4 September 2018 | Mezmerize

10 | So...can we talk about GOLB??

I was skeptical that they would be able to wrap everything up neatly enough to make for a satisfying conclusion in just the span of 45 minutes. But oh boy, did they.



I've been watching this show actively since 2012, when I was already 21. It hooked me immediately with its trippy content, balancing weirdness with genuine human emotions in an often really heavy way, while still retaining honest humor. This aspect was always there, but didn't start firing on all cylinders until season 4 when the plot literally thickens (for the seasons started running up to about four dozen episodes) and the genre officially became "high fantasy epic."



Don't let the "open-ended" crap going around fool you, this finale feels very much like the end. I wasn't as emotional during the actual episode, due to the narrative being more "shock-and-awe" than something just milking the fact that it was the finale. It's open enough for a reunion special down the road, but ultimately (no pun intended) this episode was a conclusion. And a very romantic, disturbing, and overall fitting conclusion it was. I've been emotional all morning. End of an era.