Yet another week of silence from Fox means Shots Fired will probably remain an “event series,” making “Last Dance” likely the last time we’ll see Preston and Ashe doing battle against racially-biased policing. It’s a good thing “Last Dance” is a surprisingly satisfying conclusion to a series with a premise that suggested an absence of easy answers. For the most part, the evildoers are punished and the outstanding questions are answered, including the shocking murder of Lieutenant Breeland at the end of “Come to Jesus.” And for the Preston and Ashe ‘shippers out there, the finale provides plenty of swoon-worthy moments in lieu of the continuity it can’t deliver.
The bulk of the episode is dedicated to the grand jury process, which is sort of disorienting despite the basic understanding that Preston and Ashe work for the Department of Justice. Shots Fired has been so heavy on the glacially paced investigation that I forgot on some level that the point of all this is to bring a case to try in front of a jury. But the time has arrived for the DOJ to impanel a grand jury to decide on potential…….
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