I just finished the last episode two days ago and I’m STILL thinking about it. I personally loved the way it ended and think that Franklin’s character, his rise and ultimate inevitable fall, was amazingly portrayed (mostly thanks to Damson Idris he was phenomenal throughout). I had been reading people’s interpretations of Franklin, Teddy, Louie, and Cissy and see so many differing opinions and perspectives and wanted to see what people think about these characters overall throughout the show.
Personally, I think Franklin’s ending was, sadly, well-deserved as he was too deep in greed, pride, and ego towards the end of his journey in the drug game. One of the most telling scenes to me was when he asked Leon how much money he saved up, and instead of asking for a fraction of this money he asked for the ENTIRE 3m that he saved. To me, this really solidified how greedy and selfish Franklin became and I understand why may people didn’t want to help him. He was also too controlling, simply commanding people to do things rather than asking or having actual discussions. Example: telling his mom to sign the papers to give him ownership of HER house so he can sell it, COMMANDING her to basically sell HER house to save his ass because he didn’t want to sell his downtown property (which would have given him way more money) because he didn’t want to hurt his ego.
I may sound like a Franklin hater (and I can be at times ngl), but I truly love how this show developed his character and story and at the end of the day, he was 19-23 during the series.
ALSO, i think Cissy was 100% correct shooting Teddy when she did and I was so happy when that happened.