Imagine living in a world convinced that the end of everything and everyone will be in a few months. And now imagine that when that day finally arrives… the world is not ending, nor does it seem like it will end. And now what? As José Manuel Poga's character says at one point, “if nothing has changed… why has everything changed?” This is the wonderful starting point of 'In the end'a post-apocalyptic comedy that, despite initial reluctance, ends up recovering, episode by episode, to end up creating a rather satisfactory first (or only) season. And its stimulating approach and the expectations that it can generate are a double-edged sword. Because it is an idea with so much potential that it is difficult not only to squeeze it out or cover it in just six episodes, but also to choose a path that makes it look good or find the right tone. And to 'In the end' It struggles to find the tone and start to shine, something that it doesn't quite do but that little by little, episode by episode, it's doing. And convincing. On the sly, as if it were nothing. In a way that is perhaps a bit light and not very forceful, without going so far as to burst it or grab the viewer by the chest. But finding its point and making itself loved. In its own way, that of a series with a particular sense of humor and rhythm that becomes something nice, pleasant, curious. And eccentric. Supported by an episodic structure and adopting many of the vicissitudes of the pandemic as its own, 'In the end' It focuses on a couple and their closest core, making it feel in part small in relation to, as I said, its potential. And to everyone else. And to the immensity of an apocalypse that has not hit the mark. But this is what allows it, in some way, to flourish against the odds while revealing its small but recognizable world in a close, discreet, indolent and Iberian way. And to its characters. And to a whole that seen as a whole overcomes the temptation of the chain of sketches to show itself more than solid. And this is, perhaps, the key: although at first it may not seem so or be as funny as it should be, 'In the end' It is a fairly solid production, with clear ideas and personality that remains faithful to its ideology until the very end. It may not blow the audience away or grab them by the chest. But it survives, leaving a good taste in the mouth.
