I must concede I found it actually quite shocking just how powerful the finale is here & I'm not being melodramatic when I say Lucy Prebble & Billie Piper deserve serious recognition for their achievements with their second season of this show (genuinely, give them ALL the awards); if you thought "I Hate Suzie" was good (which it most certainly is), then "I Hate Suzie Too" is arguably what I'd consider to be an absolute masterpiece & the best work produced by either of the duo in their entire careers, who are undoubtedly going from strength to strength. Beautifully realised by director Dawn Shadforth & the talented cast & crew who've faultlessly put this to screen, the series ends with a truly devastating punch to the stomach, finally bringing the story to the inevitable, melancholic crescendo it feels as though it's sadly always been heading towards, from the beginning.
Angry, pained, aggrieved & delivering an irrefutably scathing condemnation of society's mistreatment of women, the themes of patriarchal discrimination (& the toll this inflicts on the victims of it) are addressed with an unsettling honesty that seems seriously profound to watch unfold, as an audience member. I wasn't even wrong to compare this to Todd Phillips' "Joker" either (in an earlier review) - the only difference being Joaquin Phoenix & his efforts pale in comparison to this soaring accomplishment of television, which is easily amongst some of the best 2022 has to offer.
Truly, I'm astonished by the sheer level of bleakness, but in witnessing many women celebrities suffer the exact same fate - due to the unjustifiably misogynistic societal pressures placed upon them, due to their gender - it's not hard at all to believe that in such a chaotic, unstable, pressure cooker environment, this is what would likely happen. I'm saddened - but I can't pretend as though it's alright because the injustice portrayed is a work of fiction; it's reality.