▁possible . ▁As ▁usual , ▁the ▁actors ▁did ▁their ▁best ▁with ▁what ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁page ." ▁Lucy ▁Mang an ▁of ▁The ▁Guardian ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁final ▁season ▁" has ▁been ▁a ▁r ushed ▁business . ▁It ▁has ▁was ted ▁opportun ities , ▁squ ander ed ▁good will [, ] ▁and ▁failed ▁to ▁do ▁justice ▁to ▁its ▁characters ▁or ▁its ▁actors ." ▁Z ack ▁Be auch amp ▁of ▁V ox ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁final ▁season ▁" dis p ensed ▁almost ▁entirely ▁with ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁sense ▁of ▁its ▁characters ' ▁internal ▁motiv ations ▁— ▁let ▁alone ▁the ▁complex ▁political ▁reality ▁that ▁its ▁psych ological ▁real ism ▁initially ▁helped ▁create ." ▁▁ ▁Kelly ▁Law ler ▁of ▁USA ▁Today ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁series ▁ultimately ▁bet rayed ▁its ▁" identity " ▁of ▁" t rag edy ▁and ▁in just ice " ▁with ▁a ▁" p and ering " ▁ending . ▁Jud y ▁B erman ▁of ▁Time ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁series ▁failed ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁answer ▁to ▁" conf lic ting ▁ideas ▁about ▁freedom , ▁justice ▁and ▁leadership "; ▁these ▁were ▁them es ▁that ▁previously ▁brought ▁depth ▁to ▁the ▁series . ▁Ellen ▁Gray ▁of ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁In qu ir er ▁and ▁Dar ren ▁Fran ich ▁of ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁agreed ▁that ▁the ▁final ▁season ▁was ▁not ▁as ▁complex ▁as ▁previous ▁seasons . ▁Fran ich ▁gave ▁the ▁final ▁season , ▁featuring ▁" big - h uge ▁set ▁pieces ," ▁a ▁' C ' ▁rating . ▁The ▁final ▁season ' s ▁" bro se ph ▁ment ality ▁sh ined