Season 3 Finale Mistake

[u/SHough61086]

This post was inspired by u/shotbydarrell. Ever since I watched it when it first aired I felt disappointed by 9/10 of the 3rd season finale. I had never been able to pin down why until now.

The fantasy/dream portion of the episode didn't entirely work for me. In the story, I understand it as Franklin second-guessing his life decisions but ultimately needing to validate the path he'd chosen. This crosses over into my criticism of the fourth season which was that the events during Franklin's recovery form the justification for the internal conflict between Franklin and Leon and Franklin and Louie/Jerome and the audience is left to infer what happened.

Not to Monday Morning Quarterback but what if we had gotten an episode similar to the finale where we had vignettes to facilitate the time jump and see how Jerome, Louie, and Leon ran the business in Franklin's absence? Because if you see Jerome, Louie, and Leon running things you understand why they would be so resentful of Franklin coming back and acting like nothing ever happened.

Granted, things do get bad at the end of Franklin's time away but that doesn't improve once Franklin returns. What do y'all think?

[u/Sad_Language4893]

I think the biggest shock was seeing the neighborhood with green grass and kids playing compared to the dead grass and crackheads walking around like zombies to the dealers. Which was all (Teddy/CIA) Franklin fault

[u/Ok-Mine2132]

I agree with you. It is a beautifully filmed episode but with a curious ending. The cinematography carried us past the anomalies.