This penultimate episode could stand on its own as the series finale in its profound messages, beauty, and amazing performances.
Haley's heartbreak. Donna's cry disguised as she shouts "Yahoo!" Bos and Diane's touching dance.
My favorite scene is a final exchange between Joe and Cameron:
Cameron: I wanted it to work. I wanted us to work.
Joe: Yeah? Me, too.
Cameron: It did... for awhile.
Joe: For awhile. (Smiles) Yeah.
Joe: Thing that gets you to a thing.
Cameron: Huh?
Joe: It was you.
Joe: It was always you.
This episode really drove the emotional impact of last weeks event home, in a way that is at times hard to watch, because it feels incredibly familiar. No one knows what to say, what to do, and dealing with the sometimes mundane tasks that come with the death of someone. Say what you want, but the Whedons know how to write episodes about death, this one feels very close to Buffys "The Body".
You gotta love Boss's Chilli secret though, I honestly did not expect to laugh out loud this episode.
This season, though still very good, has been a bit of Groundhog Day in plotting, but this is easily its best episode so far, finally advancing forward with ferocious force. More shading in tragedy instead of wallowing in variations of cringe comedy too (only Kendall has been getting most of this during the season's latter half; the convo between Shiv and her mother here is great). Plus, after almost an entire season of one-way attack, Shiv plunging the knife into Roman when she has the chance is so satisfying to watch lol.
Holy forking shirt! The acting on this one was amazing! Every single one of them, but especially Lee Pace (Joe). He made me feel what his character was feeling every moment. And Toby Huss (Bos), what can i say, he didn't get much time, but it was INTENSE. Even Anna Chlumsky (Katie), when she froze where Gordon died... the look on her face will haunt me for a while...
This episode doesn't have anything special, it's very well done, but nothing special nonetheless. But the actors made it amazing.
