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Despite it being a real struggle at times, I persisted and watched season 1 all the way through. There were moments in the early episodes that left me intrigued and thinking the series was going somewhere interesting, but then it falls short and overall I found this series to be extremely disappointing. By mid season it's boring and slow, and there was no shortage of cringe moments, which makes it impossible to take this series seriously. Moreover, it becomes blatantly clear early on that this is just another Netflix series where the quality of the story was not the priority of the writers. Anyway, given that this is the quality of content they continue to produce, I'm glad I don't pay for the Netflix account.

I've long appreciated the wit behind Dave's comedy, and unlike many others, I don't mind that his acts largely centre around racial issues. But The Closer was a disappointment. It started strong with a few outrageous comments that had me laughing out loud, but the the laughs soon dried up. Unfortunately, the show seemed to shift focus from comedy to Dave needing to explain his thoughts and points of view on "controversial" societal issues that Dave was previously bold enough to joke about, namely trans issues.

By the end, the "comedy special" comes across as a somewhat desperate plea from Chappelle to the "alphabet people" to please not cancel him, after having committed the egregious sin of joking about them in his prior special. It's a sad day when even the GOAT is running scared.

Season 1 was interesting and pushed boundaries. However, with each successive season it became more woke, less edgey, and more insufferable. Stop after season 1 or don't bother at all.