A surprisingly short episode. I'm disappointed. The last episode was super underwhelming and felt so rushed. Talk about a drop in quality from pilot to series end. It had so much promise, but duffed it. Episode 8 is poorly edited and glossed over many facts that happened in real life. The climax of that story is bananas but all events after Nick's murder in the penultimate episode didn't follow any kind of context. I wish we had just a bit of Irene taking over, she was the best thing from the show.
What should have been an inspiring immigrant success story ended with tragedy because of unresolved trauma and ego. I mean Steve Banerjee literally had everything and ruined it all. He was his own downfall. Very interesting choice ending on that shot of Steve at the height of his success and happiness at the very end of the series.
The finale is just an overextended hotel scene between Banerjee and Ray Colon trying to get a confession with no real drama, and then some scenes with Banerjee's lawyer and De Noia's ghost. That cell scene between Steve and ghost Nick is amazing but it can be more impactful with a decent build-up.
Lovely supporting cast but it gives short shrift to too many interesting story threads. I wish there was more of an epilogue for the rest of the characters. What happens to Denise? And why did they change the fact that Irene stuck by Steve? They also didn't mention the millions of dollars Steve stowed away somewhere that no one can find. Also, Steve has a son and a daughter but they just never mentioned the son for some reason?
I've thoroughly enjoyed this show; the acting, the characters, the insane story, well written, perfect pacing, great production design. You may think Welcome to Chippendales is your not your cup of tea but it’s really good. An unknown (to me) bloody history wrapped in a time capsule of an American dream gone wrong.
Review by cutecruelBlockedParentSpoilers2023-01-05T10:59:03Z
A surprisingly short episode. I'm disappointed. The last episode was super underwhelming and felt so rushed. Talk about a drop in quality from pilot to series end. It had so much promise, but duffed it. Episode 8 is poorly edited and glossed over many facts that happened in real life. The climax of that story is bananas but all events after Nick's murder in the penultimate episode didn't follow any kind of context. I wish we had just a bit of Irene taking over, she was the best thing from the show.
What should have been an inspiring immigrant success story ended with tragedy because of unresolved trauma and ego. I mean Steve Banerjee literally had everything and ruined it all. He was his own downfall. Very interesting choice ending on that shot of Steve at the height of his success and happiness at the very end of the series.
The finale is just an overextended hotel scene between Banerjee and Ray Colon trying to get a confession with no real drama, and then some scenes with Banerjee's lawyer and De Noia's ghost. That cell scene between Steve and ghost Nick is amazing but it can be more impactful with a decent build-up.
Lovely supporting cast but it gives short shrift to too many interesting story threads. I wish there was more of an epilogue for the rest of the characters. What happens to Denise? And why did they change the fact that Irene stuck by Steve? They also didn't mention the millions of dollars Steve stowed away somewhere that no one can find. Also, Steve has a son and a daughter but they just never mentioned the son for some reason?
I've thoroughly enjoyed this show; the acting, the characters, the insane story, well written, perfect pacing, great production design. You may think Welcome to Chippendales is your not your cup of tea but it’s really good. An unknown (to me) bloody history wrapped in a time capsule of an American dream gone wrong.