“Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” Season Four Review – The Gang Says Goodbye… For Now

Netflix allowed the Nublar Six to return for a fourth and final season of Jurassic World Chaos Theory to tie in with the closing events of Jurassic World Dominion and allow the main cast to say goodbye… for now.

With season 3 of Jurassic World Chaos Theory concluding with the Nublar Six heading toward Biosyn Valley to complete two different objectives, I was hoping for the creative team to finally have the main cast, or at least Darius, interact with Alan Grant, due to the OG Jurassic Park character also running from dinos in Biosyn Valley during the events of Jurassic World Dominion. However, said interaction didn’t occur.

I understand not wanting to mess up the so-called timeline of the JW live-action movies during the earlier seasons of JW Chaos Theory. But with the creative team knowing this was the final season for the animated series, the least they could have done was have the Nublar Six interact with the JP OGs, even if for a second or two. Santos and Dodgson (from the movies) played a major role in JW Chaos Theory. So, why not Alan Grant, Ian Malcolm, and Ellie Sattler? Whether it was due to a mandate from the higher-ups, it doesn’t change the fact that I’m still disappointed about such a creative decision.

As for the narrative reasoning behind setting the final season in Biosyn Valley, frankly, it wasn’t needed. The teens didn’t really have much to do in a way for their actions to fill in the gaps in JW Dominion. They could have been doing their shenanigans in some other valley and nothing would have changed. Their scenes with the Giganotosaurus, T. rex, Therizinosaurus, and the pack of Dilophosaurs felt shoehorned in to try and connect the narrative to the movie. I still think the animated series could have done something to explain why the Therizinosaurus was blind, but it didn’t. Again, the final season of JW Chaos Theory added nothing to properly flesh out the movie and thus, didn’t hold any weight once the credits of the 9th episode began to roll.

In a way, the fourth season of JW Chaos Theory could have been six episodes long instead of the nine episodes we got.

With nothing major to do plot-wise, the writers used the time to explore the strained dynamics between the group. I liked Kenji and Brooklynn finally getting to talk to each other. Kenji mentioning how he deserved not to be angry anymore was quite a nice piece of dialogue. The two weren’t going to get back together romantically, but they were still going to love each other, the same way every member of the Nublar Six loved each other. These characters have been through too much to simply walk away from the group, even when feelings were hurt or misunderstandings arose. They’re bonded for life.

Brooklynn’s sense of helplessness over not knowing how to mend her strained relationship with Darius and Sammy made her feel human. It was clear they were going to reconnect stronger than ever once they were all away from Biosyn Valley and not running for their lives anymore, but Brooklynn being impatient and putting her life on the line for her friends to “atone” for her past actions was handled well. It wasn’t a smart decision, but it was a human one.

As for someone actually dying, I think the creative team should have taken the leap in the final season, especially after the fakeout with Brooklynn’s death that fueled the story of JW Chaos Theory. The writers had Ben get severely injured because of a dinosaur attack, complete with acting delirious due to losing a lot of blood. His friends were in a race against time to not only reunite Smoothie with Bumpy but also to find a way to get Ben out of Biosyn Valley (a mission filled with obstacles due to what was going down in the finale of JW Dominion). So, yeah, Ben should have died.

The fact that the Nublar Six (including a severely wounded Ben) were able to escape a pack of vicious raptors (even though they weren’t fully adult-sized yet) due to Rexy conveniently showing up, and being aided by Junior and Buck (from JP The Lost World) after being overwhelmed, made me roll my eyes.

Another eye-rolling moment was during the closing moments of episode 9, with a recovering Ben showing up for a reunion dinner with his friends and Gia mentioning how he had “died” during surgery. Apparently, Ben’s heart stopped beating and he had to be brought back to life by the doctors. So, yeah, Ben did die, but not really.

Ugh!

Talking about the queer representation, Yaz and Sammy got back together, to nobody’s surprise. Their so-called breakup felt forced in the previous season. That’s why I’m glad the writers didn’t drag it out. The finale shared that the two were working with Dr. Henry Wu to help farmers impacted by the crop-destroying locusts from JW Dominion.

Also, I’m not sure, but I think Darius is implied to be an asexual character after he talked about his feelings toward Brooklynn not being romantic as first thought.

The final season showed that the Nublar Six continued to be quite active in helping people and dinosaurs where possible. The animated show stuck with the narrative of the Jurassic World films, about humans and dinosaurs figuring out a way to co-exist.

However, that was retconned with Jurassic World Rebirth being released in July of this year and stating how the world’s climate was killing dinos across the globe, forcing the prehistoric creatures to migrate toward the equator, essentially morphing the events of the JW franchise into a Much Ado about Nothing situation, to the annoyance of many in the fandom.

It’s going to be interesting to see if the Nublar Six will be allowed to return for another animated chapter set around the events of JW Rebirth. But regardless of that happening down the line or not, I think the group of teen survivors deserves a much-needed rest.

What did you think of Jurassic World Chaos Theory season 4? Would you like the Nublar Six to return?

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Author: Farid-ul-Haq

Farid has a Double Masters in Psychology and Biotechnology as well as an M.Phil in Molecular Genetics. He is the author of numerous books including Missing in Somerville, and The Game Master of Somerville. He gives us insight into comics, books, TV shows, anime/manga, video games, and movies.

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