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Well That Was Anti-Climatic Wasn't It?


Seriously, what a letdown of a series finale episode. All of this season long slow burn of a storyline leads up to a finale that isn't even the least bit satisfying & still we don't have all of our questions answered.

So after sitting through 9 episodes of this, when they finally have the final confrontation with El Cuco, there really is no violence on it's part or a last savage attempt to save it's own existence & kill it's hated enemies except for it's manipulation of Jack of course.

All we got was a bunch of talk that wasn't the least bit satisfying or enlightening. Actually I wanted to hear it answer Holly's questions, but Ralph was being freaking annoying telling it to shut up all the time which didn't make a lot of sense. You don't go into a situation like that vs something you didn't or couldn't believe in in the first place without taking away all you could learn from the encounter. As a cop, interrogation should come second nature to you.

As for "It", it was more ferocious & frightening in the eating scene with Jack the previous couple episodes, too bad they didn't try to go that route in the final standoff with it.

Don't know who the 2 spectres were, I figured they were the kids who first disappeared & got lost in the Bear Cave, but I could be wrong, but moving on, there was no real sense of evil or dread when they finally confronted "it" which just astonished me.

I'm at a loss for words, you finally stand in front of this thing, you should be quaking in your boots realizing how evil & brutal this entity is, but it comes off as anything but. Oh yeah & Holly asking "who's Terry?" when someone mentions Terry Maitland, I mean what the hell was that about?

Ralph who specializes in being so dead pan, you can't judge what this guy is thinking or feeling on a good day, at least stays consistent to the very end, & when he finally kills this thing, who's face does it finally transform into? I'm not sure what to make of it.

In the book from what I understand it's Holly who kills it, using a blackjack or something like that if I understand correctly, just before it tries to lunge at her & Ralph to kill them & you see a bunch of "stuff" or creatures emerge from it. That's a more suitable ending than this crap here. This is such a letdown after sitting through 9 long episodes of waiting for something only to have no payoff whatsoever. What say you all? You see things the same way as I? Would love to hear your thoughts.

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I stopped watching after three episodes because of posts like this one. Thank you. I now have seven hours more in my life.

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