It began in the fall of 2018, and it ends here in the spring of 2023. The series that began with one tragedy ends with another, but it’s fitting that the final episode is an ode to the #1 friend of the group, that kept it all together for everyone, all these years. It’s Gary’s episode.

It’s brutally sad, but all the main players get a chance to give a final goodbye. There are a few funny moments and some truly great performances. While we wish the most deeply sad things ended a little earlier, giving us a little more room to be happy, ultimately we’re left thinking: this was a nice show. We felt real things. And we are grateful for spending this time with you, and each other. Thank you.

And, A Million Little Bye.

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Well. If you’ve watched, you already know. This episode is all about Gary, and Maggie. It’s not how we wanted this to go, but it is probably the best episode in the entire series. Genuinely emotional, but with every emotion well-earned and well-told, and with maybe the best performance in the history of the series from Allison Miller. And we’ve got one more to go.

Gary 4 Ever.

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Katherine and Greta tie the (nautical) knot in this one, overcoming the weather, horny divorcing parents, and our new #1 worst character (who is maybe 3 years old). Gina deals with an attack ad from Councilwoman Lewis, Delilah and Eddie approach a full-circle moment, and Gary discovers Jon’s last voicemail for the first time, gives a lovely wedding speech, and delivers one more pep talk to Eddie. Gary and Maggie also have a tough parenting conversation that leads Gary to say “you don’t have to raise this kid on your own,” and, after a bad cough…we’re hoping that statement isn’t ironic, too.

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It’s starting to get legitimately emotional, folks! In this episode, we have a return of flashback Jon Dixon as Delilah prepares to sell their house. For our money, all the memories and what turns into the final Friday Pizza Party among the friends is really well done. Elsewhere, Tyrell and Sophie talk about what they are before coming clean to everybody, Gary and Maggie return to the cancer support group, and the bathroom where their relationship began, and Rome goes full campaign manager as Gina decides to make a run for office. It was a good episode, folks! Made us feel like we’re gonna miss it.

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Lot of dad-related storylines on an episode that, for our money, had the funniest scene in the whole series (nice work, James Roday Rodriguez & Chance Hurstfield). Gary’s dad comes to him in a dream, Tyrell & Sophie get together in a way we all knew they would, Rome struggles with taking his dad to a retirement home, Eddie has to make a tricky decision with Charlie at the hospital and Delilah…returns. Also: there’s a great cameo from a timeless actor. FOUR EPS TO GO!!!

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Maggie is going through it in this episode, dealing with a baby-talkin’ aunt, leaving Javier Chad for the first time to go back to the radio station, and continuing her love/not-love relationship with Dr. Jessica. Greta and Katherine make a visit to Greta’s parents, who seem and maybe are too good to be true. Eddie’s mean/hot teacher tries to snitch on him and his “friend,” but ends up finding the real story, and our favorite story of the ep is Rome/Gina/Omar/Walter. The brothers fight, get nostalgic, and come to a consensus on what must happen next with their dad. Tweet us your thoughts @amillionpodcast while you still can! 5 episodes left…

In this episode, Gina gets politicked by a shady polititician, and Rome has a really nice moment with his dad that leads him to a much tougher decision. Charlie got from France to America somehow (and can talk?!) and Eddie has yet another developing friendship with someone who we think he should probably just say “ok thanks bye” to. Gary gets a visit from his estranged aunt, and it leads to a conversation about family history, and how Gary will raise his son Javier, while Maggie deals with first time mom worries. Oh and Theo? Yeah, he’s back on his b.s.

It’s baby time! Maggie starts getting contractions, but tries to pull off a final show before she welcomes her new roommate. Katherine gives Greta a BIG birthday, Gina keeps trying to help Dustin while keeping Rome totally out of the loop, Tyrell briefly returns and shares a few scenes and a corsage with Sophie, and Eddie has a really solid and real episode that ends with the return (kind of) of la méchnte du jour. And so…the Javier Chad Era begins! 

Gary is paranoid about Maggie’s new desire to use a midwife for a home birth, but every other character in the show jumps in as if they’ve been paid by the Big Midwife Industry to put us all at ease about it. Eddie goes back to college and has a classic, AMLT-style insane coincidental run-in with someone in his past, gets a good break, and almost blows it immediately. Sam Pancake returns with his assistant character to get a tattoo removed by Greta, Gina tries to become a savior, and in our favorite storyline of the week, Sophie and Rome’s dad make an unlikely but lovely and deep connection. 

Our thoughts on this week’s episode are basically, well, last week’s episode was good! This one is bad news if you care about unhoused harmonica players or animals you just met, but it’s great news if you like Gary being extremely awkward around extremely unrealistic representations of stand up comedians! On the bright side, Eddie has a really good scene summing up what he, Theo, and really everyone has been through since the first episode of this show, and we’re happy for the actor David Giuntoli that Eddie is having such a solid end to his run on this show. Rome’s dad Walter takes some time this episode to go full Walter, tighty whities and all.