I'm really not quite sure of the downvoting of the last few episodes - it was not a perfect 10, but it *certainly* was not a 1! I gave it an 8 - shock value being half of that even though it should've been extremely apparent what was going to happen - even to the casual viewer. It was still was horrifying to witness. Whether or not a viewer is happy with the choice that the characters made via script, I think it was visually and emotionally conveyed perfectly. It formed the pit in your stomach knowing that your worst fears about characters that you had a mostly positive attachment to has finally occurred on-screen and there's no turning back.
The allegory is strong here - how many people throughout history, especially in positions of power in real life have acted out while seeing red, even if the resolution was literally staring them in the face with just a nanosecond more of diplomacy? How many people outside of their "influence-ees" have realized that their collective choices are actually REALLY messed up and in retrospect, should've never happened? This isn't bad writing...it's the very dark and very real side of humanity.
The only slightly negative thing that is happening this season is the script and the remaining character development is either too little or too much for cramming it into 6 episodes but there is still one ep. left and I'm still all on board for a meaningful resolution - maybe not realizing it right away ("The Sopranos", anyone - maybe not as philosophical but maybe just as open ended) but still satisfying the story if taken the time to reflect similar to the five-stage grief system.
The allegory is strong here - how many people throughout history, especially in positions of power in real life have acted out while seeing red, even if the resolution was literally staring them in the face with just a nanosecond more of diplomacy? How many people outside of their "influence-ees" have realized that their collective choices are actually REALLY messed up and in retrospect, should've never happened? This isn't bad writing...it's the very dark and very real side of humanity.
The only slightly negative thing that is happening this season is the script and the remaining character development is either too little or too much for cramming it into 6 episodes but there is still one ep. left and I'm still all on board for a meaningful resolution - maybe not realizing it right away ("The Sopranos", anyone - maybe not as philosophical but maybe just as open ended) but still satisfying the story if taken the time to reflect similar to the five-stage grief system.