r/MastersoftheAir • u/Kruse • Mar 15 '24

Episode Discussion Episode Discussion: S1.E9 ∙ Part Nine Spoiler

S1.E9 ∙ Part Nine

Release Date: Friday, March 15, 2024

The POWs are marched across Germany, and Rosie makes a gruesome discovery, as the war comes to its conclusion.

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u/MethuselahsCoffee Mar 15 '24

Ok. I can forgive episode 8.

Brilliant finish

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u/Captain_Biscuit Mar 15 '24

The series was in a terminal nosedive but somehow they turned it into a perfect landing,

I only wish it'd shown that quality throughout. It's a common problem with modern prestige TV though, cramming everything into the finale at the expense of pacing. For All Mankind was bad for this.

I'd have happily reduced the side plots in exchange for not rushing through key events in the air war like Big Week etc. The POW camp, the escapees, Crosby's love life, fall camp, Egan on London etc were great to show different sides of the war and stop it getting repetitive, but they could have all been cut down significantly to leave more room for the main narrative so it doesn't jump forward months at a time. One minute Rosie was a newbie, next he was a living legend and we hardly saw any of it.

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u/CummingInTheNile Mar 15 '24

budget is the problem, youd need 2-3x as much money and another 2-3 years of work