Not only is this a perfect ending to this fucking madhouse of a show, but it captures the complete essence of what the show is really about, I think.
Sure, maybe I'm attributing too much to this last season, but I never felt, at any point throughout this whole series, that the writers did not know what they were doing, what they were going for, how they were going to end it. It all felt like this was the natural ending for, well, everyone.
Something that this show did so different from every single fucking other adult animation (or many other shows for that matter) is to show that it's not only willing to address and engage with difficult or more taboo topics, but it's more than willing to follow through with itself. How many gags ended up not being gags? How many situations came back in later seasons?
How many times did Bojack bring up the New Mexico shit? That happened in season 2! And it kept going!
What I'm trying to put together is that BJ was not going to shy away from the fact that it deals with topics in a grounded (and many times cynical) way, and this season is that promise coming to fruition.
From the get-go, Season Six offers us the idea of a happy ending for Bojack, because that's how this shit works in sitcoms, right? (This sort of thing is literally brought up in the last episode but whatever) But the reality is, Bojack did shitty things. And he has to make up for it. With the last two episodes literally being Bojack trying to kill himself and then going to prison only to come out and see everyone changed, or even in the case of Hollyhock, just disappearing from his life altogether, what part of any of this was not promised, in some way?
Do you really think you can just get off the hook for what you've done? That even though you atone for your sins, you try to make amends, that no matter how much you have grown and changed as a person, your past can't come back to haunt you? That other people won't change, that other people won't have an image of who you are now because they only have an image of who you were?
That's what I think the last scene of Season Six really doubles down on, as Diane so aptly says:
Sometimes life's a bitch, and you keep on living.
...so yeah I really liked this season, I think it delivered perfectly on everything it had promised (I totally did not binge this whole show in like two weeks) and I think the last season is the perfect way to have ended it. A terrifying look of confronting mortality and yourself, and the even more terrifying thought of being OK with it all.
Pleased to have this show back on once again.
I like that the police procedural aspect of the show is now more direct than ever when it comes to being used as a framework for character development in a way that drives Lucifer's epiphany home in a much less confusing, much less time consuming way, for both the audience and him. The fact the new Netflix format allows only for 10 episodes has actually benefited the show quite a bit as there are next to no fillers at all, everything ends up tying back to either the central plot or character development.
Story wise, they had a very solid premise for this season and while sometimes the storytelling was slowed down a tiny bit by the police aspect of the show, it was still an intriguing journey that paid off in both story progression and character development, resulting in a conclusion that's unlike anything the show has offered before. Lucifer actually learns something for a change and the rest of the characters also follow suit and grow in the process thanks to their own neat, little arcs.
CGI/effects-wise, the transition from FOX to Netflix is very apparent. The effects were mostly smooth and aesthetically pleasing, though not fairly consistent as the quality did dip a little bit towards the end but not enough that it's painfully noticeable. Although, I appreciate that this time around, they went outside of their comfort zone and explored what more they could do with Lucifer's devil appearance and I've to say, they did a really good job.
Another few things though that deserve massive praise are the new soundtracks. Just absolutely wonderful, perfectly fitted to the show's theme and tone, perfectly capable of immersing you even further in the experience and just perfectly composed. I can not wait for 'em to be made publicly available.
Overall, the wait was worth it as this season was a very much welcomed breath of fresh air. I'm eager to see how the next season picks up from this finale's twist and the direction they decide to take it.
