Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: Season 5 (Final Season)

All right.

Brooklyn is kind of an asshole. And I think Kenji thinks he has more juice than he actually does. We'll see. 3 stars.

Aggravating.

It's narratively okay (and interesting) that Brooklyn sucks. What pisses me off is she has no IDEA she sucks. She's genuinely surprised Darius is pissed.

Also Kenji is a tool for falling for the trap at the end. I saw it coming a million miles away. If it looks too good to be true on dino islands, that means it is.

Poop. 2 1/2 stars.

One of the things I disliked about Camp Cretaceous in hindsight is it portrayed Wu as a typical mustache-twirling villain. Which would be fine except Dominion said he had sincere regrets. Finally, the Camp Fam cartoons know what the left hand is doing.

The scene with the dinosaurs trying to eat Smoothie was legitimately upsetting. I mean, I know it's actually a horror franchise, but this show is for kids and that was a bit much.

Better than the first two episodes this season. 3 1/2 stars.

This is a show where the dialogue is ALWAYS shaky, but you usually can forgive it because it has other virtues.

Can't do that with an episode with a "No, WE did it." Not possible. 1 1/2 stars.

Tense episode. The problem of getting out of the Jeep in the tree was interesting and the wrinkle of the Jeep falling and its alarm going off was a pretty good curveball.

I also like that despite the fact that Brooklyn saves Sammy's life, Sammy (a character I usually can't stand) instead makes it crystal clear the show isn't going to take the easy way out and have THAT be the thing to make her forgive her, as if all the other crap Brooklyn pulled didn't actually matter.

Bad things? The pathos in the final scene was extremely poorly written, even for THIS show, and landed with a thud. The voice acting and animation didn't help. 3 1/2 stars.

I loved the scene between Ben and Yaz. Poor dialogue or not, the drama felt earned. I also forgot Ben was the first person she came out to.

Smoothie sure is a cute little fella, isn't he?

Opinion: The giant locusts were the worst part of Dominion. Randomly making them on fire here doesn't make them either more interesting or relevant.

I liked the show tackling pain in as realistic a manner as a kids' show can.

Can't be a ton of blood or cursing, but I felt like the show put in extra effort to show how scary and painful a serious injury is.

I thought it was good. 4 stars.

Very interesting character insight that Ben does NOT like being taken care of or dependent on other people. Lots of people are bad patients actually, but Ben’s hang-ups there involve guilt and self-doubt, which is pretty interesting.

Solid-ass episode. 4 stars.

During the episode I wasn’t 100% certain they’d actually let Ben die, but they sure as hell were putting in the emotional legwork, so it didn’t actually surprise me.

I love that it’s a show for kids that has Darius’ moral about love. Love is messy. Love is complicated and not one size fits all. Not every person loves the same ways either. It’s both scary and wonderful for all of these reasons.

Yeah, that was pretty damn great. 5 stars.

I should be disappointed they immediately bought back Ben’s death… But, you know, it IS a kids show. Perfectly understandable.

Speaking of kids shows, I mentioned before this one is great at adding complication to complication. Even though you are PRETTY sure Ben made it (Camp Fam is too happy in the Epilogue for him not to have) when you see the car pull, up, you’re disappointed it’s Gia, and you’re hoping beyond hope she’ll get out and open the passenger side door and… What I’m saying is the tension is good enough to make the obvious, most likely thing feel in serious doubt, which is a good skill for a kiddie show to have, considering they ALWAYS have to Nerf that shit. Justice League Unlimited was another kiddie show that buried my cynicism in the right moments. Not the worst company to keep there.

The T-Rex has always been the franchise’s Wild Card. Sometimes they’re the worst thing the heroes can ever face and sometimes they’re their salvation. The T-Rex is a pure animal running on nothing but instinct (and id) and their motives are neither good nor evil. But they tend to help as often as they hurt. The fact that the T-Rex is often on the Good Side is another thing to state nature is chaotic and can’t be predicted or controlled.

Cool the show didn’t buy back Dr. Wu’s, oh, I’m sorry, HENRY’S redemption.

I would like Universal to put out a Complete Blu-Ray Ultimate Collection of both this show and Camp Cretaceous (along with that show’s interactive special). I’m pretty sure this is it for Camp Fam, and truthfully I would have been good with them ending at the last show. This one just seems like a nice bonus. I’m not sure I’d want to push things further. 5 stars.