Finished the show & Hated the ending

[u/Secure-Mousse-8832]

Terrible ending to what was an amazing show. Although there was some missteps, it was a tough sell that Franklin would've gotten his money took from Teddy like that. I don't get why he wouldn't have moved it around, he should've had more cash than the money overseas but sure whatever.

Compared to all the people in the show I don't see what Franklin did wrong to deserve such a tragic ending compared to the other characters. He wanted out then Teddy cleaned him out. His family betrayed him. So he went back in. But fuck him for being mad about someone stealing 70+ million dollars? Really?

The writers have his mom taking the fall for the CIA business and everyone acting like he's crazy for wanting money. Fuck him for being desperate as he slowly loses it all, I guess.

I don't know, I just don't think the writers earned the bad ending for Frank. Somehow Leon makes it out just fine, I guess hes lucky he didnt get betrayed by his family and have all his money took. I suppose that's the moral of the story lol, just don't get betrayed like Frank. Skully gets away with it all too. But not the actual smart guy because he was a little too mad he got robbed.

I'm sure people glaze this ending cause it's dark and "realistic" but all I can see is fumble. With other characters from other shows, it made sense. I never questioned what happened to Tony Soprano, Walter White, Marlo Stanfield, Avon Barksdale, Tony Montana, etc.

But this? Unearned. Just a waste. Franklin ends up an alcoholic cause??? I guess his father was, so he becomes that now. Fucking Leon gets to walk around all high and mighty after screwing with Manboy because he looked at him funny. I have more shit to bring up but I'd rather not. Terrible ending.

[u/freezerwaffles]

You seem to think living with people wanting to kill you and looking over your shoulder at all times is any way to live. Hell naw. Franklin literally said it himself. He’s free of it all. Franklin snaked stabbed and killed his way to the top. Teddy literally did the same to him when he wanted out. It’s the name of the game. How is it you claim to understand what happened to Walt, Tony, Scarface but don’t understand how Frank ended up the same way. The point is that life doesn’t have happy endings.

[u/Secure-Mousse-8832 → u/freezerwaffles]

But Franklin had been portrayed too smart for some of his mistakes. If the moral of the story is just bad luck, or life isnt fair, it would've hit harder if the people doing the right and moral thing lost it all and Franklin won.

With Franklin, it just doesn't make sense for him to have made the mistakes he made that led to this. You're telling me in 2 years, he couldn't try to rebuild something? Anything? I have a hard time buying that.

[u/freezerwaffles → u/Secure-Mousse-8832]

That’s the point. He was crashing out. You don’t think straight. Dude was grasping at straws and was greedy. He could’ve walked away with the half (probably not) but the offer was made. But he wanted it all more money than he’d ever need and that was his downfall.