For all the highs this season they really fucking killed the hype in the end.
Like I'm sorry but Penelope continuing to write stalls all her fucking growth, and its just so the writers don't have to find actual ways out of drama they create, they always have a fall back for when things get too hard.
All this solidified for me was that the queen-their other fallback- was an unnecessary addition to the show, keeping a fraction of the fandom happy is more important than giving us fulfilling character endings, and that we have writers that are afraid to stand on their own. It also shows that Debling was a fucking hindrance and unnecessary because they should have been dealing with this mess way earlier and made a much better ending.
I liked the majority of this season but episode 8 is a fuck up, between her keeping her column, and them not even getting to live before shes popping out kids. Shes 20, hes 23, they could-and should- be doing so much more than cooing over a fucking baby before the 1 year mark of their wedding.
I still love these characters, but this show forgets what its meant to focus on. It gets ditracted with making dram, to the point where the couple that has one of the biggest hurdels is given more for no reason, and doesn't even really get over their main issue. It focuses too much on stories that add really nothing, and forgets to be kind to one of its leads.
This season, for all its potential, got cut at the fucking knees, because they refuse to let Penelope have substantial growth, or to let Colins emotions actually play out instead just deciding hes chill when it makes absolutely no sense. Colins feelings weren't just jealousy, they were anger, and hurt, and those are entirely forgotten by the end and...for what? To make pen stans happy? Thats fucking stupid.
Anyway, canons dead to me and I will be vtaking these two with me because I love them dearly