‘Tokyo Vice’ finale ‘Endgame’ finds a thought-provoking balance between appreciation for the power of journalism and a cynical awareness of how it can be limited.
This premiere episode (“Don’t Ever Fucking Miss”) picks up right where the Season 1 finale left off. Which itself is kind of a surprise, since the future of the show seemed weirdly uncertain for the bulk of its initial run. Everyone was calling it a limited series for some reason, including me, and while HBO didn’t include that verbiage in their marketing materials I don’t remember them going out of their way to swat it down either. Granted, between the onset of Covid and the still unresolved sexual misconduct allegations against star Ansel Elgort it was a weird time.