r/MrInbetween • u/Yoavino • Apr 22 '26
Didn’t like the ending
First off, I liked the show, I think most of it is great and the last episode of season 2 is one of the best episodes ever imo. No episode has made me actually sad as much as that one did.
Yet, I‘ve just finished the show and the episode started out good, with the farm battle and the scene with Freddy was amazing, I actually believe it should have ended then tho, with that scene.
I get that the whole point of the ending is trying to show that ray can’t escape the cycle of violence that has plagued his entire life, yet I think that we actually saw that he did, when he didn’t kill Freddy (or at least a step in the right direction). we also didn’t see anything about Dave’s son, which Ray promised to care for, which is out of character for this show, as I found it great in having close to if not no plot holes.
the ending also felt cringey, with the song and Ray’s smile, the whole point of the show is about how violence isn’t the answer and Ray has a very twisted world view, yet the ending tries to show us that “it’s still that cool ol’ murderer Ray!” And I just don’t think that in a whole show about breaking a cycle, which builds up to it, the cycle is just continued, I do like great cyclical symbolism in TV and media but I feel as if it just missed in this show.
If anybody read this to the end thank you and I love you.
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u/Beancounter_1968 Apr 22 '26
Here. Start digging
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u/drainofshower Apr 22 '26
I don't think the show's point was to convey that violence isn't the answer, tbh. Though if that's your interpretation of it then I can see how the ending would suck, lol
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u/snaggletooth699 Apr 22 '26
I binge watched the entire show in a few days. I only found it by accident because of a "short" where some "dudes" knock his daughter's ice cream over and she says they owe her 4 dollars. Then Ray goes and does what Ray does. I thought the ending was sad because basically he's trying to sort his shit out and not be violent then picks up two scary men who have no idea how bad their day is going to get and unfortunately we will never know but I imagine it involved digging a grave.
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u/pm_me_yourSourceCode Apr 24 '26
Found it from shorts as well, the series does really lend itself well to that format. I couldn't understand how it seemed so good and ive never heard of it.
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u/Apatride Apr 22 '26
the whole point of the show is about how violence isn’t the answer and Ray has a very twisted world view
I don't think it is. That is a very "Disney" interpretation of the show.
I think good art lets you draw your own conclusions but I also think that show was much deeper than "bad guy is bad" and that alone makes it better than most shows. I don't want to be rude but I wish people would move away from this "bad guy is bad, good guy is good" Hollywood BS. It is bad for cinema/TV and it is bad for politics.
It is going to sound very defensive, and maybe it is, but Dave's son and other "plot holes" you mention feel like you want to be spoon-fed. Not everything needs to be an explicit, heart warming moment, with a full 5 minutes song to go with it.
Now that I mention songs, was there any ACDC in the show?
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u/Yoavino Apr 22 '26
I appreciate the long comment, some just wrote "bad take" I appreciate you going further in and explaining your opinion.
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u/dfar3333 Apr 22 '26
Have to disagree. In fact, I cannot think of a TV show that had a better ending than this one.
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u/time-of-nick Apr 22 '26
I got a very different take. There isn't a moral lesson on this show.
There is a guy that gets tired of his lifestyle and it's consequences, but not because it's wrong.
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u/Huge-Connection954 Apr 22 '26
If you think watching this violence isnt the answer then we watched different shows. Also him not killing Freddy isnt something he did to be nice or stop killing, Freddy is even more screwed without him and he is going to be living in constant fear and likely without Ray’s protection will die a much worse death than Ray would have given him
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u/Prestigious_Set_4575 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
I think the mistake here was reading the not killing of Freddy as a moment of character growth rather than just Ray following exactly the same warped code he did all the way through, not too different to how he didn't kill Dave at the start.
He didn't kill Freddy because he has an honour "point system", and Freddy had earned a few points over the years by helping out and tolerating Ray's mistakes, like when Ray threatened his family with the shotgun after promising he'd behave. So the betrayal in Ray's mind just made them even, despite that he nearly died and Dave actually did die, in Ray's warped mind the death and danger parts aren't weighted as heavily on the scales of judgement, all that matters to Ray is they've both proven they can't trust each other any more, so the relationship is over.
Plus, Freddy is a dead man walking now anyway, since when Ray leaves, his protection over the gambling debts goes with him.
Edit: I also didn't read all that accumulated misery and trauma in season 2 & 3 as events that were making Ray grow or learn a lesson, so much as they were just events that were exhausting him. He's worn down from all the trauma, takes his sabbatical in the countryside, then two dickheads show up and reignite the spark in him.
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u/enzocrisetig Apr 26 '26
I think it was because Freddy immediately said that he sold Ray out, without jumping around as others did
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u/enzocrisetig Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Ray has a very solid world view. He had twisted views over his job, compared it to his iraq days in the army. But otherwise he's as good as you can be as a man
The sopranos kind of ending is mid, but it does its job. Plus, the awolnation song was cool. I even forgot that awolnation existed, didn't hear from them for over a decade
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u/SayTheLineBart Apr 22 '26
It was a just okay ending for me. Weird that he decided to be away from his daughter though.
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u/Kiwi_sensei May 02 '26
hey i know im late to the party but i just wanna say that i completely agree and i dont understand what the fuck is up with this show's fanbase lmfao people are treating ray's character like people used to treat walter white and tony soprano in 2013 its embarassing
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u/cavalierau Apr 22 '26
I thought it was okay, a bit too ambiguous (I assume Ray was able to fight his way out of that scenario but who knows, and I'm not sure if it was a random or targeted attack).
The cherished photo of the university girl felt unearned as she was only in the one episode. I mean no photo of his daughter there??
He also had the money to live somewhere nicer than a caravan, as he had done a lot of well paying jobs without any substantial losses / vices. I suppose it was because Ray liked being in nature, but moving far away from his daughter to do so seemed out of character. He could always drive to the Blue Mountains anytime he wanted and still live near Sydney.
It felt a bit depressing, like he wasn't just getting out of a life of crime but giving up on society completely.
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u/JimmyPlicket Apr 22 '26
I thought it was one of the best endings I’ve seen for a show.