I'm not entirely sure where all the hate is coming from. I can understand being upset with some questions going unanswered, but some of the vitriol is a bit much. I actually really liked it. It wasn't nearly as terrible as some people are making it sound, but it could have been better. Yes, there were questions I wanted answered; What happened to our boy Ed? What universe did Julianna travel to, was it Trudy's? What happened to the Smiths in that universe? How and why was Julianna so integral to the portal and all the timelines? And of course, who were all those people? They had to be dead in this universe or never existed at all, so...I'd love to know more. How did they get there?
I'm astounded some people were rooting for John. I was rooting for Helen the whole finale. John was selfish and wanted to kidnap his own son from a (mostly) happy life and bring him to what would be a terrible, terrible world in his son's eyes. His own father a Nazi general with plans to execute MILLIONS more people? I thought he was an amazing character and I never could really tell which side he was on, and I thought that was really intriguing. But he needed to go, in the end. Helen really came through at the end. I was waffling over whether or not I liked her character for a while, but the final season sold me on her. She realized who she had become and accepted the consequences after assuring the safety of her remaining children. In my opinion, she kept her heart in the end. John lost himself.
I would love another season to finalize some more character stories and answer more questions, but I know we're probably not going to get one. Hell, even just one or two more episodes. Who knows? Maybe if we clamor for more, we'll get something; it didn't end all that long ago. Until then, I'll happily rewatch this series every once in a while. I loved all 4 seasons (I binged them all in less than 2 weeks), all of the acting and characters, and a thoroughly intriguing and entertaining alternate history fiction story.
I'm astounded some people were rooting for John. I was rooting for Helen the whole finale. John was selfish and wanted to kidnap his own son from a (mostly) happy life and bring him to what would be a terrible, terrible world in his son's eyes. His own father a Nazi general with plans to execute MILLIONS more people? I thought he was an amazing character and I never could really tell which side he was on, and I thought that was really intriguing. But he needed to go, in the end. Helen really came through at the end. I was waffling over whether or not I liked her character for a while, but the final season sold me on her. She realized who she had become and accepted the consequences after assuring the safety of her remaining children. In my opinion, she kept her heart in the end. John lost himself.
I would love another season to finalize some more character stories and answer more questions, but I know we're probably not going to get one. Hell, even just one or two more episodes. Who knows? Maybe if we clamor for more, we'll get something; it didn't end all that long ago. Until then, I'll happily rewatch this series every once in a while. I loved all 4 seasons (I binged them all in less than 2 weeks), all of the acting and characters, and a thoroughly intriguing and entertaining alternate history fiction story.