Overall, the ending took the direction I expected. It might not be the most courageous turn for the plot to take, and I'm still perplexed about a few minor things (including the key to it all). Still, I thought they reached an acceptable compromise between fans' expectations and the pessimistic aftertaste the series has been known for. There are still loose ends and somewhat wasted character arcs, but considering the huge delays in production and the dubious turn the plot has taken in the second half of the last season... it was definitely time to end it all.
A good introduction to the actual ending, but Hange’s death was stupid as fuck. They just wanted to kill off someone at this point otherwise nothing would have happened in these 60 minutes. Fine with not wasting the titans, but what about the other useless guys? Shouldn’t they have helped? Or at least offered to? Sometimes they try to be realistic with casualties, sometimes they purposely kill off popular characters for dramatic moments, and sometimes they wrap a dozen plot armors around other characters.
Birdwatching, ghosts and some of the most obnoxious wives ever. Although painfully bland, I can see why they got Jennifer Kent to direct this.
Definitely the episode with the most distinguishable visuals. This anthology puts a lot of emphasis on the directors for each episode, but it might be the first time you could see the difference. It has the same strengths and weaknesses as Cosmatos' "Mandy": a personal style with a memorable atmosphere, but an absolutely unnecessarily long preface killing the pacing. Not too much of a problem considering the not-so-demanding runtime.
I understand that this series needs a certain degree of campiness, but this episode was a pure cheesefest. The witch looked pretty cool though.
This one desperately rang hollow but got a good mood and cinematography (I wish it were smokier and damper though). It felt like it was all built around the special effect scenes without anything in particular to say.
Should have been at least twenty minutes shorter. I liked the weird camera angles and lens choices when shooting the conversations between the women. The message felt a little on the nose, but at least things didn't play out as they would usually do in this kind of product.
Completely forgot how soon this show starts to hit hard.
If this is as long as they need to get a good episode out, I won’t mind the wait at all
The buildup is a little slow, but the writing and direction are on a whole different level than the first two episodes. It takes old-school horror tropes and effectively brings them to 2022. I thought I was used to extreme violence and gore, but the tone was so dry and realistic that it almost made me puke during the autopsy sequences.
So the whole point was to secretly undo the last three seasons? No thanks, glad the writers didn’t get “another chance”.
A grave robber competes with rats for the booty. This one has a better direction and a more of a comedic touch. The zombie was a little too much, but considering the tone, why not.
A man buys an abandoned storage unit and finds occult stuff in it. The supernatural elements looked quite cool but the rest was mediocre at best. The acting and dialogue are a little too campy for my taste. I guess it works if they aimed at an old-school TV show kind of feel.
The Galadriel dodge was hilarious.
While still enjoying the show, the time jumps are getting annoying. Not even the time to like get attached to a character and they've already killed them off or got them lost in a time jump or two as if they never existed. You see actions but rarely consequences, how is Criston still around after what happened? I don't like watered-down shows, but this definitely needed at least twice the number of episodes before getting to this point in the story.
