Crown viewers share their grief and admit they are ‘so sad’ after watching the highly anticipated final episodes of the Netflix drama
Crown viewers have shared their heartbreak after watching the last ever episodes of the royal Netflix drama.
The final episodes of the show debuted on the streaming platform on December 14, weeks after the first half of series six was released last month.
As the infamous royal family drama came to an end, viewers quickly admitted on social media that they were “heartbroken.”
They shared their dismay that The Crown was finally coming to an end after six series and told how the final scenes were ‘so sad’.
On X – formerly known as Twitter – someone wrote: “I just finished season 6 of The Crown, part 2. Oh my God. Wow.’
Crown viewers have shared their heartbreak after watching the last ever episodes of the royal Netflix drama
A second said: ‘Okay this is really sad,’ while a third said: ‘The Crown final is so sad.’
A third tweeted: ‘The last episodes are out.. [broken heart emoji]’, and another wrote: ‘The Ritz episode. Heartbreaking. And absolutely beautiful.’
Another added: ‘This show was absolutely stunning and so well done. I will miss it so much. Thank you Peter Morgan.”
Viewers also praised the show for briefly bringing back former stars Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, who played Queen Elizabeth II in the earlier series.
The moving scene saw the two actresses appear on the shoulder of Imelda Staunton, the last actress to take on the role, in the drama’s closing moments.
However, the second half of series six received a very mixed response from reviewers, with the introduction of Kate (Meg Bellamy) and William (Ed McVey) in St. Andrews receiving a lukewarm reception.
Some were also critical of that the image of Carole Middleton‘s desperate attempts to make a match for her daughter.
However, critics also praised the scenes with Princess Margaret (Lesley Manville), seeing her role as a way to hark back to the more historical elements of the earlier seasons.
The final episodes of the show debuted on the streaming platform on December 14, weeks after the first half of series six was released last month
As the infamous royal family drama came to an end, viewers quickly took to social media to admit they were ‘heartbroken’
Viewers also praised the show for briefly bringing back former stars Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, who played Queen Elizabeth II in the earlier series.
The independentKatie Rosseinsky gave the show only two stars and was among those who saw the ending as far removed from its successful beginning.
She wrote, “When it comes to The Crown and What If?, the biggest question is this: What if this juggernaut of a show hadn’t wasted its once-golden potential?
“As the final six episodes arrive on Netflix, bringing a half-century saga to a close, Morgan’s drama is haunted by the ghost of faded glory.”
The largely scathing review added that some of William and Harry’s lines appear to have been written by an ‘AI bot’, and while praising The Queen’s (Imelda Staunton) final scenes, she added that they were ‘not enough and arrived too late.
Anita Singh from The Telegraph agreed, arguing that a “once beautiful drama dispenses with a wretched whimper.”
The times seemed more positive, offering three stars, calling it a “mediocre ending to a royal epic,” adding that it was “pretty boring” and felt like it “ran out of power like a Duracell ad.”
The me And Radio times however, were much more complementary to the new season, giving it four stars each.
The i’s Francesca Steele called it a “near-perfect ending against all odds”: “If you missed what you used to think about The crown – that elegant, strangely nostalgic (even for things you don’t remember) exploration of changing national identity – good news. It’s back!
Reviewers had mixed reactions to the final episodes of The Crown, particularly the introductions of Kate (Meg Bellamy) and William (Ed McVey)
Critics also praised the scenes with Princess Margaret (Lesley Manville), seeing her role as a way to hark back to the more historical elements of the earlier seasons.
‘After 54 episodes and 143 awards since its premiere in 2017, and with six episodes to go after a sloppy first part of the last series, creator Peter Morgan has gone back to basics. It’s a pleasure.’
While James Hibbs of Radio Times sees Ed McVey as the main success of the last series.
Hibbs writes: ‘It may not be the series at its best, but this final batch of episodes manages to bring things back to basics.”