In the final season of the Ducktales reboot, Scrooge McDuck (voiced by David Tennant) and his family find themselves going up against the evil organization F.O.W.L.
Though I'm sad to see this show end, it's nice to see it go on a high note. Whereas the first two seasons took took several episodes in to reach the their full potential, this season remains consistently good throughout, retaining the show's unique mix of comedy and adventure.
Whereas the first season focused on Dewey (Ben Schwartz) and the second on Louie (SNL's Bobby Moynihan), this one focuses on Huey (Community/Raven Quest's Danny Pudi). I've been waiting to see him get the spotlight. Of the four kids on this show, he's always gotten the least amount of episodes centered around him. Donald Duck (Tony Anselmo) is also better utilized than he has been in the last few seasons. We get a very strong final main villain with interesting objectives and provides a worthy foil for Scrooge McDuck.
I'm really pleased with the finale, it's just one of the best ones I've seen. It is surprisingly able to include the majority of the sizable main and supporting cast while also tying up all the storylines in a fairly emotional way. Not to mention that the animation is super fluid in this. I have nothing but respect for finale. It shouldn't be as good as it is considering all the balls that had to be juggled. (Animating it couldn't have been easy.)
If there were any issues I had with this, it's got to be the episode The Fight for Castle McDuck. The show is known for taking liberties with characters. (For instance, Flintheart Glomgold being changed into a joke villain as compared to his far more competent original.) Here, Scrooge's sister Matilda (voiced by Michelle Gomez) is adapted from the comics into animation for the very first time. I was disappointed how they ditched her original personality (she was the straight man in her family) into a frankly obvious and predictable unsuccessful sibling who's self-delusional. Heck the whole McDuck family dynamic in this kinda a bore; weakest episode in the season.
Overall, if you liked the first two seasons, you won't be disappointed. This was all so entertaining.
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