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A great finale has an impossible job: it has to honour everything that came before while still surprising you. Most shows flinch. This one doesn't. From the opening scene it trusts its audience to keep up, and that confidence is exactly what makes it land.
It sticks the landing where so many shows stumble, earning its ending rather than explaining it.
The pacing is the quiet hero here. Scenes are allowed to breathe, then snap. Performances stay grounded even as the stakes go operatic, and the score knows exactly when to disappear.
A couple of threads resolve a little too neatly, and one subplot earns less screen time than it deserves. Minor notes against a finale this assured, but worth flagging.
Essential viewing, and a reminder of what television can do when it backs its own instincts. Four stars, and a fixture on our Top 4 finales list.