I really don't understand the writing choices here. It was just the most hopeless way to end. Like I guess it could have been worse. But really I have never felt so unsettled and saddened by a tv episode. The rest of the series was not like that at all. This show has actually helped me a lot with grief but this episode was the opposite. I cannot believe I am still thinking about this a month later. I feel like a storyline like this that went on for 15 years, deserved an actual peaceful satisfying ending for the characters. It also didn't tie up any loose ends really so I'm not sure what the point was.
