Apples never fall: a funny twist in the plot

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“Apples Never Fall,” one of the worst new shows in a long time, appropriately has one of the worst finales we've seen in years - so bad it will make you laugh out loud. Published on March 15, 2024 at 4:34 a.m. ET. Photo illustration by Louis J. Rendon / Daily Beast / Peacock.

If you've endured seven hours of Peacock's limited series “Apples Never Fall” only to be disappointed by the anticlimactic ending, you're not alone.

I'm working on creating some support chapters for those who are experiencing this feeling, so that participants can gather in a safe space to process their anger and frustration over unsatisfying finales.

Expect a meeting in your neighborhood soon; if this final episode is an indicator of what TV shows will continue to give us, you're going to need it.

The best part of “Apples Never Fall,” the latest television adaptation of the dramatic thriller novels by Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty, was Annette Bening's character, Joy Delaney.

Joy was the maternal glue that held her family and this mid-level series together. Thankfully the finale thoroughly focuses on Joy, who is still alive despite the fact that her husband Stan (Sam Neill) and children Logan (Conor Merrigan Turner), Troy (Jake Lacy), Amy (Alyson Brie) and Brooke (Essie Randles) assumed her death after she went missing for 11 days.

Far more frustrating was the way the authors put a point on this drawn out story, dragging it out far longer than it deserved.

“Apples Never Fall” could have been a good thriller if television producers and streaming executives hadn't been so hungry for content that they wanted to stretch it out over seven episodes. The final revelations would have happened with much more tension if this story had been condensed. Instead, episode 7 lets a little bit of the remaining air out of the show, with no real danger, consequences, or lessons learned for the Delaney family.