The Handmaid's Tale

The story was completely replaced by the actress's narcissistic behavior, which took over the scenes and scripts of all the episodes, distorting the plot of the series, they were unable to give a satisfactory ending to the initial plots, leaving them unfinished. A series that had every opportunity and didn't take advantage of it because of narcissism.

The series, which could have developed its secondary characters better (many of whom are incredibly rich and complex), becomes excessively centered on Moss. This weakens the storyline, as the show could explore other perspectives within the dystopia, but it keeps returning to the same character.

I didn't expect an action packed finale, but this felt incredibly lazy. June going to the Waterford house and then it's just nearly five minutes of her looking at it, entering and then sitting down before she finally speaks. More of these filler moments across the episode, flashbacks that are sentimental but ultimately don't contribute to wrapping up the series.

There's very few meaningful dialogues. Almost nothing of value really happens and the few things that do aren't worked out well, they happen without explanation, without lingering on it and then we've already moved on. It would've been better if the previous episode had been the finale, barely any developments have been made since the events of that episode anyway. The stuff that has happened is not shown but rather just summarized in literally a few sentences.

They should've just made the previous episode longer, with better pacing and add some elements (but going deeper with them) of what they call the finale and wrap it up there. This episode felt incredibly forced, absolutely no way to wrap up a tv show. Redemption all around all of a sudden.. (just not for Nick), nothing makes sense. I didn't expect everything to be tied up, there's going to be a spinoff after all but wow this was a whole lot of nothing.

Should have just found a way to end it on Episode 9. I have raved about this season to people. I loved the music choices this season, and felt super amped up during a lot of the "girl power" scenes. For this last episode, it seems the writers wanted to give each character their happy ending in and it just felt completely rushed. Trying to go full circle connecting back to the book was just so staged and did not at all feel authentic to me. Everyone telling June "oh, you should write a book" and "you really have to record your story for all to hear". I've never hopped on here to write a review before - I'm that mad! Haha.

What was that? I am so glad it was streamed...I must have fast forward thru at least 50% of it. The slooooooow visuals of a dilapidated past, although very artsy and I get it but come on a whole 4 minute dramatic song every time?

I wanted a story..I wanted some great writing and context. I wanted the characters to be interesting rather than this walk thru of ruins.

This series started out so strong and provocative..we rooted for them to fight back but everything just ended so empty and boring.

The last three shows were a total let down. A couple of redemption stunts and one cutesy reunion...but not much else.

Total disappointment.

Those were the words (verbatim) that I said to my wife on the other side of the couch when this episode ended.

Let's start by pointing something out, because I don't feel like it gets enough recognition. Series finales are HARD. How do you wrap up a cultural phenomenon in a way that is going to be pleasing to everyone? You really can't, which is why they are so often badly received.

But this was formulaic and fell short. Basically they followed the "let's move the main character from conversation to conversation with the characters who have shaped her and get her to a point of closure with all of them." This was the same formula that Bojack Horseman used, and while that is one of my all-time favorite shows, the finale left a lot to be desired.

Of course it was well-written and well-acted. That isn't the issue. Closure? Yes. Creative? Nah.