Hazbin saved it there at the end
I literally need to write about this now or else I'm gonna spontaneously combust
Okay first of all to get it out of the way, I really have nothing to say about ep 7 other than: it was a bit underwhelming for being the second to last episode of the season, Rosie was an absolute gem and her friendship with Alastor was really nice and Carmilla Carmine's song was a banger.
Now to what this post is actually about: the finale
I'm gonna be real and say I was so so so so worried about how they were gonna handle the ending. S1 was rough, you can definitely tell that the creative team didn't know they were getting a second season until halfway through production of this one. My guess is that they didn't get conformation until after they started ep 6 because my goodness was ep 6 rushed as fuck.
But they actually handled the ending pretty well. The whole fight against the angels was also a bit rushed, literally so much happened and there wasn't enough time to process a lot of it. But I think what saved the finale was the decision to destroy the hotel and basically reset the plot.
I'm a musical theater enthusiast, I'm gonna gush about the finale song for a bit because holy shit am I obsessed.
This song is absolutely wonderful. Charlie is obviously devastated with the deaths of sinners and angels, of Sir Pentious and with the destruction of the hotel. She clearly feels like a failure, but having Lucifer and the rest of the cast sing to the melody of Happy Day in Hell, the first song of the series, was truly heartwarming. She now has a crowd of friends and family who believe in her and support her. She sang Happy Day in Hell by herself (not counting the ensemble obv), she was the only one who believed in her cause (and Vaggie too but she was barely in the song). She was the only one who believed in the hotel, but now, there's this whole crowd of people rallying behind her, singing her song.
Vox and Val's part in the song was fun too! Not entirely sure why they were necessary to include in the song, especially since what they're singing about doesn't really make sense. The exorcists only attack the hotel and not the rest of hell so its not like any other overlords suffered any losses. Not to mention Vox sang "Alastor's missing" and then Alastor rejoined the group like 2 minutes later lmfao. But you know what I don't mind it too much cause they're always fun to watch. Sometimes a family is the 3 worst people you know being silly goofy coded together.
Now ALASTOR'S part was very interesting. He starts his solo with this weaker trembling voice, still frightened that he almost died and that he almost died for people he now calls his friends. We've seen Alastor happy and confident, we've seen him pissed and angry, but we've never seen him frightened. The animation for this scene is particularly amazing because we've never seen Alastor look frightened and desperate, and his eyes were filled to the BRIM with fear. It's truly a sight. I'm genuienley curious to see what direction they take Alastor in, because based on his actions of the last 2 eps, he really does care about Charlie and the hotel.
Since Lucifer and Cherri were singing with the rest of the main cast at the very end I really hope that means that they're gonna be a part of the supporting cast going forward. Lucifer being more involved would be really fun for Alastor to bounce off of. Cherri would be a fun addition for Angel to interact with more to see more of the contrast between her and Husk's influence on Angel.
Now that Sir Pentious is living proof that sinners can be redeemed,(good for him) the second season can actually focus on Charlie's mission to redeem sinners if they stay FOCUSED. A big issue with s1 is that it was really unfocused and the hotel was barely part of the plot because the writers were so focused on the heaven vs hell plot. But now that they built a bigger flashier hotel and have proof (or will soon have proof cause they still don't know Pentious is okay), now s2 has a good setup to actually be about the hotel.
S1 really felt like a s2 for a show that doesn't really exist. A good first season takes the time to really establish the characters and the conflict/stakes. The writers wanted to included way too much information that we didn't really need in a first season, and I know some of yall are like "oh they only had 8 eps if only they had more time" but honestly I don't know how much that can excuse.
Hazbin is a character driven show, the entertainment and the engagement comes from seeing these characters interact with one another in different scenarios. We got almost none of that because the writers were too focused on shoving as much information as they possibly could into 8 twenty minute episodes. I PROMISE YOU we would have enjoyed Hazbin s1 if they didn't include all this heaven vs hell stuff yet and we just got to know the characters just as much. Hazbin has been anticipated for almost 5 years now, people would have tuned in regardless. (And this is true cause ep 1 is one of the weaker eps yet Hazbin had the most successful premiere in Prime Video history. Hazbin would have been successful regardless)
If the writers actually focused on introducing the characters and have them interact with one another, than Hazbin s1 would have flowed so much smoother, then in a s2 they could get more into the plot heavy stuff (kinda like what ToH did). I know that they weren't greenlit for a second season until after they started production of s1, but even so its so bizarre to me how the writers chose to focus on random side characters and plot that didn't contribute to the main story: Charlie and the hotel. So now that everything has been more or less reset, the writers have given themselves a new opportunity to deliver something PHENOMENAL. They just need to STAY FOCUSED.
I've been listening to the finale song on repeat all day. Its truly an uplifting song and a great note to end on. I have faith the writers can get it together and give us an show stopping s2. I can't wait!
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