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yeah, when i read that first one i was like... it's not the show's job to explain those themes, or package them up neatly in the finale...?
that said i'm still chewing on the finale. it certainly subverted the one single expectation i had, which was to come out of it being like "i'm not ok", which was certainly how i felt after episode 9. mostly i want to sit with that feeling of it being somewhat baffling for a while without giving in to the impulse to explain it, and then going back and watching the entire series again at some point and seeing how the finale informs my viewing on a second go-around. but this approach doesn't really play well with the "must have an Opinion" cycle...
Yeah my off the dome read of it basically matches one of the opinions in the article, which is that Asher was ejected from the planet simply because he did everything possible to alienate the people around him.
But I am still unsure what to think of the fact that Whitney appears to have gotten a second chance - she designed the hermetically sealed house and in my mind her need to be both controlling and liked led to more discomfort for those around her than even Asher's blatant avarice. Hadadi bringing up the parallel to The Rehearsal I think is a fair point actually, and since Fielder cast himself as Asher I think his particular insecurities that drive all of his shows feed into the portrayal of motherhood and fatherhood here.