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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sensing I'm going to be annoyed with the end of the show because I feel that they are bringing all the storylines into a nice, tidy, mostly predictable little bow. It's too neat and feels like wish fulfillment/fan service instead of real storytelling.

I think it would be more interesting to watch Nate deal with realizing his dad is never going to validate or support him the way he'd like him to, and for Keeley accept the failure of her business (and her own role in it by choosing to get personally involved with her lone investor) without being rescued by her conveniently rich and totally supportive best friend. I'm okay with Roy and Keeley getting back together but it also serves to highlight how manufactured their split was in the first place.

The way these stories have gone make me worried about the others on the show. I will be annoyed if the whole thing winds up trite and tidy with everyone learning a pithy little lesson but also, ultimately, getting precisely what they always wanted in such a way that the lesson feels cheap and unearned and beside the point.

I found this episode kind of infuriating. If this whole thing ends with Ted re-uniting with his ex-wife and Nate returning to Richmond as a coach and the Greyhounds winning the league title and Rupert getting his comeuppance and Rebecca getting her perfect love... I'm not saying I don't want those characters to be happy, but I don't get what the point of telling this story is if you are going to make them happy in the most obvious ways with very little personal growth. The first couple seasons had real transformations for several characters. This one just feels like everyone getting what the want in the end. That's not how life works.[/quote]

I hear you, there's a risk we're going to see a nice tidy, but trite, bow at the final episode. Of course, this has always been a feel-good show, it's not Succession where posters are wondering about suicide among the main characters. So maybe you get what you pay for.

*** spoilers ***

And, devil's advocate, I do think there's been personal growth. Rebecca found the confidence to deal with the big boys, and she's grown out of her rivalry with Rupert. Roy made a really good apology to Keeley, started wearing colors, and generally got unstuck. Keeley probably does realize that her involvement with her lone investor was a mistake, although I agree it's a little trite that her BFF immediately bails her out. Jamie has learned about teamwork and friendship. And Nate is growing the most of anyone.[/quote]

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