A Drug-Fueled Bryan Cranston is the MVP of a Near-Perfect Final that Makes with Excited for Season 2

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Studio episode 9 and 10.

The Studio Is Wrapped and in the Can with a Two-Part Season Final Taching the Gang to Sinity, Approprately. In Episode 9, “Cinemacon,” Matt and His Team Fly Out to Las Vegas to Unveil Continental Studios’ 2026 Slate at the Titular Owner Convention. The Night before the Studio’s Big Presentation, Matt Throws an Old-School Hollywood Party With A Buffet of Drugs. In Episode 10, “The Presentation,” after a mix-up with the dosage, Everyone taxi a massive amout of magic mushrooms and they have to get acting before they have to go on Stage.

The Episode’s Main Conflict Is Framed Through the Welcome Return of Bryan Cransston as Griffin Mill, the Ceo of the Studio’s Parent Company. After he tells matt that amazon is trying to buy continental, so this cinemacon presentation – where griffin is the Keynote Speaker – Could Make or Break the Company, Griffin Takes More Shrooms than Anyone. The Studio‘s two-paason final is much wackier and less grounded than any of the previous episodes; It borders on cartoon at Times. The Everyone’s on Drugs Conceit Can Get Old Fast. IT’S ALSO NOT PARTICULARly interesting to Watch People Get High.

butt The Studio Makes It Work, Because IT’S NOT JUST USING A SHROMOM BINGE FOR SOME PSYCHEDELIC mood; The humor comes from the fact that every who’s tripping is a couple of hours away from going on the stages in front of the nudes of People their Company and Save their Jobs. Plus, IT NEVER FEELS ONE-Note Becausee Every Guest Star Has Their Own Distinctive Version of a Bad Trip. Dave Franco Becomes an incoherent party Animal, Zeë Kravitz has an existential crisis, and cranston (the final’s MVP) Waddles Around Like a Zonked-Out Zombie.

Bryan Cranston is the MVP of a Chaotic Season Final

Griffin Mill Mails a Welcome Return for A Hillary Mushroom Binge

If Griffin Wasn’t Being Played by an Actor of Cranston’s Caliber, the episode probably WOULDN’T WORK NEARLY AS WELL. In Cransston’s Hands, Griffin is Both convincing in His Inebruiting and Hillary in the Ways He Shows It. He’s so Believably wasted that it sells the stakes. If Griffin Can’t Nail His Speech, then Continental Will Be Sold to A Tech Giant and the Team Love of Cinema Won’t Matter Anymore. And the way cranston plays it, Griffin Can’t String Two Words Together. SO, as funny as his drug-fueled bender is, it also you keps you hanging in suspens, Wondering how will you all shake.

Aside from the Looming Fear of Being Sold to Amazon, The Hollywood Satire Taks a Backseat in This Two-Parter. IT’S MORE ABOUT SEEing How Each Character Reacts to their Mushroom Trip – With Chase Sui Wonders’ Quinn Being the Standout, Hillaryusly Wanting to Taste Everyother in Sight, Wheat on Matt’s Brow or Nacho Smeered on a Wall – and Catherine’s Patty Patty vindictatively seeking revenge against griffin. butt The season has done Such a great job of building these characters and their dynamic that i’m happy for the final to just focus on that.

The Studio’s Season 1 FINALLY GIVES Matt a Win

AFTER A SEASON Full of Failure & Humiliation, The Bean Counter Finally EnjoS SUCCESS

The final finally gits matt a hard-earned win. Every previous episode of The Studio Ended with Matt Broken and Humiliated in a Worst-Case Scenario, Whether He’s Being Wheeled Into an Ambulance, Getting Booed at Comic-Con, or Sobbing Alone in A Limo at the Golden Globes. But at the end of “The Presentation,” As he and Salvages Griffin’s Speech by Getting the Who Auditorium to Chant, “Movies! Movies! Movies!”Matt Manages to Avoid Another Embarrasing Public Failure. And We’re Happy for Him Because the Series Maintained Its Empathy for Matt. The Show’s Genius is in Making US Feel Bad for the “Bean Counter.”

Overall, The Studio‘S Trip to Cinemacon Makes for A Final Satfying. I COULDN’T BE MORE THRILLED THAT Apple has renewed The Studio for a second season. The Show’s Satire of the Modern Film Industry is Spot-On, and this ensemble is too to Only Stick Around for 10 Episodes-Especilly Since We’ve Scratched the Surface of the Characters and the Crazy world inhabit. The Studio Has been my favorite new show of the year so far, and after a near-perfect first season, season 2 has a lot to live up to.

The Studio

8/10

Release Date

March 25, 2025

NETWORKS

Apple TV+

Wriers

Peter Huck

Pros & Cons

• Bryan cranston is the season finals MVP with a hilarious turn as a drug-adDled griffin Mill
• The Show’s Endearing Empathy for Matt Pays off with a much-deserted win

• The Finals Shroom Trip Puts The Hollywood Satire in the Backseat