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The End

Summary Set in Australia, palliative care Dr. Kate Brennan (Frances O'Connor) brings her mother Edie (Harriet Walter) out from England to a Gold Coast retirement community after her suicide attempt in this dark comedy created and written by Samantha Strauss. [Premiered originally in Australia on Fox Showcase on 2 Feb 2021, in the UK on Sky At...

  • 2020
  • SHOWTIME
  • 2020
  • SHOWTIME

The End

Season 1 Premiere: Feb 10, 2020
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
59
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Summary Set in Australia, palliative care Dr. Kate Brennan (Frances O'Connor) brings her mother Edie (Harriet Walter) out from England to a Gold Coast retirement community after her suicide attempt in this dark comedy created and written by Samantha Strauss. [Premiered originally in Australia on Fox Showcase on 2 Feb 2021, in the UK on Sky At...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
59
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4 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
13% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
59
50% Positive
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
13% Negative
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80
Jul 19, 2021
The comedy is so black sometimes you can’t see the funny. But it’s all in the absurdities of life, and this well-written and well-acted show promises to be a satisfying watch to anyone ready for its bleakness.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
80
May 20, 2021
The End is a meditation on what makes life worth living and how much of it is within our control. Edie is probably a natural termagant who would never have been the life and soul of the party, but her story invites us to think about how events cannot help but shape us.
By Lucy Mangan FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 21, 2021
The story lines are dense — too dense, at times — with issues of death, but the comedic moments are a great relief and the acknowledgments of all the absurdities of life and suffering are heartening. The writing is consistently perceptive, with intriguing notions about control, depression, and parenting. The mother-and-daughter dynamic between Edie and Kate is a particularly rich part of the show, largely thanks to the two actresses.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 29, 2021
Offbeat and sometimes off-putting. [2 - 15 Aug 2021, p.9]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 19, 2021
The result is a bit mixed, though Walter (a recent standout on TV projects from “The Spanish Princess” to “Succession”) and O’Connor (credits including “The Missing) do good work.
By Daniel D'Addario FULL REVIEW
40
May 20, 2021
The End is provocative, and sometimes difficult to watch. It is occasionally funny. But Strauss hasn’t yet found a way to make those things co-exist.
By Anita Singh FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 16, 2021
Infuriating, cloying, and pretentious, as it puts characters into manipulative, melodramatic situations and then asks viewers to care. A dark comedy of sorts, “The End” is annoyingly superficial, and filled with writing that constantly telegraphs how much it thinks it’s saying something about life and death instead of actually bothering to do so.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • See-Saw Films
Initial Release Date: Feb 10, 2020
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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Awards

Australian Screen Editors
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Australian Writers' Guild
• 2 Nominations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 2 Nominations

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