{"id":443657,"date":"2022-05-07T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/julia-season-finale-is-delightful-tv\/"},"modified":"2022-05-07T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T13:00:41","slug":"julia-season-finale-is-delightful-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/julia-season-finale-is-delightful-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Julia&#8217; Season Finale Is Delightful TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3844e1bcd2c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3844e1bcd2c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/julia-season-finale-is-delightful-tv\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Julia_Season_Finale_Is_Delightful_TV%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Julia&#8217; Season Finale Is Delightful TV&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Julia_Season_Finale_Is_Delightful_TV%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Julia&#8217; Season Finale Is Delightful TV&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/julia-hbo-max-finale.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> <b><i>Welcome to our weekly column<\/i><\/b> <b><i>Can\u2019t Miss Episode of the Week<\/i><\/b><b><i>! Every Saturday we\u2019ll be spotlighting a different episode of television from that week that we thought was exceptional and a must-see. Check back to see if your favorite show got the nod \u2014 or to learn about a new one! Spoilers ahead.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first couple of episodes of HBO Max\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julia <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were a little slow, a little boring, but since then, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> about Julia Child\u2019s creation of her iconic cooking show<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The French Chef<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has become the delightful, wholesome presence many of us are looking for on our television screens. This is never more true than with the season 1 finale, which aired on May 5. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have been endless challenges to making season 1 of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The French Chef<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but none more so than the iconic <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feminine Mystique<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> author Betty Friedan\u2019s (Tracee Chimo Pallero) harsh words last episode. While Julia\u2019s (Sarah Lancashire) husband Paul (David Hyde Pierce), her producer Alice Naman (Brittany Bradford), and best friend Avis (Bebe Neuwirth) easily brush off Friedan\u2019s scolding, which accused Julia of locking women in the kitchen with complicated dishes instead of freeing them up to spend time on their careers, Julia takes Friedan\u2019s words to heart. It\u2019s sad to see her so demoralized, which only makes it that much sweeter when she rises above the criticism, as we know she must since <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The French Chef<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ran on television for ten whole seasons. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The astonishing thing to note in this episode is how much Julia has changed the lives of the people around her with this little cooking show. The head of the network Hunter (Robert Joy) breezes into work on some sort of emotional high about how well the show is doing. He elevates Alice to sole producer of the show, finally acknowledging all the incredible work she\u2019s done to make it a success\u2013huge for a black woman working at a very white, male workplace\u2013and h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ily gifts producer Russ (Fran Kranz) with his blessing to make documentaries for the network. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It all comes crashing down when Julia announces she\u2019s not going to do a second season after all. Hunter returns to being the cynical, grumpy man he was before Julia, and promptly takes away everything he had promised to Alice and Russ. \u201cThat woman came this close to changing us, didn\u2019t she?\u201d he says. We even learn that Hunter\u2019s wife is so upset at the cancellation of the show, that she\u2019s making him sleep on the couch. When Julia ultimately says she will do another season after all, Hunter is buoyant, and the sublime color that Julia brought to everything she touched returns. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunter isn\u2019t the only one who\u2019s been transformed. Russ, who hated Julia and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The French Chef<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the beginning, is so much happier now. He has a camaraderie with Alice, rather than trying to put her down and he expresses how much he\u2019s actually going to miss the show. His greatest scene is when he and his wife, Marian (Erin Neufer), are cooking in the kitchen together, moving like a well-oiled team to make what looks like really fresh and delicious food. This from the woman who made the most disgusting dishes at the beginning of the series, and certainly Russ had never considered cooking, and now it\u2019s clearly something they enjoy doing together. \u201cShe taught me how to cook,\u201d says Marian. \u201cAnd she taught you how to cook, how strange is that?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone is sad and almost teary eyed at the taping of the last episode, including Julia. She doesn\u2019t really want to stop doing the show, but she\u2019s let Friedan get in her head, and there\u2019s also the matter of the lie to Paul. Upon announcing she\u2019s done with the show, Julia decides she might as well come clean to Paul about how she manipulated him into getting on board, and how she has been paying for so much of the production costs behind his back. And while Paul is initially outraged and hurt, it doesn\u2019t take long for him to realize how he\u2019s been wrong, and how much the show means to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As he and Avis sit around one day lamenting the loss of the show, they\u2019re able to get really frank with each other\u2013in addition to hilariously fantasizing about maiming Friedan. To a retired man and a widow, having this show to fill their lives has been a boon. \u201cAll this time to ourselves,\u201d says Avis. \u201cTerrifying,\u201d responds Paul. When Paul asks if Avis knew about the lie, she doesn\u2019t mince words: \u201cOf course I did. You told her she couldn\u2019t do it. What choice did she have?\u201d Avis really is my favorite character on the show, and Neuwirth has an incredible ability to deadpan sharply written one-liners. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This leads to the pinnacle of the episode, when Paul convinces Julia to keep doing the show in a beautifully articulated speech. He talks about how important the show is to many people\u2013though not so heavily weighted that it can ruin women\u2019s lives on a mass scale as Friedan suggested. It\u2019s only a joyful little cooking show!\u2013and that it\u2019s not too late to fix it. \u201cYou broke their hearts,\u201d he says of their crew. \u201cThey\u2019ll be okay if you put them back together.\u201d He continues by saying that at middle age, and watching the people around them retire, she\u2019s got \u201can offer to go back to France, and to write another cookbook, and to make another season of the show. Let\u2019s say yes to all of it. Say yes to everything for as long as we can. Let\u2019s drop dead someday, saying yes.\u201d This couple is the sweetest, and I will happily watch them for many more seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Other observations we thought made this episode stand out:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alice\u2019s new relationship with Isaac (Tosin Morohunfola) is simultaneously exciting\u2013the two have so much on-screen chemistry\u2013and sad, as the long distance nature of it leaves their future hanging in the balance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network rival Albert (Jefferson Mays) is infuriatingly smug when he finds out Julia\u2019s leaving. It\u2019s so satisfying when Julia hands Hunter her signed season 2 contract, and he responds to Alice popping in to say that Albert\u2019s unhappy about something with \u201cwho cares!\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou\u2019re the parmesan of public television\u2013the big cheese,\u201d as Russ says to Julia, is probably the best line of the entire show.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julia\u2019s editor Judith (Fiona Glascott) finally tells her frosty boss Blanche Knopf (Judith Light) off for her dismissal of her work with Julia, but before we can relish in it too much, Judith has to wrestle with Blanche\u2019s confession that she\u2019s going blind. Ooph. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Julia<\/em>, Season 1 Streaming, HBO Max<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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