DID IT SUCK? | Doctor Who [THE BIG BANG REVIEW]
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How did you not understand that when The Doctor was talking negatively about Amy to Rory, he was testing Rory? He literally explains it the second after...
yes that baffled me too, and made me wonder if Harry and i even watched the same episode.
@@Temptation666 yeah not too sure what happened there - I thought it was pretty obvious the doctor wasn't legitimately bashing on amy 😅
It's odd, 3:27 he acknowledges that it was likely a test of Rory's dedication, but then at 9:05 he seems to forget that the Doctor didn't mean what was said. Maybe it was silly/hawty in the context of Rory still functioning while the other Autons had already shut down, already showing he was worthy, changing his interpretation of the line?
@@Temptation666 Harry does this in a lot of his Who reviews - misses a distinguished point
@@tutin4090 I guess when you're looking so deeply into an episode maybe you miss some of the obvious things? Just trying to give him the benefit of the doubt 😅
3:27 I mean he does literally say this, yes.
"Welcome back, Rory Williams! Sorry, had to be sure- hell of a gun-arm you're packing there!" The Doctor was testing if he was talking to an Auton pretending to be Rory or actual Rory, and Rory's reaction convinced him of the latter.
How can you not enjoy smith's dancing?!
Being uncultured
Oh my god this was before morbius
@@ethernetcore2142Brain of Morbius aired in the 70s, and Matt Smith wasn't in it.
The first half is beyond even CinemaSins level of inattentiveness and mistaken conjecture ironically used to knock the plot: Rory and crew remained unfrozen because they were repeatedly said to be "at centre of the explosion..the last light to go out", not because of "the power of memory ", and the Doctor was testing Rory if he was truly human, not whether he was "truly dedicated to her", as for asking for "just one line" explaining the Autons longevity, it was thoroughly explained, and then some, in the dialogue Harry even refers to!
to be fair cinemasins is about Being funny and that specific moment in the movie.
@@EmoChipmonkVOD and you had to pay to watch this first. God help his Patrons.
The center of the explosion thing doesn't really work cause all the other beings there were turned to stone.
When CinemaSins' jokes don't land because they're too lazy to pay attention to something everyone else got, then even that isn't an excuse.
Is it bad that i still have a special place in my heart for this episode
No
It is a lot of people's favourite if not one of their favourite finales.
Of course not. It's ok to disagree with a review.
Absolutely not! It’s nice to see people enjoy episodes that others don’t generally like. I like this episode too
@@PaultheAlien4 most people like this episode
Im assuming the reason River remembers the doctor is either due to her complicated timy wimy history with him or she went to her parents wedding out of interest and thats why she remembers him. She wouldnt have been on the registry so it would make sense why shes lurking at the window.
Or because she's "half Time Lord", which allows her to remember the things erased by the cracks in time just like the Doctor can.
@@InternetStorm THIS
River song exists and comes from the doctor’s future. It’d be a bit hard for the girl who existed to kill him to exist without him.
In other words - she’s already from a time where he had been brought back, so it kinda makes sense that she’d remember him.
Also... Yeah, half time lord.
I mean, her younger self is Rory and Amy's best friend, I'd assume she would've gotten an invite, only problem is how she looks completely different
Obvious things aren't obvious to Harry.
Watching your reviews just depresses me. You clearly have such bias for the Russell era it's actually sad. You gave Journey's End a glowing review despite the fact that it's embarrassing, and yet this finale gets a 4/10? I'm done with these videos
I kinda feel like aspects of this review are in bad faith and kinda biased to an RTD era fans perspective. Feels like you're kinda trying to miss the point of the episode in some places.
I feel like you've taken story choices and writing approach and decided it was something bad e.g. your point about Rory is a little redundant and reaching, I don't feel like the audiences hands needed to be held about Rory's long life span given we know that an auton is just an animated object given life by an alien presence the plastic degrades argument is more than enough of a reason to justify its lack of direct explanation.
It doesn't hand hold the audience which to my mind is more of a strength to the story than a weakness. You've taken the intended meaning of the winding up Rory scene as a "maybe" despite missing the point that the Doctor outright told Rory earlier that because he's a real construct from Amy's life he like her could break his conditioning and that's why he wasn't turning to stone, that's why the Doctor was trying to get under his skin even saying "Welcome back Rory Williams" afterwards, he was trying to break his conditioning to prevent that change to stone.
I honestly don't understand what a benefit adding a direct explanation would have? It was pretty clear to me.
Comparing it to the Last of the Timelord's ending is also unfair, that was objectively bad wishy washy sci fi writing, the ending to the Big Bang is more akin to a classic Star Trek resolution where it is a little outlandish in it's stretching of sci fi concepts but works as an analogy by comparing it to something simple and scientific, rebooting the universe while fantastical does still have a form of internal logic (like restoring a back up on a PC).
While you don't actually understand the internal logic of how a satellite network only designed to submit subliminal messages managed to physically deage a character and make them fly, these are not the same things and I feel its a little disingenuous to make that comparison.
I don't agree with your assessment of lack of open ended explanations, I think it shows signs of a long term plan while I agree it doesn't bode well in later stories I feel like that shouldn't really bleed into and isn't even really relevant to the direct criticisms here, there were loose ends in RTD's run, they just weren't emphasised as strongly, that's a style choice and it's fine to disagree with it but that disagreement in of itself is a biased criticism.
I do agree with your Pandorica Opens review and I guess it's a product of me not really seeing the RTD in the rose tinted glasses a lot of the fans who also grew up with it see it as.
Yeah, it feels really biased how he keeps trashing Moffat’s stories but gives Davies a free pass when he makes a bad story.
@@Materminds187 Agreed, I think the fandom at large does it. Even the ones that claim not to, it's a collective bias. A blind adoration to RTD's contribution to the show regardless to writing quality of his actual episodes.
Every incarnation of the doctor is different yes 9 could dance but remember at the beginning of series 5 11 liked different foods than 10 so maybe regeneration also affected his dancing idk
11s personality also coinsides with this silly dancing. HE would prefer somthing like that as apposed to how mature and dark 9 was.
Man, you did my favourite finale dirty here, Harry!
The Dalek was pretty weakened in this episode. That is why the doctor didn't immediately die and why a simple satellite dish protected him.
I'm not sure if I love this episode because I watched it when I was 9 and it's nostalgic, or if I actually just love this episode. It's hard to tell when you grew up watching this stuff.
Honestly same, I fell off once Smith left, watching the first couple seasons of pacaldi, but it didn't grip me anymore. Grew up on Eccleston and Tennant, Smith hit right at the right time lol.
I love this episode and I was 31 when it came out!
It wasn’t till now that I didn’t realise every main character of the Moffat era (the doctor and tardis included) “died” and came back to life
Not Nardole and Missy and Amy and Rory (well in their final episode at least) :(
@@glizzymoncher7664 not sure about nardole but missy “dies” at the end of season 8 when she’s shot by the cyber man Amy “dies”in this episode and Rory “dies”more often than kenny from south park
@@qayyuma9622 missy is time lord, forgivable, but Rory especially……why Steven Moffat why
Harry, People noticed the Flesh and Stone scene. I can understand you didn't watch this series as it aired, but I remember being on so many fansites and many people noticing he wasn't wearing his jacket in the scene with Amy, so many people believed it was a future version of himself, which was proven right.
Also as for the Doctor's dancing....
.... New body? Easily explained.
Dude, I was talking the soldiers and the other doctor standing there fiddling with his screwdriver not the audience
@@HarrysMovingMedia weren't there soldiers left behind to look after Amy? As for the other Doctor... 🤷♂️ They had to clearly establish this was a different version I guess
I always really liked the part where The Doctor goes back to the Flesh and Stone episode and it explains the little mystery of why he was wearing his jacket, when in an earlier scene it was apparently stolen by an angel. I know the whole series is planned out but it's just something that doesn't seem to happen much, even though it's a show about a time traveller. Maybe I'm dumb but I just liked that consistency.
I remember when I was like 7 years old raging at that when Flesh and Stone came out- plus his bow tie was a different colour! That finale callback blew my lil mind after trying to find out why it had happened for weeks.
nitpicking to its finest, | love this series and finally and I like the imperfections cos as a kid you fill in the blanks and I know its never gonna be perfect
It's hardly nitpicking. There are major plot points and loose ends that just arent tied up. Although i do think 4/10 is a bit harsh. I'd give it a 5/10.
I actually think the nitpicking is mostly justified. Im scared to see how he wrecks season 6, considering its one my favorite.
@@theblackswordsman9951 I know what you mean but like imagine if every sci-fi had continuity and was perfect, think Moffat tangles himself up. I've re watched season 5 many a times and I never really stop to find problems or plot holes I just have a good nostalgic ass time
@@dylanpowell4837 Yeah but you can't just ignore them and claim to be reviewing it fairly especially they are plot relevant as they are in this finale.
@Dylan Powell "imagine of every sci-fi had continuity and was perfect" Yeah, how awful and tragic would it be to have good scripts and competent writers who know what they're doing. Also, to a lot of people, being forced to "fill in the blanks for yourself" and "just use your own imagination to fix this convoluted plot point that makes no sense" is incredibly unsatisfying because shockingly, it's the job of the scriptwriters to write the scripts, not the audience.
2:36
Don't know if I'm right, but I always assumed it was because all the romans were based on Amy's memories of her childhood, and all the other Autons were based on pictures in a children's book, whereas Rory actually existed and had a full life and childhood etc so he had more to keep going off.
if that makes sense
theres also the fact hes an anomoly. He literally was erased from time. He shouldnt have existed. Yet there he was.
i think that Matt Smith's era is filled to the brim with wonderful set ups and disappointing resolutions. When i watched all of the series during quarantine, it was first time watching these season finales for me (don't ask me why) and it mostly felt totally tonaly different from the previous episode. And not in a good way.
When the doctor speaks to Rory about any saying she’s not important, after Rory punches the doctor he explains the fact he had to check he was actually Rory and not an auton imitation
Rory didn't turn to stone cos he was the only one outside and not hit by the light with amy
also river just landed Infront of a wall by accident like in fear her
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I really like this episode. I feel like the criticisms are valid but I also feel like it's a bit like Husbands (one of my faves) - you can sit there and tear to bits its logical inconsistencies, or you can sit there and enjoy the ride, because it's very enjoyable to watch. In this respect I would also compare it to WEAT/TDF - where the logic behind the lifts is pretty much "whatever the writers need for the plot point to work" and therefore massively inconsistent throughout the episodes, but it's easy enough to ignore when you are actually watching it.
I never really thought about it, but if the stars had went out about 2000 years ago, wouldn’t things have changed a lot? No astral navigation, so advancements in naval technology and exploration would have been slower and more unreliable, which would have knock on effects for most of the colonial powers of the 15th century, like the over expansion of the British, French and Spanish Empires into America. Would have been good to have seen a completely different world where Earth was entirely Monarchistic, or if they had not advanced past the steam powered industrial era
Also, gravity would be waaaaayyyy off. Like, Earth might not even have existed. The billions and billions and billions of planets and stars out there, all have gravitational pulls, constantly affecting one anothers' positions. Our Solar System is only placed and made up of what it is, because of the infinity of space, granting us this... opportunity? Am I making sense?
Basically, I don't think there'd be an Earth, if the stars didn't exist lol
Bold of you to assume Moffat thinks beyond a cool visual/idea
Damn, I know you’re a critic, but this felt extremely tedious and nit-picky
I'd say the scene before the pandorica shoots off is THE moment in new who where Smith pulls off the ancient being in a young body.. You can see every single of his 905 years behind his eyes when he talks to Amy.. I think in general Smith pulled this off better than most doctors ( he also does it spectacularly in time of the doctor) but that scene was perfection
Dang, I never realized how many similarities there are in this episode to last of the time lords.
Like how?
@@lexezlao reseting reality, and bringing the doctor back by remembering him are the biggest few that come to mind.
I actually love this episode.
I don't think this episode was supposed to be emotional though. Like when the doctor appears and dies, even first time viewing I knew it wasn't true purely because of how happy and whimsical the rest of the episode had been. That kind of emotion just filled the entire episode. It's probably why I loved Matt Smith so much, a lot of whimsy.
The dancing was amazing. End of story.
this review seems a little nit-picky which is weird because if an episode is bad after a review i usually understand bit this review seems a little naf, also the dalek's lazer is significantly weak hence the aerial blocking "weapons restoring"?
In the same way that the Dalek shooting the Doctor didn't kill him or cause him to regenerate like in "The Stolen Earth"
@@christianwise637 yea,however being turned to stone really does a number on how powerful your gun is
@@Suspect_27 It's pretty clear in-universe that this Dalek isn't as powerful - it gets taken out briefly with an Auton gun for example - so I never really took umbrage with the Doctor blocking it with the satellite dish
@@christianwise637 sorry I meant it wasn’t powerful enough to trigger a regeneration and I know it’s a recon but Moffat made 11 the last regeneration (although I know it wasn’t a thing back then)
3:16 this scene was bloody funny
I thought it was pretty obvious that the doctor was testing Rory the auton with the girl friend line.
9:37 you might not have noticed it but i did. When i watched it again on dvd i even stopped and went back and forth a few times to confirm i was right. The Doctors jacket sleves changed in that clip. Initially when i watched it on tv i thought it was a production oversight/error
However this episode felt like a huge let down to me. I was really hyped af the Pandorica ending. Looking forward to see how it would all be solved. This was rushed confusing and completely illogical
Also if it's of any interest, they have made some upcoming Big Finish audio dramas of Rory's time protecting the pandorica. Should be a interesting listen and maybe explain his auton abilities
It'd be interesting I they did something to do with sailors not being able to navigate using the stars early on, but idk how they'd implement it
without watching the video i will guess its less than five out of ten. This guy is entertaining but is heavily skewed against anything made after david tennant. Almost all identical things that mark down points in his Eccleston and Tennant videos seem to have double the negative effect in his Smith, Capaldi, and Whittaker videos while positives only count for half as much.
we get it. You don't like the later episodes of doctor who. Stop watching then instead of hoping it will go "back to what everyone (read: you) likes"
I thought that the reason Rory wasn't frozen with the other autons was because he wasn't there when the pandorica opened. Been a while since I watched it but wasn't he away from it and the reason it froze the others was because they were right in front of it. Otherwise all of the universe would be frozen by it using that logic. Either way love the video man however much I disagree with it
7:56 to be honest, I imagine she was explaing all this was because firstly, her husband was just killed on the spot (as she thought), and she is going to be filled with rage, and doesn't care about time or anything else. Secondly, shes tormenting the Dalek. She is rubbing it in the Daleks face that it is weak and everything is compromised. She tortures the Dalek and makes sure it says Mercy before she slaughters it.
I swear to god in all the Moffatt era finals he always gives the first episode an 8/10 and the second one a 4/10
series 5 = ep1 (8/10) ep2 (4/10)
series 8= ep1 (8/10) ep2 (4/10)
series 10= ep1 (8/10) ep2 (4/10)
It was the reverse in series 9
For some incredible reason
@@TempoKong Giving heaven sent a 4/10 has to be the worst take in Harry's entire channel's history lmao
@@mrflibble1259 Amen to that! Heaven Sent was a masterpiece imo.
@@mrflibble1259 And "the doctor falls" that was the last episode of doctor who might I add
@@eliotrodger1636 I do wonder if the show will return someday, shame it ended in 2017 after such a good doctor.
I think your nitpicking to like the hilt. When this was filmed when this was written all this stuff was very nuanced and all the things that you're dinging it for are now normalized. I know at the time, this show was doing really great. It's actually what rebooted the franchise back up from Tenant leaving. I don't know, now your videos are just starting to see more of a slam fest than a appreciation.
Is it just me or does this review feel very biased and almost cinemasins-like?
One thing: you say "what's up with that wall?" right after he explains what's up with that wall. The TARDIS sealed off the control room, meaning there's no way in or out.
Im wondering if he was refering to why it looks like a piece of stone henge was slapped there.
To be frank I never figured that out myself, but it does make perfect sense. Thanks.
Best finale ever.
And that’s it! Series 5 in the bag. It’s been a rocky ride and it definitely doesn’t live up to the hype. For the longest time I wondered why I lost interest in the show at this stage in its progression. Now, after a good hard look at it over the past seven months I think it’s fair to say that the trajectory of “Just wait and find out in a later season” isn’t the model that made the show so successful between 2005-2010. I genuinely don’t think I will ever watch this series ever again. As mentioned in a certain review of Orphan 55, I will be reviewing other things in the next month or two just to detox and reclaim my sanity. If Series 13 suddenly drops I will no doubt make videos on it for the views (that’s right you bloody sell out) but I think I will pick up Series 6 again at a later date unless I manage to land a sponsor for them.
uuuh.. based?
Season 5 is 100% most consistent in quality
@@harrylepine6159 I disagree. I feel like season 5 is super overrated. Beast below, victory of the daleks, vampires, the silurian two parter, the lodger, and this epsiode are all just super mediocre in my opinion.
@@harrylepine6159 If you're talking about consistently underwhelming quality, sure.
I almost like the slight hint of the doctors cruelty. Espeshially when Matt smith 's doctor was meant to by scary he just came off as him having a hissy fit.Which I feel Capaldi and Eccleston played the darker side of the darker much better.
River doesn’t know if she’s got a future with the doctor because a) time can be rewritten, b) her past is with the doctor, not her future and c) She wouldn’t know the future because she doesn’t like spoilers
Please do the episode where the doctor is stuck in that loop for 100000000 years and he’s gotta break through only using his fists (sorry haven’t watched it in forever)
Hell bent?
its heaven sent and i hope he takes another look at it as its superb
@@manofmeat9881 Heaven Sent. Hell Bent is after it
@@trainedwheeler3516 I imagine he'll eventually get around to it.
@@theblackswordsman9951 He did it. He did it when it came out.
Ok, serious question. Am I the only one who actually likes the S3 finale? (Since Harry brings it up here) most people don't like it and I can understand a bit, but is this some hated trilogy i was just not aware was hated and living blissfully in my own ignorance?
I bloody love it, I don't know what's up with everyone.
Its one of the most outlandish and surreal finales of new who, i get some of the plot holes and nitpicks people have about them but to say there bad is beyond me
While I don't particularly care for the actual resolution itself, not only do I feel that it's mostly a very strong finale, but (perhaps controversially) I think it's the strongest of Tennant's finales
@@christianwise637 I mean, I was inspired to write an episode a bit like it and I downright love its pacing, so, yeah. I just love the way the climaxes work and the reveal in Utopia about YANA is perfect in my opinion.
I’m nostalgia biased but this is one of the best Series Finales
for the thing with the dalek getting brought back, the light was a sort of healing light or something like that, the light hit the dalek, the dalek gets brought back
I when you dont like an episode, you will make up reasons to not like it, to the detriment of pointing out the real reasons the episode wasnt good.
What if the stars going out in Turn Left was an early for shadowing to The Pandorica Opens. It makes sense for a prophecy like this to extend over past series and it would be eerily creepy and cool to have Wilfred be connected to the next Doctor after he thought 10 died after The End Of Time
This is disappointing and not up to your usual standards.
Oh dear, I have to admit that this is one of my favourite episodes and that it’s easily better than every single RTD finale.
I think a line explaining the lifetime of an auton was not needed, cause it’s an implied fact that they live a long enough time that we don’t have to worry. Feels like an extra line like you suggested would have been cut during script editing
I love to hate watching harry! I disagree on most things and come out appreciating the show more because of it.
bro the scene of him talking to kid amy in bed always gets me a crying mess and he just roasted it pls
you used to work in currys pc world with my dad
Wow. Disagree. So much disagree.
I still to this day have no idea how he got out of the Pandorica, it made no sense to me.
Sooo..... everythin from this episode onwards to the most recent jodie episode. Has taken place in an alternative reality?
I’ve seen this episode a bunch of times and I still don’t understand the crack or why the Tardis blows up or what happened to all his enemies or anything
In fact - River’s quick summary about all this is going to wrap up “we all end up back where we belong with no memory of this” sums up my problem with the entire Moffat era. He sacrifices the character development and relationships from the Davies era for endless mind-blowing plot twists and impossible situations that all get wrapped up with an unsatisfying deus ex machina. Hey ho, at least he had big ideas even if they didn’t amount to much, unlike Chibnall...
Its one of my favorite episodes
Which has the best scene (the wedding)
Ooh I'm early for once, love watching these c:
The wall blocking River is a Stone Henge stone!
I'm not sure if you "get" Doctor Who. I can see some of your points, but this was a really bad take.
That's not wiggity wack, Harry.
it’s crazy to think if the doctor was forgotten then rose, martha and donna would continue with their normal lives, jack wouldn’t have become immortal, HARRIET JONES WOULDN’T HAVE BECOME PRIME MINISTER
Its the problem with this kind of episode, same with turn left ... If the doctor never was then earth would be screwed completely and then you start to talk about no stars and stuff like that which would have thrown human evolution into chaos ...
These episodes need your brain to switch off to make sense, and in cases like this episode thats not much of a bad thing...
Great video as always but any plans for more inside no.9 reviews?
I was surprised u only gave it a 4/10 as u gave it an ok review, I thought it was gonna be like a 6.
I've never understood the line; "I think I'll skip the rest of the rewind." Because does that mean all incarnations of The Doctor would never have existed? That leaves to the question to how there's still an Earth left for Amy and Rory to have a wedding on. It's so confusing for me.
Furthermore about that River Vs a Dalek; The Dalek says Mercy which in Peter Capaldi's incarnation said The Daleks shouldn't know the word Mercy and yet here we are hearing a Dalek say Mercy before that plothole appears in Series 9.
Lastly, the Doctor's line about Amy not being important was to test Rory. Stone or not, The Doctor needed to make sure he was still more Human than Auton. Hence why he shouts; "Welcome back, Rory Williams." After Rory gives the Doctor a massive clobber in the face.
Good shout about the dalek language
The Dalek saying "Mercy" thing isn't really a plot hole. Yeah *we* hear the Dalek say it, but the Doctor doesn't
8:15 unexpected YMS music
Can you do Torchwood series 2 and Sarah jane adventures series 2
Isn't there an audio story of Rory's 2000 years now
I don't even think you watch the episodes you review 🤣
Brides don’t give speeches at weddings because the tradition comes from bridal auctions where the bride was just chattel.
I tried to find some evidence for that and couldn't. Do you have a citation?
This episode is flashy fun, not much depth, but sometimes flashy fun is fun enough, it's a 7/10 for me
Plz actually watch a scene before you criticise a line that you blatantly misunderstood 😅
6:38 wait a minute...... what was that wall? I never even considered it. Just thought it was one final, failed and panicked attempt of River to escape the Tardis and well.... she failed. But you sound as if that wall is significant eventually, when?
That was quick, LOVE IT!
I thought the TARDIS exploding painting was a reference to 10 regenerating?
I LOVE these!! Absolutely AMAZING : )
This was the beginning of me really not enjoying Doctor Who as much as I wanted to. Great cast, but Steven Moffat seems to have 17 different ideas that he wants to shove into every episode and by hook or crook he would get them in there. This went on to the next season, where he just kept piling ideas on top of ideas. Including the moment where we had a melting baby. Because, I guess, we needed a melting baby in Doctor Who. I didn't fully mentally get back back into Doctor Who (although I did watch it) all that "River is Evil" / "Hitler is on Doctor Who" / etc. etc. episodes were over and we got back to one-off episodes.
that being said
actual 10/10 episode
At the time I thought the prisoner of the Pandorica was going to be the Valeyard
Technically it was
After Capaldi regenerates I think you could change the title to "YEAH, IT SUCK!" =)
Another 9.5/10
10:02 and it worked for me😢
Docor whoo
Great reviews. Love your Dr Who content. When are you planning to do series 6?
The complete absence of Mels - purportedly Amy's best friend - at the wedding was odd. Almost as if Moffat hadn't come up with her yet whilst writing this ep. It would have been cool for River to have passed her briefly, given an odd little frown, and then moved on...
Wasn’t Mels River though? I may be wrong
@@jessikamccowan Yes, she was, but Mels was apparently Amy's best friend, and was still on Earth at the time of the wedding, so you'd have thought she'd have been there - as Bride of Honour, even. I think Moffat hadn't bridged the gap (in his head) between Mels as the regenerating little girl in the back alley, and Mels as the "Let's Kill Hitler!" woman - at least, not until it was too late to change the guests at the wedding.
Um, probably! LOL
Maybe she “forgot” her. Lol
@@jessikamccowan Well, you know what Amy's like - I wouldn't be surprised!! :-)
I love the idea for this episode but it’s let down horribly by its execution.
:CapaldiGrin:
I thought it was a very underwhelming season finale too. You're absolutely right about cancelling death being a poor writing decision. Characters dying have to matter otherwise any sense of danger and jeopardy is gone.
It's hard to really believe any of the events happen in universe, because in a way they don't. They happened in some different universe that never existed. You might as well have just had Amy wake up and say "it was all a dream".
Best things in this season aren't the long motifs (crack in time, the silence, pandorica) but the characters and the relationships. At least the finale had conclusions for them