Honestly, the final episode was a complete mess - absurd and downright disrespectful to the audience that stuck around all this time.
(Spoiler alert incoming!)
Bronte gets shot and somehow - magically - manages to run away on a broken leg like she's auditioning for The Flash?! How exactly did she overpower Joe, a character who's been portrayed as physically dominant the entire series? Then Joe finds her, drowns her... but surprise! She just wakes up moments later, totally fine, tracks Joe down instantly, and takes him down like it's nothing. Oh, and the police arrive at the speed of light too, because why not?
Also, why did Joe completely lose his intelligence in this last season? He casually leaves incriminating writings lying around like he's begging to be caught. And Bronte's betrayal? It was painfully obvious from the start! Why would Joe - who has been paranoid and calculating for years - trust a random woman who popped out of nowhere?
And let's not even get started on Kate. Not only does she miraculously survive, but she faces zero consequences for her corrupt actions - from covering up child cancer scandals to casually ordering a hit via Joe. We're just supposed to root for her happy ending? Seriously?
There are so many ridiculous, recycled plot points too. Joe falls into yet another messy love triangle. His wife suddenly stops loving him just in time for a new woman to appear. Kate's brother, who literally pulled a knife on Joe, ends up being treated like a sweetheart. And Joe, who once planned every move meticulously, now clumsily locks the wrong twin sister in a basement without even masking up or knocking her out properly? Come on.
Joe, despite all his horrifying actions, was a complex and captivating character. He deserved a much more meaningful ending than this laughable, lazy spiral into prison. Honestly, a powerful, tragic death would have been a far more fitting closure - not this circus act.
Maybe - just maybe - if the writers had taken a scene from Breaking Bad's ending episode, they could have delivered something truly memorable instead of this disappointing mess.
This show was supposed to be about Joe's journey, not Bronte's, not Kate's, not random new characters crammed into the last minute.
Sad to see such a promising show go out like this.
