TheodoreJulianAshford

I find the ending of season five incredibly disappointing for so many reasons. Rather than delivering a finale that pushed the plot into unsuspected realms of thought provoking complexity, especially given its former unpredictable narrative trajectory, it felt like the finale was finished more for the sake of wrapping things up nicely, eliminating any complexity, rather than to truly challenge the story and return true closure to characters initially depicted in thought provoking ways. Instead of Joe being his unpredictable self, with all its insanity and dark undertones, Joe reined it in to calm, boring Joe after this build-up. The story had enormous tension build-up and high hopes of character introspection, yet fell flat and fell back on tired tropes we've seen countless times before. There was no shocking or grand twist that deserves the weight of the season into a necessary powerful conclusion with emotional heft. The writers appeared to be taking a route of least resistance rather than risking the outcome of truly daring conclusion. Instead of finishing with whatever shocks fans to compliment to overwhelming viewers positively shock, it left me unsatisfied, uninspired, and forgetting its potential.

Collectively, I couldn't help but feel disappointed as the narrative and story did not have the final punch that contained promise built throughout the seasons. While its plot line was enormous and entertaining, the ending left me thinking it will not inform thought you would expect from the finale after seeing some promise with narrative development built into the writing. It didn't make you rethink and feel compelled that a story should really stand out, yet somehow this ending stripped any bite left from the plot, leaving useless void of an anticlimax with overwhelming disappointment, which is why I was truly dissatisfied.