Young Millionaires – Season 1 Episode 8 Recap, Review & Ending Explained

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The Final Challenge
As we learn in episode 7, the gang have been blackmailed by none other than Paul, Samia's ex boyfriend. Ever since they broke up, he's been bitterly angry and resentful, even leaving a hidden camera in Leo's room to spy on Samia, and hacking the gangs' phones.
After pitting the friends against one another and forcing them into a variety of games, designed to test their friendship and greed. Paul played both sides here, but Samia figures his game out when she discovers a notification on Paul's phone while over at his place of the cameras.
Is Victoire double-crossing the group?
Episode 8 of Young Millionaires begins with Paul cancelling the transfer of the funds as Samia leaves his place and re-joins the group. They mull over what to do next with Victoire, who eventually leaves and decides to reveal everything to Paul. She bemoans how the group are trying to cut her out of the deal, and had Tom follow her. She also outs to Paul that the gang know he's the blackmailer and are playing up to the camera for him. This is all about revenge for them and they want to take him down no matter what.
Paul explains here that he never intended to take the money for himself, he just wanted to torture them all and try to get Samia back for himself. Now that his secret is out, there's no way it's going to happen.
However, Victoire wants to try and sweeten the deal by suggesting that she take half the cash for herself. If not? Well, she warns that Samia will head over the following day, take the evidence from his computer and go straight to the police, thus busting him for cyber-harassment and extortion.
Victoire convinces him that our titular characters don't care about the money anymore and simply want to take him down, prompting his paranoia to skyrocket. Victoire continues to play him like a fiddle, suggesting that he head over to Panama personally and empty the accounts, packing all the cash into briefcases and hiding them somewhere.
Since Paul doesn't intend to jet off for Panama, Victoire offers an alternative. With her bank manager along for the ride, he drafts an agreement allowing them to launder the money into fake companies, and after considerable time has passed, they'd get back the money, which Paul and Victoire can split between them. Trusting all of this, Paul signs the document and they toast.
What happens at the Bar Mitvah?
Victoire continues, believing he should get his revenge by heading to David's Bar Mitsvah and exposing their scheme on a big screen for all to see. The gang are all at the party, ready to drop the bomb. Samia winds up alone with Paul here, and it's touch and go for a few minutes as it seems like he's going to push her off the edge while she's sitting on a balcony. However, Victoire interrupts and encourages him to come back to the party.
When he spots Leo and Samia kissing on the dancefloor, he heads to the stage, grabs the mic and shows the video… where we see that Victoire has double-crossed Paul and stitched him up completely. The video shows a simple animation with 'game over'.
What was the real plan here?
Victoire was working with the group all along, determined to take Paul down. They spied him burying the hard drive outside, and thus, switched it with a fake. The kiss between Samia and Leo was also staged to piss Paul off, but the pair realize that they have real feelings for each other, and no longer hold that back.
It's also revealed that the documents Paul signed weren't for 50% of the company, but actually for 50 individual shares. With Paul ruined, his flimsy excuses to Samia don't work, and he eventually slips away.
How does Young Millionaires end?
At the hospital the next day, the group head in to see Mr Pivot who's all recovered and out of his coma. He no longer wants a million though. After being struck by two cars, and being in a coma for three months, he wants 2 million euros.
The group manage to clear up their dilemma after all, agreeing to these terms (off-screen but it's fair to make that assumption!) while they all walk on the beach togehther.
Instead of recklessly spending, Jess suggests that they invest their money, while Samia and Leo touch hands. As the group walk up the beach, the episode comes to an end.
The Episode Review
So Young Millionaires comes to an eventful ending, one that wraps up all the big drama with Paul, the blackmailing game and the issues getting their money. For the most part, the series has done a good job in keeping this thread going, even if its done so in a rather contrived and forced manner.
The show hasn't been a bad watch, but it certainly could have been tightened up in places. There's been a bit of filler too, especially during the middle slew of episodes, and the comedy has been quite hit or miss as well.
We still don't get full confirmation of Samia and Leo together by the end, nor do we learn the truth about David's parents either. These two threads have been left open, potentially for a second season, while we do get the Paul situation wrapped up – but not entirely. He could easily come back and try to blackmail them again or make their life difficult.
However, it's good to see Mr Pivot at the end, in a nice touch, and the drama with the money is finally wrapped up too.
As a simple binge, Young Millionaires isn't a bad effort, and the ending has been one of the better episodes this season.