Catastrophe ends just as it's become essential

Slate

Storylines in the final season of the Amazon series fits perfectly in 2019, says Inkoo Kang. Rob Delaney "has stated that he chose to end Catastrophe before he runs out of things to say about a young marriage, but it feels like a letdown that he’s ending a show about resilience and sanity-salvaging at a time when we crave one most," says Kang. "Much has been made about the recent resurgence of the romantic comedy, particularly on Netflix and television at large, but Season 4 feels like the rom-com we need during the Trump years, when panic and paranoia have taken over the larger civic climate, and we cling to our loved ones even as our efforts to make one another happy are hampered by our emotional and psychological exhaustion."

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