A huge disappointment.

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There were a few highlights but over all it was kind of disapointing. I was glad that she didnt choose Ben over her job because that would have been too easy and too cheesy.

I do think that it sucks that the last we will ever see of Belle is her walking down the street crying and looking like she has just been dug up and then hit with the shovel. Not really a great way to remember her.

Also what the hell was she wearing in the court scene?! This series more than ever they seemed to be trying to turn Belle in to Carrie Bradshaw. The Belle of previous seasons would not have been caught dead in some of awfull crap she did in this one. It was just weird and out of character.

For me the biggest loss to this season was Bambi. Just wasnt the same without her.

This season just confused me. It's like they forgot what the show used to be like. Why did they get all gimmicky with the montages and flashbacks? Instead of going for real character development it's like they chose storylines based on what songs they could play/outfits they could make Belle wear. Hannah/Belle never struck me as an immature, selfish, cowardly person, but she did this season.

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Also, the "dilemma" with Ben didn't make any sense. I get that the stakes had to be high and it was more dramatic for her to have to make a choice, but he clearly states that he doesn't have a problem with her job, it's the communication issue, yet he gives her a choice between being with him or keeping her job?

I'm just glad that it's over, and sad that ended in such a disappointing way.

I agree with all of this sfm. I was really disappointed overall with the feel of this season, and I really didn't care for Charlotte and the daughter. Bambi really gave the show heart, and both Ben and Belle used to be more likeable. Honestly, the ending was just depressing- I don't think she should have given up being Belle for Ben but at the same time...I don't even know.

Her outfits and makeup were just baaad this season too.

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I agree with most of that but I didn't mind Charlotte even though she didn't really contribute to any overall story.

The house was just odd in that last we saw her going on the private jet and then as soon as she returns from that trip she's moving into a new house ... what she bought a house while outside the country and had all her belongings moved despite not having packed them or anything before she left and much like stefannie herself we know she launders money so how exactly did she get a either a loan WHILE NOT VISITING THE BANK or make a cash payment (since as the money is stored in a safety deposit box) when she had no access to it...just odd.

The clients were boring (although I did find the gay one hot but it wasn't very interesting storywise).

The whole ben relationship was poorly played out too, his issue is not her work but that she's now suddenly hiding things that she never used to when they were friends and he's feeling left out/decieved.....yet he's demanding she give up her job. Just seems irrational and like the issue he's verbalising isn't the issue he really has.

-She has always been selfish, but if the main character is going to be unlikeable, then every other character needs to be even less likeable. They didn't do that.

-Ben is an idiot. He has that dumb look on his face all the time. Then again, it took him three seasons to realize he wanted to be with Belle, so the fact that he can't make up his mind about whether her being a prostitute bothers him isn't surprising.

-The new house was nice, but all the white paint made it seem cold and bland. Her apartment actually looked like someone lived there. The only thing I liked was that she wasn't turning tricks out of her living room anymore.

-I didn't like their relationship to begin with, but it was pretty miserable to watch.

-I can only remember maybe one instance of male nudity in the show, and very few glimpses of female nudity as well, especially compared to previous seasons. It's sad when you see more of a co-star's (Poppy) body than the actual prostitute main character.

-The trouble is that they didn't focus as much on the fact that she is a call girl this season. Previous seasons had fairly memorable clients and situations, like the dude with the food fetish or Belle alleviating her boredom after being booked for an entire night. What did this season have? The.. lawyer guy? The dead vampire? Simon from Misfits? Nothing especially interesting.

-I liked Charlotte -- the actress (Gemma Chan) is very good at playing super-serious and robotic, but I feel like the character would have worked better if she'd been contrasted with a bubbly character like Bambi, rather than a replacement for her with a completely different personality. Poppy was worthless after the first few episodes.

-The lack of Bambi is annoying, especially the fact that she's not even mentioned at all. She gets married, and suddenly she and Belle aren't friends anymore? I get that her story had finished or whatever, but she was the best character on the show.

-Stephanie might as well not have even been in this season. She wasn't as mean and funny as before, and the role-reversal of her having to depend on Belle wasn't utilized at all.

-I actually liked the comedic moments. There were more of them this season, which sort of distracted from the fact that the serious parts weren't very exciting.


The ending was the only part of the season I felt they got (mostly) right. I think Belle and Ben's relationship was ultimately doomed anyway, and even though the writers were pretty tactless in having it unwind as quickly as it did, I liked the fact that the two best friends that have been in love with each other for the past three seasons didn't actually stay together. Billie and Iddo were really good in the last scene, even though she looked like a monkey wearing make-up.