Sweet Magnolias
Sweet Magnoliasis back , and the quaternary season of Netflix ’s charming romance will keep to make buff feel all lovesome and fuzzy , although it ’s dragged down by pacing subject that take some of the efflorescence off the Magnolias . Despite this , it ’s another wholesome treat , especially after delays in confirming a season 4 renewal led to fear that this would be another Netflix show that failed to make it retiring time of year 3.TheSweet Magnoliasseason 3 ending also felt like a well-heeled stopping point , concluding with a beautiful vow renewal that bring the town together in a cliffhanger - free finish .
There are always more stories to tell in Serenity , though , andseason 4 witness Dana Sue ( Brooke Elliott ) , Maddie ( JoAnna Garcia Swisher ) , and Helen ( Heather Headley ) as close as ever — which they ’ll postulate to deal with everything this season contrive at them ! As common , the show verge on soap opera at times , and steers intemperately into meaningful ( if slightly unrealistic ) speeches , but that ’s the joy of it . Despite some issues , Sweet Magnoliasseems even more certain of what it is this season , embracing the fantasy of a small township where everything may go wrong … but everything will always process out .
Sweet Magnolias Season 4 Starts Out Overstuffed & Never Really Finds Its Feet With Pacing
The Biggest Issue With The Season Is Timing
Let ’s get the full-grown emergence of the season out of the way -Sweet Magnoliasseason 4 does n’t seem to recognize what it ’s doing in terms of timing . Unlike season 3 , which break up up moments after time of year 2 left off ( a necessary move , give the cliffhanger ending ) , season 4 starts several months after the terminal of the time of year 3 finale . It ’s actually unclear how long it has been since the last sequence , which is just the start of the tempo problems .
In the first episode alone , it ’s revealed that Dana Sue has stepped back to becoming a tacit partner at Sullivan ’s and is taking on a new role teaching vocational students how to cook , Helen is in a new kinship with an designer , and Maddie has not only issue her Quran ( and gone on a three - month script tour ) , but has been engaged to Cal for 6 calendar month ! It was enough to have me wonder if I had somehow missed an intact season , because a season ’s worth of exploitation seemed to happen off - CRT screen .
It was enough to have me wonder if I had somehow lose an entire season , because a season ’s worth of development seemed to happen off - filmdom .
It feels especially barbarous to miss out onMaddie and Cal ’s engagement , as their kinship has been such a vast part of the show so far , but time of year 4 seems raring to wrap that up as cursorily as potential . This becomes an unfortunate theme of the season , as several major plot twists and relationship shifts occur at a pace that does n’t really give them way to breathe . It becomes clear in the ending that the entire time of year takes position over only two month . This knock the depth out of many of the big emotional plot line .
The Best Part Of Sweet Magnolias Season 4 Is, As Always, The Romance
Serenity Is A Shining Example Of Emotional Maturity
Although the pacing of the time of year is thwarting , it is more than balanced out by the romantic core of the show . This season , with both Dana Sue and Maddie in self-colored relationship , Helen is the one in the spotlight . After an perfectly brutal third time of year , Helen absolutely deserves some happiness , and time of year 4 delivers that in spades .
One of the highlights of the season is her bounteous Romantic Moment , and while it definitely mouse over the crinkle into cliché , it does so with enough gusto to pull the whole thing off . It ’s not the second itself that really pee the season strike , though ( satisfying as it is ) ; it ’s the way that she re - tells it to Dana Sue and Maddie that had me oink and kicking my metrical unit .
It ’s abundantly clear thatSweet Magnoliasknows that this aspect was over the top and select Helen ’s retelling as a way to get a piddling self - aware . It hasa whole circumstances of playfulness with romantic tropes , and it work , absolutely .
Netflix ’s Apple Cider Vinegar is a bitingly mirthful and powerfully perform semi - biopic , though is somewhat get down by a scattershot narration .
The time of year also continues to render what it does best — providing a pure exercise of how people can look at with their emotions in a mature , thoughtful , and respectful way of life . The characters may seem unrealistic in how they work on and state their emotions with such precaution for each other , but that ’s the point in time . This is an paragon that is n’t based on perfect lives , but on people being able to deal with struggle in the best possible ways . And seeing Maddie set boundaries with her X - mother - in - legal philosophy is a scene to take preeminence on — once you are done shouting .
Sweet Magnolias Season 4 Is All About Moving Forward
A Balanced Season Created Space For The Show To Grow
One of the sound thing aboutSweet Magnoliasis that while romance is always front and mall , it does n’t push everything else to the spare-time activity , and the magnolia ' careers ill-use into the spotlight for season 4 . It would be easy for a show like this to get stagnant at this level , to start recycling human relationship dramatic play or give in all unrealistic situations ( malign twins , anyone ? ) .
ButSweet Magnoliassteers away from that liquid ecstasy opera house chuckhole by letting the woman explore what they really want , and where they may want to go . It ’s a beautiful monitor that while their love and family unit are central to their happiness , that happiness does n’t look only on them .
The ease of the fictional character also begin to expand and to research next steps . The tyke are now starting to look at college options , and time of year four also sees the formation of the Mini Magnolias , which suggests that future seasons are going to focalize more heavily on their stories now that they are moving into maturity . The time of year cease with some major changes in the works , but the reassurance that the Magnolias will make it through , and that ’s a deeply cheering message that will hopefully continue into seasons to arrive .
Sweet Magnoliasseason 4 is now streaming on Netflix .
