I watched episode 8, “The Boy’s Word.” How the series ended, we discuss without spoilers

1.5 months have passed since the announcement of the series “The Boy’s Word”. During this time, it managed to become the most popular in Russia, overtaking a number of construction projects.

Today, December 21, the online cinema Wink presented the eighth episode of the series. Several events have happened recently. Demo versions of the seventh and eighth episodes were leaked online, and amid this, rumors arose that because of this final act they decided to reshoot.

At first the authors refused, the actors also supported this conclusion. However, then the creators of the game still proved that they were not completing the filming of Episode 8, and decided to completely remake it.

We have already finished watching the series, watched the leaked versions and are in a hurry to share our impressions. The main article will be without spoilers, so as not to spoil the impression, but we will add a block in which we will discuss the ending (we will hide it, we will not open it if we have not seen the ending yet).

How did the project come about? Let’s figure it out.

Boys’ squabbles and what they lead to

If for some reason you don’t yet know what this series is, read our first opinion. All the details are there.

The duration of the last episode of the group is 58 minutes. It, like the entire show, is based on Robert Garayev’s book “The Boy’s Word. Criminal Tatarstan 1970-2010s” and talks about youth groups of the late 1980s.

This does not mean that the movie follows the book exactly. But it adheres to many points in the original source.

I’ve seen a lot of controversy about the game itself. Many people are convinced that he romanticizes banditry and shows standard politics, but this is absolutely not the case.

This is a case where you shouldn’t judge by its cover. Indeed, the project invites my less prominent characters and shows their “coolness” from the very first episodes. But the essence lies in the very disclosure of the idea. The serial emphasis is on something completely different, namely the demonstration of such behavior.

People can also be understood. After all, from the very first episodes it is obvious what young people can be inspired by (although there is a rating of 18+, but who stops): robberies, “squeezing” purses, little things, and so on. There have been various discussions on this topic, and there were even news that teenagers were waiting to try to see the action of the game. The latter, however, has not yet been officially confirmed.

However, this is a demonstration of real life. And she is not as happy as she would like.

“The Boy’s Word” is a story of a man coming of age. Inevitably painful and aggravated by geopolitical turns in the history of the country. This project talks about different people and their destinies, and in one of the episodes it is even clearly written what became part of the heroes. And, believe me, there is nothing encouraging here.

However, I did have quibbles with the execution or development of some of the characters. The same ghoul didn’t get the most pleasant development in history, but you say that Aiy doesn’t want to worry about her because she wasn’t given enough screen time. And where she took part, we mostly heard silence.

There are also re-actings by typical young actors. But this has almost no effect on the overall perception of the project. You see that here they tried to really bring to life that bygone era, the time of perestroika and the difficult life of the ordinary population.

And at such moments I want to express special respect.

Why is it worth watching episode 8 again if you saw the leaked one?

Earlier, demo versions of the last two episodes of “A Boy’s Word” appeared online. They had their share of screen imperfections, and the final episode even showed off blues and greens.

These episodes have not been processed. They were prepared for further production, and they showed only the initial ideas that were glued together in the finished episode.

And if the merged 7th episode differs from the release part of the details, then in the 8th episode the second half turned out to be completely different. The points in history are placed approximately the same, but the goals of their achievements are different. These stories are told in a completely different way, and the final version turned out to be more dramatic and lively, like the authors of “Us and the Promised.”

How did “The Boy’s Word” end, finale

Important: Spoilers hidden here. Don’t open them if you don’t have the whole series yet. We warned.

There will be a second season of the game “The Boy’s Word”

It’s difficult to say anything here. The story itself is considered logically complete and does not require continuation.

Nevertheless, the series has gained enormous popularity among Russians. And most often such cases end in continuation.

At the moment, there are no official statements about the extension of the project for 2 seasons. However, on the project’s Instagram page (belongs to Meta, whose activities are recognized as extremist in Russia and are prohibited) it is said that “it is too early to talk about the Second Country.”