I have watched ABC Family/freeform’s drama The Fosters from its beginning 5 years ago. I remember coming home from school and watching the very first episode on a college break, and no one else being as excited about it in my family as I was. I did not have cable for my entire college experience but I found a way every Tuesday to tune in to The Fosters. Whether it was on scary websites or televisions in buildings on campus I did not live in, I always found a way to watch.
So naturally I was very distraught to hear it is ending. I voraciously finished the fifth season wondering how it was going to end.
And it hurts my soul to say that I was disappointed. It hurts my soul to say this even more for a show that I so loyally watched every Tuesday, having to find it and watch it in the strangest ways possible. It was unfortunate because everything was beautiful and wrapping up and ending so nicely when they ruined it with extra episodes of filler. Episodes 21 and 22 of season 5 we’re totally unnecessary and it ruined the end of an otherwise flawlessly beautiful story.
They should have ended on episode 20 with all of the foster kids graduating from high school and showing us where they would go next. After all, this show is supposed to be about the struggles of children in the foster care system. So few of them make it and graduate. This could have been a very powerful way to Simply end the series how they did.
But instead they added two more episodes for Brandon’s wedding with some girl we don’t know at all and have no connection to. I understand that they want to have a spin-off series and are releasing a 3 short episode series foreclosure. They easily could have made it a five short episode series and simply added those in there instead of ruining the end of the show.
Ultimately it was definitely worth watching. This show will make you feel alive. It will make you think about our country and world’s problems. And it will make you more aware of how to be a better person. I recommend you watch it, however, don’t be put off guard by a disappointing ending.