Summary: Jake, Rosa, Terry, Gina Hitchcock and Scully rush to the hospital to save Holt from Bob. Charles tries to calm Amy's nerves while they head back to New York on a plane.
The Good: This was a fun conclusion to the season. The Bob story was very dramatic and the writers came up with a genuinely cool plan for the crew to enact with some lovely twists and turns throughout. In ways this reminded me of the brilliant "Charges and Specs" with how this episode used its characters perfectly to effectively sum up what they have been through this season. It didn't do it to the same level naturally, but I still appreciated how climactic this episode felt. The show doubled down on the drama in this episode, and thankfully it didn't leave comedy behind. There are plenty of funny lines and jokes in this episode which made the episode really work. Things like Holt and Bob's continually amazing interactions, Hitchcock and Scully's antics and Rosa's house were all terrific jokes. The ending was interesting. I'm not entirely sure what to make of it just yet, but we'll see next season. At the moment I'm very intrigued. The Bad: Amy's prison story didn't get the ending it deserved. In the end it was a complete waste of time that didn't accomplish much at all and that was disappointing. The Amy and Charles story was very dull to me and it made Amy and Charles seem like dreadfully unfunny characters with the stale jokes that story had. Furthermore, their inclusion in the main story was tough to buy into since I can't figure out how everyone else was able to coordinate a plan with them. Best Moment: Holt and Bob's hospital conversation in the cold open. These two are absolute gold and I'm sad that Bob's story is seemingly finished. Hopefully he can return in a later episode. Character of the Episode: Holt. Conclusion: This was a really good season finale. It was funny, exciting, and it closed out season 3 in a memorable way. The season as a whole was a real mixed bag. I enjoyed it overall but the consistency that was there in the show before is completely gone. This is easily the most ambitious season and it took a lot of risks with the way it told its stories. Sometimes it worked wonderfully, like with the fantastic "Yippie Kayak", but other times it led to fairly uninspired episodes. Sometimes it was a mix of both. It's nice to see the show taking risks though and hopefully season 4 can learn from what worked this season and what didn't. I found that the overarching storylines that took up much of the start and finish of the season were surprisingly weak. The start of the season was particularly rough and almost every storytelling decision disappointed me. The end of the season was much more consistent, but it never threatened to be anything particularly special and felt very ordinary. The best content of the season came in the middle which saw the writers experimenting with storylines, which led to several hilarious concepts and episodes that I enjoyed very much. As a whole, this season was the weakest of the 3 so far, but it was still a good time. Hopefully the show can continue to be a good time in future seasons. Score: 70
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Joe Y
10/11/2020 04:25:03 pm
It's definitely a tricky balance for a sitcom to strike--after all, isn't the concept of character and plot development anathema to the sitcom format, which requires characters to stay the same? One gets the sense that more could have been done with the serialized arcs at the end of each season. They just happen, and dissipate with no long term consequences. Quite lame, but it is just a sitcom after all. The jokes are still really good most of the time.
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