Frank backsteps to save a general, but is more interested in rescuing a former SEAL colleague who is due to be executed despite being innocent of his crime.

Most shows work up to a really strong season finale. This episode isn't it. And as it's also turned out, this is the final episode of the series ever. And thank God, on the evidence of this nonsense. It's based around the theory that there are voodoo spirits and one woman is able to control them, believing Parker is the incarnation of one when he comes to save his friend. We know that Seven Days deals in scientific principles, so how come at the end of this story the man is saved from death by a lightning bolt ostensibly sent by the gods? Yes, coincidence and all, but it's insinuated that Lucy has brought it down using her voodoo.

Ah yes, Lucy. A more irritating character it would be difficult to find. There's no need for her at all other than to bolster an already thin script, and with her annoying voice, irritating method of getting in Frank's way and appalling acting, she's even more unwanted. I spent most of the episode praying that she'd shut up and go away, but sadly it was all for nought.

Then there's the main plot. Frank's reason for a backstep is ludicrous in the extreme, saving a general from a plane crash. Last week the NSA Board were claiming that the Russian problem wasn't a matter of national security, now a retired general is vital to the fate of the US. Eh? Then there's the proof that Frank's friend isn't the killer, handily kept on videotape where anyone can get their hands on it.

While I appreciate that it was being used for blackmail, you'd think the blackmailer would have at least made a copy, or that some security guard might have seen the tape before it was taken. Plus, its theft is surely reason enough to be suspicious that a cover-up is underway? None of it holds together. I don't know why the rich kid about to marry killed his former lover; it looks like an accident at the start. The evidence against Frank's friend must be circumstantial at best, and there's little or no motivation for most of the characters. The Backstep team aren't even involved, odd considering Craig knows the former SEAL as well, and both Olga and Nate are notably absent. It's just a mess, and as the final episode it sums up Seven Days perfectly: it never came near its potential.

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