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I can’t have been the only person who thought that the finale of 1923 Season 2 couldn’t possibly be a proper ending. Surely not!

The White Lotus doesn’t do happy endings, which is by design. Each season begins with the promise of death and ends by delivering it.

Everyone knew that The Potato Lab would have a happy ending. Really, it deserved one, and Episode 12 provides it with relish. It wasn’t always...

As with any Netflix series, particularly one of its surprisingly good video game adaptations, the ending of Devil May Cry has two distinct purposes. Yes,...

I don’t suspect we’re on the precipice of a masterpiece with Netflix’s PULSE. Period. Throughout Season 1 of PULSE, we see a conflict between the...

And here I was wondering if Reacher could tie off every loose end in Season 3 in just a single episode. I needn’t have worried. Episode 8,...

Waiting for the ending of a Harlan Coben series is like staying after the credits in a Marvel movie, and Caught is no different. It...

As strongly implied in the last episode, MQ is undergoing corporate changes that are creating significant stress for David. This situation shows no signs of...

Season 2 of Severance has had its ups and downs; there’s no doubt about that. We’ve had bottle episodes that offered little and compensatory follow-ups...

Tyler Perry continues to torment streaming audiences worldwide with execrable garbage like Divorce in the Black and A Fall from Grace, but Beauty in Black...

As with all Harlan Coben thrillers, Just One Look is built on a nested series of twists and turns that gradually reveal the truth of...

Prime Target has been impressively bad throughout, so I wasn’t expecting its ending to magically turn things around, but Episode 8 is rubbish even by the...

Paradise is much more than a murder mystery, but its ending is very much in the style of the classics. Season 1, Episode 8, “The Man...

Let’s be frank here – the ending of Mayfair Witches Season 2 is a mess. It’s full of action, deaths, twists, and moral ambiguities, and...

The latest in an increasingly long list of power-to-the-people British dramas platforming inspiring true stories and underrepresented parts of the U.K., Toxic Town joins Mr....

Look, it was virtually a given that When the Stars Gossip was going to have a lackluster ending given how increasingly bad it has become...

There’s a lot going on in Episodes 9 & 10 of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, which is to be expected. “Hero or Menace” and “If...

Ending a show is no easy feat, and ending a beloved, long-running show is harder still. It brings me enormous pleasure to report, then, that Cobra...