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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING COMMENT IS RATED S FOR "SAPPY AS HELL". PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

We all know a bad series finale can ruin the entire show, which is why I've been feeling on edge all week. I just wanted a satisfying ending for my team. And, for the most part, I got one.

I started crying as soon as they said the team would never be all in the same room again. And then Deke made a sacrifice to stay in the altered timeline! It made me so emotional, but it was also funny (the way Sousa tried to be all heroic only for Deke to just… go full Deke on him). He’s gonna be just fine. I almost dread to think what SHIELD looks like under his leadership, but I'm sure it's equal parts hilarious and insane.

Fitz guiding Jemma to get her to remember was lovely. Iain and Elizabeth brought their A game, as always. I’ve missed that good old Caestridge magic.

The way they brought the whole thing full circle to the season 6 finale… Genius. The logistics of time travel made my head hurt, though. It’s way too complex for me.

”- Nice flying there.
- That used to be all I did.”
Yeah, like a million years ago. That line got a smile out of me. The season 1 nostalgia is real. Everybody gives the pre-Winter Soldier episodes so much flack, but I really enjoyed those early case-of-the-week shenanigans.

Daisy and Bitch Boy’s showdown paired with Cavalry dropping from the ceiling made me SCREAM. When Daisy blew up those Chronicom ships... Avengers? I don't know them. I only know one superhero and her name is Daisy freaking Johnson. The movies wish they had her. For a minute I really thought she was dead and my heart stopped. I wouldn't put it past the writers to kill her off. The Whedons have never met a surprise death scene they didn't like. But she’s okay! And Kora saved her! I’m fine (* narrator voice * she was not fine).

So like I predicted FitzSimmons had a child. A very blonde, very cute child. Her little voice made me tear up even more, if that’s even possible. That adorable accent!

I'm glad we didn't see the actual goodbye because that would've been too much for me. But I also don't fully understand why they decided to break up the band in the end other than because Enoch and Fitz told them they would. Even though they're still in each other's lives at the end, after 7 seasons of watching them become a family it hurts to see that they're all separated. It's just not the same.

During the last 10 minutes of the episode all the remaining self-control I had went out the window. The waterworks were flowing. Especially when Daisy was the last one left in the room, it really felt like we were watching the character as much as we were watching Chloe herself get hit with the realization that it's over. That broke me. Also, I don't buy for a second that they only do the futuristic Zoom thing once a year. Sure, maybe not all together, but Daisy and Jemma definitely talk like three times a week and they all 100% have a group chat going on that consists mostly of cute videos of Alya and Daisy sending memes (May never says anything but she reads every single message and Coulson uses the wrong emojis all the time). This is what I choose to believe. And none of it contradicts what's been said in canon, so I'm sticking by it. But aside from that minor gripe about the frequency of their communication, I really liked the ending. FitzSimmons are happy with their daughter, May is teaching (which oddly suits her) at a new SHIELD academy named after Coulson and Flint is one of her students, Daisy is in space with Sousa and Kora, Mack and YoYo are still in the field, Coulson and Lola are reunited (the real OTP of this show), even Davis is back! All my babies are okay! That’s all I wanted!

Well, not true. All I wanted was for this show to never end. But it did, as all good things must. And it did so on its own terms, despite everything working against it.

Now comes the truly sappy part.

7 seasons. 136 episodes. And it all ends here.

In October 2014, I was a 16-year-old casual Marvel fan who stumbled upon this show by chance one Saturday afternoon and pressed play on the pilot episode without thinking too much of it. It’s been nearly 6 years since that fateful day and out of all my shows I’ve been watching this one the longest and the most consistently by far. It’s been such a steady presence in my life that I still can’t fully comprehend that there’s not going to be any more episodes to look forward to. Agents of SHIELD has taken root in my heart and ingrained itself in me more deeply than any other piece of media has ever done, which makes this goodbye all the more difficult for me.

Now, I am not going to claim that this show was perfect. But at its best, Agents of SHIELD was an absolute non-stop thrill ride filled with awe-inspiring CGI (especially for a network show!) and exciting fight scenes, jaw-dropping plot twists and well-crafted intrigues, laugh-out-loud humor and heart-wrenching angst, brilliant acting and skillful writing. And most importantly, it had a group of amazing characters at its center, characters who got under my skin and never left, whose adventures I followed with bated breath, whose joy and laughter and pain and tears I felt and shared time and time again. For those characters, for everything I got to experience with them and through them, for all the ways they have enriched my life, I am truly, deeply grateful. I can only say, from the bottom of my heart: thank you.

Thank you for Phil Coulson, the dad to outdad all dads, who gave his life to the cause more than once; whose unwavering belief in his team and everything they stood for was a foundation that the entire show rested on; and whose cheesy one-liners never failed to get a smile from me.

Thank you for Melinda May, our Cavalry, whose many demons never managed to consume her heart; who fashioned her jagged edges into a weapon to protect the people she cared about; who went through hell and unspeakable trauma and came out the other side fighting, always fighting the good fight.

Thank you for Leo Fitz, the man who loved a woman so much that he jumped through a hole in the universe to find her; whose brilliant mind saved the day too many times to count; who suffered so much but always stood for what he believed in, no matter the cost.

Thank you for Jemma Simmons, the girl with two PhDs and a million questions who looked to the stars and yearned for an adventure; who survived being stranded on an alien planet and traveled farther than she ever could’ve imagined; who never backed down, never gave up, never surrendered, even in the face of the most insurmountable odds.

Thank you for my darling Daisy Johnson, a lonely girl without a home or a name who dreamt of a family and built herself one; who went from a hacktivist living in a van to an earth-quaking superhero; who carried the weight of the world on her shoulders but refused to let it break her; who had a blazing fire burning within that nothing, no matter how painful or horrible, could ever snuff out.

Thank you for Mack, YoYo and Deke, who joined the team a little further down the line and became invaluable members of SHIELD. Thank you for Bobbi, Hunter and Lincoln, who I was sad to say goodbye to. Thank you for Ward, who all of us loved to hate. Thank you for every single character, whether main, recurring or guest, for every hero and villain, ally and enemy, everyone who contributed to making Agents of SHIELD what it was.

To my favorite cast, especially my OGs Clark, Ming, Chloe, Lil and Iain, who brought these characters to life and blessed us with their talent every week, and to everyone who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make the best show possible: you guys absolutely rock. I wish all of you the best of luck and many, many more successful projects in the future.

Goodbye, my favorite team. I’ll miss you like hell.

If you’re still reading this, thank you for sticking by me while I went through 5 stages of grief in roughly 1,200 words. I feel like I need to stare at the ceiling for a while until the void that this show left inside of me feels a little less cold and overwhelming.

Finally, a show where they understood how a series finale should end...

I'm still crying. This episode got me super emotional. They had Baby O'Malley, Baby Yang and Baby Izzie. Are you kidding me?? They look alike so much.
Amelia and Zola talking about Derek...
Arizona talking about Mark, then Callie and the picture of the four of them. OMG!!! That was so beautiful. I miss them so much.
Ellis's face at the end... Wow...
Meredith winning the award and Cristina calling.
Alex imagining Izzie's adorable life.
Are you kidding me?? This episode was made for the real fans.
Thank for this amazing 300th episodes.
Keep going!! Let's have many more.

I'm over the moon with this episode! For me, this is honestly as good as it gets!
Melissa and Grant have such a great chemistry, it's almost a shame that they're just Superfriends. But I wouldn't trade it over Barry and Iris, that last scene was super emotional, you practicality forget that has been another proposal before. With this song, Barry reaches a whole new level.

Actually, all the music exceeded my expectations. I could have only hope for a little more singing by Winn and Blaine (sorry, Music Meister). I'm also glad that Rachel Bloom got involved in the writing, I love Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and "Superfriends" gives a very fun and playful touch to the episode. I was also blown away by Stein, Joe and Malcom's voices altogether.

All the negativity surrounding an amazing and talented cast and writers, saddens me. This dream-sequence formula has happened several times before on both shows and it's purpose was very cathartic. It allows the characters to move forward and fight their own battles. I mean, every single episode until the finale cannot be about Savitar and I refuse to believe that anyone was really expecting that to happen. Some villain had to come along the way.

And I hope this villain that teaches lessons about love can eventually return! Blaine Anderson wasn't by far, my favorite character on Glee, but Darren is so talented and plays a really cool bad guy. He finally got his revenge for Sebastian Smythe blinding his eye! The whole episode gave me a cool and cheesy Glee vibe and I absolutely loved it! At this point, I could have only hoped for some sort of Glee reference.

About the haters, there's only one thing I can say... put a little love in your heart!

Unique! That was so much fun! Did anyone else have a lot of fun watching this episode, or was it just me? Laughing tears in my eyes, goodies grin on my face and my belly hurts of laughing. And the episode felt so short! I needed more. Music Meister jumped it like "Fuck this whole drama, imma fix this thing".

The biggest shock for me was Winn's voice. I knew he sings but man, I didn't expect that. He's a great singer. Winn and Cisco is like a win for me. They do have a great vibe (sorry not sorry).

Petition to put John Barrowman, Jesse L. Martin and Victor Garber is a studio to sing a freaking album right now. They're are absolutely amazing. Joe West and Martin Stein is my OTP.

The chemistry between Melissa and Grant is so fucking great. But I guess they're just Superfriends. Seriously, they should break up with their partners and get together, although it might end their superfriendship or what's more, put them into the superfriendzone. Anyways, I needed them to sing more songs together. That was freaking hilarious.

Cisco, Joe, Stein, Kara, Barry, Winn, Music Meister and Merlyn should get an album together. I would pay for it. I need more of Stein singing, man Victor Garber's voice is so soothing. And the dads' song was perfect, so well written. And Kara singing Moon River was totally amazing. What a voice and what I song.

I needed to listen to H.R. singing about his love for Cappuccino. But he he had popped up in this reality, Barry would've been like: Harry? H.R.? Wellsobard? Hells Wells?

I certainly didn't expect that. It was cheesy and corny af, yet I enjoyed it all the way. Classic CW cheesiness. The songs were great and it was all around a fantastic episode. We got to see more of Kara and Barry together. Man, do they have chemistry. It was cheesy, but what musical isn't? It doesn't have to be serious at all, we got tomorrow for that.