The AOC twist is so fucking cynical and so in line with the show's ethos that I saw it coming a couple of episodes ago and hoped the show would surprise me by rising above that. They didn't.
Good finale overall with how they handled a soft reset, but this show just ain't for me.
I'm almost here. On its own, the season was mostly a miss. Soft reboot is OK and gives them more freedom in the future, but they've got some kinks to iron out here in terms of writing and plots. Didn't enjoy the storylines nor the characters and some things got old way too fast (like the damn blackmail and CNN/MSNBC info dumps). The world itself just feels small, way too small for what this show could offer.
And yeah, discount AOC the parallel is a bit on the nose. They straight up reference a viral dancing video of the congresswoman, from Queens, and her entire message and public demeanor was run through an online AOC generator right into the script.
Kinda weird too considering all the other bad characters in the show are some sort of amalgam of a concept or a group. At best with individuals we get some 1 liners that clearly reference real world and real people, just like Supernatural and True Blood did their entire runs. Like Gus Fring here is just an image of a corporate sellout, but not clearly based on someone else - more just the idea and concept. Same goes for Nazi bitch.
But they changed it up here with the congresswoman for some reason.
Don't want to get too much into conspiracy here, but I'm happy that the fact that this is an Amazon show is not escaping some. Just saying. And considering the nonchalant cynical nature of this show, I think fans of it would appreciate a bit of