Overview
A mysterious Man sits at a booth at the end of a diner. People approach him because they've heard The Man has a gift. He can solve their problems: A parent with a sick child, a woman who wants to be prettier, a nun who has lost her faith. The Man can give these people what they want. For a price. The Man makes a proposition. In exchange for realizing their desires, these individuals must complete a task, return to The Man, and describe every step in detail. The trick is that these tasks are things that would normally be inconceivable to them. But The Man never forces anyone to do anything. It's always up to the individual to start - or stop. The Booth at the End asks the question: How far would you go to get what you want?
| Original Air Dates: | — |
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| Country: | Canada |
| Genre: | Drama, Mystery |
| Network: | Hulu |
| Watched by: | 12 164 1 007 026 |
| Total running time: | 4 hours 10 minutes |
| Episode duration: | |
| Episodes: | 10 |
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A series in which two people just talk, no action happens, and it's still INTERESTING!!! It's just a pearl in the sea of modern works of culture.
And, of course, the fragmentary storyline that led to nothing with Doris's attempts to get to the bottom of the Man-with-a-Book somehow disappoints in general. The halo of mystery that enveloped him intrigued and left room for theories: whether it was some kind of emissary of the devil (or maybe God) on earth, or a carrier of some magical principle, or an ordinary person, something like a psychotherapist, whom Doris initially considers him to be, who was keen to put together the pieces of the mosaic surrounding him reality. Doris's simple question "Where did you get it?" and a nod towards the book make it clear that all the magic is in the book, and be slightly disappointed, and then even more disappointed, realizing that by saying "A", no one is going to say "B" here. It would be better to leave this veil of mystery untouchable than to lift it slightly and stop halfway.
"I'm giving up my wish. I want Melody to be alive."
And we will end each season with the revival of Melody ^^
It was written above that there is disappointment from the understatement. But in my opinion, the whole chic is just in it - you can come up with the meaning and explain the ending yourself!
And I came to this conclusion.: Doris is God. And the Man with the Book is just a man who once made a deal with the devil. In episode 3, he himself says that initially he wanted to know the moral character of people. He wanted to understand, and the devil gave him a book. And now this person has to listen to people every day and give them these tasks in order to understand for himself what he wanted to understand. And only when he understands, he will be able to break free. And Doris came to help him. Hence her words, "you are trapped too." And her last words, "I want you to love me," do not mean loving her as a woman, but loving her as God, as salvation, in order to escape from the trap into which this man has driven himself.
I don't know what the creators of the series wanted, I don't know if they even intended to bring in something philosophical and metaphysical... but a person can always find a hidden meaning, even if there is none. So I found it. =) And it's VERY COOL!
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