100 Foot Wave Crashes to ShoreThe surfing docuseries’ wistful third season feels like a definitive ending, if not for the show itself than at least for its mercurial protagonist.
ByRoxana Hadadi
endings
The Better Sister Goes a Step BeyondBy expanding a character to be worthy of a Kim Dickens performance, the miniseries improves upon both its source material and its subgenre.
ByRoxana Hadadi
exit interview
‘It’s All a Circle’How The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss and Bruce Miller brought June Osborne home.
Andor Honors Those Who TriedA series that was always about death makes space for life-affirming poignancy in its final moments.
ByRoxana Hadadi
amen
The Righteous Gemstones’s Redemption SongIn the end, the religious satire was less interested in condemning the family for their sins than in testing the limits of forgiveness.
Dark Winds Draws New Border LinesSeason three’s ending for Bernadette limits her individual ambition while broadening her — and the series’ — perspective on Native justice.
Babygirl Just Isn’t An Erotic ThrillerThe film about a female CEO cheating with a male intern is less scintillating and more a chilly, half-formed women’s picture.
ByAngelica Jade Bastién
close read
#1 Happy Family USA Keeps SwingingRamy Youssef’s post-9/11 animated series throws punches in every direction on its way to an absurd, sneakily tragic cliffhanger.
Adolescence Doesn’t Have the AnswerLess a mystery than a simmering social portrait, the Netflix series chases the question of why and finds little more than despair.
ByNicholas Quah
endings
Anora’s Ending Is No Fairy TaleAre we seeing a rapturous consummation of two people’s growing feelings for each other, or a bittersweet commiseration?
Heretic’s Ending Begs for a Bigger IdeaThe horror movie crackles as a showcase for a sadist’s critiques of religion. But it’s far less compelling when it tries to counter them.
The Ted Lasso-ing of ShrinkingBill Lawrence’s therapy dramedy didn’t start as a harmony-at-all-costs clone of his other TV shows. But it unfortunately became one.
ByRoxana Hadadi
for sale
Bluey Gives Us a SignThis episode of the beloved children’s series could be its first misstep. Or a perfect ending.
