Aaron Is Getting Baptized in the Everyone Else Burns Season Finale
It’s bittersweet as we say goodbye to the Lewis Family with the season finale of Everyone Else Burns. The highs. The lows. The chaos. The romance. It’s an underrated gem in British comedy. This final episode had really sweet turn-around moments and others that left me shocked. Let’s break down what happened.
It’s the day of Aaron’s baptism and the church has invited other church groups from the nearby area to join including an LGBTQ+ group that catches Aaron’s attention. David is weary of Aaron engaging with the kids from there, but only to avoid scrutiny from Elder Samson. Speaking of David, he’s been left in charge as an announcer for the ceremony. He takes great pride in this role until he accidentally leaves his headset on during a private conversation with Joel, who’s a nervous wreck about entering the order. Surprisingly, David offers great advice to assure Joel that he’s on the right path. After this, the whole church applauds Joel for his courage and David for his sentimental speech. I’m not crying, you are! It truly is a heartfelt moment between the two that moved me emotionally. To top it off, Aaron asks David if he can hang out with one of the kids from the LGBTQ+ church and David tells him of course he can, all while in front of Elder Samson. It’s a full 180 from where David started and we finally get to see the empathetic side of him.
Among the sweetness, Rachel finds out someone deleted her college application after slamming down a couple energy drinks to cope with her breakup. Unfortunately breaking the caffeine rule was the least of her worries as she storms into the church to ask her dad if he was the culprit. He states he might have unknowingly and she storms off. However, later on, Fiona tells her that she deleted her university application to which she is livid and curses at her.
Fiona is clearly upset and talks to Elder Samson about letting Rachel both remain in the Order and attend university. He tells Rachel if she was a model ordinant, he’d consider letting her attend university. However, earlier in the day, he forced his son Joshua to tell him who’s been visiting him so often. The biggest plot twist ever is that Joshua turned out to be Elder Samson’s son! Now, Rachel has two choices: remain in the Order on penance or attend university and be excluded. If her family tries to contact her, they’d be excluded as well. Before Aaron enters the water to be baptized, Fiona gives the phone to Rachel with the application page and tells her if she wants to, she can submit. Rachel tells her that it’s okay and she plans on staying. I really wish Rachel could have gone to university after working so hard and sacrificing a lot. She was stuck between a rock and a hard place, which made it a very difficult decision.
This series had so many standout performances by the main cast including Amy James-Kelly, Simon Bird, Kate O’Flynn, and Harry Connor. The ensemble cast — Lolly Adefope, Morgana Robinson, Al Roberts, Ali Khan, and Soph Galustian — are truly underrated and their comedic timing added character to the series. It became less about their apocalypse drills and more about their interpersonal lives which made me feel more connected to them as characters.
All six episodes of Everyone Else Burns is available on The CW app, plus the show has been renewed for season 2!
