Breeders (TV Series) No Matter What: Part 2 (2023) User Reviews

Lackluster finale to an otherwise great series

[adnankicin · 8/10 · 3 October 2023]

I've watched the show from the beginning and I've enjoyed how the characters have evolved up until the final season. The fourth season was definitely the weakest for me, despite several great moments and episodes.

After the third season, I've expected the fight between Ally and Paul to get resolved properly, but instead they've somehow still together. Luke having a baby and Ava's whole story were okay-ish, especially since it's the last season and there was no time to explore those topics deeper. Another thing that really bothered me in the final two episodes was Jackie's dementia that came out of nowhere, but would've really made more sense to introduce it to the story in the beginning/middle of the season.

All of that being said, the final few scenes in the episode were a good epilogue to the show.

We leave them as we found them.

[peterguitar · 10/10 · 8 December 2023]

We dropped in on their lives while they were transitioning into child rearing as a couple. We participated in their the day to day tedium and fleeting successes. Unresolved issues and inconvenient interruptions to their anticipated glide path into old aged bliss find us leaving them while they deal with "the same only different" situation - in their bed wondering whose turn it is to tend to the crying baby- now shouldering much of the shared responsibility of raising their first grandchild.

So many series try to end with a bang or peter off into the sunset and fall flat in either regard. For perspective - I feel that the finales of The Sopranos and Breaking Bad were perfect. Not just good but perfectly respecting the core of the main arc of the characters and storyline. The last episode of the Sopranos had Tony "enjoying" a family meal at the local Pizza Parlor with his back to the wall, staring at the entry door with nonchalant paranoia. When the last image is of the door opening while his daughter had just been seen crossing the street to the Parlor and you see nothing further beyond the start of the door opening - you are immersed in the constant vigilance that engulfs his life, even during a domestic "respite".

I felt the same sense of completeness when Breaking Bad ended. The sequel movie was completely superfluous.

Last seasons are usually filled with rushed storylines and inconsistent plot points and this was no exception. The finale season and finale episode of Succession was one of the worst examples of this I've seen in a very long time. Breeders was so good and so entertaining and rang so true that I felt that they succeeded in conveying "and life goes on" very well in spite of a few missteps.