After spending so much time together on a remote island, the Nublar Six (by this point they are basically the castaways from “Lost” complete with dealing with monsters, villains, and animals that should not be in the jungle) continue to be the highlight of the show. In between running for their lives and saving dinosaurs from abusive humans, “Camp Cretaceous” knows when to hit the brakes and just have the characters talk about their problems.

After last season tackled anxiety, this season ponders the question of what going through a series of traumatic life-or-death situations does to a person’s psyche, with Darius wondering if months of having to pick the lesser of two evils have just desensitized him to the horrors of the world. It’s a fascinating question that the show explores in a nuanced way, as it does queer relationships, acts of betrayal, and how forgiveness has to be earned over time and not just with one single act.

The problem here is that the new season has so many loose ends to tie up, and so many ongoing storylines that the second half of the season works double-time to speed past them to reach a conclusion. The result is a rushed finale where character arcs are forced to reach resolutions even if they don’t feel totally earned. That being said, the conclusion to the story of the campers, their journey out of Isla Nublar, and their quest to protect dinosaurs from those who would exploit them end as satisfyingly as they could have. There are losses, there are victories, and for a relatively smaller scale story than the films — even if the characters face arguably bigger threats than Owen and Claire, they were never meant to go on globetrotting adventures like them — the show ended in the best place its format and scope realistically allow.