"Though the two were at odds most of the season, the episode still gave the characters the chance the tearfully celebrate their last show together, which in turn felt like an acknowledgement of the end of Kudrow's & Bucatinsky's incredible 21-year journey together with The Comeback."
"In its sweetly sentimental series finale this week, The Comeback gave Lisa Kudrow's Valerie Cherish the last laugh, while her manager Billy-series producer Dan Bucatisnky-got his version of a happy ending, too, albeit a much more shallow one fitting of his own egomaniacal thirst for fame."
"They first starred together in the 1998 indie rom-com The Opposite Of Sex, directed by Bucatinsky's then-boyfriend, no-husband Don Roos. And just a few years later, Kudrow would make a hilarious, proto-Valerie Cherish-esque cameo in All Over The Guy, an early gay rom-com from Bucatinsky, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer."
"Back in '97, Bucatinsky had written in starred in a stage play called I Know You Are, But What Am I?, about a mismatched man & woman who nevertheless fall into a reluctant romance. In '01, he adapted that story into a movie directed by Julie Davis, with on very pivotal difference: this time, the central relationship was between two gay men!"
The finale centers on Valerie Cherish getting the last laugh, while Billy and Dan Bucatisnky receive a shallow happy ending tied to fame. Despite ongoing conflict between the characters, the episode provides a tearful celebration of their final show together. The moment also acknowledges a long real-life creative partnership spanning 21 years. Their friendship predates the series, beginning with a 1998 indie rom-com appearance together in The Opposite Of Sex. Kudrow later made a proto-Valerie cameo in All Over The Guy, an early gay rom-com Bucatisnky helped create. Bucatinsky adapted a stage play into a film where a neurotic columnist and a party-loving teacher navigate mismatched expectations after being set up by friends.
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