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Sense8: Amor Vincit Omnia
In which we get a finale that is pure fanservice. Which I don't mean as a criticism; I loved it. But it's pure fannish id, which of course is true for much of the show anyway, and part of the appeal.
Now the Wachowskis had to cram several seasons of development into this finale, and sometimes, it shows, but - and obviously everyone's mileage varies - they had me emotionally buying into it. Everyone's non-sensate friends and significant others being on board with this whole thing and supportive instead of at least needing time to process? Well, there was an emergency situation going on. The big rest of the Angelica-Jonas-Whisper backstory being either puzzled together by our gang or told by Jonas? Bring on the exposition when it's told gorgeously! And so forth. When the last action showdown was over but at least 20 minutes still left, I was wondering what else would happen, and figured it would be either a celebration or one last orgy, and this show being this show, it was both.
I'm also now totally reconciled to the Kala-Wolfgang-Rajan triangle, which I thought had been one of the plotlines that dragged, since it seemed obvious Kala would eventually discard Rajan: it being resolved by canon threesome instead cast it in a different light. Sun and Detective Mun hooking up was adorable, and I appreciated we got both a backstory for Nomi's and Amanita's first meeting and their wedding on the Eiffel Tower as a triumphant conclusion. It was a bit weird to see Hernando after marathoning The Exorcist, but I liked that both he and Dani at different points got to contribute in key situations. Whisper taunting Amanita about Sensates being, in the long term, incapable of seeing non-Sensates as anything but pets didn't work for him not just because she denied it but because the narrative denied it; as close as the Cluster got, the overall story never created the impression their relationships with non-Sensates were somehow of lesser value or importance to them, or that the characters without Sensate abilities were less complex and interesting.
Despite the general optimism of the finale, the one more bit of tragic backstory for Wolfgang we found out early on was probably the darkest of any of the characters - well, okay, other than Riley's pre-show tragedy we found out about in the s1 finale - which fits the character but made me wonder whether the Austrian Fritzl case or Chinatown served as the inspiration.
What will mostly stick in my mind about this show, I think, will be the way it celebrated both love and friendship and the myriad shades in between, and it's optimism regarding the human ability to connect not inspite of, but with their differences. These days, I need to hear that message so unabashedly joyfully sung. I really do.
Now the Wachowskis had to cram several seasons of development into this finale, and sometimes, it shows, but - and obviously everyone's mileage varies - they had me emotionally buying into it. Everyone's non-sensate friends and significant others being on board with this whole thing and supportive instead of at least needing time to process? Well, there was an emergency situation going on. The big rest of the Angelica-Jonas-Whisper backstory being either puzzled together by our gang or told by Jonas? Bring on the exposition when it's told gorgeously! And so forth. When the last action showdown was over but at least 20 minutes still left, I was wondering what else would happen, and figured it would be either a celebration or one last orgy, and this show being this show, it was both.
I'm also now totally reconciled to the Kala-Wolfgang-Rajan triangle, which I thought had been one of the plotlines that dragged, since it seemed obvious Kala would eventually discard Rajan: it being resolved by canon threesome instead cast it in a different light. Sun and Detective Mun hooking up was adorable, and I appreciated we got both a backstory for Nomi's and Amanita's first meeting and their wedding on the Eiffel Tower as a triumphant conclusion. It was a bit weird to see Hernando after marathoning The Exorcist, but I liked that both he and Dani at different points got to contribute in key situations. Whisper taunting Amanita about Sensates being, in the long term, incapable of seeing non-Sensates as anything but pets didn't work for him not just because she denied it but because the narrative denied it; as close as the Cluster got, the overall story never created the impression their relationships with non-Sensates were somehow of lesser value or importance to them, or that the characters without Sensate abilities were less complex and interesting.
Despite the general optimism of the finale, the one more bit of tragic backstory for Wolfgang we found out early on was probably the darkest of any of the characters - well, okay, other than Riley's pre-show tragedy we found out about in the s1 finale - which fits the character but made me wonder whether the Austrian Fritzl case or Chinatown served as the inspiration.
What will mostly stick in my mind about this show, I think, will be the way it celebrated both love and friendship and the myriad shades in between, and it's optimism regarding the human ability to connect not inspite of, but with their differences. These days, I need to hear that message so unabashedly joyfully sung. I really do.
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