After the intense last episode, this one slowed down and there was a feeling of sagging plot. It's like the seventh is just a filler or the first episode of the new season, but not the pre-final one. The line with Elya was cut off, and it could have been left for the finale. Smoke's farewell to his wife feels like a scene from an epilogue. But at the very end, they suddenly introduced a new line with Rafe's friend, who had not really shone before and from whom nothing good can be expected. He will clearly act as a catalyst. Either he'll frame Rafe, or he'll sit down and Rafe will feel guilty. Again, for some reason, they added a new love interest to the Smoke, although the emotions of parting with his wife have not subsided yet. It's also like scenes from the next season, where the character has already let go of the past. They seem superfluous now. In general, there is a mixed feeling, as if the script has some kind of uneven structure. Some of the events could have been shown earlier, others could have been saved for the finale, and some could have been completely thrown out or postponed to the next season, if there was one. But who knows, maybe that's what it was meant to be. Personally, the series surprised me several times and probably plans to do it again in a week, and the uneven narration is only part of the author's style, not a lack of experience. We'll see. I really hope that they will not merge
@Nemez11: the line with my friend seemed to me as strange as possible. Suddenly, he finds himself married with a child, although before that he hung out with Ali's girlfriend, and looked at other girls. As if the character urgently needed to prescribe some kind of motivation for which he would get into this drug business. And why is it now that the main character decides to involve his friend in these matters? At the same time, the friend was immediately shown as an unreliable and cowardly person, one cannot particularly count on and rely on such a person. Anyway, Ravil didn't suffer much because he framed Ale and killed a man.
Well, yes. The feeling is that this is either a script problem or events were shuffled during the final montage and it didn't turn out very well. It's really strange about a friend, he went to the movies with another girl, and now he says he loves his wife. It's like they sewed it on with white threads
It immediately became clear about the friend, either they would kill or capture him
Especially when you're from Rostov, well, it's fucking shocking to hear him