Boardwalk Empire Season Finale SPOILERS

[JumBie]

...and it was terrible. I have no idea if anyone else watches this show, but Season 5 as a whole was terribly written and executed. The characters lacked everything that made them compelling to watch in the previous seasons. Not to mention the flashbacks were only made as a filler to add more back story to Nucky, when in reality more time and effort should have been put into Lucky Luciano. Even after trying to look past all of that the writers decided to veer off the path of reality and allow that terrible ending to ensue my gosh...This is what you get when you try to rush a 13 episode season into 8 episodes. Honestly, this season just seemed completely off, this wasn't the Boardwalk empire that I have been watching for the past 4 years.

 

[Lifted]

Farewell boardwalk.

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[ctark]

I recently started watching this show about 2 months ago and caught all the way up to season 5, and just finished watching the finale. I completely agree that this season was pretty lackluster as a whole. I thought it started going down hill in season 4. I thought the ending was very poor execution, even though we knew something bad was going to happen, I feel like there could have been better closure. I didn't care much for the flashbacks either. Thankfully I watched this series in a short amount of time and I didnt dedicate 5 years of viewing. It probably would have left a very bitter taste in my mouth.

 

[pyonir]

There's already a Boardwalk Empire topic - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2398391

Also, it was not the season finale, it was the series finale.

 

[mcurphy]

I didn't think it was too bad. You have to remember that the entire series was about Nucky, and his rise and fall. Lucky, Capone, and many others were just supporting characters, and we were spoiled in other seasons where they had plenty of time to explore other characters. In the short time allowed for the last season, I can understand why the writers devoted most of the time to finishing up Nucky's story, as he was the main focus for the series as a whole.