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AlternateAccount
Apr 25, 2005
FYGM
Well that was downright art.

An ending that doesn't offer complete and neat resolution. Who would ever think something like that could be so satisfying. More the point that every character turns a major corner. Amazing.

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AlternateAccount
Apr 25, 2005
FYGM

Trevor Hale posted:

The prostitute was a way of showing the world goes on even if your part of it doesn’t.

Yes. Her point is that Trixie has completed her arc as far as prostitution and her past goes and come all the way around on it.

Sand Monster posted:

I'm an idiot who can't discern subtext: were Samuel and Al both dying in their final scenes? Dying as in "if the scene continued for another few seconds, we'd have seen them expire"?

Yes, but it doesn't really matter.

Pattonesque posted:

yeah but the implication was that she and Bullock eventually fall in love for real and have a fulfilling life

But not until Bullock specifically chooses it. It gets happy ending-ed pretty hard with Bullock finally "coming home". Might even get the impression that everything being mostly sorted out with Hearst and Al passing on has given Bullock some release finally.

BossTweed posted:

Why leave the Gem to Trixie and not Dan?

Dan's a doofus and Trixie's as close as Al has to someone he loves.

AlternateAccount
Apr 25, 2005
FYGM
Justified is A+ and makes you wish Walt Goggins was in Deadwood somewhere.

AlternateAccount
Apr 25, 2005
FYGM
It’s amazing how Al seems to be peak brutal rear end in a top hat and then Cy shows up and the scale needs recalibrating.

AlternateAccount
Apr 25, 2005
FYGM
Could also be said that Al's fairly amoral in the sense of any broader ideology. He has his objectives. And he takes whatever steps are required to accomplish them. Sometimes a bit of human kindness is the right tool to deploy.

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