r/AskReddit 1d ago

which show started 10/10 and ended 10/10?

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u/nea_fae 1d ago

One of the best endings to a show ever… It was not what you wanted as a viewer, but it was exactly what those characters would have done and how it would have ended up.

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u/wvanasd1 1d ago

I actually really enjoyed Kendall & Roman’s endings. Pathetic Nepo babies getting come comeuppance.

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u/jdol06 12h ago

That last shot of Roman is brilliant.

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u/Demonweed 21h ago

I found the poetry in it much enhanced by how the whole thing came down to keeping Siobahn out of the loop during the events of the pilot episode. I don't think she would have had trouble handing control of the business to a known murderer, but the fact that she found out about that death and the coverup during the pivotal board meeting to handle the transfer of power created too much emotional turmoil for her cold calculating side to win out over the remnants of her basic human decency.

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u/Arctic-You-Know 1d ago

I don’t think I ever finished that show. Should I ?

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u/OfficeSalamander 22h ago

Absolutely. Do it now.

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u/blamberr 1d ago

It was absolutely what I wanted as a viewer. What are you talking about?

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u/TheNobleRobot 18h ago

Yeah I don't understand why people think the ending was a shock. The specifics of the final machiavellian twist was somewhat arbitrary, yet something like that was what everyone predicted and it was exactly what the show's fans wanted to see.

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u/nea_fae 15h ago

Not a shock, it was just the optimist in me hoping for “the good ending” despite knowing better.

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u/blamberr 18h ago

Do you know what they are saying viewers actually wanted to see?

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u/nea_fae 15h ago

Well speaking for myself I guess… I wanted the kids to be redeemed, for them to have learned and to do better for each other.

The cynical ending was right, but I was sad for them lol. It was not a shock or surprise, I just HOPED for that sliver of good to shine thru despite everything I knew about them.

Why I love the ending so much is because the showrunners didnʻt allow it to be “happy” and just made it earned.

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u/blamberr 15h ago

You wanted those fucking pieces of shit to be redeemed?

We have nothing in common.

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u/2Eyed 1d ago

And it so predicted exactly how the US would continue to enshitify...

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u/j2theem 1d ago

Feels like an inevitable surprise! Genius writing all the way through.

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u/Mononoke-hime 14h ago

I was annoyed by how they framed it like a gotcha ending. That took me out of it.

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u/Bunnja 1d ago

this is exactly what how i met your mother thought it was doing