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[Shaunodon]

Machina said:

Shaunodon said:

Maybe for you personally, but the general consensus is that the final season and in particular the final few episodes irreparably destroy the continuity, making all the stakes built up to that point completely moot and worthless while pissing away one of the best character arcs for cheap (and re-used) gimmicks. The show, including all the seasons I truly loved are now un-watchable for me and the memories all tainted. You might be satisfied enough with that pretentious garbage but I'm not and would've liked to be informed before investing myself into the series.

The final episode has a 6.9 rating on IMDb, so not far out of line with my opinion, though I'll grant you that I'm usually a much harsher rater on there than most and find IMDb ratings to be slightly too inflated. It's episode 13 of 16 that most fans hate, because of the character death you touch on in your post.

And my recommendation, such that it was (I wasn't necessarily recommending it, just saying I was watching it and was glad I'd stuck with it through the teeny-fest initial episodes), was based on my opinion in the first place, so...

You're right. In hindsight you never truly recommended it.

While that particular episode/death is the most egregious by far, I'd still argue none of the endings are truly satisfying, because they never actually achieved anything they were aiming for and the show instead went full Lost. None of what they worked toward in the final season was ever part of the series until the showrunner and his ego chose to hamfist it in, so everything built up to that point is now totally worthless to me along with it. But that's my opinion.