The Girlfriend's finale abandons the series' two-perspective structure and unfolds as one continuous act, centering on a final confrontation between Cherry and Laura. The climax focuses on a pool and a bloodied heel, with no gunshots. Mrs. Cherry's name, Tracey, is revealed. Cherry's backstory includes pushing her father from a building site because he abandoned the family, and she claims he "deserved it." Laura's obsessive behavior is rooted in grief over her late daughter, Rose. The two-perspective conceit proves weak because the protagonists inhabit separate realities and their viewpoints offer less engaging material.
"That there was room for only one possessive psycho in Daniel's life was clear from The Girlfriend 's first episode; the subsequent five episodes rode on the tension of whether it would be Cherry or Laura who would ultimately persevere. In a way, I admire the show's straightforwardness: I expected the finale to culminate in a showdown between Cherry and Laura, and that's precisely what we got."
"The first is that, at the very last moment, The Girlfriend abandoned the two-perspective structure. The finale plays in one continuous act. As a result of Laura's estrangement from Daniel, Laura and Cherry live in completely separate realities; they barely come into contact until their final confrontation. That explains why the two-perspective structure couldn't be justified in an episode like this and exposes the weakness of the conceit in the first place."
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