I agree, I think some of the other timelines made parts of the other timelines' mysteries a little too on the nose when they were finally exposed. If episodes 1-3 had been about Woodard, 4-5 about re-opening the case and 6-8 about old men trying to figure their past out the ending might've come a little more naturally, or had the extra time I wish it had to not lean on so many crutches.


In the moment I didn't have a problem with it, but so many things needed to come to a head with this episode that the time jumps were insane (those sweeping car shots were neat but MAN) and I just found myself disappointed how quickly we were just asked to walk away from everything.


I get why Hays and West should, they're old fools by their own admission, but the show CLEARLY set up a bigger conspiracy here and then cloaked this deeply nihilistic ending behind a surprise happy ending for Julie and...what happened to Hoyt?!


Ugh, I'm struggling to come up with a weaker finale to an otherwise great season of TV.


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