Here we go folks, we have finally reached it…3×7, The End. The finale of a great show which I will miss very much. At its best there was little that could touch it in my opinion, quirky, self-aware and hilarious it was a joy to watch. Did this finale hit that peak? No, and in fact I’d say that this season peaked with the first two episodes but we still had a fitting end to the story. The standard of the show speaks volumes when even this season which I would consider the weakest of the 3 could still be classed as very good.

The episode itself was weird as we ended up on a random island with a group of unknowns (the guy who also plays Wong in Dr Strange was entertaining though) who of course still knew the children’s parents and Olaf. I don’t think this being the only one episode story helped it as every other book got a two-episode adaptation to properly tell that story. There just felt like a lot was crammed in and slightly under-developed. Finding out the origins of VFD was interesting but again, it just felt like that they held out on the answers until there was not really enough time left to fully unpack it.

What we got of Olaf was good but with him dying at the end, this final send off didn’t really do him justice. He got some great moments in early on and it was nice to see him get a little bit of redemption at the end but the jump from one to the other just felt a tad sudden. Kit was saved by Olaf but still ended up dead and you felt that it was more of a shame than actually sad.

I like that there was a happy ending, I loved that we got a few seconds at the end to see that the troop of henchpeople had finally found success and I HATED the snake magically turning up and giving healing apples to people. Overall this was a mixed bag and if I were ranking the stories, this would be down in the bottom sector. I love this show, but I didn’t love this…I liked it, but I just didn’t love it.

DD Rating: 6.5/10