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Why Women Kill: Secret Beyond the Door (2021)
Disappointing
The last episode of season 1 seemed to be setting the show up for another set of interlinking stories, which was so effectively managed in the first season. However, this 1st episode occurs as if the end of the previous series had never occurred - it's stuck firmly in the past, and just doesn't have the same style and panache of season 1. Hoping it improves; but I won't be continuing to watch if it doesn't.
Endeavour: Degüello (2019)
Incredibly satisfying
While I'm aware there's to be another season of Endeavour next year, had there not been I would still feel the series had come to a satisfying conclusion. The episode was well plotted, beautifully paced, and tied up loose ends without feeling as though it had been forced. It also set up our favourite four 'coppers' beautifully to jigsaw in to the original Inspector Morse series, if this was the last we were to see of them (luckily for us, it is not!) Great, understated, powerful acting; realistic characterisations - all in all, a brilliant example of what British series' do so well. My only objection is to Shaun Evans' 70s porn star moustache - lets hope that's gone next year :D
The Originals: When the Saints Go Marching In (2018)
Exponentially better than TVD
I was really disappointed in the ending of TVD, which felt rushed and not true to the characters as they'd developed across the series. This was completely different. While sad (I spent the whole of the last couple of episodes hoping they'd find a way around Klaus' death) it was absolutely true to the characters - Elijah and Klaus had, despite their differences, always been there for each other when it came down to it, and it seemed fitting they should be there for each other in the end. That there were happy endings for some of the family - particularly Freya and Rebecca - seemed to balance things out. I'd have liked the chance of cameos from Klaus in particular in Legacies (which I'll give a chance), but for good or ill, he has led his family through millennia, and in some ways it would be a shame to have his character 'fade away'. The previous episode held out the hope that Elijah might yet be reunited with the love of his life, Haley, in death - perhaps a fitting reward for his family loyalty. All in all a satisfying end for the series.