{"id":262478,"date":"2022-10-10T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=262478"},"modified":"2022-12-16T02:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:59:41","slug":"kevin-can-fk-himself-s2e8-allisons-house-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2022\/10\/10\/kevin-can-fk-himself-s2e8-allisons-house-series-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Can F**k Himself S2E8: “Allison’s House” (Series Finale)"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following contains spoilers for the series finale of Kevin Can F**k Himself<\/strong>, S2E8, “Allison’s House” (written and directed by Valerie Armstrong)<\/em><\/p>\n The series finale of Kevin Can F**k Himself<\/em> honestly left me feeling oddly sad. Not in the sense of crying with a box of tissues, mind you; this wasn\u2019t the kind of conclusion that brought with it tearful catharsis. Rather, as I sat in the wake of \u201cAllison\u2019s House\u201d I felt\u2026kind of empty.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t say for sure whether or not this was Valerie Armstrong’s intention. I would guess that it wasn\u2019t. If there\u2019s a message at the end of Kevin Can F**k Himself<\/em>, it would seem to pretty clearly be that you have to face your problems. You can\u2019t run away from them, and no one else can solve them for you.<\/p>\n We see this with Allison, of course, who is clearly unhappy in her life as Gertrude even as it seems to not be all that bad. And it is brought home in the culmination of Neil\u2019s story, as he looks to Diane for salvation and she refuses to offer it. Tammy brings things to a head with Patty even though it causes them to break up, and even though Tammy could see that coming. And Patty stands up to Neil, refusing to continue to let her life circulate around what he needs.<\/p>\n It\u2019s significant that things do not work out well for everyone, or anyone really, in concrete material terms. \u201cAllison\u2019s House\u201d asserts that this isn\u2019t the important thing. What\u2019s important is Allison confronting Kevin head-on and demanding a divorce, and it\u2019s not the consequences that make it the right thing to do. It’s her claiming of her own autonomy as a person.<\/p>\n
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