This was a pretty anticlimactic season finale from Go On. Perhaps I’m just used to the big, dramatic closing-cliffhangers from the stalwarts of other networks, but this ending fizzled. Though it was in keeping, one could say, with the rest of the season. Like each of the 21 episodes that preceded it, “Urn-ed Run” was about overcoming issues and growing as a person. But the growth – Ryan accepting that the perfect ashes-scattering doesn’t have to be the biggest ashes-scattering and, subsequently, everyone else realizing that they could let go of something holding them back – was neither great enough nor interesting enough. The ‘side quest’ of Lauren losing her mojo and her confidence was unnecessary, and its conclusion uninspiring. Allison Miller was entirely lacking, a criminal oversight after the genuinely good cliffhanger of the previous week. This episode’s sole redeeming feature was that it brought a tear to my eye (one tear), which is something it hasn’t achieved in months. As Ryan scattered his wife’s ashes in the most perfect place, we were reminded why we loved the show in the first place. Maybe the writers could use some reminding too. – K
Quoteworthy:
“I’m sorry I didn’t realize my issues with my wife’s ashes were all about you guys.”
“Well now you know.” – Ryan, K