even though it hasn't been the strongest season I'm sad that it's over already :( A lot of good set-up for this finale tho so I have HIGH HOPES for a strong finish. Similar to a lot of things about this show, the build-up's felt super Lost-like with so many different threads inching towards their convergence at the Valley Beyond

I can't believe it's the finale already

Since were getting season 3 I expect 2-3 big cliffhangers tonight

super excited over here, especially since I don't think too much ahead in terms of where the story goes. I get really into it when I watch the episodes and then for a day or two after I be like "doesn't look like anything to me" every hour or so....other than that though, I don't really "see" where the show could go and give it less to no thought, for a week! so all the twists, they twist me up quite well! and I'm sure they've got something in store for the finale!...what if MIB detonates a nuke and that makes them travel back in time to ARNOLD days? see, I know shit about what will happen really and thus I will be very surprised I guess!

in other notes: SNAP, that timing guys! we might not be able to watch it for quite some time since sandra is having a "gut"-feeling, as in THOSE contractions!!!! d.o.c. predicted is the 28th...today is the 24th...we could see the finale on monday night, that's best case scenario, but more likely some time on tuesday. well, time (hours?) will tell...o dat troublemaker #2, I guess I'll have to call her "showstopper" (:

Imagine my confusion when it turns out I’m on HBO2 and Napoleon Dynamite starts playing

Curtis @ 24/6/2018 21:02

Imagine my confusion when it turns out I’m on HBO2 and Napoleon Dynamite starts playing

And that the episode was rated PG for crude humor!!!

I meannnnnn

fiiiiiiiiiine

I could follow about 60% of it

ehhhhh

That was pretty disappointing. I expected so much more

FIRST OF ALL, the most annoying thing was how little anything that happened mattered, at least for the major characters. Pretty much EVERY major character was tentatively dead, and they were all brought back in some fashion. So weak. I was hoping Bernard would be the only host to survive tbh

Not sure what the purpose of MIB is anymore. I feel like there was a really good opportunity for a climactic moment for his character in the Forge, like a final confrontation with Dolores. But instead...nothing. They even show him limp down there and load his gun and nothing happens? Huh???

Why did Maeve "die" from getting shot in the torso when the exact same thing happened to Dolores earlier in the episode and she was fine

I guess I'm curious where the show will go from here but that's about it. There's not really any particular story I'm that excited about going forward

Also for a character who had an entire episode set aside to introduce him...Akecheta was p much a non-factor here

I definitely didn't love Dolores coming back (though it wasn't surprising) but I at least wish Tessa Thompson would've been Dolores' permanent new body. She's a much better actor than Evan Rachel Wood and at the very least it would've been interesting to watch a new actor play that character going forward

Though speaking of which...why were there TWO Dolores at the end?? Was one just a copy

oshit there was a post credits scene

Now I'm even more confused

You didn't watch the post-credit scene did you Bocabooda

Boc @ 24/6/2018 23:16

oshit there was a post credits scene Now I'm even more confused

ah!

A whole lot of the timeline stuff threw me which really took me out of it at times. I was watching it the whole time thinking...alright..I'll just have to read some article about the timeline after this is over. Which is not really what I wanna be thinking during a whole season finale tbh

NOT THE BEST SEASON! Three highlight episodes for me but that's about it. I was hoping it was all leading to some huge clash here or something profound or a lot of clarity but NOPE! None of that for me

I liked uh..

- Lee's speech. BUT HATE THAT HE DIED! Assuming he died. I think he took a hit to the shoulder in his last shot there so I guess he can be alive if they want him to be, idk. I didn't like how he jumped out after they were safely away. He could've just thrown his gun to the side, he would've bought them the exact same amount of time. I don't really buy that he was just cool with dying there. MEH

- "What gate? Seriously, what gate?" "I don't FUCKING know!" FELIX!!!! Felix is the best Boc, grow up. lol'd at those being like 2 of the 4 survivors of the whole damn show

- Stubbs' talk with Charlotte/Dolores. I liked that bit a lot. Is Stubbs a host?? Was that what was heavily being hinted? So he knew that it was Dolores in there? That's what I got out of it. Everybody is a god damn host

- The Charlotte reveal was fun I guess but whatever

- Elsie dying, thank god. Every review/recap I read praises her as the clear best character on the show. I do not get it. AT ALL!

The list ends there really. There was some other fine stuff but most of it just didn't thrill me very much

I guess I'm excited to get out of the park if only to freshen things up. I feel like a ton of these characters are not gonna come back, but as each one died I mostly didn't care? I was only sad to see Lee and Akecheta go really. I didn't even care about Maeve which is a sad sign, she was so good in s1. Akecheta also deserved much better

We'll see where it goes I guess. Maybe I'll like it all better once I get some clarity on everything that happened, but now that we've hit the reset button of sorts and are out of the park I'm not sure any of it matters too much