There are a lot of reviews lately that think this season has been incredible so my guess is this will offend those people because I haven't been as impressed with the writers. The cast is great actors, my opinion on the show has nothing to do with their exceptional talent. Here is just a couple quick thoughts on the episode:
-I hate what the writers did to Fiona. I was really hoping she would appear before the series ended but clearly they didn't part on good terms. I mean the characters don't even mention her name, it's like the writers just erased her entire existence.
-How many kids does Carl have?! Like is Tish carrying is kid and also didn't Frank give Katey Segal's character Carl's sperm to implant instead of his own? I'd kinda like some follow up on that.
-I love the characters Kev and V but for the last several seasons they have been their own show. They have barely interacted with the Gallaghers and their story lines are completely independent. So them moving away isn't as sad as it would have been a couple seasons ago.
-I'm really worried about what's in Frank's note.. I'm hoping it isn't like a Roseanne/ jumping the shark thing that says he has millions hidden away or that he won some lottery ticket and is leaving it to them.
-Debbie is still terrible and her storyline makes no sense. Someone threatens to shoot your daughter and you immediately want to date them? I mean..
-I like Liam and Frank's last hurrah. Liam owes Frank nothing but still wants to help him.
-Mickey living on the west side is a strange storyline. That's just not his character and I don't know why they are pushing the idea that your neighborhood is what defines your level of success. They still could have been "moving on" in a way that felt less forced and out of character.
-Lip can't catch a break. And it reminds me of Fiona who always had to do the heavy lifting and took care of everything and everyone took that for granted. It would be a great opportunity for the writers to have had Lip reach out to Fiona and just be like- I don't know how you did it, we wouldn't have made it without you. I guess I'm still bitter about them completely ignoring Fiona when she literally raised them all and never got a thank you.
Again, my complaints are with the writers/ storyline, not the actors.