This was a gift and a masterpiece. There are no words to describe it. Everything was just right. I'm a little surprised by the more negative reviews -- I guess some people wanted things to be tied up in a pretty bow, for all the characters, but I thought that what made this season so good was that it was faithful to the flow of life.
People come, people go, people pass, things work out, things don't. People get divorced, humiliate themselves at job interviews, sleep with the wrong people, end up on the wrong side of an affair, leave an establishment they've loved (like Suki, Michel) because they need to grow, etc. Things CHANGE. And you have to embrace that.
This series is more true to that reality than anything I've watched recently. I love that Rory wan't so "pure" -- it certainly created a depth to a character we've love for so long. It's lovely. So yes, some characters can't get what they want, some change in unexpected ways, and I think that's all wonderful.
I think the writers nailed the realities of this generation: some of us are still a little "here and there," some are going through divorced, some are in messy and complicated relationships, some are coming to terms with our own mortality as those older than us pass away. And some are still struggling to figure out what they want to do in life, as so many peers move back home en masse.
I thought there were some wonderful, ongoing hilarious parts:
-- "Forgettable Paul" was a fantastic ongoing joke! They nailed the reality of that "one boyfriend that just seems to linger" -- he doesn't quite have the spark but he's nice, so there's no real reason to dump him -- I've been there! -- Luke's refusal to give out the Wi-Fi password was great (and the show is spot-on about the annoying laptop crowd), the vulnerable/sensitive/unemployed 30-something crowd (hilarious!) -- and their mothers. -- OMG the book with Naomi: other writers in the crowd will immediately recognize the true- to-life parallels. -- Berta and her family ("Nobody can work out what language they're speaking") -- I think they're fantastic! All those smiles! All that helpfulness!
And...then there's the part I wanted to watch all over again because it was a MASTERPIECE and I felt that the producers really took a creative risk here: the Life and Death brigade montage! This is what turned the show into something really special -- that evening right there.
As for the last four words: absolutely fitting. (Of course I immediately wanted a Season 2 after that, but...I understand if this is all that we get. This is a good way for the show to go. Life happens, and life goes on...even the parts we don't get to see.)
People come, people go, people pass, things work out, things don't. People get divorced, humiliate themselves at job interviews, sleep with the wrong people, end up on the wrong side of an affair, leave an establishment they've loved (like Suki, Michel) because they need to grow, etc. Things CHANGE. And you have to embrace that.
This series is more true to that reality than anything I've watched recently. I love that Rory wan't so "pure" -- it certainly created a depth to a character we've love for so long. It's lovely. So yes, some characters can't get what they want, some change in unexpected ways, and I think that's all wonderful.
I think the writers nailed the realities of this generation: some of us are still a little "here and there," some are going through divorced, some are in messy and complicated relationships, some are coming to terms with our own mortality as those older than us pass away. And some are still struggling to figure out what they want to do in life, as so many peers move back home en masse.
I thought there were some wonderful, ongoing hilarious parts:
-- "Forgettable Paul" was a fantastic ongoing joke! They nailed the reality of that "one boyfriend that just seems to linger" -- he doesn't quite have the spark but he's nice, so there's no real reason to dump him -- I've been there! -- Luke's refusal to give out the Wi-Fi password was great (and the show is spot-on about the annoying laptop crowd), the vulnerable/sensitive/unemployed 30-something crowd (hilarious!) -- and their mothers. -- OMG the book with Naomi: other writers in the crowd will immediately recognize the true- to-life parallels. -- Berta and her family ("Nobody can work out what language they're speaking") -- I think they're fantastic! All those smiles! All that helpfulness!
And...then there's the part I wanted to watch all over again because it was a MASTERPIECE and I felt that the producers really took a creative risk here: the Life and Death brigade montage! This is what turned the show into something really special -- that evening right there.
As for the last four words: absolutely fitting. (Of course I immediately wanted a Season 2 after that, but...I understand if this is all that we get. This is a good way for the show to go. Life happens, and life goes on...even the parts we don't get to see.)