I just finished Season 3 last night and was shocked to find out it’s the last season. I feel cheated. I was always iffy about this show since it first came out, but they can’t just cancel it right when Gilbert and Anne got together. Please #RenewAnnewithanE!

Here are my thoughts after watching each episode.

Season 1

Episode 1 – It’s so dark. Anne has PTSD. The tone is so different from the book and the previous show. I don’t know if I’ll like it.

Episode 2 – Why does the orphanage look like a haunted house? And why does Anne and Matthew have to both go there in the dead of the night?

Episode 3 – Gilbert!!! At last. Sorry, but Gilbert Blythe – and Laurie from Little Women, and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice, and Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre – they’re my literary crushes. It kind of seems uncharacteristic for Gilbert to pull Anne’s braid like that.

Episode 4 – Ruby Gillis is so delightful. I don’t know how I feel about Matthew and Jeannie though.

Episode 5 – The chemistry between Anne and Diana is so real. I love their drunk scenes – they looked like they genuinely were having fun.

Episode 6 – “Grief is the price you pay for love.” Wise words from Ms. Barry.

Episode 7 – “Love isn’t charity.” Again, wise words from Ms. Barry.

Season 2

Episode 1 – I really, really don’t like the sub-plot of the Avonlea boarders and the gold. There are so many lovely stories in the books that would have served better to add some spice. Also – Ruby is really quite the character.

Episode 2 – Matthew looking at Marilla’s new hairdo was hilarious.

Episode 3 – At last they’ve wrapped up the gold fever plot line. Couldn’t wait until it was done.

Episode 4 – Anne’s reaction to Matthew’s reprimand was so heartfelt.

Episode 5 – In the book, I always thought Anne dyeing her hair green was a tragical – but comical – thing. Here it is much deeper than that – you can see how serious this was for Anne. A fresh perspective indeed.

Episode 6 – I’ve always been in the fence about Bash’s character. Not because his presence (as well as Cole’s) makes the show more “woke” since it delves into racial (and gender) issues, but because the entire storyline takes time away from the Avonlea characters.

Episode 7 – I feel bad for Matthew seeing how serious his social anxiety was with his flashbacks.

Episode 8 – A character is gay. I didn’t expect that. The scene of a girl in white running in the snow was so… beautiful.

Episode 9 – Miss Stacey at last! I loved the potato stamps and the potato lamp.