Look, I love Flanagan's work. I consider Hill House a masterpiece, loved Midnight Mass and really liked Bly Manor. So, as you can guess, I was excited for this one. But, sadly, as it happens with most creators, sometimes a miss is due.
And this, was most definitely a miss.
So, throughout the season there was one or two major plot points, with the rest of the 10h runtime being either an anthology of the kids stories or a heartfelt monologue about death. I get the monologues, it's Flanagan's trademark anyway, but gosh did the stories turn out to be a waste of time.
And this finale really seals the deal. I was waiting for something, just something that would make the shows barely existing storylines worth while, a grand finale, a final arc. Just. Something.
But no, what we got was an underwhelming, uninteresting and boring conclusion to two of the stories within stories. Absolutely no other closure except of that. Nothing of the supposed MAIN storyline of the show. No final action, no tension, no emotion, just bland and flat.
The final seconds carry-out something that resembles a cliffhanger, but I guess we'll see if Netflix is gonna announce a second season of this. I, for one, hope so, because a second season will hopefully make this season a little less of a waste of time.