User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Finale/@comment-25302724-20171222210033/@comment-31194372-20171223092429

Thanks! Great comment.

Runtime is always a pesky thing, and there's a lot of episodes that struggle with it - "Christmas" especially comes to mind - but I feel like "The Finale" decidedly doesn't. This is an episode that has to keep things moving along very swiftly, especially in distinguishing all of its acts (this is one of those rare episodes that actually has a narrative), and getting hung up on a hot continuity streak would overstay its welcome quite a bit.

The episode does pretty good otherwise, especially with Hector and Kenneth, but I will concede to your thoughts that it might've been stronger to show the characters trying to make amends to others they've more explicitly wronged - ergo, not just a ton of Cupcake Woman (though she does offer a nice bit of breathing room from the general insanity of Richard and the boys' sub-plot).