Finally caught up on this season. Good watch.
Overall, the finale reminded me of those sonic games where you didn't get all the emeralds - you get the **** ending.
Didn't feel right and didn't feel earned to me personally. The season was good, great acting and dialogue and set pieces as usual, but the same problem was extant as in season 3 - stakes were kinda off.
Liked the choice with Logan dying early - death really is like that.. one day you get a call out of nowhere, and the next day someone isn't there. I think it paid off.
That said, trying to essentially replace Logan with Matsson did not work. Matsson was way too evil, just a **** really and with no redeeming factors, nor any explanation for being the way he was - just a bad guy to make you root for the less bad good guys. Skarsgard IMO did the best with what he was given but the character was a bit of an eyeroll for me.
I think they gummed up the last episodes by pitting Shiv against Ken - the clear ending required them all to team up and rise above. It became obvious to me that she was being betrayed near the last eps where she got really cocky - the show-writers were setting her up, so it's a really weird choice that after her betrayal she just went that way anyway - she (and the others) are such bitter and vindictive people - a last minute change of allegiance to her betrayers in the 15 minutes remaining doesn't make sense (perhaps I misunderstood something).
I don't really like Greg or Toms ending either - by ingratiating yourself to every person above you no matter what slimy length you sink to, you can get to the top. I believe it, but I just don't know if it befits the moral of this entire saga.
The best scenes were at the funeral with Ewans speech and Romans breakdown. I thought the crying at his own dads funeral thing played a bit heavy into the plot, but then again, a bunch of right wing zealots do tend to get their dicks pretty hard when they see another man cry, generally speaking, perpetuating the brand of toxic masculinity that many characters in the show engender.
Towards the end I actually found myself glad this show was ending - they cut it at exactly the right time which is no easy feat. Look forward to rewatching in 5-10 years.
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Originally Posted by crFlow
Connor's character is a good cautionary tale if the kids decide to do nothing. If they don't keep busy, they could end up on a ranch, becoming completely out of touch with the world around them and basically have to buy a person for companionship.
This is very true and Con is a great character for this reason.
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Originally Posted by revots33
Part of the issue is that the stakes seem pretty low in regards to the Matsson deal. If it goes through, the Roy siblings are billions richer and can go buy Pierce as originally planned or whatever. If it doesn't, they keep the company and... I guess keep fighting over who runs it? It just doesn't seem like it matters that much in the end.
With only 2 episodes left and assuming each ep continues to take place over a single day, I'm not seeing some big resolution of all the plot threads.
I still think this has been an excellent season through mainly for the acting and the great dialogue. Which is really the main point of this show anyway, plot has always been secondary.
this as well