Review: 'Catastrophe,' peak TV’s finest love story, drifts away as beautifully as it barged in
By Hank Stuever Hank Stuever TV critic Email Bio Follow TV critic March 17 at 2:50 PM Spoiler alert: This review discusses plot points in the final season of Amazon Prime’s “Catastrophe.”
Great for them, and not bad for the viewer who finds most TV sex to be weirdly sanitized of any trace of silliness or human joy. “Catastrophe” brought out the sourpuss in its characters, with only the occasional redemptive ray of sunshine. All of its secondary characters — from Sharon’s spitefully self-absorbed brother, Fergal , to the late Carrie Fisher’s magnificent cameo appearances as Rob’s perpetually irritated mother, Mia — helped reinforce a subtext of misanthropy. Some viewers find that “Catastrophe” carries a strong warning against ever getting married. I always saw it as a ringing endorsement.
As it progressed, the show posed thornier challenges for Sharon and Rob — right up to this season’s final and faintly ambiguous walk-off. Perhaps redirecting such sadness , Delaney and Horgan give their deepest and most moving performances yet in the series finale, when Rob and Sharon arrive for a holiday in Massachusetts, only to learn that Mia has died of a heart attack.
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