‘House of Lies’ season 3 finale review: Did Marty, Jeannie survive the FBI?
Tonight, “House of Lies” season 3 ended its run with an episode that gave you almost everything that you wanted … and then took almost all of them away. Marty and Jeannie were finally together, but by the end of the episode, there was a pretty substantial reason for the two of them to go their separate ways.
What’s the reason for that? Think along the lines of Jeannie accidentally getting Marty arrested, and put him in a situation where he would have to step away from Kaan & Associates completely to even remotely save his company. This was all due to Jeannie’s dealings at the Department of Justice, which she assumed would not go this way at all the moment she walked away. She’s typically so fantastic at being able to solve almost any problem, but this is an issue that she did not anticipate. Thanks to that, she’s given Marty the impression that this was all a massive ploy by her to seek control, and she now has it.
All of this story was pretty well-done, as we saw the happiness of Marty and Jeannie juxtaposed with the sadness of Don Cheadle’s character walking away. The question that reminds for us is what in the world he was doing in that closing shot. Was he giving up, looking to the desert for guidance, or something far more sinister? This was a nice visual to end the season on, but also one that made little sense and served as an unsatisfying note to end the episode on. It would’ve been far better to see Marty make a break to leave the country, do a great showcase of his sadness, or have a deeper conversation with Jeannie.
With all this being said, the finale still got so much right, from its focus to the occasional spattering of humor to the reminder that Marty’s family matters. Grade: B+.
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jrchookster
April 7, 2014 @ 10:36 pm
So is the FBI allowed to go on a fishing expedition? I would assume its search warrant would need to be very specific regarding a second set of Dalahyde books. I thought Marty was going to come back and say his lawyers are arguing the bad stuff it found is inadmissible, but they’re still going to face an ugly PR/legal battle. With a little tweaking, I thought it could have had the same outcome, but would have been more believable.
Julius Swerving
April 9, 2014 @ 1:09 am
I agree. The whole warrant situation didn’t make much sense at all. The
FBI comes in and takes whatever they want? A warrant would have to
specific enough that they couldn’t just take whatever and arrest Marty
for whatever they find. If the warrant was for DollaHyde, they can’t
just grab everything and then stick Marty with evidence not contained on
the warrant. And Marty pretty much let it go without even reading the
warrant or contacting an attorney. Marty’s a bad ass. He wouldn’t take
this lying down. Made no sense.
kaan
April 10, 2014 @ 5:13 pm
the were off the hook for dollahyde they got them for the food corporations they had. thats what they hooked him for what they did was majorly illegal
vector
April 7, 2014 @ 4:49 am
I thought is was really good… leaving me wanting more… great series…
blkrndcllctv
April 7, 2014 @ 3:18 am
I thought the ending was fine, and this episode was one of the strongest in the show’s entire run. The title of the episode was “Joshua” and contained a bit of biblical imagery (look up “joshua tree”). Also, if you hadn’t noticed, this episode tied back to the first episode of the season where Marty had a very vivid dream about Roscoe and Jeannie. In his dream both meet their demise, but unfortunately Mary meets his own at the end of the season.