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| Finding Her Edge Finale Breakdown: World Champions, Broken Partnerships, and a Possible Season 2 (Image: Netflix) |
Some shows quietly slide onto Netflix, and then there are those that unexpectedly wake up an old obsession. Finding Her Edge sits firmly in the second category. With its blend of competitive figure skating, complicated family dynamics, and romance that refuses to stay tidy, the Canadian teen drama taps straight into nostalgia while still feeling current. Loosely inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, the series centres on the Russo sisters and their fight to keep both their skating legacy and personal dreams alive. By the time the finale hits, the ice is crowded with emotional baggage, broken partnerships, and one very deliberate cliffhanger.
From the first episode, the Russo rink is framed as an underdog operation. Big dreams, limited funds, and a lot of pressure riding on young shoulders. While Elise was once positioned as the family’s golden skater, her shoulder injury flips the hierarchy overnight, pushing Adriana into the spotlight after two years away from competitive skating.
Adriana’s partnership with Brayden becomes the show’s most volatile pairing. He’s talented, unpredictable, and openly uninterested in playing by the rulebook.
Their early success is nearly derailed when judges deliberately underscore them following off-ice controversy, but a doping scandal involving the top-ranked team opens the door just enough for Adriana and Brayden to qualify for the World Championship.
The key turning point comes when Adriana chooses to skate an original routine instead of repeating her mother Sarah’s choreography. It’s a symbolic break from legacy pressure, and it pays off. Their Paris performance is emotionally raw, technically sharp, and just real enough to feel lived-in rather than rehearsed. Adriana and Brayden take the top spot, officially becoming world champions.
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The win, however, doesn’t come with a fairytale ending. Brayden, hurt by Adriana’s mixed signals and emotional dishonesty, walks away immediately after the victory, leaving her alone during what should have been a shared triumph.
Who Does Adriana Choose in the End?
Romantically, the finale refuses to give Adriana a clean resolution. Her connection with Freddie, her childhood skating partner, is rooted in familiarity and unresolved feelings. Freddie’s return reopens emotional doors that were never fully closed, especially once he admits he’s still in love with her.
Brayden, on the other hand, represents risk and reinvention. He’s willing to change, commit, and build something new, but Adriana never fully chooses him while she’s still emotionally tangled with Freddie. Her attempt to balance both worlds ends badly, leaving both men hurt.
By the final moments, Adriana emotionally leans back towards Freddie. They reconnect not just romantically but professionally, now free to skate together again. Brayden keeps his promise by helping her win, but exits her life immediately afterwards, making his departure one of the most quietly heavy moments of the finale.
What Happens to Elise and Mimi?
Elise’s arc is less about skating and more about identity. Once defined by medals and expectations, her injury forces her to confront who she is without the title of “the Russo champion.”
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Her inability to return to the ice isn’t physical, but emotional, and her father’s relentless optimism only deepens that disconnect. By the end, Elise hasn’t fully healed, but she’s closer to rebuilding on her own terms rather than chasing inherited pressure.
Mimi’s storyline delivers one of the season’s most grounded conclusions. Never truly invested in competitive skating, she finally admits that the rink was never her dream.
Choosing school, drama, and a more ordinary life becomes her quiet act of rebellion, and arguably the healthiest decision made by any Russo sibling.
Will Russo’s solution is bittersweet. To protect his family home, he sells the rink to a competitor, rebranding it as Voltage Skating Rink. While this keeps the space operational and within reach of the family, it also introduces outside control, new coaches, and future conflicts waiting to happen.
His dynamic with Camille adds another layer of unease. While she keeps him grounded, the hinted emotional closeness raises questions that feel unresolved rather than comforting, especially given her history with Sarah.
Who Is Riley’s New Partner?
The final scene delivers the show’s biggest talking point. Riley, after being sidelined emotionally and professionally, is revealed as Brayden’s new skating partner. It’s a pairing built on shared disappointment rather than romance, and that’s exactly what makes it compelling.
Both Riley and Brayden have spent the season putting others first, only to be left behind. Their partnership signals a sharper, more focused competitive energy heading into the future. Adriana’s visible reaction makes it clear this isn’t just a professional move, and the emotional fallout feels far from over.
Is There a Season 2 of Finding Her Edge?
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As of now, there’s no official confirmation of a second season. Still, the finale clearly leaves doors open. New partnerships, unresolved tensions, shifting power dynamics at the rink, and a love square that’s anything but settled all suggest the story isn’t finished yet.
Viewer reactions have been mixed but loud. Some fans praise the show’s emotional honesty and skating sequences, while others feel Adriana’s indecision made her difficult to root for by the end.
Riley’s final twist has sparked particularly strong debate, with many viewers arguing she and Brayden deserve a storyline that isn’t shaped by someone else’s choices.
Whether loved or criticised, Finding Her Edge has clearly struck a chord. And if a second season does happen, it already has one thing guaranteed: people will be watching closely, judging every pairing, every routine, and every emotional decision on and off the ice.
What did you think about the finale? Were you rooting for Riley, Brayden, or someone else entirely? And do you want to see this story continue, or did season one already say enough?