NBC’s La Brea is about to have its third and final season. If you haven’t watched the series yet, here’s the overarching premise: a bunch of folks in Los Angeles fall into a huge sinkhole after an earthquake and find themselves… in another time. And things get more convoluted from there, potential viewers! In a way that harkens back to television shows of yore like Lost and, well, Lost.
I confess that I’ve only seen one-and-a-half episodes of La Brea, but based on those episodes and what I see in this clip, the show seems to stay on brand throughout its run. In the pilot, we see a huge sinkhole open up near LA’s La Brea Tar Pits and swallow up the red-and-silver architectural phenomenon that is the Automotive Museum, an institution well-familiar to my eyeballs given I used to live within walking distance from it.
Seeing my old neighborhood swallowed up into a sinkhole/wormhole is always a delight. Seeing that automotive edifice further wrecked by two dinosaurs fighting, however, is sublime. I also love the symmetry! La Brea starts with the destruction of the Automotive Museum and ends with its further annihilation. This is art.
There are also the humans trapped in prehistoric times watching these dinosaurs fight it out. Should they run away from the colossal creatures? The answer, of course, is yes. And look at them flee!
Who will come out on top? The dinosaurs? The humans? The Automotive Museum? We’ll have to wait until Season Three of La Brea premieres! The show comes back to NBC on January 9, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, with episodes streaming the next day on Peacock.
