The only other show that I've seen that has so completely ruined itself with its ending was How I Met Your Mother. Like HIMYM, this show used the final (two) episode(s) to completely take a left turn and undermine the entire point of the rest of the show. Both shows left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I feel, from a writing standpoint, ended up just being very cheap and unsatisfactory.

And it's sad, because the rest of the show was so good! I enjoyed the first 18 episodes immensely. I loved watching these characters fall for each other and fight to be together. I loved the friend group and even the side couple (though I will say the age difference squicked me pretty bad, especially in the beginning when they kept calling attention to it).

If I were to give the final episodes any sort of props, it would be that the acting was super well done. I liked the acting throughout the whole show, but I was very impressed by the acting in the final episodes. Still, the final episodes just ruined this whole thing.

I just— god, if you wanna write a tragedy, then write a tragedy. Don't write a romance and throw a dash of tragedy in at the end.