I agree about the kiss blow, so out of place, but then I imagined Olivia Coleman just went off script and improvised in the scene and they kept it in. It's definitely something she would do.
"you were an okay chef when you started with me, and you left an excellent chef."
Perhaps the ambition was too great for this season, especially after two seasons at the top, but it was less than expected, and it was like something was missing.
The end of a season that touched, especially at the table where everyone tried to share their beginnings, I wanted to be in the middle of that debate, nothing comes easy and it's what happened to most of them.
You want to become the best you have to sacrifice, Carm sacrificed his mental health for his dream, and Sydney has the same panic attacks.
The series is entering a stage where they are stretching characters that don’t have enough depth to carry it. This is no Sopranos or Mad Men. If they focused only on the restaurant, they could explore a lot more ways to push the narrative further.