Animal Kingdom Season 6 Episode 11 Review

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This review contains spoilers for season 6 of Animal Kingdom. «Hit and Run» brought a familiar face back to Animal Kingdom to continue to shape the traumatic past of Pope (Shawn Hatosy). With a character as complex as Pope, the TNT crime drama has never failed to paint a vivid image of how susceptible Pope has been to the opinions others have in regard to him. «Hit and Run» balances the images Pope's brothers and sister have of him, and the image he has of himself. The newest episode of the TNT crime drama prioritizes its characters and the effort truly makes the end feel near.

Relationships are the focus of «Hit and Run.» From Pope's relationship with a returning Baz (Scott Speedman), to his memory in regard to Craig (Ben Robson), Deran (Jake Weary), and J (Finn Cole), Pope's presence is very largely felt within Animal Kingdom. In a unique use of its TNT time slot, Animal Kingdom makes use of Pope's complex character to span across three specific and equally influential times in his life, which continue to make Pope one of the series' most well-rounded characters.

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With last week's surprising decision for the Codys to decide to break Pope out of jail and leave Oceanside behind once and for all, «Hit and Run» keeps the focus on the center of it all: Pope. Animal Kingdom explores his character at three different points of his life: as a teen, the events leading up to Animal Kingdom, and Pope's current state. Each of them creates a sympathetic image of Pope that has already existed from the crime drama's start. Baz's talk with Pope at the end of «Hit and Run» ties this together, as Baz reminds him that of all the Codys, Pope is the one that least deserves to