I read the book and found it mediocre; I watched the series and found it okay - until the last part. Gripping stuff. Zoe Kazan is amazing in this.
If you support those who go against your people, who's to say they won't go against you too . Series finale, we liked it, but it is the series of David Simon that we liked the least.
And to think election fraud is still something that happens nowadays. Crazy. However, I'm not all that sure if it was done to help or hurt Roosevelt's chances.
I loved the big middle finger Bess gave her idiot sister by screaming her out of her house.It was abundantly deseved. Evelyn sucks. The fate of Seldon's mother could have been the fate of Bess, Herman and the kids, and notice how Evelyn didn't even ask for forgiveness for supporting and defending an anti-semitic government. Also loved how the a-hole rabbi's church was completely deserted. What a naive, despicable little man. However, I still think they got off way too easy. They betrayed their people and had a hand in the possible deaths of everyone who was relocated to the land of the KKK. But did they show even a speck of remorse? Nope.
If there's one thing that can be saved, I guess it's the fact that the first lady wasn't a nazi, and had some people looking out for her. That seemed to be the one factor that made turning the whole thing around possible. Although, we don't know who won the election, so I guess it's open to interpretation how the whole thing continued.
Chilling.
I can't say it's not satisfying to see some characters getting their just deserts, though it's sad as well - and then there's Bess, who only seemed to suffer all the way through these episodes. On the other hand, frustrating as they are in their communication skills, Herman and Alvin coming to a head was both funny and troubling. I wonder if it's even possible they'll reach a good place and stay there eventually.
It's also important that the writing didn't take the easy way out: "take out the person perceived as the problem - the symptom - while ignoring the reasons that made it possible".
Shout by PongpengVIP 2BlockedParent2020-04-21T15:11:10Z
As someone who hasn't read the book, I don't feel this episode rushed (as some readers do), but just clearly stressing on certain developments over the others. I find they save the best for the last though, as the feeling of apocalyptic doom is so overwhelming and potent, being not so far-fetched in reality. The Seldon subplot just about breaks my heart throughout, and that long zoom-in shot of Bess on the phone with him, with sound of gunshots all around her as background, is such a stunner. My MVP of the series definitely goes to Zoe Kazan.