Season Six of Boystown certainly doesn't disappoint in the drama department. This season opens a bit differently - instead of picking up at the moment where Season Five ended, Biondi starts off by introducing readers to a couple of new characters: Cardinal Franco Armani and a young Ethan Anderson, both of whom will soon become intertwined into the lives of our main cast and play very important roles in the stories yet to come. Armani clearly has a past with Patrick Provenzano, who helped Logan and others with emotional issues; Ethan, meanwhile, works for the Mancini business. Armani's intentions are clear from the get-go; Ethan's importance, on the other hand, doesn't really come into play until the third act of this book's unfolding drama.
Not everyone survives.
If that isn't enough to whet your appetite and read this six season of Boystown, I don't know what is. Derek is desperate to find Cole, and spends the entire season doing anything he can to find the man he loves. With the help of Michael, they ultimately locate him, but his kidnapper has other plans - setting fire to the room where Cole is being held captive, and pulling a gun on Derek and Michael. Cole screams for help, hearing two gunshots ring out in the next room...
Joyelle longs to find her missing child. Mateo stands by her side the entire time, but he has his own issues to work out. Hugo leaves town after telling his father than the baby Rachel is carrying is his. And when Rachel dies, Hugo blames Jensen and heads back to Notre Dame and his football career there. Only, not every student is as accepting, and before you know it, Hugo gets beaten so badly, his face is disfigured and he is left in a coma. Is it too late for Mateo to make amends with his son? And too late for him to reveal to Hugo who his true mother is?
Meanwhile, Jacqueline is unaware that the hotel manager has heard the baby crying, so she reaches out. Jesse shows up with Michael and some others, only to find Jacqueline on the roof of the hotel, so near the edge. Jesse tries to talk her down, but she won't hear it. She insists that Lucy is her baby, but everyone knows the child is not hers. She miscarried her child. Just as Michael may have convinced her, Max shows up. Upset and confused, Jacqueline turns and falls from the roof, the baby in her arms!
Patrick is found in the lake and he recovers from his gunshot wound; however, in the course of his recovery Emmett finds out that Patrick is a priest, and Cardinal Armani expects him to return to his parish. Emmett is upset that Patrick never told him, but he is unaware that Patrick and the Cardinal have an elicit past, and Armani believes Patrick is his, now and forever. And when Max gets the chance to reunite with Emmett, he is not going to let Patrick get in his way. A confrontation with Max, Patrick, and the Cardinal turns deadly when Jesse shows up unexpectedly and tries to prevent his father from using the fire iron - but someone gets hit, and when Dustin shows up at the door, he yells out, "You've killed him!"
Michael recovers from the poison that Cole's kidnapper gave him, but not all is well with him and Keith. Keith has been keeping another secret - his sister. And when Michael finds out, Keith walks away from him, heartbroken that Michael followed him. Matters turn worse, though, when Michael meets Keith's sister and discovers that Keith has been protecting her all of these years. Keith was his sister's teacher, showing her how to do all things - including the one thing her parents and doctors would never let her do - drive! But that's okay, she tells Michael, Keith said he would take care of everything after the accident...
The Mancini secret buried under the winery in California seems to be taken care of. But then Camille Ciancio gets pictures of the bones buried in the dirt. Then someone sends her a bone fragment. She has it tested and finds that the DNA is definitely a match. Meanwhile, Justin Mancini has been having nightmares. He and his brothers as children, playing with a young girl. But then Emmett pushes the girl, and she plunges to her death. Scared, they bury her body just before the cement is poured for the new winery. A secret they never thought would come to light is about to ruin everything for the Mancinis....
But that is not all Justin needs to worry about. Gino rescues Justin from the lake, but he is unable to save his brother, and Marco is found dead. Gino feels responsible, since he is the one who pulled the trigger on the gun that shot his own brother, but Justin knows if he hadn't, they wouldn't be alive now. They seem to be the only couple in this season that faces very little trouble - until the end, that is, when they are traveling the bridge over Lake Michigan, and an unmarked, black car comes up next to them and starts banging into them, eventually forcing the car over the edge and into the cold waters below...
And finally, there's poor Jensen - all evidence points to him as the murderer of Rachel Carson. The trial seems to be going well, however, until a surprise witness shows up at the end - Cardinal Franco Armani! He provides a story about how Jensen tried to seduce him, and when that didn't work, he threatened to kill him. The testimony from a Cardinal seems damning, to the say the least, despite the complete lack of veracity - and the Judge comes back with a guilty verdict!
The most surprising cliffhanger, though - Camille finally gets that elusive Ciancio key that Gino has been holding on to - but when she goes to use it, it doesn't work! That's because someone has been working behind the scenes, manipulating events all season, to get the ultimate revenge on everyone - Mancini and Ciancio alike! And here everyone thought this person was dead....
But, with any good soap opera, no one seems to be what you think they are!
Biondi turns out another terrific season, with some over the top characters, some crazy situations, and some life-changing drama. Biondi even introduces the first transgendered character into the series, and this person has their own agenda - because when they come across some evidence that could help Jensen's case, they don't turn it over to the police or show it to the Court. No, this person will clearly pay a big part of next season, no doubt.
Again, the only drawback to this series is the graphic sex. There really is no specific purpose, other than to simply provide explicit erotica. In fact, the scenes that are more impactful are those where the characters are just starting to get hot and heavy, and the scene switches to other characters, leaving it to the reader's imagination. The only scenes that might actually have an integral part to the story are the ones with Cole and his kidnapper, as they build into the reason for the kidnapping and exactly how tortured Cole is. Otherwise, all of the remaining scenes seem very superfluous.
Regardless, I'll be back for Season Seven - I mean, I have to know what happens to these characters!
RATING: 8 new loving puppies out of 10 for drama, suspense, mystery, romance, and mayhem unlike any other!
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