After six seasons, Mike Judge´s tech comedy is almost at an end - but it´s less `well oiled machine´, more `system error´. It´s time to give it the ending it deservesSilicon Valley ends this week. It ends for good. And more than any other show in recent memory, Mike Judge´s startup sitcom needs to deliver. After nearly six years on the air, this final season has been so hit and miss that it´s bound to be defined by its finale. End it well, and the show will go down as one of the smartest comedies of the decade. But one wrong move could throw its failings into sharp relief, and it will go out as a middling, quickly forgotten sitcom.I have to say, I expected a lot more from this season. The end has been coming for a while, and the creators have had plenty of time to build a muscular climax. That is what shows are supposed to do. Breaking Bad gave Walter White a machine gun and figured out what he should do with it. The first scene of the final run of Mad Men contained the `om` that would conclude the final episode. When a show has the finish line in sight, it has a chance to define what it is. It is an opportunity to say something big about itself, about us. Continue reading...
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