I'm sold based on the header photo alone. I didn't know that I've been waiting for years to see Henson play an absolute badass that wears head-to-toe leopard print, but apparently I have been.

Brad Goreski getting shirtless really validated his role in this episode for me. Apparently I have… underestimated him.

I loved that Juna played such a pivotal part in the finale, even only being in one scene. I'm glad to see the show didn't forget about that dynamic, and played it very realistically in terms of "a decade later they barely see each other but the relationship still means a lot to them".

I'm glad you picked up on my subtext.

They do, but I feel like this season is heading down the same path as Getting On, Looking, The Wire, etc. HBO shows only get the edge when they're either decently rated or get enough attention via controversy, like Lela Durham.

Yes, but the first season's episodes didn't have to struggle to keep from falling below an 0.1 in the ratings the way this season's episodes did.

I'm wildly conflicted. I would kill anyone to see a third season of this show that follows Valerie and her misadventures from a third-person view without "cameras" staring at her, but this is also one of the best series finales (or at least would-be series finales) that I've ever seen, so who knows.

Over 21 episodes, it went from being a mockumentary to a mockumentary knowingly being a "comedy without the jokes" to being a mockumentary without the jokes criticizing the HBO In-house Dramedy Style to an HBO-style dramedy (blended with the soft bright lighting that worked for the network sitcoms that the first…

The moment where he seemed to realize "Oh God she's not completely gone after all" got to me way harder than I was expecting.

Kudrow gave the performance of the year. And the rest of the cast did a fucking phenomenal job at selling major arcs in a very small amount of screentime, handled under weird circumstances (ie Jane or whoever's camera's only letting us see so much). This season is more or less a legit miracle from both a practical and…

I'm man enough to admit that I cried multiple times during this episode.

No one, and I'm already pissed about Kudrow getting inevitably ignored for this genuinely brilliant performance, pessimistically judging by the ratings. However, the 15 levels of irony in that are their own reward.

I had a similar reaction, but probably in a different direction than you judging by the last emoticon there. Given this show's tilt towards embarrassment and discomfort, I spent the entire "off-camera" sequence WANTING to believe what we were seeing was actually happening, because after 11 hours of watching this…

I had a moment. I've always wanted to see a "third person" version of this story, and it absolutely blew my fucking mind that we actually got to see that happen out of nowhere this season.

Elsbeth Tascioni spinoff with her sister played by Kudrow for the win. The working title is "Tascioni, Tascioni, and Associates", and I'm calling Television about it in the morning.

I've said it once and I'll say it again— if this became television's answer to the Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight trilogy, I would not complain. This season has been something that you can only write after you've taken a decade to kick ideas around.

An addendum for time travelers reading this from the future: I could not have been more pleased with how they did this.

I read this!

I give zero fucks about Kellan Lutz, but that scene gives him a lifetime pass with me. That little hop he does into Great-Uncle's lap is brilliant.

Is there such a thing as "slightly unconscionable"? So much of the conflict between Valerie and Mark has been about the bullshit she sells for the cameras, so for her to come into a meetup with Mark under the pretense of "let's have an honest conversation without millions strangers watching us", all the while covertly…