![]() Her assistant/bestie Leia (Rachel Sennott) and former co-star/frenemy Xander (Troye Sivan) are wearing smug smiles and nodding as Joss finally calls Tedros a "con man and fraud." ![]() "I'm done with you," she says, before laying out his whole scheme, that he'd been obsessed with her since his prison days and got to her through Dyanne ( Jennie Ruby Jane). He calls himself her "only form of inspiration," and she responds by saying he's "served his purpose" and needs to get out of her house. When the man himself comes in, looking very worse for the wear, he tries to take over the session in his usual manner, but Jocelyn stops him. The finale starts with Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) recording with Mike Dean (the real-life producer and friend of The Weeknd playing himself), as she completes the song with lyrics about her relationship with Tedros (The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye). ![]() Five installments later, The Idol ends with the image of Jocelyn as an empowered world star with a "menacing" cult leader under her thumb, and viewers are left to figure out how the hell she got there. ![]() However, that initial let down probably happened with the first episode, when the show began its season-long trend of teasing what the show could have been-an incisive look at the sexist dynamics that power the music industry-before descending into a lurid show of sensationalism, via wholly un-sexy sex scenes and the damaging myth that truly great art stems from abuse and pain. ![]() That's the best word I can think of to sum up this journey disappointment may be an option for anyone who kept up hope for Sam Levinson and The Weeknd's series past that Rolling Stone exposé and the initial reviews out of Cannes. HBO's controversial miniseries The Idol is over, with five hours of viewing time and weeks of viral discourse culminating in.confusion. ![]()
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