In the first part of Neeraj Pandey’s The Freelancer, we had left Aliya trapped in a horrid situation with her dear uncle Avinash Kamath, a freelance mercenary, coming to get her. It’s a tough situation for all involved, especially for poor Aliya, who got swindled into a sham marriage to be abducted and taken away. However, we never got the resolution that we wanted in the first set of episodes, and now the remaining three episodes are here to answer all of our questions but most importantly, will Aliya be able to get out of this hell hole?
The extraction-thriller series stars Mohit Raina, Anupam Kher, Kashmira Pardeshi, Ayesha Raza Mishra, Navneet Malik, Manjari Fadnnis, Sushant Singh, John Kokken, Gauri Balaji, Sarah Jane Dias and Navneet Malik alongside others. The series, based on the 2017 book A Ticket to Syria by Shirish Thorat, is produced by Friday Storytellers and directed by Bhav Dhulia and consists of 7 episodes, with the last 3 episodes releasing on December 15, each with a runtime of around 60 minutes.
– The Review Contains Spoilers –
The Freelancer Part 2 only has three episodes, but has the most important answers. And without the introductory episodes of the first part, we are left with the most thrilling moments in the series in these three hours. These three episodes are quite fast-paced and no-nonsense and mostly follow the extraction part of the story. It’s quite predictable as well, but the way it plays out, it’s still interesting and shocking.
Considering that you are brought close to the characters thanks to their interesting backstories and the amount of time spent understanding them, watching the series remains entertaining, even though you were made to wait for it for 3 months! However, the fact that we already know how it is going to end takes away a lot of the thrilling aspect of it because the storyline remains cliched. You know what will happen in the end and whether or not Aliya (Kashmira Pardeshi) will be saved.
Although there are some problems along the way that she must overcome, including a friend-turned-enemy who is as desperate as she is, it remains known that regardless of whatever happens, she will get over this hurdle. These moments take away from the ending of the series, wherein you are left dissatisfied, and the convenience with which the series ends makes it difficult to take the show seriously. Although Avinash (Mohit Raina) is a good protagonist who has enough charm and gumption to keep you hooked to him, there’s still not enough to keep you guessing simply because you already know everything.
Weirdly enough, the series further keeps you on the hook, hinting at another season if this one ends up doing well. It’s annoying to be left without further retaliation and only with a vague hint of it. It makes waiting for the resolution from part 1 silly and unsatisfying and sort of like someone cheated us of a bigger experience. In the last episode, you keep waiting for something more to happen, but the credits roll, and you are left feeling a bit confused.
I was further ticked off by some of the characters who were introduced who ended up not doing anything major. I found it strange that we spent so much time with them in the previous episodes and then ended up just ignoring them here. There were also certain moments which felt lazily done to keep avenues open to expand on the story. These convenient moments will stick out like a sore thumb if you are looking intently.
This isn’t to say that the series isn’t entertaining, which it is. If you are about to binge the series, I think you will have quite a fun time watching this. Keeping the momentum from the first episode works in favour of the series instead of taking away from it. The pace of the last few episodes makes up for some of the slower moments in the first 4 episodes. However, for others, this will turn out to be a confusing watch more than anything.
Final Thoughts
There is a major storyline in the series that I will not divulge that comes out of left field and feels extremely silly in the grand scheme of things. I still failed to understand what the point of doing it was and why we were shown some of the scenes that we were in. Kashmira Pardeshi looks extremely out of place in those scenes, and it almost feels like a fever dream at some points. I say this to mean that The Freelancer is an entertaining and fast-paced story with many plot holes and a lot of missed resolutions. I guess if you want to see something fun without paying much attention, this one should be right up your alley.
The Freelancer is streaming on Disney+ Hostar.
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