The Last Frontier - Episode 6 & 7
- Sacha L. Roy
- Nov 17, 2025
- 4 min read
Have you kept up with the last couple of episodes of The Last Frontier? Now is your time to catch up!
As always, there will be spoilers ahead. Continue at your own risk!
Recap
In Episode 6, the focus shifts to the fugitive Dr. Wigg and his capture. After the plane crash, we learn he kidnapped a pilot, O’Bannon, who survived but who is suffering from severe cerebral edema. To keep him alive, Wigg treated him using medication stolen from a veterinary clinic—and later, likely from an ambulance he hijacks at the start of the episode. Using the ambulance, he brings one of the drugged paramedics to the hospital, intending to steal the medevac and escape the region. However, Claire recognizes him from Frank’s files and alerts the Marshalls.
Once in custody, Wigg uses the still-living pilot as leverage to demand a safety deposit box be delivered from Seattle by the bank president herself. The box contains photos of Wigg’s past victims—including her son, his very first victim. Knowing exactly who Wigg really was from the start, she came prepared and shot and killed him on the spot.
Meanwhile, on Havlock’s side of the story, we get more background flashbacks detailing his relationship with Sidney Scofield. Sidney confirms to Frank that the hard drive recovered earlier was never Archive 6, but rather a piece of malware used to bring down the plane—a failed CIA assassination attempt she recognizes from an old, unused operation she prepared. She knows that once the FBI decrypts the drive, the entire crash will likely be pinned on her.
Havlock, hiding in an abandoned theater, is located when one of the Marshal identifies background noise in a brief radio communication between Havlock and Frank. But an operative named Thiago—the same man who brought the hard drive to Alaska—arrives first. Frank and his team arrives moments later and manage to capture Thiago, but Havlock slips away.
The episode ends with a revelation from the rescued pilot: Havlock was the one who fixed the malware mid-flight and regained partial control of the plane. He is the only reason anyone survived the crash.
Episode 7 opens with a tragic flashback: five years earlier, Frank was shot during a drive-by. His daughter, Ruby, was caught in the crossfire and killed. The attack occurred while Frank was out getting ice cream with both Luke and Ruby.
We also finally learn the secret Frank has been keeping in his home. He’s been hiding a piece of evidence that proved a notorious drug dealer and cop killer was not guilty of the key crime that put him finally behind bars. The criminal’s brother eventually found out and ordered a hit on Frank—the very hit from five years ago in Chicago.
On Havlock’s side, the CIA manages to cut off his access to the data server containing Archive 6—and ultimately erases the copy entirely. Once Havlock realizes what they’ve done, he pivots to finding the version of Archive 6 that would have been automatically intercepted by an NSA monitoring station. The intercepted copy was stored on a research vessel off the coast of Dillingham. Havlock secures again a copy of Archive 6, but is arrested on the highway leaving Dillingham.
The episode ends with Frank piecing together a subtle but major detail. Triggered by Sidney’s own offhand comment while looking at the old pictures of Thiago—“this girl could be my age”—he realizes Sidney is actually the girl in the vintage newspaper photo with Thiago and her father. Not only would she have known Thiago professionally; she’s known him her entire life. Thiago isn’t working for the CIA at all—he’s working for her.
Highlight / Strength
The search for the fugitive Dr. Wigg is, to me, one of the strongest—if not the strongest—fugitive arcs in the series so far. His escape plan is simple but clever, but it becomes well integrated into the larger narrative; Frank radioing Havlock for confirmation that the pilot was alive created the opportunity to locate Havelock, which in turn allows the Marshals to capture Thiago. It’s a clean, satisfying chain reaction that ties the plot threads together.
Then, in episode 7, the reveal of how Ruby was killed in the drive-by shooting was played perfectly; the fact that Frank still has his daughter’s Wish Jar, from which he, every now and then, takes a wish out of and keeps with him for the day to keep her closer—absolutely touching and well performed by Jason Clarke.
Critique
To me, the flashback sequences exploring Scofield and Havlock’s past are the low point of the two episodes. I’m keeping an open mind that they may become important later on, but for now, I just can’t see their relevance—aside from the moment where Havlock warns that it’s only a matter of time before either of them becomes expendable to the CIA. As it stands, the flashbacks feel more like a detour that stalls the storytelling.
Final thoughts
With two strong chapters in a row, the series leaves me more invested than ever in where the story is heading next. The questions surrounding Scofield are now front and center: what’s her true role in the plane crash, and could she really be the mastermind behind it? If so, why? And what exactly ties her father to Thiago? Will something happen to the FBI transport of Havlock with Scofield with them? I already can’t wait for next Friday to see which pieces finally click into place.
What are your thoughts?