
As a film and TV lover, it really bothers me when a show deliberately tugs at your heartstrings only to kill off characters right after you’ve connected with them. We all know Love Story is heading towards tragedy – the opening scene with the plane makes that clear – but the way it uses character flaws right before their deaths feels manipulative and, frankly, a little lazy. The season finale, with Carolyn left sobbing alone, felt less like a genuine exploration of their relationship and more like a calculated attempt to shock us. It left me feeling like their connection was defined by messiness, not love. And honestly, we have no real insight into what their relationship was actually like. That’s what the show should have focused on! Instead, it leaned into a cheap, sensationalized version of tragedy – it felt like watching a tabloid, which is ironic considering what it seemed to be trying to critique. I wanted to see their full, complicated humanity throughout the whole season, not just a setup for a predictable, heartbreaking end. It felt like we were watching puppets, not people.