There are few pains comparable to what is felt when they cancel a series that we like very much. Comedy fans may be too familiar with him, because lately they only receive bad news. They have had to assimilate goodbye to ‘How to die alone’, ‘The sexual life of university students’ and now ‘Mythic Quest’, by Apple TV+.
This last cancellation It hurts especially because its end of the season was very hurried And it is not up to what we had seen so far. And also because it was one of the series we used to when we wanted a safe space that made us feel good in times of crisis.
The cancellation of ‘Mythic Quest’ after four seasons is surprising because it had remained in the top 10 of the platform and although its spin-off ‘Side Quest’ is fantastic, we will miss it.
He won the public’s love
Mythic Quest is the name of the successful multiplayer video game they develop in the company where the protagonists of this series work. A premise that first may not attract attention to those who do not usually play video games but that is not an impediment to enjoy it.
Because it is still An office comedy like ‘The Office’ that has the same ingredients as ‘hanging in Philadelphia’ “It is created by Rob Mcelhenney, Charlie Day and Megan Ganz, the first two protagonists and scriptwriters of the series.
In addition, he raises situations with which we can all identify ourselvessuch as the fact of having had a narcissistic boss, somewhat peculiar co -workers or that we have made us work for nothing.
It was an ideal place to escape from the tense that is out there and its sense of humor is going to be missing, capable of getting excited also when it played. It will also cost to assume that we will not see its protagonists again, very special characters and with which it was very easy to empathize and laugh.
Its end does not do justice
As if that were not enough to have to assimilate the cancellation, it will also be complicated to assume the end he has had. Because after not being renewed, It was confirmed that the last chapter would be made. And so it has been.
Variety He confirmed that the series will have no more seasons, but Mcelhenney, Hornsby and Ganz, the three creators, offered some consolation to the fans, and revealed that the tenth and last episode of the fourth season has reissued to give him a final end. They told so in a statement:
“The finals are difficult. But after four incredible seasons, ‘Mythic Quest’ comes to an end. We are very proud of the series and the world we could build, and deeply grateful to all the members of the cast and the team that put their entire heart in it. To all our fans, thank you for playing with us. To our Apple partners, thanks for believing in the vision from the beginning. From Apple, we made a last update to our last episode to be able to say goodbye, instead of simply saying ‘end of the game’.
Another version of the same
After having seen the final episode of ‘Mythic Quest’ with the changes included, it remains to be said that this It could have been decent if we had not seen the previous one before. We have already seen more times how Poppy and Ian fought, and although the balancing between the romantic and the Platonic plane was one of the elements that best worked in the series, the previous version of the end included a kiss between them that inclined the balance.
The problem is that now that fans have seen the original end, The other version seems like a way to compensate for what does not work And it does not finish being satisfactory. In addition, he also does not fit with the trajectory of the protagonists in the rest of the season.
Until now, Ian had avoided the problem and the series had changed his behavior, so the original end fits this. The fact of returning to the beginning destabilizes the outcome And it looks like an anticlimatic solution.
It is true that the cancellation was disappointing for many, but it would have been better to leave the last episode as it was and let fans imagine what happened next. Each spectator will choose with what final stay, but there is something clear is that sometimes it is better to let things stay as they are. Even even if they may have failures.
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