I finally watched the episode. Even if they didn't know it would be the last season, it definitely feels like they wrote this with the plan to reset the show. Season five would have been season three with extra steps.
They didn't even try with Effie. At all. No deeper explanation to anything she did. In one scene, she tells Tariq that she's not helping him and she's going to look out for herself (like the past five years didn't prove that). Then in the literal next scene she's in, she gives Cane her Stanford money because she felt sorry for him. I guess he really was broke because at no point did he mention anything about having money. Then she decides to go back to work for Tariq because she surrendered her hopes and dreams for a drug dealer she'll probably never see again.
Diana is arguably the worst character now. I don't know how she managed that, but she went from being boring to despicable. She went against the plan, killed a civilian that had nothing to do with the game, and thought about rebuilding the business. Now, she's going to take Monet's place? She's a reckless, impulsive dumbass who can't take orders. Cane and Dru are monsters, but they have the ability to think. Diana is a monster who eats paste. fukk her.
Why was Tasha even in this episode? When did Tariq get the power to send her and Yas away? He's not even supposed to know where they are now. What happened to Big Mama? What happened to Tamika?
They rushed the last ten minutes, by the way. Felt like a completely different episode. Even as a season finale, it's disappointing. As a series finale, it's tragic. This show seriously threw away all its goodwill in ten episodes. Sad.
Well, time to put all my energy into Raising Kanan.
