Well, I held off reviewing the final three episodes of the first season of Citadel (on Amazon Prime Video) until I'd seen the sixth and final episode -- which I just did -- because events were moving so fast in these episodes that I realized I wouldn't know what was going on, at least not well enough to write a coherent review, until I'd seen the final episode.
And, yeah, was I right.
[Huge spoilers ahead ... ]
So the big stunning reveal in the final episode of this season tells us how and why the mole in Citadel brought it down. And along with that -- who the mole was. It's none other than Mason Kane, who turns out to be Dahlia's son. Dahlia of course is the head of what we thought was the nefarious organization Manticore that brought Citadel down. The revelation that Kane was the instrument of Citadel's destruction is the equivalent of James Bond being Blofeld's son, and he helped his father bring down MI6.
And before that beyond-shocker, we get a quick series of just slightly less profound reveals. We meet Nadia's daughter, who, unsurprisingly is also Mason's. This is followed almost immediately with Mason/Kyle being reunited with his new family (we found out a few episodes ago that his wife, whom we met in the first episode, is actually another Citadel agent, who also had her memories wiped and replaced, due to Mason's insistence!). In a memorable sequences of scenes, we see Mason/Kyle's two families meeting each other for the first time.
And this, as I said, happens right before Mason, his memories restored, discovers that he is the villain he has been searching for and we have been wondering about this whole short season. If I wanted to get literary about all of this, I'd say this makes Mason an arch anti-hero. But I'll confine myself to saying these six episodes were fine fictional spycraft indeed, and good science fiction, as well. I'll be sure to watch and review whatever new Citadel stories become available.
See also: Citadel 1.1-1.2: Memories and Questions ... 1.3: Jedi
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