The show was never a masterpiece but it was definitely worth a watch. It never managed to have a congruent rhythm and, as expected, the last season wasn't an exception. You could see everything coming miles away (Spoilers ahead): the "I don't want to go to college", the "I can't have just sex, I'm a good gay who looks for a relationship", the "I realize I need you but I see you kissing a decent guy (and decide to throw that out there when leaving for emotional manipulation). Luckily, Lake stayed true to herself even in this very narrow space. The others, not at all. Through most of them, the show tells kids everywhere: "The bravest thing you can do is NOT being single". It really had the chance to be outstanding and show them that it is OK to leave your high school love behind, learn from it and survive - that you don't have to hate each other, that big dramatic gestures are not necessary to prove love. My favorite scene of the season has to be when Lake quietly said "goodbye" to Felix. Other than that, I hardly fell any emotional engagement. I didn't care about the Benji - Victor relationship anymore. I couldn't care less about Raheem being mad. Nevertheless, most of the time we were stuck with these three. Mia and Victor were the second most important thing of season one but then they hardly shared screen time afterwards. Isabel and Victor falling out during season two was a huge part (and something rarely presented on a show about Latino families dealing with sexuality) but, as it was with Mia, they only shared one (very short) scene during this final season.
The creators knew they had limited time to wrap things up early on. They could have done something way more meaningful as Andrew Haigh did with the "looking" movie.
I know I'm not the target audience for the show anymore but I did like it anyway... I could see how it grew from the very awful first episodes with that cheesy 80s vibe. If it hadn't been for Hilson's acting skills playing Mia, I would have given up on it. I'm glad I didn't but I never expected that I would find myself rushing to YouTube after the end just to cleanse my palette watching the final scene of "Can't hardly wait", reminding myself there are good ways to use "Only you" to wrap things up.
The creators knew they had limited time to wrap things up early on. They could have done something way more meaningful as Andrew Haigh did with the "looking" movie.
I know I'm not the target audience for the show anymore but I did like it anyway... I could see how it grew from the very awful first episodes with that cheesy 80s vibe. If it hadn't been for Hilson's acting skills playing Mia, I would have given up on it. I'm glad I didn't but I never expected that I would find myself rushing to YouTube after the end just to cleanse my palette watching the final scene of "Can't hardly wait", reminding myself there are good ways to use "Only you" to wrap things up.