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Oct 19, 2020 · Last Day - The Dark: Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. With Jude Law, Naomie Harris, Katherine Waterston, Nico Parker. With a battle for power brewing, Helen and her family find themselves trapped in the middle.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Philippa Lowthorpe
- 2020-10-19
- Friday - The Father. Series premiere. After Londoner Sam rescues a young girl in the woods, he takes her home to the mysterious Osea Island.
- Saturday - The Son. In his quest to learn more about the islanders, Sam has a series of haunting encounters as Osea prepares for a dry run of the festival.
- Sunday - The Ghost. Sam discovers the truth about his connection to Osea Island and fights to escape.
- Monday - The Mother. Helen brings her two daughters to Osea, but their trip takes an ominous turn while the family looks for a place to stay.
- HBO's The Third Day delivers an unsatisfying conclusion to the miniseries.
- How would you score The Third Day series finale?
- TV Shows That Killed, Dropped or Changed Their Main Character
- Verdict
By Zaki Hasan
Posted: Oct 20, 2020 2:00 am
This review of the series finale of HBO's The Third Day, titled "Last Day - The Dark," contains full spoilers. To remind yourself where we left off, read our review of The Third Day episode 5.
With this week’s “The Last Day - The Dark,” HBO’s miniseries The Third Day arrives finally at a conclusion that – in however roundabout a fashion – offers some degree of closure. But what becomes amply clear when viewing the series in total is that the writers had about three hours worth of story they felt compelled to stretch out like an elastic thread to fit into six. As a result, the time I’d invested in the buildup ended up working in direct opposition to whatever degree of emotional fulfillment I extracted from the closer.
Whether they’re playing coy in hopes of further stories down the line, or they simply want the uncertainty itself to be the point, it’s an unrewarding payoff to the ordeal. Even with that said, this final chapter does offer yet another opportunity to watch a cast of great actors play off each other. The backstory behind Sam and Helen is exactly as ...
While things are certainly wrapped up in this final chapter of The Third Day, it leaves things far too frustratingly opaque to be truly satisfying. The result, when examining the totality of this miniseries, is a perplexing mix of skilled artisanship and expert mood-building in service of an overarching story that lacks an empathic hook and which u...
- Zaki Hasan
Oct 20, 2020 · Last Day – The Dark. The season finale of The Third Day begins with Helen finding Sam on the dock and questioning him over exactly what he’s doing there. Sam mentions Nathan being alive and calls himself the Father of Osea.
Oct 19, 2020 · A recap of ‘The Last Day - The Dark,’ the sixth and final episode of the HBO miniseries The Third Day, starring Jude Law, Naomie Harris, Emily Watson, and Paddy Considine.
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Oct 19, 2020 · Dennis Kelly's six-episode, seven-part limited series — the live event cannot be ignored — comes to a rousing close, as both a thriller and an allegory for grief. By Ben Travers. October 19 ...
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Oct 20, 2020 · HBO's The Third Day delivers a finale with some memorable performances but fails to effectively wrap up its muddled storyline.
