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As the show has covered various topics over its existence, the Atlanta conclusion kept the erratic tone of the show: it's absurd, certainly, with semi-frequent references to Chris Evans and bold cameos by Liam Neeson. This is an other world in which Justin Bieber is a bisexual Black guy and in which The Walt Disney Company had a Black CEO for a short period of time. It is also quite real and significant in unanticipated respects.
For Earn, Alfred, and Vanessa, the three conflicting concepts have no bearing; but, for Darius they do. He views life essentially like it's a dream, with all of his mystery and all that's unknown about him. He treads the border separating something beyond from reality. Given a very ethereal farewell, it is only right that he be the central point of view.
The Atlanta finale, among the best episodes in the show, is in a sense a dream. A police officer stops Darius and a former flame named London (Naté Jones), and they go through the matter unscathed. Darius creates a disturbance and the worst thing that could happen to him is being asked to leave. Darius saves his pals from eating possibly deadly fish as the episode finishes. He shows up in a pilfered pink Maserati, and the gang has some Popeye's. Darius says later, sitting with the four, they are all characters in his dream.
In this reality, Earn, Vanessa, and Alfred have exceeded all expectations. Earn, Vanessa, and Alfred discount his assertions and walk out to enjoy a smoke, which sets Atlanta's last shot in motion. Darius might be right in a sense. The Emmy-winning show creates a world whereby Black people encounter life-threatening events several times and survive. In Atlanta season 1, Earn, Vanessa, and Alfred have exceeded expectations; not restrained by the history of racism and its restrictions on excellence, either.
The Atlanta Season 4 episode "Snipe Hunt," where Earn expresses his love for Vanessa and his dedication to his daughter Lottie, ends Vanessa and Earn's story. Though Vanessa originally wasn't sure about the choice, she agrees to relocate to Los Angeles with him since it's a very vulnerable moment for the couple. She loves him, quite confident of it. In the last scene, they appear really content and at peace with each other. Though the conclusion looked unattainable, the pair got closer following Atlanta's European vacation.
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Four seasons later, the Atlanta ending clarified just enough to leave viewers with a pleasing but vague denouement. The FX comedy has given three of its four characters— Earn (Donald Glover), Vanessa (Zazie Beetz), and Alfred ( Brian Tyree Henry) time to lead their own narratives in its last season. LaKeith Stanfield's Darius is the one main character who hasn't gotten much attention. In the Atlanta conclusion, he takes center stage anchoring an episode that is only sporadically connected to reality.
In the dream Atlanta Season 4 finale, "It Was All a Dream," Earn, Vanessa, and Alfred had plans to dine at a Black-owned sushi fusion restaurant. Following his session in a sensory deprivation tank, Darius plans to see. His dreams in the tank get really strong, hence if he feels overwhelmed he merely looks at Judge Judy. He needs to wake himself as he is still in the tank if he finds she has a more noticeable posterior than usual. Darius finds it more difficult, then, to tell what is real from what isn't.
Written by Donald Glover and directed by Hiro Murai, the Atlanta finale tracks Darius occasionally cutting to Earn, Vanessa, and Alfred. Their time at the sushi restaurant is the worst. But the segment mostly follows Darius. As Darius visits his dead sibling, the character discovers a means of waking himself in the deprivation tank whenever things grow too hazardous or too emotional. He remembers his dream world when he occasionally watches Judge Judy.
Other times, he merely screams terrifiedly back into reality. That is right up to Atlanta's last scene. Darius is left on his own with a Judge Judy episode. He glances and waits to be sure it's all a dream and to see whether she appears different. Except, viewers never get an answer. Darius gives out a grudging smile, and Atlanta darkens on his face. Given he understands it's a dream, is he smiling? Is he smiling for the reverse reason? The finale leaves open questions.
Alfred travels to stay at a "safe farm" in the penultimate episode before the Atlanta finale. Ever since the beginning of the series, but even more so as part of season 4, Alfred has repeatedly feared for his life. He takes the advice of fellow rapper Soulja Boy to buy a farm for safety purposes. Continuing his streak of bad luck, Alfred is attacked on the farm by a feral hog. Alfred is visibly injured in the finale, but he's in good spirits and his relationship with Earn is in a great place.
The farm ending, with one last harrowing near-death situation, is the perfect end. Atlanta makes a point of showing the cousins laughing and connecting. It looks like Alfred will continue to make music, but he's also made some sort of peace with the fact that his Paper Boi rapping persona will gradually fade from relevancy. The farm ending, with one last harrowing near-death situation, is the perfect end for a character who has never seemed too much at ease around large groups of people. He gets to live out his days in peace, away from annoyingly adoring fans and the hustle of the rap industry.