epilogue

Your epilogue is titled “Up From Feudalism.”

A course-correcting monologue by Blanchett late in the game is a splendid bit of acting that does much to put things in order — and Cuarón’s stylistic devices do make more sense retrospectively — though a brief epilogue does twist them around again.

Only after reaching that height could he then find the grace to to make “Old Man River,” sung as a new hymn of somber inspiration, his epilogue, the acid trip’s final, meaningful passage.

And even though the focus on older people having fun and making out attracted fans outside the core Bachelor Nation fan base, the memory of the shocking epilogue to “The Golden Bachelor” may still be fresh in the minds of viewers who might be reluctant to return to the sequel.

It might feel as if Schuermann is on the verge of writing his own epilogue.