Lola The Corso

After that finale, I am deceased. You will find me horizontal, in a grave.

But for real, I have mixed feelings about the finale. Let's start with what I liked.

I LOVED everything about the morgue trial. We got a beautiful resolution to Jen's story and her character arc. I loved that Agatha chose to help Billy find his brother after all.

I balled my eyes out at Agatha saying "sometimes boys die." So heartbreaking, but so necessary for her to realize. For her to finally realize after all these centuries was beautiful. And the scene with the dandelion seed, and her realizing there death is a nature cycle of life and decay was perfect. It felt like a beautiful, natural conclusion and realization that the show was setting up. That death and grief are HARD, but you can move on from it and find beauty and comfort in it.

I actually loved that the Agatha x Rio kiss we got was the kiss of death. It felt hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking all at once. Of course these two were never going to have a happy ending. They were doomed from the start. But it doesn't make it any less meaningful. I loved that Agatha gave herself up to Death in the end. It seemed like she finally let go of her grief and anger.

I even liked all the Billy parts. I loved seeing him in full costume, and him willingly giving Agatha some of his power. I love that for once she didn't take it all. She let herself take just enough, and Billy survived.

What I didn't like is that they made Agatha a ghost, unwilling to move on and finally see Nicky. I felt like that undid a lot of her character growth, and minimized the importance of the morgue scene and her death scene.

I can get past that if we see her grow as a character in future marvel projects, though. But for now, I didn't feel like it did her character justice.

I was also disappointed we didn't get any Rio and Agatha backstory, other than her allowing her son more time when he should have been stillborn. I loved that we got to see how much Agatha loved Nicky, and how the legend of a road stemmed from both her love and her grief. But with all the set up of the Agatha and Rio relationship in the story so far, their interactions in the last two episodes felt hollow without more to back it up.

I wasn't expecting a lot, of course. There's only so much you can show. But even if they showed a short montage of moments they had together in history, it would have been more justified and fulfilling.

I'm heartbroken for Rio. She bent the rules despite herself for the one person she ever loved, trying to give her a gift of more time with her son, only for Agatha to turn around and blame her for everything in the end. I'm not mad about that choice, but it's heartbreaking nonetheless.