Genuinely probably one of the worst finales I’ve ever watched (spoilers)

Jesus like what the hell? First of all, let me just say that I think Frank’s death was actually a good way to end the show, many long-running TV shows kill off the main character in the final episode. But the way that he died and honestly the entirety of the writing for the finale was just ridiculous in my opinion. Frank literally survived the most deadly shit and then some that anyone else would have immediately become victim to. Bro survived god knows how many drug overdoses, getting thrown into Lake Michigan, breaking his femur, his liver literally crumbling into pieces and the doctors giving him only days left to live. His kidney got removed WHILE he was dying from liver cirrhosis. Bro smoked half a pound of meth which would probably kill even someone like Frank. Not to mention that after all that, dude was still drinking heavily and still seemed healthier than any of his kids 😭

Yet in the finale, you’re telling me that COVID is what took him out ultimately? Yes I know he shot up heroin and basically attempted to commit suicide, however, it seemed to me that the show was implying that Covid was what pushed him over the edge, because Frank had done all that before and survived except the one difference was he didn’t have Covid. Now obviously Covid wasn’t a laughing matter and it did kill a lot of people back in 2020, but writing wise, it just seemed like a really poor build up and a stupid way to take out THE Frank Gallagher, who had survived a million things that were honestly worse than Covid. I don’t even understand why they had to make Covid a part of the storyline at all in season 11. I get that they were trying to imitate real life, but if you were anyone like me back in 2020 (home all the time because school got shut down and depressed because you couldn’t see your loved ones) I wanted to watch a show where I could escape from reality, not one where it threw it in my face. That’s the whole point of TV/movies is to ESCAPE. I also really hated the open storylines of the other characters. Debbie randomly leaving with some chick who we had only seen in one other episode who I don’t even remember her name, like what? Not knowing if that one girl who was pregnant was pregnant with Carl’s baby. And also not to mention that Fiona didn’t even make a cameo and not only that, but she wasn’t even MENTIONED in the finale. It’s like she never even existed. I know I’m like super ranting on here, but damn what a let down to the writing from what used to be a genuinely well-written show.