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Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale

EMAILPRINTSPECIAL: HBO, Sunday 12/16 at 9:00p (80 minutes)

Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
79
8.9 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 13 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 26 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Created By: Ricky Gervais
Stephen Merchant

First Air Date: December 16, 2007

Summary

Starring Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant, and Shaun Williamson

Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais) learns a lesson about the price of fame with the help of such guests as Clive Owen, Gordon Ramsay, George Michael, and "Doctor Who's" David Tennant.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

USA TodayRobert Bianco

If Gervais' well-deserved Emmy victory this year came as a surprise to you, this special shows why the voters got it right (for a change).

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100

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

It's a magnificent end to an underappreciated series.

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90

VarietyBrian Lowry

The Brits certainly have a luxury in their freedom to craft little gems such as this that need only generate a dozen or so installments, but that hardly diminishes what Gervais and Merchant have accomplished by again living up to the elements in this project's title: It's extra, it's a finale and it is, indeed, special.

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90

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

The jokes are funnier--though often painfully so, in true Gervais fashion--and the satire darker....Even in a normal season, I suspect I'd consider it one of the best things I'd seen all year.

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80

NewsdayDiane Werts

Like "The Office," Gervais' Extras concludes with a moment of truth, clarity and poignance that only reminds us how these emotional elements have been downplayed in the Americanization of Gervais and Merchant's work.

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80

LA WeeklyRobert Abele

The opening shot of the Extras series finale airing on HBO Sunday marks another hilarious humiliation for Ricky Gervais’s aspiring-actor character Andy Millman

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80

Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara

The timing, like the show, is strange and wonderful. It falls right in the center of the annual end-of-the-year treacle fest and, boy, is it a bracing change of pace.

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80

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

The 80-minute finale is the perfect cap to the series, an ugly yet emotionally resonant morality play about the price of selling out.

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80

TimeJames Poniewozik

If you loved Extras, you will love the Extras finale. If, like me, you think that Extras was a perfectly funny show in which Gervais used his talent on a subject (celebrity culture) and a milieu much more obvious and familiar than the world he created at the Wernham Hogg paper company, then you will think that of the finale.

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75

New York Daily News

The ridiculousness of celebrity media has been a primary target of "Extras" all along, and the show continues to dig quality jokes out of that fertile field. But thanks largely to Jensen, it also digs a little deeper into its own characters this time around, and that's a nice holiday gift for all of us.

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70

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

In Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale, Gervais and Merchant, who wrote and directed the series-ender, do redeem Andy, which may come as a disappointment to darker-hearted fans.

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70

The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger

Not great, maybe, but a solid sign-off, and one that’s not afraid to let you know that the series is over.

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40

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

The program, which debuts at 9 p.m. Sunday, is too long and lumpy at 90 minutes. Preachy commentary and awkward drama clash with scintillating comedy.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 26 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Peter S gave it a6:
Big fan of Gervais and his work as well as the series "Extras" but this finale didn't do the series justice. I didn't realize until recently that this was actually the series finale; I guess I skipped over that part of the title. The finale was devoid of laugh out loud moments and I felt depressed everytime Ricky's lady-friend came on with that dreary music. Overall, the finale was unmemorable and is disappointing to a fan like me who has watched the show since it's initial release.

David N. gave it a10:
I thought it was amazing- but maybe it's just me, was it not too sad for a comedy, and the sadder bits dragged out? The ending was left open- where do they go? A feasible ending? I loved it overalll though! Ashley Jenson- unafraid to show her brilliance at acting.

Jeevika R. gave it a10:
Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

F f gave it a10:
I cried my heart out at the end of that... amazing. what a finale. keep up the great work gervais and merchant. loved the karl pilkington cameo too!

Derek G. gave it a7:
I don't think this lived up to what it could have been. I also thought everything this show said could have been said in half the time.

Craig W. gave it a7:
Funny at times, close to the bone.

Catherine A. gave it a10:
Wow! That was different to what I expected it to be and all the better for it. It was more of a drama than a comedy, though it was still achingly funny. I agree with Alan's review below and challenge anyone to watch Andy's speech with dry eyes. What a great message this speech delivered. It is arguably one of the greatest moments in sitcom history. Steve and Ricky deserve the highest praise for what they have achieved and may their partnership live long!

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