Several years ago, there was a Spanish TV series called "Elite" about the events in a private school. Series one of that series featured a suspicious death which the police investigated so the series revolved around the events leading up to the death with many of the episodes showing how the relationships among the students developed over the course of the school year leading up to the death. Lots of love and sex but arguably all secondary to the main plot and much of it needed to explain the circumstances leading up to the death of one of the students. It was excellent and we would highly recommend it if you haven't seen it.
Series 2 also had a suspicious death and, once again, lots of relationship development but all needed to develop the plot and explain what happened.
Series 3, however, had no plot whatsoever and everything shown was pure love and sex with lots of triangles being formed with relationships formed and broken. But absolutely nothing in the way of a plot. It was nothing but a soap opera and of no interest at all unless you wanted to follow high school romantic intrigue. It was barely watchable and we wondered what the point of it all was.
If you view Berlin as a follow-on from Money Heist (even though it is a prequel), then this series is very much like Series 3 of Elite. It's not about the plot as the robbery is very very much secondary to showing the relationships being formed and broken. (At least there is some sort of plot, unlike Series 3 of Elite but the robbery is secondary to everything else and only occasionally interesting). Even the characters weren't particularly interested in the robbery most of the time as Berlin was most interested in pursuing Camile, Damian was lamenting the break-up of his marriage, and the other four were focussing on potential partners rather than the robbery. Who cared about the robbery? We didn't in the end.
So will Roi and Cameron eventually get together? What about Bruce and Keila? And most of all, what about Berlin and Camile? Will it be happily ever after or will it all end in tears? And Damian? Does he find happiness ... of a sort? And will he and Berlin eventually be reconciled after their messy falling out early in the series?
In this final episode all those questions are answered (except maybe Damian) as we see how each of those relationships play out. For those who cared to watch through to the end, pretty much everything is tidied up as you would expect.
And the robbery? Yes, that's tidied up as well but by this time weI really didn't care any longer.
My wife summed it up quite well as we neared the end end of this episode. "Money Heist was one of the best series we've ever seen but this was probably one of the worst".
So the good news is that the series is over. To be fair, this might have been one of the better episodes but I have to say I wondered if I just enjoyed it more knowing it was the last and things were finally coming to an end.
The bad news is that they've very obviously left it open for a season 2. Sorry, not interested.
Series 2 also had a suspicious death and, once again, lots of relationship development but all needed to develop the plot and explain what happened.
Series 3, however, had no plot whatsoever and everything shown was pure love and sex with lots of triangles being formed with relationships formed and broken. But absolutely nothing in the way of a plot. It was nothing but a soap opera and of no interest at all unless you wanted to follow high school romantic intrigue. It was barely watchable and we wondered what the point of it all was.
If you view Berlin as a follow-on from Money Heist (even though it is a prequel), then this series is very much like Series 3 of Elite. It's not about the plot as the robbery is very very much secondary to showing the relationships being formed and broken. (At least there is some sort of plot, unlike Series 3 of Elite but the robbery is secondary to everything else and only occasionally interesting). Even the characters weren't particularly interested in the robbery most of the time as Berlin was most interested in pursuing Camile, Damian was lamenting the break-up of his marriage, and the other four were focussing on potential partners rather than the robbery. Who cared about the robbery? We didn't in the end.
So will Roi and Cameron eventually get together? What about Bruce and Keila? And most of all, what about Berlin and Camile? Will it be happily ever after or will it all end in tears? And Damian? Does he find happiness ... of a sort? And will he and Berlin eventually be reconciled after their messy falling out early in the series?
In this final episode all those questions are answered (except maybe Damian) as we see how each of those relationships play out. For those who cared to watch through to the end, pretty much everything is tidied up as you would expect.
And the robbery? Yes, that's tidied up as well but by this time weI really didn't care any longer.
My wife summed it up quite well as we neared the end end of this episode. "Money Heist was one of the best series we've ever seen but this was probably one of the worst".
So the good news is that the series is over. To be fair, this might have been one of the better episodes but I have to say I wondered if I just enjoyed it more knowing it was the last and things were finally coming to an end.
The bad news is that they've very obviously left it open for a season 2. Sorry, not interested.
