some answers over what’s been happening. The town is in disarray, and it seems as though something big is about to happen.
