Pose Season One, Finale

Back in June I fell in love with yet another Ryan Murphy series, Pose (see my pilot review/reaction HERE) and finally in August I have watched the incredible finale.

Cleary there were nerves about getting a second season so no cliffhangers were included leaving viewers hanging, but lucky for us FX gave the season an early renewal allowing the show to return in 2019.

I have to say there is a lot to be said for a short, sharp, snappy eight episode season. Instead of a drawn out 22 episode season (or 23 episodes in the case of The Flash) where by the end of it you are left counting the number of filler episodes.

Every episode of Pose's debut season had purpose and set out on a mission. It was sensationally done and best of all the music and every detail in the visual appeal of this series.

Ryan Murphy has struck gold on this show, I hope it's second season grows it's steady audience and people see what I see in the show, acceptance, love and family.

The finale finished, neat, tidy and honestly the most feel good episode of the season. The ups and downs of Angel's love affair with Murphy regular Evan Peters, Kate Mara having a brief moving on/girl power moment and of course Blanca's big wins.

Blanca's character has been such a role model for so many reasons, her love, forgiveness and compassion. She really is a beacon of light to the other characters in the show. Even Elektra with her sharp tongue and fierce features found a way forward after a desperate opening sequence with her stuck in a Phil Collins montage.

This show is incredible, it's easily been the best new show in the Summer and maybe even my favourite show of the US Summer (it's been a good year this year, Claws, Animal Kingdom (go TNT), The Affair, Who is America and returning today Insecure) which I may even award early September.

Anyway for now, if you haven't seen Pose (Foxtel in Australia, get your fucking act together and screen it  NOW, you have the rights, so just fucking do it) get on it, it's hard in Australia as you can see by my rant. Foxtel prefers scandals and promoting it's racist Fox News light network Sky News. This show is probably to challenging for their increasingly dull subscriber base.

So do yourself a favour, strike a POSE now!