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Series finale S05E06(spoilers obviously!)

posted 8 years ago by benelli86
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I was disappointed in the series finale. I'm glad that Netflix gave the show three more seasons, but I preferred the season 3 finale. That ending was beautifull.

I was expecting Jackson to go back to America with Susan and Connor, but instead they choose to hang Susan for her crimesThis seems very odd after all the trouble Jackson went through to save her the first time. I was hoping they would go to America together. Why the hell the writers decided to have Jackson then die in America while saving two girls is beyond me. This was totally unexpected and felt completely unnecessary. Poor Connor is now all alone in America.

Same goes for Reid. He is left all alone, now that Matilda has left with Drummond. I was surprised they used a lot of flash back scenes. They have never done this before. I was glad to see Drake and Fred Best again though.

Abberline is still trying to solve the Ripper murders even though he is retired.

Mimi decided to marry a rich old man because she was expecting him to die soon and she would then inherit his money? This was very weird.

I'm going to pretend that season 4 and 5 never happened and that the beautifull season 4 finale was the ending of this great show.

[–] PammyLZ 8 years ago

I thought them killing almost everyone off was a way to make sure a movie or TV special was never made in the future. It was too sad for Jackson & Susan to die. It really wasn't a happy-ending type of series finale. I thought they could have done better. I also didn't like the sudden flashbacks, it confused me at first.

Also, I found it odd what Matilda said to Reid as they were saying goodbye, about how he would never visit her that he "can't" visit her. Was she saying that she never wanted Reid to visit them? She seemed a bit cruel.

This series finale was disappointing, I agree.

[–] investigator-k 8 years ago

Yep, I totally not get it.
Perhaps she's assumed to Reid won't visit her because he's workaholic? I don't know, it's just doesn't seems right for Mathilda.

[–] jbaddock 8 years ago

I think Reid remaining in Whitechapel was his own self-imposed punishment for his murders, which is what they were, legally. He says he was willing to stand trial for them, but, instead, he chooses his own sentence, which is to earn some kind of redemption by staying in Whitechapel and trying to do some good. Matilda senses this, and, as there is no way that she ever wants to return to Whitechapel, she knows that they will probably never see each other again.

Personally, I felt that the last 45 minutes or so of the episode just meandered along, with no real suspense once Dove's guilt was proved (which happened before the titles came up, IIRC). It was difficult to get too involved with the Reid/Mimi relationship, which began and ended within less than thirty minutes of screen time, and there wasn't much point to the Abberline sequences, beyond pointing out that Reid had moved on and Abberline hadn't. I understand that the entire episode was intended to tie up loose ends, but it just seemed to fizzle out in the end.

[–] boldertje 8 years ago

This is the way I explained the last episode to myself also. Depressing, but the only possible outcome for a man so tangled up with Whitechapel. It was sad, this last episode. Not everything is tied up neatly for me, some questions still remain. But all that is left to my imagination.

[–] benelli86 8 years ago

Indeed. It was very odd. It came across as if Matilda didn't want her father to come visit her or her child. It was sad to see Reid end up all alone. No friends, no family. He was all alone with his work.

[–] cecejk 8 years ago

No one got a happy ending, unless we assume Matilda did. I thought after Drake dying and Rose destroyed, at least Susan, Jackson and Connor would escape to America.

[–] benelli86 8 years ago

Exactly. I was expecting the same thing.

[–] nosurprises8 8 years ago

Really depressing finale. No need to do that with the Homer and Susans characters. Seems like season 4 and 5 were wasted if they were just going to kill them off.

[–] TheLeen 8 years ago

Depressing it was.

I liked the flashbacks; they tied a nice little bow around Edmund Reid's story that had come to its conclusion.

While I'm heartbroken for Matthew & Caitlin, it was the last scene that was the most depressing.

There is nobody left in Edmund's life, nothing left for him to do, he is still haunted by his past, and maybe he feels he should "get out" or forever be stuck, like Mimi said. I guess it is up to any viewer's imagination whether Reid, in his loneliness, finally decides to write a letter to his daughter, or writes a last note as he decides to go out together with the century.

[–] woodmakesitgood 8 years ago

A few seasons ago I wrote a comment about this being the most depressing show in TV history. The reasoning doesn't hold up since the plots changed a bit - but the writers found different ways to make it depressing.
I hope they are all undergoing helpful treatment now, if they need it. LOL

Of course, I can only speak to my own TV history, but I'd like to hear if anyone else has watched it's equal.
But the acting and writing were good enough for me to watch it to the end.
ah well.

[–] fullmoon7461-908-439866 8 years ago

I would have been happy with the 3 seasons, as that ending was bittersweet, but some comfort to Reid having a happy life.

I mostly enjoyed seasons 4 and 5 because I love all the characters and the actors who play them.... I do wish that Jackson and Susan could have escaped together, but her resigning to die was her penance. And Matilda saying a forever goodbye to her father was both acknowledging his workaholic behaviour and that she didn't want ANYTHING of Whitechapel in her new life

Oh and while this show is depressing, you need to watch Bojack Horseman for some modern depression.. it's great but crushing....

[–] sleeperx9 8 years ago

Endings are totally overrated, important thing is to keep you invested for its duration, which it succeeded in.

[–] prijon_creeker 8 years ago

I didn't realize this was the season finale.

I thought the last episode was all a dream.

Mathilda's reaction to having him not come and visit them, was rather odd.

If this really was his life, the episode was very depressing. Very sad for Mr. Reid.

I can't see his daughter Mathilda, leaving him.

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