oragator said:
Back on topic, how is it we haven't seen TCTTS in this thread since the finale?
Was traveling to Texas on Monday, and had already made my parents, who were a couple episodes behind, catch up so we could watch the finale together Monday night. But after getting into town yesterday evening, family dinner, hanging with my nieces and nephews, etc, the night got away from us and it was too late to start. Finally, though, after mostly avoiding spoilers for 24 hours (save for one prominent outlet using a black-and-white image of Marie in a courtroom, in a tweet linking to their review, so I unfortunately knew she was back and where we'd end up), we watched it tonight and...
It could not have been more perfect.
Just the absolute, best-possible way they could have threaded that needle.
The shot of Jimmy & Kim smoking against the prison wall, cigarettes in-hand, the angled light, the light of the cigarette being the only thing color... I really don't know if television can get more euphoric than that moment. It was equal parts heartbreaking, hopeful, bittersweet, etc, and the way it called back to the pilot episode... I've simply never seen felt so much history, emotion, meaning, and melancholy packed into a single shot.
I'm almost speechless.
I've read through every single post since 8 PM last night - all 239 of them, more than I've ever had to catch up on in any thread - and there's really nothing else I can add. I can only quote three posts that stuck out to me/I wholeheartedly agree with...