At time of writing, TMDB has set this to "Final [sic] Parts Un & Deux" (including the typo) and locked it. Streaming apps, TVDB, & IMDB call it just "Finale Part Un" (or with "Finalé" instead, if they're trying to be fancy). In case TMDB goes even further and deletes "Finale Part Deux", eventually leading to Trakt also deleting the next episode, I've duplicated my season-ending perspective from https://trakt.tv/comments/589829 here, too.
As further insurance against future deletions, my rating & history for 2x24: 7/10, played 2023-08-14 11:54 UTC.
Reviewing this season-ender as if it was one episode seems to make sense, because the story clearly flows right from one into the other and they originally aired the same night. So, here goes.
In "Part Un", I was frustrated by having the restaurant scene cut short. Rory and Missy calling back to the fact that they "at least" had lobster wasn't nearly enough of a button on the whole thing with Jim and C.J. figuring out who was going to pay for what turned out to be a very expensive dinner.
And in "Part Deux", the whole subplot with C.J. and Sissy just disappeared without a trace. I suppose all the humor had been wrung from such a simplistic setup already, but… come on. Closure, people. It's the end of a season; don't leave loose threads hanging.
Speaking of loose threads, it's going to sound silly if I now go on to excuse what was set up between Cate and Ed Gibb, but that's different because it wasn't a forgotten plot line; it was a setup for season 3. Hoping we at least get a reference to the final frog-herding scene in 3x01, though.
The weirdest part of this whole season was that, once they adjusted to losing John Ritter so suddenly, the show's tone markedly improved. I was never a big fan of the cheesy "front door" intro, which wouldn't have worked with Jim or C.J. at the door instead of Paul. Losing that intro and jumping right into the story is the best change that came of the casting change, forced though it was.
Review by dgwVIP 9BlockedParent2023-08-14T12:10:30Z
At time of writing, TMDB has set this to "Final [sic] Parts Un & Deux" (including the typo) and locked it. Streaming apps, TVDB, & IMDB call it just "Finale Part Un" (or with "Finalé" instead, if they're trying to be fancy). In case TMDB goes even further and deletes "Finale Part Deux", eventually leading to Trakt also deleting the next episode, I've duplicated my season-ending perspective from https://trakt.tv/comments/589829 here, too.
As further insurance against future deletions, my rating & history for 2x24: 7/10, played 2023-08-14 11:54 UTC.
Reviewing this season-ender as if it was one episode seems to make sense, because the story clearly flows right from one into the other and they originally aired the same night. So, here goes.
In "Part Un", I was frustrated by having the restaurant scene cut short. Rory and Missy calling back to the fact that they "at least" had lobster wasn't nearly enough of a button on the whole thing with Jim and C.J. figuring out who was going to pay for what turned out to be a very expensive dinner.
And in "Part Deux", the whole subplot with C.J. and Sissy just disappeared without a trace. I suppose all the humor had been wrung from such a simplistic setup already, but… come on. Closure, people. It's the end of a season; don't leave loose threads hanging.
Speaking of loose threads, it's going to sound silly if I now go on to excuse what was set up between Cate and Ed Gibb, but that's different because it wasn't a forgotten plot line; it was a setup for season 3. Hoping we at least get a reference to the final frog-herding scene in 3x01, though.
The weirdest part of this whole season was that, once they adjusted to losing John Ritter so suddenly, the show's tone markedly improved. I was never a big fan of the cheesy "front door" intro, which wouldn't have worked with Jim or C.J. at the door instead of Paul. Losing that intro and jumping right into the story is the best change that came of the casting change, forced though it was.