Good Witch (TV Series) The Wedding (2021) User Reviews

That's all, folks!

[Racingphan2 · 6/10 · 26 July 2021]

The series finale of The Good Witch was like most of this season's episodes, dull, slow and dreary.

With only a passing mention of Cassie's daughter Grace, and absolutely no word on her step children Brandon and Lori, the finale landed on on TV with only a dull thud.

We finally get a same sex kiss on a Hallmark show, and it's the most passionless, peck on the lips that you'll ever see.

At least Peter McNeill as Grandpa survived the cast purges and in fact, anchored the last episode.

Also a high five going out to the delightful Catherine Disher, who made Martha the most interesting character on television.

An Okay Ending to a good show

[wjspears · 8/10 · 11 December 2021]

MAJOR SPOILERS

Reading so many negative reviews about the last episode of the Good Witch series, had me worried that this show was going to take a dive like the last two seasons of The Gilmore Girls did--which Good Witch resembles in so many ways.

From my perspective, the Good Witch did not do that. For me, the biggest flaw of the season was the focusing on the curse so much. I suspect that the writers expected this curse to "goose up" the ratings. But it did the opposite for me. The curse plot went on much too long. It bored me because I never expected the Merriwick women Not to solve the riddle and break the curse.

As far as the final plot points, Cassie and Sam choosing to travel and see the world--on installments (the first leg being 3 months) felt sweet and well earned.

Joy choosing Zoey was also sweet, but needlessly drawn-out by Joy's ex showing up and wanting her back.

My problems with Adam remain. I still believe that the producers wrote Adam as an unreliable flake. I'd have been happier with Stephanie putting off marriage, and going to Paris on her own.

The ending (?) to the Abigail/Donovan relationship was just odd to me--why spend so much time on that plot line, and then end it like that? As far as Abigail being comfortable with her independence--that seemed true to the character as she has been created.

I would agree with those reviewers who complain that the show shifted its winning formula for the last season, and not to altogether successful results.

Personally, I didn't mind the magic, I just believe that it became too much of the focus in this last season, and squeezed out too much of the sweetness and tender moments that were the heart of what made The Good Witch such a wonderful show.

Heartbroken that it has come to an end.

[dsweeting-838-642936 · 10/10 · 26 July 2021]

One of the best shows on TV & you cancel the series. Crying ugly tears.

Don't just fire the writers, fire Hallmark

[spikeluvr · 1/10 · 18 September 2021]

What a shabby ending to such a beloved series. Hallmark has done such an injustice to Good Witch. If Hallmark decided to cancel the series they should have developed events as far as they could for the season and wrapped it up in a TV movie next season. Instead they crammed as much action as they could into three episodes and chose the most absurd plot points to do it. We waited so long for Stephanie and Abigail to find love and they managed to screw that up, too. Instead of a joyous journey to the finale there is nothing but anger and sadness and breaking up. No one wanted to meet Cassie's parents in the stupid, unbelievable way they presented them and Joy is not only suddenly gay, she has an ex- girlfriend. Hallmark has several series that are just copies of each other. When Calls the Heart is interchangeable with When Hope Calls. Chesapeake Shores is just a copy of Cedar Cove. They had a very unique series in Good Witch and they've treated it like trash at the end and carelessly disappointed it's many fans. The series may have needed to end but it didn't need to go out with a whimper and a whine.

Disappointing

[texasreaderstacy · 4/10 · 26 July 2021]

This final episode felt rushed. Trying to tie up to many story lines in a 45 minute window. Joy's storyline could have been skipped for more of Abigail's, whom we've spent many more seasons with.

Boring

[tndlc · 2/10 · 26 July 2021]

The entire final season was sub-standard and the final episode was pitiful.

Show diverts from it's own formula during last few episodes

[Jackbv123 · 5/10 · 1 August 2021]

First let me say, I loved Good Witch from the first movie where Cassie comes down the stairs and meets Jake. The episodic TV series had a good formula even if you think Martha is perpetually annoying.

No, I'm not focusing on The Kiss. (I have mixed feelings about it in this franchise, especially how it popped up with no previous hints. But that doesn't send me on a rant.)

Two things, primarily send the last few episodes away from what worked so well since 2008.

1) Up until now, and especially in the early seasons of the TV series, any magic has had plausible deniability. Not so in the last few episodes, maybe most of this season. For one thing, the ghosts of various mom's and dad's are giving information to main characters which they would have had no way of knowing. And Joy even admits she rode a broom once in her blatant admission that she IS a witch. There's nothing wrong with a nice Witch story, but this show has always kept that aspect so that the viewer could wonder and decide either way.

2) This is the Hallmark Channel which is almost exclusively about HEA love stories. It almost always has endings which wrap everything up way too happily for everyone and almost never with a downer. Abigail and Donovan's love story has lasted at least two seasons as they struggled to overcome The Curse. Then in this episode, out of nowhere, Abigail and Donovan decide they will never have an HEA and call it quits, so much so that Abigail leaves the country. Again, there is nothing wrong with a breakup anywhere else in the world, but not on Good Witch in the last episode involving arguably the second leading character. It just doesn't fit the formula we are used to.

The whole Red Halo Moon theme popped up out of nowhere and I thought it got too little backstory and that arc was rushed.

In fact the whole episode was scattered with too much happening to too many people. Just this episode could have easily been two episodes.

What were they Thinking

[doug2go · 3/10 · 26 July 2021]

This whole year loop with the stones, amulet , witches brew etc was more for a CW fantasy than someone with a developed brain. I watched it anyway because the characters had decent chemistry and I like Catherine Bell and was looking forward to Abigail and Marc finally tying the knot.

It would seem obvious that the series final was thrown together at the last minute with Stephanie on her way to Paris and Scott picking her up at 2:00 AM to catch her flight - break to commercial - and come back and they are on a boat getting married - Really - and in the next breath Abigail and Marc are breaking up for some unknown reason in a bar without explanation - talk about a mess - I am sorry but this was a sorry excuse for a series final as I have ever seen. Even worse than Hawaii 5-0 final which was awful.

Really sad ending

[pattersonjamie-12079 · 3/10 · 29 July 2021]

Hallmark did a major injustice to Good Witch with this ending. The red moon thing with the 3 witches was fun, but where was Grace? Wasn't she in danger? But otherwise, bunk. Abigail and Donovan breaking up. Stephanie and Adam getting married. Tom having heart problems, but has always refused to see a doctor. So how would he know? Joy being gay, but not beforehand. Bad ending.

Good Witch deserved better

[maddisonmonroe · 1/10 · 7 October 2021]

Hallmark has done this show a major disservice. I was so excited that the final season was put on Netflix, and I haven't been this let down by a shows ending in a long time. I've been following this series since the very first movie came out and was delighted when they turned it into a show. The ending was rushed and thrown together and really didn't match the flow of the previous parts of the story. There was unnecessary drama, the wrong couple got married, and Cassie's behavior was completely out of character, and not to mention they completely ruined Abigale's story line. Didn't enjoy this fenale at all. I want a redo. Honestly they should have given it a movie to tie things off.

Disappointing

[wildcat32688 · 2/10 · 24 October 2021]

Hallmark really cut corners for this series finale. Ruining storylines, rushing others, and multiple continuity errors. I know I'm not the only long time fan that was let down by this season and incredibly disappointed with this shambles of a finale. The storyline with the haloed moon and missing amulet was a little strange for the show, but I was willing to overlook it. But the plot was so full of holes it was difficult to follow. I didn't mind Joy's budding romance, but that storyline was rushed and didn't make sense to happen right in the middle of a Merriwick crisis. Not to mention the random coffee date with her ex Charlotte? This show doesn't do "random". What was the point of Abigail and Donovan spending SEASONS breaking the curse so they could be together only to break up in the final episode? So out of character for both of them and such an unsatisfying end to a couple everyone was rooting for. I'm glad Stephanie and Adam got back together, but their elopement was out of character for both of them. Not to mention the continuity error of spring/summer weather for their wedding on the boat, back to winter weather and coats at their reception. AND Cassie's hair going from blunt bangs, to no bangs, to grown out side bangs in what is supposed to be the span of a couple days. Lastly, for the entire season, Abigail and Joy had been struggling with situations that would require them to leave Middleton and their family. They made choices to stay. So then Abigail just leaves to move to Tuscany, Cassie and Sam decide to travel and Joy is left with running gray house? No, no, no. This rush job ruined the final season and the last episode was a joke. The fans of Good Witch deserved better, the characters deserved better endings.

Thank God it's finally over!

[debfullofjoy · 2/10 · 26 July 2021]

I have loved this series since the beginning. I've watched every episode. This was by far the worst season...Let me count the ways: Joy turning gay when she wasn't when she first got there, Abigail and Donovan breaking up instead of getting married, no mention of Nick, Lori or Brandon like they never existed, all the talk about witches and witches brews. I could go on but I won't. I just hope Hallmark doesn't mess up any of their other original shows or movie franchises.

Odd ending

[chuckloschmath · 3/10 · 29 July 2021]

Terrible editing jumping from one scene to another with the same cast members in the scenes. One scene the ladies are trying to make an amulet then one of them is with her girlfriend.

Guess they knew it was the last show and cobbled the last episode together.

Thanks for wasting my time

[deniese_carpenter · 4/10 · 20 March 2022]

Worse finale ever. Why would you spend all season on the curse of Abby and Donovan just to have them break up in the finale? Good witch started out as one of my favorite shows that I could have rewatched over and over again but not anymore.