The Trail Ends?

After 6 amazing episodes of amazing tension, they dropped the ball on the last episode by dragging on.

Literally, the antagonist is surrounded and everyone just argues on what to do for an entire episode. Let me repeat that; for almost the entire episode they stay at one location. It killed the brilliant tension that was in the first six episodes. Felt like a tele-serial.

Should have finished it in 6 episodes.

Remember when your favorite band releases a greatest hits album and ends it with a mediocre new song? That's The Hunt's finale in a nutshell.

After six episodes of mostly solid television, Ep 7 feels like everyone showed up to work but forgot to bring their A-game. Kukunoor's direction goes from sharp to serviceable, and even Amit Sial's usually reliable performance feels like he's already mentally moved on to his next project.

The episode isn't broken, it's just aggressively fine. Everything wraps up exactly as you'd expect, with all the dramatic flair of a government report. Which, let's be honest, might be historically accurate but makes for frustrating television.

The real crime here isn't what happens in the story: it's how the series settles for being merely adequate when it had moments of genuine brilliance. After Episode 6's masterclass in tension, this feels like the TV equivalent of serving instant coffee after a perfect espresso.

Production values remain solid, but technical competence without inspiration is just expensive mediocrity.

The verdict: A finale that proves knowing how to end a story isn't the same as knowing how to end it well.

Bottom line: Still worth the journey, but don't expect fireworks at the destination. The Hunt deserved better than this shrug of an ending.