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I hated the ending

posted 5 years ago by NoEasyBuckets (352)
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This is one of the best shows I've seen in a long time and I was completely engrossed in their lives, but I was afraid of an ending like this. It's not even that it wasn't a happy ending. Of course it could turn out to be happy if you're optimistic, but the fact that you ride this whole rollercoaster and then right at the end it gets derailed by a 2 minute conversation. This incredibly complicated relationship gets reduced to what is essentially "I'll never love anyone like you" and "at least we had our time together." It's hard to end a love story if it's not happily ever after, but this just seems like an attempt at some kind of crossroads ending rather than a natural conclusion.

Still a great show and I highly recommend it, but I had to rant about that for a minute.

[–] [email protected] (1367) 5 years ago

Totally agree... I loved the show, except the reason they broke up the first time was frustrating..He only need a place to stay for a few months, and never asked her if he could stay, so they end up breaking up for a really long time after that. I hated the miscommunication all the time.
He was the best actor,,I mean in the therapy sessions, he couldve won an award.
I thought she was adventurous enough to wing NY with him since it was just a year. But she was more self centered than him, throughout their relationship. I was hoping she would go with him.
Plus I thought the brother had some other evil stuff going on, since he terrorized her her whole life it seemed.