Heels Review: 10 Ups & 2 Downs For Episode 2: 'Dusty Finish'

by Andrew Pollard

10. Adding Layers To The Spade Brothers' Dynamic

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Not only does Dusty Finish flesh out a whole host of characters other than the Spade brothers, it also adds a new layer to the dynamic between Jack and Ace.

That 'new layer' comes as Jack reveals to Crystal that he was the one who pushed Ace into becoming a wrestler in the first place. This ties in nicely to Ace's previous rants about how Jack had ruined his life - with this highlighting that the younger Spade wouldn't necessarily have gone into this particular line of work were it not for the forceful guidance of his older brother.

Now, we as an audience understand why Ace doesn't always carry himself as a pro wrestler should or why he doesn't have the same want to simply stay in Duffy and wrestle for the DWL for the rest of his life. Ace has been somewhat pushed into this industry, and so he doesn't have the same core values as Jack does, nor does he possibly even care about the wrestling world as much as his brother.

For Ace, the prospect of heading "up north" was merely career progression and making the most of a business he never asked to be in. While he spent Kayfabe (and most of this episode) acting like a total d*ck, Dusty Finish nicely adds an element of sympathy for this troubled character.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.