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Finales

  1. finales
    Some Pointed Questions for The BoysAn attempt to untangle what season three was trying to say about our political system and what it could mean for future seasons.
  2. finales
    Stranger Things Just Wouldn’t Stop Running Up That Damn Hill The fourth season of the Netflix series got stuck on repeat.
  3. reset point
    7 Big Questions About That Umbrella Academy EndingThe Hargreeves siblings may be cool with simply accepting this new reality, but the rest of us have some follow-ups.
  4. finales
    Barry Doesn’t Let Us Turn AwayA trio of carefully crafted scenes in the season finale compels us to confront the consequences of killing.
  5. finales
    Under the Banner of Heaven Was No MysteryIt was the patriarchy all along.
  6. finales
    We Own This City Ends in an Echo ChamberAn unnerving revisitation of the miniseries’ opening speech drives home its guiding thesis with jarring clarity.
  7. overnights
    Grey’s Anatomy Season-Finale Recap: Hail to the ChiefGrey’s makes the most of its 400-episode history with a finale that resets the game while paying homage to the past in some moving ways.
  8. timelines
    Everything That Happened on This Is Us in Chronological OrderSix seasons of twisty family drama, untwisted.
  9. close read
    The Winds Have Shifted for Jimmy and Kim on Better Call SaulVisual cues and callbacks illuminate the dark implications of that shocking ending.
  10. spoilers
    Ozark’s Finale Gave Us Shock Without SubstanceThe Netflix thriller’s final moments are emblematic of what often made the show more frustrating than fulfilling.
  11. finales
    Pamela Adlon Looks on the Bright Side of Better Things’ EndThe creator-star on why she ended her show with a direct-to-camera Monty Python song and how it feels to end such a deeply autobiographical series.
  12. exit review
    Black-ish Was No Televised RevolutionThe show always aimed for the third rail, but it played it safe more often than not.
  13. spoilers
    Anatomy of a Scandal’s Final Line Achieves GreatnessGreatness in the category of ‘Most Absurd Ending.’
  14. delayed gratification
    Severance Earned Its Cliffhanger EndingIt’s understandable to feel resentful of the abrupt denial of closure. It’s also the point.
  15. chat room
    Severance’s Britt Lower on Helly’s ‘Worst Nightmare’“I have seen the enemy, and it is me.”
  16. thrilling content
    Brace Yourself for The Gilded Age Finale’s Most Intense MomentsZut alors! Le French chef is a fraud!
  17. raised by wolves
    We Simply Must Discuss GrandmotherAll veil — er, all hail Raised By Wolves’ even more ominous version of Mother.
  18. lingering questions
    All the Things We’re Still Waiting for Euphoria to AddressAn unevenly paced season full of dangerous and dramatic moments ended by letting several subplots disappear into the ether.
  19. let’s talk about it
    In the Euphoria Finale, Real Life and Our Life CollideLexi’s play is key to everything.
  20. exit interview
    Danny McBride Wants to Give You ClosureThe man behind The Righteous Gemstones talks season two, cliffhangers, and what led the Gemstone family astray.
  21. finales
    Hey! Arthur’s Final Episode Airs Tonight on PBSThis headline won’t stop the show from ending because I can’t read.
  22. winners and losers
    Who Won and Lost And Just Like That …?Winner: Che Diaz. Loser: Comedy.
  23. endings
    The Yellowjackets Finale Gave Us All It Needed to GiveNot all mystery-box shows are built to sustain the speculation and scrutiny they invite, but this one has laid a strong foundation.
  24. endings
    The Final Job Ray Donovan DeservesTwo years after Showtime’s abrupt cancellation of the series, Ray Donovan: The Movie is a satisfying glimpse of what an eighth season could have been.
  25. a long talk
    ‘It’s Always Been a Show About Growth’Issa Rae talks through the beats of Insecure’s bittersweet finale, the show’s legacy, and her one regret for Issa Dee.
  26. a long talk
    Alena Smith Closes the Book on DickinsonThe creator and showrunner on fulfilling her vision for the Apple TV+ series, those closing moments, and the elusive meaning of hope.
  27. a long talk
    ‘I’m Feeling the Loss of a 13-Year-Old Perspective’Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle kill their Pen15 counterparts’ innocence.
  28. relevant doughnuts
    All the Ways Succession Foreshadowed Last Night’s FinaleTom gave us all the clues.
  29. it was tom-atha all along
    Tom Wambsgans Finally Becomes a Real Person, InvolvedThe Roy family’s biggest outsider has turned his chief weakness to his advantage.
  30. backstories
    The Succession Cast Processes the Astonishing Season-Three Finale“If Shiv knows, and Tom doesn’t know that Shiv knows — there’s a lot of potential there,” says Sarah Snook, on location in Montalcino.
  31. spoilers
    Who Got The Worst Deal In That Succession Finale?Everyone is potentially screwed here, but some people are definitely more screwed than others.
  32. spoilers
    Succession Finally Gave Kendall What He’s Been WantingIt didn’t really work out, but still!
  33. spoilers
    All Our Lingering Questions Following That Succession FinaleWhere do the Roys go next?
  34. chat room
    Niecy Nash on the Claws Finale and Why Desna Is a ‘Strip-Mall Superhero’“How long can you run around in skintight jumpsuits, you know?”
  35. finales
    What We Do in the Shadows Accepts Its HumanityA tremendous third season ends with a twist revealing just how much these idiot vampires have grown.
  36. spoilers
    Let’s Talk About the Ending of Only Murders in the Building… and how it and the entire season consistently surprised us.
  37. spoilers
    We Need to Talk About NateTed Lasso’s shy kit man turned assistant coach has completed his transformation, and we all should have seen it coming.
  38. a long talk
    Mike White Accepts the CriticismThe White Lotus creator understands if you feel conflicted about that ending. So does he.
  39. bachelor nation
    Katie Thurston, Method Actor, Evaluates Her Bachelorette Finale Performance“I did come down hard and I did have a lot of anger.”
  40. trailer mix
    The Devil Went Down to the Lucifer Final Season TrailerThe apocalypse is nigh but at least he looks hot.
  41. bachelor nation
    So, Are Katie and Her Default Bachelorette Winner Still Together?We’re all underwhelmed.
  42. bachelor nation
    Katie and Greg’s Bachelorette Finale Blowup Was Capital-A Acting“I really don’t know if I actually know who Greg is. You’re a liar. You did not love me.”
  43. series finales
    How The Bold Type Finale Closed the Book on Scarlet MagazineThe dot-com is thriving, and so is pretty much everyone else.
  44. chat room
    The Bold Type’s Meghann Fahy on Getting Her Ending Rewritten ‘the Night Before’“I remember getting that phone call and was like, What?! I was truly shocked.”
  45. chat room
    Titus Welliver on Bosch’s Last Chapter — and Harry Bosch’s Next One“The beauty of the character is that he’s consistent. He stays the same, because he’s a bit of a dinosaur, so he can only evolve so much.”
  46. finales
    Conan Gives a Qualified FarewellThe finale of his TBS show was low-key evidence that O’Brien has always stayed true to himself — and will continue to do so with whatever’s next.
  47. postmortems
    9 Scatterbrained Questions We Still Have After Younger’s FinaleSo, about that rumored spinoff …
  48. spoilers
    Let’s Talk About Mare’s Decision in the Mare of Easttown FinaleHer choice speaks to the theme of the entire HBO series.
  49. tv review
    Shrill Doesn’t Need ClosureThe low-key yet insightful closing episodes of the Hulu comedy eschew resolution in favor of continued evolution.
  50. tv
    Um, We Should Talk About That Wild For All Mankind FinaleBet you didn’t think you could be so emotional about the line “I started jogging again.”
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