Heaven and Hell

As a long-time fan of Mythic Quest, I was initially intrigued when Apple TV+ announced an updated final episode, especially after the surprise cancellation left the original ending feeling rushed and contradictory. Unfortunately, this revised version doesn't land as a satisfying farewell, it simply clears up confusion, and not much else.

One of the show's core strengths has always been the brilliantly complex, non-romantic relationship between Poppy and Ian. The creators were vocal from the beginning: this was a rare and refreshing depiction of a platonic male-female partnership built on chaos, respect, and mutual creativity. So when the original finale threw in a kiss and children, it felt completely off-tone. The update removes those elements, no kiss, no kids, but also removes any real emotional weight. It's a quiet "fix," not a meaningful send-off.

The result? A finale that technically aligns with the show's values but feels emotionally flat. No farewell moment, no celebration of the team, no final hurrah. Just a course correction and a fade to black. It leaves you thinking... if this was the best they could do, maybe they should've just left the original ending intact, at least it tried to do something.

In the end, Mythic Quest deserved more than a patch note. It deserved a proper goodbye.

Just watched the finale episode, and it was good. But this Ian and Poppy romantic tension has been going on for so long, and I'm mostly sure the makers will never make them a couple-and almost 100% sure they'll never get them married. That's the issue. If nothing big is ever going to happen between them, then why keep teasing it?

The reason I'm so sure is because these are the same makers who created It's Always Sunny, so I feel like they'll avoid the romantic stuff-or might even end up making Poppy bisexual or lesbian, or do something similar with Ian, especially if they were allowed more than 8 seasons of this.

Otherwise, they do look good together. The dialogues between them at the end of this episode were awesome. The line, "The expansion is the only thing I have left of you," was one of the best in the whole show. But it would've been better if they actually showed us a bit of the expansion too, not just the other characters-we're the audience, if they remember.

In the 4th episode with the murder mystery, I predicted the killer in less than a minute after the game began-around 8 minutes into the episode. Personally, I don't enjoy it when I guess mystery stuff that easily.

The 9th episode with Charlie Day was nice, but this season I wasn't really excited to know what would happen next, so I just waited and finished it after all 10 episodes were out. There weren't any cliffhangers or major plot twists that made me want to keep going right away.

Overall, it's still a good watch. I thought they might again show the childhood story of one of the lead characters, but they didn't. I also expected that they might repeat the same thing-some important staff leaving Mythic Quest and then coming back with an excuse in season 5-but I'm glad about what happened.

Reedited finale version review: just watched it, and around 30 seconds of new footage was added. WOW, thanks for doing that. The story feels completely different now. No, seriously-what was the point of it? They just removed the kiss and ended it with comedy bits.

I think they should have waited a bit longer and added at least 10-20 minutes of new scenes to end everything properly. Maybe they could've continued with the kiss and given Ian and Poppy a happy ending. These characters deserved it. And not just them-other characters' stories should've been closed too.

I thought this idea of adding footage to the last episode was the best thing Apple TV came up with. It could help every cancelled show get a better ending. But they didn't do it that well. Still, if the creators were only allowed 30 seconds, then what they did with it was clever.

I like this show, but this season has felt like it was supposed to be the end. Either that or the writers were out of ideas. The characters seem different, and it's like the writers don't know what to do with them next or forget why they were funny in the first place. This season had its moments, but it wasn't as good as the first few seasons. With a side show in the works, it seemed like the perfect chance to end the show. They had a chance to tie everything up, but they didn't. Ian and Poppy's chemistry made the show what it was, but even that has felt off. Rachel, who was my favorite character, has been all over the place, and her relationship with Dana, which started out cute, has fallen flat. Maybe they can milk one last season out of this show, but I don't know if they can at this point.

If, for some reason, you're reading this before/at the end of season two, stop there. There's nothing for you after that point. You'll be tempted, I know, but trust me on this one.

Everything comes to an abrupt halt. It feels like they didn't know how much time they were going to have. It Jo's ultimate goal was to assist the guys in Montreal why doesn't she say that at literally any moment before the series finale? Why bring everyone back just to not do anything with them? Very unsatisfying. And don't even get me started on the final scene. I've mentioned it once and I'll be purging it from my memory.

After a first season which I felt struggled to find the right tone, "Mythic Quest" found it's footing with the second run and has been on a pretty good run since. I do wonder if perhaps it's time for the show to end though, as it's unwillingness to shake up the format at all, runs the risk of becoming stale.

Back and on the same page, Ian (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao) plan their next expansion to Mythic Quest, Elysium. David (David Hornsby) is more focused on the revenue juggernaut "Playpen" though, so cancels the expansion. Dana (Imani Hakim) is frustrated with limited returns from the successful game she's built in Playpen, so plans to leave but not before a tactical error exposes that she's already been working on the game whilst at M. C.

I do think that this series was again pretty good. Once they focussed more on the characters and less on the situation I felt the show found itself and I do like spending time with these characters. There is the now traditional "bottle" episode, which this time focuses on "Pootie-Shoe" Brendan, played by Elisha Henig, who is struggling in the new Youtube space and starting to rebel against the elements of his show he started as a much younger man. This gives a chance for Charlie Day to briefly join the series, as his long-suffering agent, as well as a welcome return for Alanna Ubach. The best episode is probably the fourth though, "Villains Feast" which sees the principles depart the office for a murder mystery weekend.

Perhaps though there are certain elements of the show that are just blindly repeating, namely the working relationship between Ian and Poppy. It appeared like we were going to finally have some sort of resolution to that until the final episode. The rest of the characters seem to be in a constant level of flux, never really showing much capacity or incapacity for their jobs, just cycling round them.

Which is not to say I didn't still enjoy it - and despite what I've said above I would watch a fifth season and will watch the new spin off. It could use a more fundamental change at this stage though.